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 10, 2015

Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)


 6/22/02 Prado Regional Park, Chino, San Bernardino County, CA
6/22/02 Prado Regional Park
6/12/17 Leeds Castle, Kent, England, UK

6/12/17 Leeds Castle, Kent, England, UK
6/8/17 The Serpentine Lake, Hyde Park, London, UK 
6/8/17 The Serpentine Lake, Hyde Park, London, UK 

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Common Moorhen

SPECIES: Gallinula chloropus

LIFE LIST DATE: 5/26/2002

LOCATION: Hidden Valley Wildlife Area, Norco, Riverside County, CA

From Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Western Region

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 14"; Summer: dark, ducklike; black head; yellow tipped red bill; also has red forehead and white line of feathers along flanks. Often seen swimming. Winter: like summer, but with brownish yellow-tipped bill and brownish forehead. 

VOICE: A wide variety of sounds, many like the clucks of a chicken; other are short grating notes. 
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