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

Hermit Warbler (Dendroica occidentalis)

It was such a treat for us to see this lifer at Montana de Oro State Park during the 2005 Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival, even though it was super flitty and waaaaaay up in a Monterey cypress tree, ergo, hard to get a good shot of.
1/14/05 Campground at Montana de Oro State Park. 

1/14/05 Campground at Montana de Oro State Park. 

1/14/05 Campground at Montana de Oro State Park.

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Hermit Warbler

SPECIES: Dendroica occidentalis

LIFE LIST DATE: 1/14/2005

SEX: Probably a female.

COUNT: 1


LOCATION: Monterey Cypress tree at campground at Montana de Oro State Park. "Birding Islay Creek" tour/event at the 2005 Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival, San Luis Obispo County, CA

From Stokes Field Guide to Birds:

IDENTIFYING MARKS & BEHAVIOR: 5 1/2" Male: all yellow face and forehead; black throat, gray back heavily streaked with black; white underparts. Female: much less black in throat; hint of olive wash at edges of ear patch. 

VOICE: Song is a series of high-pitched see notes with 2-3 slower notes at end. Call is a non-musical tick.
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