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.

Friday, October 2, 2015

Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Where you have water, you might find swallows...so it was back in 2002 when I sighted my first barn swallows at Hidden Valley Wildlife Area in Norco along the Santa Ana River. 

5/26/02 Hidden Valley Wildlife Area, Norco, Riverside County, CA

8/20/03 Link River Trail, Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon. 

7/3/05 Auto Tour, Modoc National Wildlife Refuge, Modoc County, CA
LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Barn Swallow

SPECIES: Hirundo rustica

LIFE LIST DATE: 5/26/2002

LOCATION: Hidden Valley Wildlife Area, Norco, Riverside County, CA

From Stokes Field Guide to Birds:

IDENTIFYING MARKS & BEHAVIOR: 7" Long forked tail; upper parts blue-black; breast buffy; chin & throat reddish brown.

VOICE: Both sexes give song of continuous twitter interspersed by grating sounds; during feeding our alarm call chitchit
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