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 25, 2015

Bewick's Wren (Thryothorus lucovicianus)

5/5/02 Cute little fledgling under a fairy duster bush.
Desert garden at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, San Bernardino County, CA. 
10/29/02 Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden. 
7/8/05 Fledgling at Convict Lake, Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

7/8/05 Mother feeding fledgling at nest. Convict Lake, Eastern Sierra

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Bewick's Wren

SPECIES: Thryothorus lucovicianus

LIFE LIST DATE: 5/5/2002

LOCATION: Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, San Bernardino County, CA

From Kaufman Focus Guide: Birds of North America:

HABITAT: Common in parts of west, in dry woods, thickets, river-sides. Has mysteriously vanished from most of eastern range. Pairs move actively in undergrowth and low trees. 

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 5 1/4"; White eyebrow, longish tail, often flipped about.

VOICE: Song variable. In west, usually two trills, buzzy or musical. Call notes: varied. Harsh dzheerr and djjk, low burdick.
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