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

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)

5/18/01 Eaton Canyon Trail, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Chipping Sparrow 

SPECIES: Spizella passerina

FAMILY: Emberizidae (Sparrow, Grosbeaks & Towhees)

LIFE LIST DATE: 5/18/2001

LOCATION: 1 observed on branch of mule fat, trailside along Eaton Canyon Trail, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA

From Kaufman Focus Guide: Birds of North America:

BEHAVIOR/HABITAT: A summer backyard bird in many areas, hopping on lawns, nesting in hedges. Winter flocks forage around woodland edge, thickets. 

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 5 1/2"; In summer, has chestnut cap, white eyebrow, black eyeline. Less contrast in winter; chestnut partly obscured.

VOICE: Song is rapid, hard, dry trill. Call notes are hard chip and thin ssip.
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