Mitteldorf Preserve Field Guide

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Western Fence Lizard ¹
Sceloporus occidentalis

Coast Range Fence Lizard ²
Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii

ring-necked snake ³
Diadophis punctatus

Monterey Ringneck Snake ⁴
Diadophis punctatus vandenburgii

Gopher Snake ⁵
Pituophis catenifer

Pacific Gopher Snake ⁶
Pituophis catenifer catenifer

Sapsuckers ⁷
Sphyrapicus

Acorn Woodpecker ⁸
Melanerpes formicivorus

Northern Flicker ⁹
Colaptes auratus

Northern Pygmy-owl ¹⁰
Glaucidium gnoma

Spotted Owl ¹¹
Strix occidentalis

Band-tailed Pigeon ¹²
Patagioenas fasciata

Mourning Dove ¹³
Zenaida macroura

Turkey Vulture ¹⁴
Cathartes aura

Mountain Quail ¹⁰
Oreortyx pictus

California Quail ¹⁵
Callipepla californica

Anna's Hummingbird ¹⁶
Calypte anna

Red-tailed Hawk ¹⁷
Buteo jamaicensis

Violet-green Swallow ¹¹
Tachycineta thalassina

Oak Titmouse ¹⁸
Baeolophus inornatus

Chestnut-backed Chickadee ¹⁹
Poecile rufescens

White-breasted Nuthatch ²⁰
Sitta carolinensis

Winter Wren ²¹
Troglodytes hiemalis

Bewick's Wren ¹⁶
Thryomanes bewickii

Western Bluebird ⁷
Sialia mexicana

Cassin's Vireo ²²
Vireo cassinii

Warbling Vireo ¹³
Vireo gilvus

Hutton's Vireo ⁷
Vireo huttoni

Dark-eyed Junco ²³
Junco hyemalis

Golden-crowned Sparrow ²⁴
Zonotrichia atricapilla

Spotted Towhee ¹⁶
Pipilo maculatus

Black-headed Grosbeak ¹⁶
Pheucticus melanocephalus

Orange-crowned Warbler ²⁵
Leiothlypis celata

Bushtit ²³
Psaltriparus minimus

Cedar Waxwing ²⁶
Bombycilla cedrorum

Brown Creeper ²⁷
Certhia americana

Scrub Jay ²⁸
Aphelocoma californica

Steller's Jay ²⁹
Cyanocitta stelleri

Purple Finch ³⁰
Haemorhous purpureus

Pacific-slope Flycatcher ³¹
Empidonax difficilis

Western Gray Squirrel ³²
Sciurus griseus

Merriam's Chipmunk ³³
Neotamias merriami

Striped Skunk ³⁴
Mephitis mephitis

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Mitteldorf Preserve Field Guide

Western Fence Lizard 1 Sceloporus occidentalis

Coast Range Fence Lizard 2 Sceloporus occidentalis bocourtii

ring-necked snake 3 Diadophis punctatus

Monterey Ringneck Snake 4 Diadophis punctatus vandenburgii

Gopher Snake 5 Pituophis catenifer

Pacific Gopher Snake 6 Pituophis catenifer catenifer

Sapsuckers 7 Sphyrapicus

Acorn Woodpecker 8 Melanerpes formicivorus

Northern Flicker 9 Colaptes auratus

Northern Pygmy-owl 10 Glaucidium gnoma

Spotted Owl 11 Strix occidentalis

Band-tailed Pigeon 12 Patagioenas fasciata

Mourning Dove 13 Zenaida macroura

Turkey Vulture 14 Cathartes aura

Mountain Quail 10 Oreortyx pictus

California Quail 15 Callipepla californica

Anna's Hummingbird 16 Calypte anna

Red-tailed Hawk 17 Buteo jamaicensis

Violet-green Swallow 11 Tachycineta thalassina

Oak Titmouse 18 Baeolophus inornatus

Chestnut-backed Chickadee 19 Poecile rufescens

White-breasted Nuthatch 20 Sitta carolinensis

Winter Wren 21 Troglodytes hiemalis

Bewick's Wren 16 Thryomanes bewickii

Western Bluebird 7 Sialia mexicana

Cassin's Vireo 22 Vireo cassinii

Warbling Vireo 13 Vireo gilvus

Hutton's Vireo 7 Vireo huttoni

Dark-eyed Junco 23 Junco hyemalis

Golden-crowned Sparrow 24 Zonotrichia atricapilla

Spotted Towhee 16 Pipilo maculatus

Black-headed Grosbeak 16 Pheucticus melanocephalus

Orange-crowned Warbler 25 Leiothlypis celata

Bushtit 23 Psaltriparus minimus

Cedar Waxwing 26 Bombycilla cedrorum

Brown Creeper 27 Certhia americana

Scrub Jay 28 Aphelocoma californica

Steller's Jay 29 Cyanocitta stelleri

Purple Finch 30 Haemorhous purpureus

Pacific-slope Flycatcher 31 Empidonax difficilis

Western Gray Squirrel 32 Sciurus griseus

Merriam's Chipmunk 33 Neotamias merriami

Striped Skunk 34 Mephitis mephitis