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

Black Brant (Branta bernicla nigricans)


1/14/06 Oceano Lagoon Park, San Luis Obispo County, CA (Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival event #35)

1/16/05 Feeding on eelgrass off of Mudflat Cafe, Morro Bay State Park, San Luis Obispo County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Brant

SPECIES: Brant bernicula nigricans

LIFE LIST DATE: 1/14/2005

LOCATION: Morro Bay back bay, San Luis Obispo County, CA (observed on bay birding cruise at 2005 Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival)

From Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Western Region

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 24"; the all black head and bill distinguish this small goose from others. Black neck, back and wings; white rump whitish sides with gray barring; and a belly that is dusky (in this western subspecies). Thin white markings on either side of neck can be hard to see at a distance; they meet in from of neck in western subspecies. 

VOICE: Soft ruk-ruk calls.
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