Category Archives: Wildlife

Bird #435 — Black Oystercatcher

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Roger

haematopus (from haimo, blood, and pous, foot) bachmani (for John Bachman, minister and naturalist who co-authored Quadrupeds of North America with J.J. Audubon) Wednesday, May 7, 2008 — 10:05 am Cannon Beach, Oregon — Pacific Ocean — Haystack Rock This … Continue reading →

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Bird #434 — Pigeon Guillemot

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Roger

cepphus (seabird) columba (pigeon) Wednesday, May 7, 2008 — 9:44 am Cannon Beach, Oregon — Pacific Ocean — Haystack Rock This seemed to be a day for black and white birds. Every bird I added today was black or black … Continue reading →

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Bird #433 — Pelagic Cormorant

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Roger

phalacrocorax (from phalakros, bald, and corus, raven) pelagicus (of the sea) Wednesday, May 7, 2008 — 9:40 am Cannon Beach, Oregon — Pacific Ocean — Haystack Rock This was a bird I expected to see on this trip. What I … Continue reading →

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Bird #432 — Common Murre

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Roger

uria (diving bird) aalge (from Danish for auk) Wednesday, May 7, 2008 — 9:37 am Cannon Beach, Oregon — Pacific Ocean — Haystack Rock This was cool. So far, my lifers had been simply species that I had never seen … Continue reading →

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Bird #431 — Glaucous-winged Gull

Posted on May 6, 2008 by Roger

larus (gull) glaucescens (blue-gray) Tuesday, May 6, 2008 — 7:29 pm Skamania County, Washington — Drano Lake We were heading west along the Columbia River through the Gorge when we happened upon Drano Lake. I don’t recall why I pulled … Continue reading →

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