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, November 4, 2015

Gadwall (Anas strepera)

3/16/02 Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Gadwall

SPECIES: Anas strepera

FAMILY: Anatidae (Ducks, Geese & Swans)

LIFE LIST DATE: 3/16/2002

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

From Kaufman Focus Guide: Birds of North America:

BEHAVIOR/HABITAT: Sometimes overlooked (it is confusingly plain) but fairly common, especially in the west. Likes large, shallow ponds with lots of marsh plants. 

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 20"; male mostly gray, with contrasting black stern. Female mottled brown, with gray and orange bill. 

VOICE: Short ghenk (male), high nasal quack (female).
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