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.

Friday, October 2, 2015

Northern Rough-Winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)

My first sighting of Northern Rough-Winged Swallows was while on a guided tour of the Prado Constructed Wetlands behind the Prado Dam in Chino. I didn't get a photo of them then, and have taken a few since then at different locales, but always on drab, sometimes foggy days. 
4/27/03 On telephone wire near the Gabrielino Trail (JPL to Oakwilde), San Gabriel Mts., Los Angeles County, CA

4/27/03 On telephone wire near the Gabrielino Trail (JPL to Oakwilde), San Gabriel Mts., Los Angeles County, CA

2/19/05 Ag fields/ponds off Garst Rd. (from Sinclair Rd.), Salton Sea Tour, Salton Sea International Bird Festival, Imperial County, CA 

2/19/05 Lindsey Rd. at Lack Rd. (through ag fields and dirt road adjacent to Salton Sea). Salton Sea Tour, Salton Sea International Bird Festival, Imperial County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Northern Rough-Winged Swallow

SPECIES: Stelgidopteryx serripennis

LIFE LIST DATE: 6/22/2002

LOCATION: Prado Constructed Wetlands, Chino, San Bernardino County, CA

From Stokes Field Guide to Birds:

IDENTIFYING MARKS & BEHAVIOR: 5" upper parts grayish-brown; chin, breast and flanks grayish; belly white. 

VOICE: A harsh brrrt given during alarm and aggressive encounters.
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