Category Archives: Wildlife

Bird #412 — White-faced Ibis

Posted on April 30, 2002 by Roger

plegadis (scythe, sickle) chihi (pasture, grassy area) Tuesday, April 30, 2002 — 4:15 pm Pueblo County, Colorado — Lake Pueblo State Park After I left Valco Ponds, I drove three miles up the road to Lake Pueblo State Park. The … Continue reading →

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Bird #411 — Virginia’s Warbler

Posted on April 30, 2002 by Roger

vermivora (from vermis, worm, and vorare, to devour) virginiae (for Virginia Anderson, wife of Dr. William W. Anderson, an assistant surgeon, U.S. Army, who discovered the bird in 1858 in New Mexico) Tuesday, April 30, 2002 — 2:21 pm Pueblo, … Continue reading →

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Bird #410 — Prairie Falcon

Posted on April 29, 2002 by Roger

falco (hawk) mexicanus (of Mexico) Monday, April 29, 2002 — 12:08 pm Colorado Springs, Colorado — Garden of the Gods Garden of the Gods is the chief tourist attraction of Colorado Springs (along with Pikes Peak) and was also billed … Continue reading →

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Bird #409 — Mountain Chickadee

Posted on April 29, 2002 by Roger

poecile (titmouse) gambeli (given by Robert Ridgway for William Gambel, 19th-century pioneering California ornithologist) Monday, April 29, 2002 — 9:04 am Teller County, Colorado — Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument After seeing the Williamson’s Sapsuckers, I continued on the Boulder … Continue reading →

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Bird #408 — Williamson’s Sapsucker

Posted on April 29, 2002 by Roger

sphyrapicus (from sphyra, a hammer, and picus, a woodpecker) thyroideus (from thyreos, a shield, and eidos, resembling) Monday, April 29, 2002 — 8:54 am Teller County, Colorado — Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument The Boulder Creek Trail was listed on … Continue reading →

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