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

Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)

1/16/05 Mudflat Cafe, Morro Bay State Park, Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo County, CA

1/16/05 Mudflat Cafe, Morro Bay State Park


LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Semipalmated Plover

SPECIES: Charadrius semipalmatus

LIFE LIST DATE: 8/4/2002 

LOCATION: Tijuana Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Imperial County, CA

From Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Western Region

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 7"; in all plumages dark brown above, dark neck ring is complete. Summer: black bar across forehead and from eye to bill; black neck ring. Bill orange with dark tip; legs orange. Winter: black areas of summer plumage are brown; bill mostly dark; less dull orange. 

VOICE: A clear whistle-like chee-wee; also an accelerating chortling note when defending feeding territory.
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