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

Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides)

7/7/16 Meadow off Bodie Road, Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA
7/5/02 Bodie Historic State Park, > 8,000' elevation, Eastern Sierras, 
Mono County, CA 
11/24/02 Near entrance at Fish & Game's HQ off Davis Rd., 
San Jacinto Wildlife Area, Riverside County, CA
7/6/02 Cottonwood Pass Trail, elevation 10,040.' Horseshoe Meadow, 
Inyo National Forest, E. Sierras, Inyo County, CA
8/21/03 Meiss Lake-Sam's Neck Rd. Butte Valley Wildlife Area, 
Siskiyou County, CA 
5/26/02 Female bathing in a water puddle outside visitor center, 
Hidden Valley Wildlife Area, Norco, Riverside County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Mountain Bluebird

SPECIES: Sialia currocoides

LIFE LIST DATE: 2/10/2002 

LOCATION: San Jacinto Wildlife Area, Riverside County, CA

From Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Western Region

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 6 1/2"; sleeker than other bluebirds, with longer wings, tail, and legs. Male: sky-blue above; lighter blue below. Females: uniform pale grayish-brown body; wings and tail sky blue; white eye ring.

VOICE: Song is short sequences of a variety of chur's and rattles; call is a churchur. 
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