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 Quail (Oreortyx pictus)


7/7/07 Fleeting glimpse of a mountain quail trying to get the heck away from me. Leavitt campground off Sonora Pass (Hwy. 108), Toiyabe National Forest, Mono County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Mountain Quail

SPECIES: Oreortyx pictus 

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/7/2007

LOCATION: Leavitt campground off Sonora Pass (Hwy. 108), Toiyabe National Forest, Mono County, CA

From Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Western Region

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 11"; distinctive long thin double plumes on forehead. Both sexes have a reddish-brown chin, gray breast, and chestnut belly with white barring along sides. 

VOICE: Unmated male gives loud whistled call like plu-ark.
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