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Crane Creek Nature Guide

A list of plants and animals that visitors may see while visiting Crane Creek Regional Park. Join iNaturalist to help us grow our knowledge of what's living here and at the other 55 Sonoma County Regional Parks!

Wild Turkey 1
Meleagris gallopavo
California Quail 2
Callipepla californica
American Kestrel 3
Falco sparverius
Turkey Vulture 4
Cathartes aura
Northern Harrier 5
Circus cyaneus
Red-shouldered Hawk 6
Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Hawk 7
Buteo jamaicensis
White-tailed Kite 7
Elanus leucurus
Anna's Hummingbird 8
Calypte anna
Cedar Waxwing 9
Bombycilla cedrorum
Brown Creeper 10
Certhia americana
Bewick's Wren 8
Thryomanes bewickii
Western Scrub-Jay 11
Aphelocoma californica
Common Raven 12
Corvus corax
Song Sparrow 13
Melospiza melodia
White-crowned Sparrow 14
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Golden-crowned Sparrow 15
Zonotrichia atricapilla
Spotted Towhee 7
Pipilo maculatus
Western Meadowlark
Sturnella neglecta
Red-winged Blackbird 16
Agelaius phoeniceus
Violet-green Swallow 17
Tachycineta thalassina
American Robin 18
Turdus migratorius
Hermit Thrush 19
Catharus guttatus
Western Bluebird 19
Sialia mexicana
Oak Titmouse 20
Baeolophus inornatus
White-breasted Nuthatch 21
Sitta carolinensis
European Starling 22
Sturnus vulgaris
Northern Mockingbird 5
Mimus polyglottos
Black Phoebe 17
Sayornis nigricans
Nuttall's Woodpecker 23
Picoides nuttallii
Lewis's Woodpecker 24
Melanerpes lewis
Acorn Woodpecker 25
Melanerpes formicivorus
Northern Flicker 26
Colaptes auratus
California Slender Salamander 27
Batrachoseps attenuatus
Gopher Snake 28
Pituophis catenifer
Western Fence Lizard 29
Sceloporus occidentalis
Gray Fox 30
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Botta's Pocket Gopher 31
Thomomys bottae
California Vole 32
Microtus californicus
Wavy-leafed Soap Plant 33
Chlorogalum pomeridianum
Coast Live Oak 34
Quercus agrifolia
Seep Monkeyflower 35
Mimulus guttatus
common snowberry 36
Symphoricarpos albus
snowberry 36
Symphoricarpos albus laevigatus
Monarch 37
Danaus plexippus
California Bay 38
Umbellularia californica
Lace Lichen
Ramalina menziesii
Western Blue-eyed Grass 39
Sisyrinchium bellum
Miniature Lupine 27
Lupinus bicolor
Blue Dicks 40
Dichelostemma capitatum
San Francisco woodland-star 41
Lithophragma affine
California Bee Plant 33
Scrophularia californica
Lorquin's Admiral 42
Limenitis lorquini
Pacific Poison Oak 43
Toxicodendron diversilobum
Ithuriel's Spear 39
Triteleia laxa
Anise Swallowtail 44
Papilio zelicaon
common flax 45
Linum usitatissimum
Douglas' meadowfoam 41
Limnanthes douglasii
American Dog Tick 42
Dermacentor variabilis
California buttercup 46
Ranunculus californicus
wild oat 47
Avena fatua
common yarrow 48
Achillea millefolium
California Mugwort 49
Artemisia douglasiana
Black Saddlebags 8
Tramea lacerata
Bordered Plant Bug 50
Largus californicus
California Fuchsia 51
Epilobium canum
Sweet Fennel 52
Foeniculum vulgare
English Plantain 53
Plantago lanceolata
lesser hop trefoil 54
Trifolium dubium
Common Vetch 55
Vicia sativa
California Buckeye 27
Aesculus californica
Wolf Lichen 56
Letharia vulpina
Hygroscopic Earthstar 57
Astraeus hygrometricus
small-flowered fiddleneck 58
Amsinckia menziesii
Spotted Cucumber Beetle 59
Diabrotica undecimpunctata
Maritime Sunburst Lichen 60
Xanthoria parietina
California Gall Wasp 61
Andricus quercuscalifornicus
Ookow 62
Dichelostemma congestum
Purple Sanicle 34
Sanicula bipinnatifida
Narrowleaf milkweed 34
Asclepias fascicularis
Long-beaked Stork's Bill 41
Erodium botrys
Pennyroyal 63
Mentha pulegium
white brodiaea 64
Triteleia hyacinthina
Dense-flower Spike-primrose 34
Epilobium densiflorum
harding grass 65
Phalaris aquatica
Cheeseweed Mallow 66
Malva parviflora
moth mullein 67
Verbascum blattaria
Large Heath 68
Coenonympha tullia
Himalayan Blackberry 58
Rubus armeniacus
Red Cone Gall Wasp 69
Andricus kingi
Dead Man's Foot 70
Pisolithus tinctorius
yellow bartsia 50
Parentucellia viscosa
Golden Ear 39
Tremella aurantia
Variegated Meadowhawk 71
Sympetrum corruptum
sun cup 72
Taraxia ovata
Oleander Aphid 73
Aphis nerii
California Towhee 74
Melozone crissalis
Eight-spotted Skimmer 75
Libellula forensis
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 76
Regulus calendula
Dascillus davidsoni 9

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