Category Archives: Wildlife

Animal #63 — Short-beaked Common Dolphin

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Roger

Delphinus delphis Sunday, February 17, 2013 Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California We cruised several miles out into the Pacific off San Diego in search of whales, but saw none. We were well on our way back into Mission Bay … Continue reading →

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Bird #464 — Scripps’s Murrelet

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Roger

synthliboramphus (from synthlibo, to press, and ramphos, beak, referring to its laterally compressed bill) scrippsi (perhaps named for Ellen Browning Scripps, journalist and philanthropist, who funded Scripps Research Institute in San Diego) Sunday, February 17, 2013 Pacific Ocean off San … Continue reading →

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Bird #463 — Rhinoceros Auklet

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Roger

cerorhinca (from keras, horn, and rhynchos, beak) monocerata (from monos, one, and keras, horn) Sunday, February 17, 2013 Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California I traveled to San Diego to work at a conference. We arrived late in the morning … Continue reading →

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Bird #462 — Hoary Redpoll

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Roger

carduelis (goldfinch) hornemanni (after Jens Hornemann, a Dutch botanist) Friday, February 1, 2013 Cary, Illinois — home We haven’t been putting out thistle seed for the past couple years because it’s been expensive to buy and money has been tight. … Continue reading →

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American Goldfinch

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Roger

Shot in my backyard

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