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.

Saturday, October 3, 2015

Brewer's Sparrow (Spizella breweri)

Saw this lifer along the trail next to the visitor center for the Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area in Lee Vining. Good birding locale, as I also spotted a Black-throated Sparrow in the vicinity.
7/6/07 Visitor Center, Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area, Lee Vining, Mono County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Brewer's Sparrow

SPECIES: Spizella breweri

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/6/2007

COUNT: 1

LOCATION: Trail near Visitor Center for Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area, Lee Vining, E. Sierras, Mono County, CA

NOTE: Since adults have an unstreaked breast, this one is a juvenile (juveniles are streaked throughout and will keep this plumage through August of their first year).

From Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Western Region

IDENTIFYING MARKS & BEHAVIOR: 5 1/2" Clear gray breast; dark brown crown with fine black streaks; gray eyebrow with distinct white eye ring; brown cheek patch outlined above and below with black; faint whisker stripe; long notched tail; generally quite drab.

VOICE: Long (up to 10 seconds) canary like song is distinctive.
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