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 Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)


1/14/06 Oso Flaco Lake, Oceano, San Luis Obispo County, CA (Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival Event#35) 

1/14/06 Oso Flaco Lake, Oceano, San Luis Obispo County, CA (Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival Event#35) 

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: American Bittern

SPECIES: Botaurus lentiginosus

LIFE LIST DATE: 1/14/2006

LOCATION: Oso Flaco Lake, Oceano, San Luis Obispo County, CA (Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival Event#35) 

From Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Western Region

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 25"; a stocky bird with brown streaking underneath and a sometimes visible black streak extending down neck from base of bill.

VOICE: During breeding, male gives a booming pumper-link call. Sounds like an old-fashioned hand pump. Alarm call is kok-kok-kok.
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