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, November 6, 2015

Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis)

2/23/03 Bitterwater Road, San Luis Obispo County, CA
 7/8/16 Twin Lakes Road, Bridgeport, Eastern Sierras, Mono County, CA
  
 7/8/16 Twin Lakes Rd., Bridgeport

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Ferruginous Hawk

SPECIES: Buteo regalis

FAMILY: Accipitridae (Hawks & Eagles)

LIFE LIST DATE: 2/23/2003

LOCATION: 1 observed perched on top of a power pole off Bitterwater Road, San Luis Obispo County, CA

From Kaufman Focus Guide: Birds of North America:

BEHAVIOR/HABITAT: Our largest buteo, usually uncommon on western grasslands. Sometimes seen sitting on the ground in open fields. 

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 23" w56"; Variable. Typical adult pale, with rufous shoulders and thigh feathers; whitish tail washed with rufous toward tip. 

VOICE: near nest, a high keeyah.
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