Category Archives: Wildlife

Bird #439 — Brandt’s Cormorant

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Roger

phalacrocorax (from phalakros, bald, and corus, raven) penicillatus (brush, for the tufts of feathers on its head) Wednesday, May 7, 2008 — 12:40 pm Ecola State Park, Oregon — Tillamook Head- Pacific Ocean I expected to see these and was … Continue reading →

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Animal #50 — California Ground Squirrel

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Roger

spermophilus beecheyi Wednesday, May 7, 2008 — 12:50 pm Ecola State Park, Oregon — Tillamook Head In addition to my 18 new birds on this trip, I saw five new animals. A California Ground Squirrel was sitting on the roof … Continue reading →

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Bird #438 — Black Turnstone

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Roger

arenaria (pertaining to a sandy place) melanocephala (from melas, black, and kephale, head) Wednesday, May 7, 2008 — 12:21 pm Ecola State Park, Oregon — Tillamook Point — Pacific Ocean I didn’t see any sea lions on the Sea Lion … Continue reading →

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Bird #437 — Brant

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Roger

branta (sheldrake) bernicla (to burn, for its charred dark color) Wednesday, May 7, 2008 — 11:00 am Cannon Beach, Oregon — Pacific Ocean This Brant was totally serendipitous. For about six weeks before I headed to Portland, I studied my … Continue reading →

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Bird #436 — Tufted Puffin

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Roger

fratercula (from frater, brother, and –cula, small) cirrhata (curly-headed) Wednesday, May 7, 2008 — 10:19 am Cannon Beach, Oregon — Pacific Ocean — Haystack Rock If there was one lifer I really wanted to see on this trip, and there … Continue reading →

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