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.

Saturday, October 24, 2015

Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)

 8/20/04 Pismo State Beach, San Luis Obispo County, CA

8/20/04 Pismo State Beach
10/27/02 In winter plumage. 
Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Western Sandpiper 

SPECIES: Calidris mauri

LIFE LIST DATE: 3/16/2002

LOCATION: Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA

From Kaufman Focus Guide: Birds of North America:

HABITAT: Nesting in Alaska, this peep spreads across the continent in migration. Likes open flats, may wade more than Least or Semi. 

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 6 1/2"; Bill usually longer than Semipalmated, drooped at tip. Spring adult has rusty marks above, black spots on sides. Fall juvenile like Semi but usually has rusty stripe on scapulars, whiter eyebrow. Winter adults gray above, pale below. Dark legs.

VOICE: Thin cheet.
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