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

Fulvous Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)

This one doesn't actually qualify as a lifer because I saw it in captivity at The Living Desert, but I'm posting it here anyways as a place holder.


8/31/02 Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, Palm Desert, Riverside County, CA

COMMON NAME: Fulvous Whistling Duck

SPECIES: Dendrocygna bicolor

FAMILY: Anatidae (Ducks, Geese & Swans)

From Kaufman Focus Guide: Birds of North America:

BEHAVIOR/HABITAT: Locally common in southern marshes, rice fields, lakes, and other wide-open habitats. Flocks often fly around at dawn and dusk. A few may wander far north of normal range. Usually nests on the ground. 

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 20"; Butterscotch color with gray bill, long neck, white stripe on flanks. 

VOICE: Hoarse whistle, ka-wheeeah, often given while flying. 

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