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 24, 2015

Long-Billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)


 2/3/02 Bombay Beach, Salton Sea, Imperial County, CA

3/16/02 Salt Marsh Interpretive Trail, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA 
2/24/02 San Jacinto Wildlife Area, Riverside County, CA
LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Long-Billed Dowitcher

SPECIES: Limnodromus scolopaceus

LIFE LIST DATE: 2/3/2002

LOCATION: Bombay Beach, Salton Sea, Imperial County, CA

From Kaufman Focus Guide: Birds of North America:

HABITAT: Flocks of dowitchers stand in shallow water, bills straight down, patiently probing in the mud. The two dowitcher species are very similar, often safely told only by voice. Long-billed's favor fresh water, is usually the more common species inland. 

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 11 1/2"; Chunky with short neck and long bill. In spring, patterned brown above, rich chestnut below. Winter birds all gray. 

VOICE: Varied. Distinctive is thin high keekeekeek on taking flight. 
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