2/25/07 San Jacinto Wildlife Area, Riverside County, CA
2/25/07 San Jacinto Wildlife Area
LIFE LIST NOTES:
COMMON NAME: Northern Pintail
COMMON NAME: Northern Pintail
SPECIES: Anas acuta
FAMILY: Anatidae (Ducks & Geese)
FAMILY: Anatidae (Ducks & Geese)
LIFE LIST DATE: 2/19/2005
LOCATION: Red Hill Marina, Salton Sea Tour, Salton Sea International Bird Festival, Imperial County, CA
From Kaufman Focus Guide-Birds of North America:
HABITAT/BEHAVIOR: A trim, elegant dabbler, very common on marshy ponds and lakes, especially in the west. Likes very open habitats and usually is wary, hard to approach.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: 20"-26"; Male has white stripe running up long neck onto brown head; gray body, long tail. Female mottled buff brown; known by pointed tail, long neck, gray bill.
IDENTIFYING MARKS: 20"-26"; Male has white stripe running up long neck onto brown head; gray body, long tail. Female mottled buff brown; known by pointed tail, long neck, gray bill.
VOICE: Mellow chooop and high thin note (male) and quacking much like Mallard's (female).
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