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

Canyon Wren (Catherpes mexicanus)

3/9/02 Near visitor center at Malibu Creek State Park, Los Angeles County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Canyon Wren

SPECIES: Catherpes mexicanus

LIFE LIST DATE: 3/9/2002

LOCATION: Near visitor center at Malibu Creek State Park, Los Angeles County, CA

From Kaufman Focus Guide: Birds of North America:

HABITAT: The clear, ringing song of this wren seems well-suited to wild rocky canyons. Often hard to see as it scoots about in boulder piles and cracks in canyon walls, seeking insects in crevices with its very long bill. 

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 6"; Mostly dark chestnut with clear white throat and chest. Black bars on short reddish tail. 

VOICE: Song a rippling cascade of clear notes, tetetetetete tew tew teew twee tuweee, becoming slower and lower toward end. Call note: short bzzzt.
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