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

Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)


1/15/06 Beach across from Washburn Day Use Area, San Simeon State Park, San Luis Obispo County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Snowy Plover

SPECIES: Charadrius alesandrinus

LIFE LIST DATE: 1/17/2005

LOCATION: Beach across from Washburn Day Use Area, San Simeon State Park, San Luis Obispo County, CA

From Stokes Field Guide to Birds: Western Region

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 6"; in all plumages, pale sandy above; partial neck ring; thin, pointed black bill; gray legs. Summer: Male has dark bar across forehead, dark eye patch and dark partial neck ring. Female is light brown in these areas. Winter: Both sexes like summer female. 

VOICE: Low whistled flight call like ku-wheet. 
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