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.

Monday, October 26, 2015

Black-Bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

11/3/02 In winter plumage. 
Crystal Cove State Park, Orange County, CA 
11/3/02 Crystal Cove SP

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Black-Bellied Plover

SPECIES: Pluvialis squatarola

FAMILY: Charadriidae (Plovers)

LIFE LIST DATE: 11/3/2002

LOCATION: Crystal Cove State Park (between Newport Coast and Laguna Beach), Orange County, CA

From Kaufman Focus Guide: Birds of North America:

BEHAVIOR/HABITAT: This stocky plover haunts the outer beaches. Nests only in Arctic, but some occur at all seasons on southern coastlines. Mostly scarce migrant in interior.

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 11 1/2"; Short thick bill. In winter, mottled back and chest. In flight, note black wing pits, whitish rump and tail. 

VOICE: Mournful whistle dropping in middle wheeyoo-wee. 
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