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

Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba)


8/19/04 Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Pigeon Guillemot

SPECIES: Cepphus columba

LIFE LIST DATE: 8/19/2004

LOCATION: Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo County, CA

From Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Western Region

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 13"; Summer: Conspicuous white patch on wing has black triangle in lower half; otherwise, bird black. Winter: head, neck, and underparts white; black mottled gray and white; summer wing markings still conspicuous.

VOICE: A tsik call and a longer peeeeo.
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