Category Archives: Wildlife

Bird #430 — Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Posted on May 6, 2008 by Roger

poecile (many-colored) rufescens (reddish) Tuesday, May 6, 2008 — 5:36 pm Hood River County, Oregon — Tucker County Park We drove through the town of Hood River and up into the apple-growing region in the foothills beneath Mount Hood. We … Continue reading →

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Animal #49 — Western Gray Squirrel

Posted on May 6, 2008 by Roger

sciurus griseus Tuesday, May 6, 2008 — 6:10 pm Hood River County, Oregon — Lost Lake Road My sister and I drove south from Hood River and headed for Lost Lake, which was supposed to be a good place to … Continue reading →

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Bird #429 — Western Wood-Pewee

Posted on May 6, 2008 by Roger

contopus (from kontos, short, and pous, foot) sordidulus (dirty, unkempt) Tuesday, May 6, 2008 — 4:25 pm Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon — Eagle Creek I wonder what the story is behind that Latin name? We walked down the Wauna … Continue reading →

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Bird #428 — Vaux’s Swift

Posted on May 6, 2008 by Roger

chaetura (from chaeto, spine or hair, and oura, tail) vauxi (after William Vaux, American mineralogist and archeologist) Tuesday, May 6, 2008 — 4:01 pm Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon — Eagle Creek — Wauna Viewpoint Trail I was on a streak … Continue reading →

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Bird #427 — Red-breasted Sapsucker

Posted on May 6, 2008 by Roger

sphyrapicus (from sphyra, hammer, and picus, woodpecker) ruber (red) Tuesday, May 6, 2008 — 3:57 pm Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon — Eagle Creek — Wauna Viewpoint Trail Thanks to my sister for my first sighting of this one. We … Continue reading →

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