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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 ↓

Clapper Rail 1
Rallus longirostris
Common Gallinule 2
Gallinula chloropus
Ring-necked Pheasant 3
Phasianus colchicus
Belted Kingfisher 4
Megaceryle alcyon
White-faced Ibis 5
Plegadis chihi
Western Sandpiper 6
Calidris mauri
Least Sandpiper 7
Calidris minutilla
Dowitchers 8
Limnodromus
Greater Yellowlegs 9
Tringa melanoleuca
Whimbrel 10
Numenius phaeopus
Long-billed Curlew 11
Numenius americanus
Marbled Godwit 12
Limosa fedoa
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Podilymbus podiceps
Double-crested Cormorant 8
Phalacrocorax auritus
Western Gull 13
Larus occidentalis
Thayer's Gull 14
Larus thayeri
Mew Gull 8
Larus canus
Ring-billed Gull 15
Larus delawarensis
California Gull 16
Larus californicus
Black-necked Stilt 17
Himantopus mexicanus
American Avocet 18
Recurvirostra americana
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Anna's Hummingbird 19
Calypte anna
Northern Pintail 20
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal 21
Anas crecca
Cinnamon Teal 22
Anas cyanoptera
Gadwall 23
Anas strepera
Northern Shoveler 24
Anas clypeata
American Wigeon 25
Anas americana
Bufflehead 24
Bucephala albeola
Greylag Goose 26
Anser anser
Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
Canvasback 27
Aythya valisineria
Ruddy Duck 28
Oxyura jamaicensis
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschata
Bushtit 29
Psaltriparus minimus
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 27
Polioptila caerulea
Bewick's Wren 30
Thryomanes bewickii
Western Scrub-Jay 31
Aphelocoma californica
White-crowned Sparrow 32
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Golden-crowned Sparrow 33
Zonotrichia atricapilla
Western Meadowlark
Sturnella neglecta
Common Yellowthroat 34
Geothlypis trichas
Red-winged Blackbird 35
Agelaius phoeniceus
Savannah Sparrow 11
Passerculus sandwichensis
Black-headed Grosbeak 19
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Western Bluebird 13
Sialia mexicana
California Thrasher 13
Toxostoma redivivum
Ash-throated Flycatcher 9
Myiarchus cinerascens
Black Phoebe 9
Sayornis nigricans
Acorn Woodpecker 36
Melanerpes formicivorus
Short-eared Owl 24
Asio flammeus
California Newt 37
Taricha torosa
Western Skink 37
Plestiodon skiltonianus
Western Whiptail 38
Aspidoscelis tigris
Harbor Seal 39
Phoca vitulina
Long-tailed Weasel 40
Mustela frenata
Black-tailed Jack Rabbit 11
Lepus californicus
Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse 41
Reithrodontomys raviventris
Western Grey Squirrel 42
Sciurus griseus
Insects 43
Insecta
Flame Skimmer 38
Libellula saturata
Crab Spiders 44
Thomisidae
Common Buckeye 45
Junonia coenia
West Coast Lady 46
Vanessa annabella
Lorquin's Admiral 47
Limenitis lorquini
Variable Checkerspot 48
Euphydryas chalcedona
Large Crane Flies 49
Tipulidae
Cardinal Meadowhawk 46
Sympetrum illotum
Echo Azure 50
Celastrina echo
Black Saddlebags 19
Tramea lacerata
Northern Checkerspot
Chlosyne palla
Pale Swallowtail 38
Papilio eurymedon
Cabbage White 51
Pieris rapae
Acmon Blue 27
Plebejus acmon
Gorgon Copper 46
Lycaena gorgon
Mylitta Crescent 27
Phyciodes mylitta
Large Heath 52
Coenonympha tullia
Cackling Goose 13
Branta hutchinsii
Blue Dasher 53
Pachydiplax longipennis
Pacific Forktail 46
Ischnura cervula
Common Green Darner 54
Anax junius
Blue-eyed Darner 19
Rhionaeschna multicolor
California Towhee 55
Melozone crissalis
Western Pond Turtle 56
Actinemys marmorata
Ammophila 57
California Oak Moth 58
Phryganidia californica
Eight-spotted Skimmer 59
Libellula forensis
Bonaparte's Gull 9
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Yellow-rumped Warbler 27
Setophaga coronata
Black-throated Gray Warbler 60
Setophaga nigrescens
Lesser Goldfinch 61
Spinus psaltria
California King Snake 62
Lampropeltis californiae
Gymnosoma 63
California Ground Squirrel 64
Otospermophilus beecheyi
California Ringlet 65
Coenonympha tullia california
Snow Goose 24
Chen caerulescens
Brown Creeper 66
Certhia americana
Gopher Snake 67
Pituophis catenifer
Pond Slider 68
Trachemys scripta

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