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.

Friday, October 2, 2015

Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)

A cute little warbler that likes to hang out near water. 
5/18/02 Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve, Orange County, CA
 5/26/02 Hidden Valley Wildlife Area, Norco, Riverside County, CA

6/22/02 Prado Regional Park, San Bernardino County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Common Yellowthroat

SPECIES: Geothlypis trichas

SEX: Male

 COUNT: 1

LIFE LIST DATE: 5/18/2002

LOCATION: Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve, Orange County, CA

From Stokes Field Guide to Birds:

IDENTIFYING MARKS & BEHAVIOR: 5" Male: yellow throat and upper breast; black mask with grayish-white border; buff flanks, yellow under tail coverts. Female: yellow throat and breast, olive brown face and upper parts; whitish eye ring; suggestion of eyebrow; brown wash on forehead.

VOICE: Song sounds like witchity witchity, witchy or your money, your money, your money. Call is a sharp tchat tchat.
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