Category Archives: Wildlife

elaphe vulpina Thursday, May 5, 2005 — 12:40 pm Ringwood, Illinois — Glacial Park I was birding along the loop trail on the first nice day after two weeks of cold-for-the-season weather. I had just come down off the kame, headed … Continue reading →

surnia (etymology unknown) ulula (imitative of the bird’s call from Pliny’s name for the screech-owl) Monday, March 7, 2005 — 10:58 a.m. Harrington Beach State Park, Wisconsin This Hawk Owl was seen almost daily at Harrington Beach State Park, about … Continue reading →

phyciodes tharos Monday, June 28, 2004 — 4:40 pm McHenry County, Illinois — Hickory Grove Conservation Area This tiny butterfly was flying low over the mowed horse-trail through the prairie along the back of the housing development. I watched as it … Continue reading →

bufo americanus Monday, June 28, 2004 — 4:30 pm McHenry County, Illinois — Hickory Grove Conservation Area I almost stepped on it. It was sitting in the middle of the packed-dirt horse path at the edge of the scrubby woods near … Continue reading →

megisto cymela Monday, June 28, 2004 — 4:00 pm Fel-Pro Conservation Area This small, brown, nondescript butterfly was fluttering low right at the edge of the woods in the mown picnic area along the paved path. It landed on a leaf … Continue reading →