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 25, 2015

Wrentit (Chamaea fasciata)

5/26/03 San Juan Loop Trail, San Mateo Canyon Wilderness, Santa Ana Mountains, 
Cleveland National Forest, Riverside County, CA 


5/26/03 San Juan Loop Trail.
2/10/18 At suet feeder, Kyle Court, La Cresta, Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA 
2/10/18 At suet feeder, Kyle Court, La Cresta, Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA 

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Wrentit

SPECIES: Chamaea fasciata

LIFE LIST DATE:5/22/1999

LOCATION: Eaton Canyon Natural Area, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA

From Kaufman Focus Guide: Birds of North America:

HABITAT: An odd little bird that skulks in dense low thickets and chaparral near Pacific coast. Usually hard to see but its loud voice is heard often. Perhaps related to babblers of Old World. 

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 6 1/4"; Long tail, stubby bill. Overall gray brown to reddish brown, with staring  pale eye, blurry stripes on chest. 

VOICE: Loud ringing note repeated over and over, usually running into a rapid trill. At close range a low trr trrr.
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