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, November 8, 2015

Red-Breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber)

10/22/02 Mono Lake County Park, Mono Basin Scenic Area, Mono County, CA
8/16/04 Dirt road to Lundy Trail, Lundy Canyon, Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Red-Breasted Sapsucker

SPECIES: Sphyrapicus ruber

FAMILY: Picidae (Woodpeckers)

LIFE LIST DATE: 10/22/02 

LOCATION: Mono Lake County Park, Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

From Kaufman Focus Guide-Birds of North America & Stokes Field Guide to Birds-Western Region:

HABITAT/BEHAVIOR: A richly colored bird, most numerous in humid forests of Pacific northwest.

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 8 1/2"; Body and wings like other sapsuckers but head and chest all red. 

VOICE: A series of cheers; a weep weep call. Drumming is short burst followed by  irregular beats, like tatatat tatat tatat.
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