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

Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya)

This Western flycatcher of the dry country is a regular out here in our neck of the woods. It's predominantly light gray with an orangish belly and dark tail. 

10/14/12 Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya) on the fenceline next to our neighbor's. La Cresta, Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA
11/28/10 Waterline Road, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, SW Riverside County, CA

3/3/02 Big Morongo Canyon Preserve, San Bernardino County, CA 
11/24/02 Davis Rd., San Jacinto Wildlife Area, Riverside County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Say's Phoebe

SPECIES: Sayornis saya

LIFE LIST DATE: 10/6/2002

LOCATION: Salt Creek, Salton Sea, Imperial County, CA

From Stokes Field Guide to Birds-Western Region & Kaufman Focus Guide-Birds of North America:

HABITAT: A dry-country phoebe, often seen perched on fences or hovering over barren fields. May nest around barns or ranch houses.

 IDENTIFYING MARKS: 8"; brownish gray above; grayish throat and breast; cinnamon belly; repeatedly bobs blackish tail.

VOICE: Song is a repeated pitseedar; call a high-pitched, down slurred peeer.
Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)