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.

Friday, October 2, 2015

Townsend's Warbler (Dendroica townsendi)

Another lifer for me at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden. 
 5/5/02 Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, San Bernardino County, CA

5/5/02 Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, San Bernardino County, CA

5/5/02 Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, San Bernardino County, CA

1/14/06 Pismo State Beach Campground, Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival Event#35, San Luis Obispo County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Townsend's Warbler

SPECIES: Dendroica townsendi

LIFE LIST DATE: 5/5/2002

SEX: Male

COUNT: 1

LOCATION: Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, San Bernardino County, CA

From Stokes Field Guide to Birds:

IDENTIFYING MARKS & BEHAVIOR: 5" Male: Black ear patch bordered by broad yellow eyebrow and a yellow stripe below; black throat; yellow lower breast; white underbelly, white wing bars, white on 2 outer tail feathers; black streaking on flanks. Female: ear patch duller; throat mostly yellow, with dark streaking on lower throat and flanks. 

VOICE: Voice is 5-6 buzzy high-pitched zee notes with 2-3 higher buzzy notes at end. Call is a non-musical tick.
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