Listing Through Life

seiurus (from seio, to shake, and oura, tail) noveboracensis (of New York)

Thursday, May 15, 1980 — 5:00 pm

Deerfield, Illinois

The woods on campus at this time were a bit muddy, and standing puddles of water were scattered here and there among the trees. Just inside the tree-line near the baseball diamond was a particularly large puddle. I noticed two Waterthrushes foraging in and along the edge of the water. They were walking on the ground and on logs and sticks. I got to within five feet on a few occasions.

dendroica (from dendron, tree, and oikein, to dwell) tigrina (striped)

Thursday, May 15, 1980 — 3:30 pm

Deerfield, Illinois

This Cape May Warbler was foraging in the woods on a college campus with a small wave of other warblers.

vireo (a bird) solitarius (alone)

Thursday, May 15, 1980 — 3:15 pm

Deerfield, Illinois

I was wandering about on a college campus when I heard this bird singing. It was foraging in the woods near a small wave of warblers.

dendroica (from dendron, tree, and oikein, to dwell) pensylvanica (of Pennsylvania)

Thursday, May 15, 1980 — 2:45 pm

Deerfield, Illinois

The Chestnut-sided Warbler was foraging in the woods on a college campus with a small wave of warblers.

dendroica (from dendron, tree, and oikein, to dwell) fusca (dark)

Thursday, May 15, 1980 — 11:30 am

Des Plaines, Illinois — residential area

I noticed a few warblers flitting around the neighborhood, and I wandered around with my binoculars looking at them. I spotted this male foraging in a Norway maple over the road. I felt a bit conspicuous standing in the middle of a residential area with binoculars, but I didn’t let that stop me.