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.

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon)


12/11/10 Male over wetlands at Lake Elsinore, Riverside County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Belted Kingfisher

SPECIES: Ceryle alcyon

LIFE LIST DATE: 8/16/2004

LOCATION: Meadow off of Mill Creek. Lundy Canyon Trail, Eastern Sierras, Mono County, CA

From Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Western Region

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 13"; Our only kingfisher outside of Texas. Large bill; blue-gray head, back, and wings; white collar. Male: all-white belly. Female: reddish brown belly band. 

VOICE: A continuous woody rattle; often given in flight. Very vocal. 
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