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 3, 2015

Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)

1/5/03 Paul Wilhelm Grove, Coachella Valley Preserve, Riverside County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Loggerhead Shrike

SPECIES: Lanius ludovicianus

LIFE LIST DATE: 3/14/1998

LOCATION: Saddleback Butte State Park, Antelope Valley, Los Angeles County, CA

From Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Western Region

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 9"; Widespread in the lower 48 states. Flattened forehead; relatively short, slightly hooked bill; thick black mask; dark gray back contrasts with whitish breast. 

VOICE: Series of whistles and calls, call a chak chak.
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