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

Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens)


2/19/05 Ponds off Garst Road (from Sinclair Road).
Salton Sea bird tour, Salton Sea International Bird Festival, Imperial County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Snow Goose

SPECIES: Chen caerulescens

FAMILY: Anatidae (Ducks & Geese)

LIFE LIST DATE: 2/19/2005

LOCATION: 9:00am in ponds off Garst Road, Salton Sea, Imperial County, CA

From Kaufman Focus Guide-Birds of North America:

HABITAT/BEHAVIOR: Abundant in certain areas, nesting on arctic tundra, wintering in marshland and open country in warmer climates. Follows traditional routes in migration, may be seldom seen outside these corridors of travel. Flocks often forage on land in farm fields, marsh edge, tundra. 

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 28"; Typical adult white with black wingtips, pink-orange bill and legs. 

VOICE: Nasal honking, owk-owk, heard constantly  from flocks. 
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