GFF: A Field Guide to Silicon Valley

This field guide is comprised of species who reside within the boundaries of Silicon Valley. This field guide is intended as a resource for the Guides from the Field (GFF) project, part of an action research project for an M.S. in Ecological Teaching and Learning from Lesley University in ...more ↓

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Narrowleaf Willow ¹
Salix exigua

moth mullein ¹
Verbascum blattaria

Gorgon Copper ²
Lycaena gorgon

Mylitta Crescent ³
Phyciodes mylitta

Large Heath ⁴
Coenonympha tullia

Cackling Goose ⁵
Branta hutchinsii

Blue Dasher ⁶
Pachydiplax longipennis

Coulter's matilija poppy ⁷
Romneya coulteri

Oregon gumplant ⁸
Grindelia stricta

Indian-pink ³
Silene laciniata

Pacific Forktail ²
Ischnura cervula

Sydney Golden Wattle ⁹
Acacia longifolia

salt marsh dodder ²
Cuscuta salina

California Cordgrass ¹⁰
Spartina foliosa

Common Green Darner ¹¹
Anax junius

Blue-eyed Darner ¹²
Rhionaeschna multicolor

California Towhee ¹³
Melozone crissalis

Western Pond Turtle ¹⁴
Actinemys marmorata

Canary Island palm ¹⁵
Phoenix canariensis

Virginia glasswort ¹⁶
Salicornia depressa

Ammophila ¹⁷

California Oak Moth ¹⁸
Phryganidia californica

Eight-spotted Skimmer ¹⁹
Libellula forensis

Bonaparte's Gull ²⁰
Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Yellow-rumped Warbler ³
Setophaga coronata

Black-throated Gray Warbler ²¹
Setophaga nigrescens

Lesser Goldfinch ²²
Spinus psaltria

California King Snake ²³
Lampropeltis californiae

Gymnosoma ²⁴

California Ground Squirrel ²⁵
Otospermophilus beecheyi

California Ringlet ²⁶
Coenonympha tullia california

Snow Goose ²⁷
Chen caerulescens

Brown Creeper ²⁸
Certhia americana

Gopher Snake ²⁹
Pituophis catenifer

Pond Slider ³⁰
Trachemys scripta

California Dancer ¹⁹
Argia agrioides

Milk Thistle ³¹
Silybum marianum

Elderberry ³²
Sambucus nigra

Western Box Elder Bug ³³
Boisea rubrolineata

Silvery Blue ³⁴
Glaucopsyche lygdamus

Large Marble ³⁵
Euchloe ausonides

Sonoran Blue ³⁶
Philotes sonorensis

House Finch ²⁷
Haemorhous mexicanus

Forster's Tern ³⁷
Sterna forsteri

Cliff Swallow ³⁸
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Common Checkered-Skipper ³⁹
Pyrgus communis

Cormorants and Shags ⁴⁰
Phalacrocorax

Merlin ⁴¹
Falco columbarius

Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl ⁴²
Anatidae

Common Goldeneye ⁴³
Bucephala clangula

Barn Swallow ⁴⁴
Hirundo rustica

Chestnut-backed Chickadee ⁴⁵
Poecile rufescens

Orange-crowned Warbler ⁴⁶
Oreothlypis celata

Sora ⁴⁷
Porzana carolina

Virginia Rail ⁴⁸
Rallus limicola

Dusky Moorhen ⁴⁹
Gallinula tenebrosa

American Coot ⁵⁰
Fulica americana

Mourning Dove ⁵¹
Zenaida macroura

Sandpipers and Allies ¹⁷
Scolopacidae

Dunlin ⁵²
Calidris alpina

Semipalmated Sandpiper ⁵³
Calidris pusilla

Grebes ⁵⁴
Podicipedidae

Eared Grebe ⁵⁴
Podiceps nigricollis

Horned Grebe ²⁰
Podiceps auritus

American White Pelican ⁵⁵
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers ⁵⁶
Laridae

