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.

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus)

3/16/02 Salt Marsh Interpretive Trail, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA 
4/13/02 Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve, Orange County, CA

1/15/05 Mudflat Cafe, Morro Bay State Park, San Luis Obispo County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Willet

SPECIES: Catoptrophorus semipalmatus

LIFE LIST DATE: 3/16/2002

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

From Stokes Field Guide to Birds-Western Region & Kaufman Focus Guide-Birds of NA

HABITAT: Nests in marshes of Atlantic and Gulf coasts and in western interior; winters along coasts in warmer climates. 

 IDENTIFYING MARKS: 15"; Summer: long, straight, rather heavy bill; long gray legs; brown streaking on head and neck; brown barring on breast. Winter: body plain gray-brown above; whitish below.

VOICE: Named after song given on breeding ground, pill-will-willet. Alarm notes sound like kip-kip-kip.
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