If you're a birder, you'll know what a life list is. It's basically a list of all the bird species one has observed and positively ID'd in one's lifetime. This blog is a record of my "critter" life list (mostly of birds), including photos I've taken over the years, some of the actual lifer if I was lucky enough to get the shot. Don't expect National Geographic quality stuff here, just the work of an amateur photog who loves to trudge out into nature.

Sunday, October 4, 2015

American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)


 
6/2/02 San Jacinto Wildlife Area, Riverside County, CA

2/25/07 In winter plumage.
San Jacinto Wildlife Area, Riverside County, CA

4/13/02 Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve, Orange County, CA 

 3/16/02 Salt Marsh Interpretive Trail, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Orange County, CA

10/27/02 In winter plumage. Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA

7/3/05 One of a nesting pair defending their nesting site off of the paved section at end of auto tour road. Modoc National Wildlife Refuge, Modoc County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: American Avocet

SPECIES: Recurvirostra americana

LIFE LIST DATE: 5/26/1997

LOCATION: San Jacinto Wildlife Area, Riverside County, CA

From Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Western Region

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 18"; long, thin, upturned bill; black on wings and back; white body. Female has shorter, more strongly upcurved bill. Summer: Head and neck rich cinnamon. Winter: Head and neck whitish.

VOICE: A loud penetrating kleet.
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