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.

Saturday, November 7, 2015

Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)

10/27/02 Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA 
8/18/04 Moss Landing State Beach, Monterey County, CA 
8/20/04 Pismo State Beach, San Luis Obispo County, CA 
5/4/02 San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary, Irvine, Orange County, CA

1/14/01 My lifer at Andree Clark Bird Refuge, Santa Barbara County, CA 
10/6/02 Roadside ditch/ag fields off McDonald Road, Imperial County Wildlife Area (Salton Sea), CA 
10/6/02 English Road, Imperial County Wildlife Area (Salton Sea), CA 
3/16/02 Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Snowy Egret

SPECIES: Egretta thula

FAMILY: Ardeidae (Herons & Egrets)

LIFE LIST DATE: 1/14/2001 

LOCATION: One observed at Andree Clark Bird Refuge, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, CA

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

BEHAVIOR/HABITAT: A dainty egret that dances in the shallows, often shuffling its feet or dashing about actively as it pursues minnows and tadpoles. Many egrets develop long filmy feathers (called "aigrettes") in breeding plumage; those of the Snowy are especially long and lacy.

IDENTIFYING MARKS: 24"; Legs mostly black with yellow feet ("golden slippers"). Bill black, with yellow on loses (in front of eye). Immatures may have legs mostly greenish at first, base of bill gray.

VOICE: In breeding colonies, wah-wah-wah; during aggression a harsh aah.
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