The English name of the Bonaparte's Gull honors Charles Lucien Bonaparte, who made important contributions to American ornithology while an active member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia during the 1820s.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Bonapartes_Gull
Sunday, March 20, 2016
Friday, March 4, 2016
Greater White-fronted Goose
Breeding across the tundra from Nunavut to Siberia, across Russia, and in Greenland, the Greater White-fronted Goose has one of the largest ranges of any species of goose in the world.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Greater_White-fronted_Goose
"Only two recorded sightings in Tazewell County."
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Greater_White-fronted_Goose
"Only two recorded sightings in Tazewell County."
Located at Richlands (in field behind Washington Square Clinic) |
Located at Pisgah (in field across from Historic Crab Orchard Museum) |
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