Glaucous Gull ⁵⁷
Larus hyperboreus

Heermann's Gull ⁵
Larus heermanni

Pigeon Guillemot ⁴⁷
Cepphus columba

Peregrine Falcon ⁵⁸
Falco peregrinus

American Kestrel ⁴⁸
Falco sparverius

Turkey Vulture ⁵⁹
Cathartes aura

Plovers and Lapwings
Charadriidae

Kentish Plover ⁶⁰
Charadrius alexandrinus

Snowy Egret ⁶¹
Egretta thula

Great Blue Heron ⁴⁷
Ardea herodias

Black-crowned Night-Heron ⁶²
Nycticorax nycticorax

Golden Eagle ³
Aquila chrysaetos

Northern Harrier ⁶³
Circus cyaneus

Black-winged Kites ⁶⁴
Elanus

White-tailed Kite ⁶⁵
Elanus leucurus

Mallard ⁶⁶
Anas platyrhynchos

Blue-winged Teal ²⁷
Anas discors

Canada Goose ⁶⁷
Branta canadensis

Wood Duck ⁶⁸
Aix sponsa

Marsh Wren ²⁷
Cistothorus palustris

Common Raven ⁶⁹
Corvus corax

American Crow ⁷⁰
Corvus brachyrhynchos

Lincoln's Sparrow ⁷¹
Melospiza lincolnii

Song Sparrow ⁷²
Melospiza melodia

Fox Sparrow ⁴⁶
Passerella iliaca

Yellow-throated Warbler ⁷³
Dendroica dominica

Hermit Thrush ⁵
Catharus guttatus

American Pipit ³
Anthus rubescens

Northern Mockingbird ⁶³
Mimus polyglottos

Say's Phoebe ⁷⁴
Sayornis saya

Northern Flicker ⁷⁵
Colaptes auratus

Barn Owl
Tyto alba

Common Opossum
Didelphis marsupialis

Brush Rabbit ⁷⁶
Sylvilagus bachmani

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GFF: A Field Guide to Silicon Valley

Narrowleaf Willow 1 Salix exigua

moth mullein 1 Verbascum blattaria

Gorgon Copper 2 Lycaena gorgon

Mylitta Crescent 3 Phyciodes mylitta

Large Heath 4 Coenonympha tullia

Cackling Goose 5 Branta hutchinsii

Blue Dasher 6 Pachydiplax longipennis

Coulter's matilija poppy 7 Romneya coulteri

Oregon gumplant 8 Grindelia stricta

Indian-pink 3 Silene laciniata

Pacific Forktail 2 Ischnura cervula

Sydney Golden Wattle 9 Acacia longifolia

salt marsh dodder 2 Cuscuta salina

California Cordgrass 10 Spartina foliosa

Common Green Darner 11 Anax junius

Blue-eyed Darner 12 Rhionaeschna multicolor

California Towhee 13 Melozone crissalis

Western Pond Turtle 14 Actinemys marmorata

Canary Island palm 15 Phoenix canariensis

Virginia glasswort 16 Salicornia depressa

Ammophila 17

California Oak Moth 18 Phryganidia californica

Eight-spotted Skimmer 19 Libellula forensis

Bonaparte's Gull 20 Chroicocephalus philadelphia

Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 Setophaga coronata

Black-throated Gray Warbler 21 Setophaga nigrescens

Lesser Goldfinch 22 Spinus psaltria

California King Snake 23 Lampropeltis californiae

Gymnosoma 24

California Ground Squirrel 25 Otospermophilus beecheyi

California Ringlet 26 Coenonympha tullia california

Snow Goose 27 Chen caerulescens

Brown Creeper 28 Certhia americana

Gopher Snake 29 Pituophis catenifer

Pond Slider 30 Trachemys scripta

California Dancer 19 Argia agrioides

Milk Thistle 31 Silybum marianum

Elderberry 32 Sambucus nigra

Western Box Elder Bug 33 Boisea rubrolineata

Silvery Blue 34 Glaucopsyche lygdamus

Large Marble 35 Euchloe ausonides

Sonoran Blue 36 Philotes sonorensis

House Finch 27 Haemorhous mexicanus

Forster's Tern 37 Sterna forsteri

Cliff Swallow 38 Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Common Checkered-Skipper 39 Pyrgus communis

Cormorants and Shags 40 Phalacrocorax

Merlin 41 Falco columbarius

Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl 42 Anatidae

Common Goldeneye 43 Bucephala clangula

Barn Swallow 44 Hirundo rustica

Chestnut-backed Chickadee 45 Poecile rufescens

Orange-crowned Warbler 46 Oreothlypis celata

Sora 47 Porzana carolina

Virginia Rail 48 Rallus limicola

Dusky Moorhen 49 Gallinula tenebrosa

American Coot 50 Fulica americana

Mourning Dove 51 Zenaida macroura

Sandpipers and Allies 17 Scolopacidae

Dunlin 52 Calidris alpina

Semipalmated Sandpiper 53 Calidris pusilla

Grebes 54 Podicipedidae

Eared Grebe 54 Podiceps nigricollis

Horned Grebe 20 Podiceps auritus

American White Pelican 55 Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers 56 Laridae

Glaucous Gull 57 Larus hyperboreus

Heermann's Gull 5 Larus heermanni

Pigeon Guillemot 47 Cepphus columba

Peregrine Falcon 58 Falco peregrinus

American Kestrel 48 Falco sparverius

Turkey Vulture 59 Cathartes aura

Plovers and Lapwings Charadriidae

Kentish Plover 60 Charadrius alexandrinus

Snowy Egret 61 Egretta thula

Great Blue Heron 47 Ardea herodias

Black-crowned Night-Heron 62 Nycticorax nycticorax

Golden Eagle 3 Aquila chrysaetos

Northern Harrier 63 Circus cyaneus