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.

Sunday, October 4, 2015

Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena)


 4/16/07 In our back orchard. La Cresta, Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA

4/27/07 On the fence at the front of our property. La Cresta, Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA 

7/6/07 Mono Lake Access Area, Lee Vining, Eastern Sierras, Mono County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Lazuli Bunting

SPECIES: Passerina amoena

LIFE LIST DATE: 3/9/2002

LOCATION: Malibu Creek State Park, Los Angeles County, CA

From Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Western Region

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 5 1/2"; Male: bright sky-blue head and back; reddish breast; white belly; 2 white wing bars, upper broader and more noticeable. Female: Grayish brown above; light below with buffy wash on breast; 2 faint wing bars; light bluish cast to wings, tail and rump.

VOICE: Song a rapid jumble of whistled notes, some occasionally burry; call a short pit.
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