Part 2/2 of bird content at Fort Lowell Park in Tucson, Arizona, featuring (unless otherwise noted) Vermilion Flycatcher:
Nice sequence of a female Vermilion Flycatcher eating a just-caught dragonfly:
Sadly, despite best efforts, no Bendire’s Thrashers were spotted!
[Editor’s note: Wikipedia article on Charles Bendire.]
tsk, tsk. Not giving Charlie E. B. proper ranking!
The Bendire’s thrasher (Toxostoma bendirei) is named in honor of Major Charles E. Bendire, a U.S. Army officer and ornithologist who collected the first specimen of the species in 1872 near Fort Lowell, Arizona
Think he was later a major. At the time of the bird was named after him, he was a lieutenant. Or something like that.
Did he kill that many birds????
or is this just a ‘no bird should be killed and stuffed’ rant…..
Just a joke about the ‘good ol’ days.’