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 3, 2015

White-Crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)

3/3/02 Big Morongo Canyon Preserve, San Bernardino County, CA


4/8/07 Perched on a grape vine in the back orchard. La Cresta, Murrieta, 
SW Riverside County, CA

8/19/04 Morro Rock, Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo County, CA

 7/4/16 Rock Creek, Inyo National Forest, Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: White-Crowned Sparrow

SPECIES: Zonotricia leucophrys

 FAMILY: Emberizidae (Sparrows, Towhees and Grosbeaks)

LIFE LIST DATE: 3/12/2000

TIME: 8:30am

LOCATION: Site#12, Loop B under creosote bush, Cottonwood Springs campground, Joshua Tree National Park, Riverside County, CA

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

HABITAT/BEHAVIOR: Very common in west, uncommon in east. Flocks in winter live in thickets, woodland edges, deserts, and may sing in rambling chorus from bush tops on warm winter days. Most spend summer in far north or mountains; some live all year along Pacific coast. 

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 6 1/2" Gray face, reddish brown cap, white chin. Unmarked back, wings, and tail are greenish.

VOICE: Song 2-3 whistled notes followed by harsh trill, like weeteer chrrrrrr; call a catlike mew.
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