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 25, 2015

Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus)

3/23/03 Campsite#13, Red Rock Canyon State Park, Kern County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Rock Wren

SPECIES: Salpinctes obsoletus

LIFE LIST DATE: 3/23/2003

LOCATION: Campsite#13, Red Rock Canyon State Park, Kern County, CA

From Kaufman Focus Guide: Birds of North America:

HABITAT: A pallid wren of rocky desert, badlands, rockslides. Usually on ground or bobbing up and down atop a boulder. Nests inside rock crevices; makes odd "sidewalk" of pebbles in front of nest.

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 6"; overall pale look; fine streaks on chest not always apparent. As it flies away, short tail shows rusty at base, buff outer corners. 

VOICE: Song-short phrases, each repeated several times, like a weak mockingbird. Call note: loud ringing tk-keeer.
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