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

Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni)

11/25/12 On a mesquite tree on our property, La Cresta, Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA
1/16/05 Sweet Springs Nature Preserve, Los Osos, San Luis Obispo County, CA


LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Hutton's Vireo

SPECIES: Vireo huttoni

LIFE LIST DATE: 1/6/2005

LOCATION: Sweet Springs Nature Preserve, Los Osos, San Luis Obispo County, CA

From Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Western Region

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 4 1/2"; small; white eye ring broken at top; whitish lores; 2 bold white wing bars; short stout bill. Looks very similar to Ruby-crowned Kinglet, distinguished by thicker bill. 

VOICE: A series of 2-note, buzzy whistled phrases with short pauses between, like zooee, zeeah, zeeay.
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