Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve

This 3,137-acre preserve known for its showy display of wildflowers in spring. In summer, the hills turn to gold with the late evening sunlight. Autumn, when the fog recedes, is the ideal time to enjoy the ridge views of San Francisco Bay and the Santa Cruz Mountains through the crisp, clean ...more ↓

California Quail 1
Callipepla californica
Ring-necked Pheasant 2
Phasianus colchicus
Wild Turkey 3
Meleagris gallopavo
Turkey Vulture 4
Cathartes aura
White-tailed Kite 5
Elanus leucurus
Northern Harrier 6
Circus cyaneus
Sharp-shinned Hawk 7
Accipiter striatus
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Red-shouldered Hawk 8
Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Hawk 5
Buteo jamaicensis
Ferruginous Hawk 9
Buteo regalis
Rough-legged Hawk 10
Buteo lagopus
Golden Eagle 9
Aquila chrysaetos
American Kestrel 11
Falco sparverius
Merlin 12
Falco columbarius
Prairie Falcon 9
Falco mexicanus
Killdeer 13
Charadrius vociferus
Herring Gull 14
Larus argentatus
Rock Pigeon 15
Columba livia
Band-tailed Pigeon 16
Patagioenas fasciata
Mourning Dove 17
Zenaida macroura
Barn Owl
Tyto alba
Western Screech-Owl 18
Megascops kennicottii
Great Horned Owl 19
Bubo virginianus
Northern Pygmy-Owl 20
Glaucidium gnoma
Burrowing Owl 21
Athene cunicularia
Long-eared Owl 9
Asio otus
Northern Saw-whet Owl 22
Aegolius acadicus
Common Poorwill 23
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Black Swift 24
Cypseloides niger
White-throated Swift 25
Aeronautes saxatalis
Anna's Hummingbird 26
Calypte anna
Rufous Hummingbird 27
Selasphorus rufus
Allen's Hummingbird 28
Selasphorus sasin
Belted Kingfisher 29
Megaceryle alcyon
Acorn Woodpecker 30
Melanerpes formicivorus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 9
Sphyrapicus varius
Nuttall's Woodpecker 31
Picoides nuttallii
Downy Woodpecker 32
Picoides pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 33
Picoides villosus
Northern Flicker 34
Colaptes auratus
Pileated Woodpecker 35
Dryocopus pileatus
Olive-sided Flycatcher 9
Contopus cooperi
Western Wood-Pewee 29
Contopus sordidulus
Willow Flycatcher 9
Empidonax traillii
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 9
Empidonax difficilis
Black Phoebe 28
Sayornis nigricans
Say's Phoebe 30
Sayornis saya
Ash-throated Flycatcher 28
Myiarchus cinerascens
Western Kingbird 36
Tyrannus verticalis
Cassin's Vireo 9
Vireo cassinii
Hutton's Vireo 37
Vireo huttoni
Warbling Vireo 29
Vireo gilvus
Steller's Jay 38
Cyanocitta stelleri
Western Scrub-Jay 39
Aphelocoma californica
American Crow 40
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 41
Corvus corax
Horned Lark 42
Eremophila alpestris
Purple Martin 43
Progne subis
Tree Swallow 22
Tachycineta bicolor
Violet-green Swallow 28
Tachycineta thalassina
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 9
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Cliff Swallow 44
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Barn Swallow 45
Hirundo rustica
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 36
Poecile rufescens
Oak Titmouse 46
Baeolophus inornatus
Bushtit 47
Psaltriparus minimus
Red-breasted Nuthatch 3
Sitta canadensis
White-breasted Nuthatch 48
Sitta carolinensis
Pygmy Nuthatch 49
Sitta pygmaea
Brown Creeper 50
Certhia americana
Bewick's Wren 26
Thryomanes bewickii
House Wren 9
Troglodytes aedon
Pacific Wren 51
Troglodytes pacificus
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 9
Polioptila caerulea
Golden-crowned Kinglet 52
Regulus satrapa
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 53
Regulus calendula
Wrentit 11
Chamaea fasciata
Western Bluebird 37
Sialia mexicana
Townsend's Solitaire 9
Myadestes townsendi
Swainson's Thrush 34
Catharus ustulatus
Hermit Thrush 37
Catharus guttatus
American Robin 54
Turdus migratorius
Varied Thrush 55
Ixoreus naevius
Northern Mockingbird 6
Mimus polyglottos
California Thrasher 37
Toxostoma redivivum
European Starling 56
Sturnus vulgaris
American Pipit 9
Anthus rubescens
Cedar Waxwing 57
Bombycilla cedrorum
Orange-crowned Warbler 29
Oreothlypis celata
Yellow Warbler 58
Setophaga petechia
Yellow-rumped Warbler 26
Setophaga coronata
Black-throated Gray Warbler 26
Setophaga nigrescens
Townsend's Warbler 59
Setophaga townsendi
Hermit Warbler 60
Setophaga occidentalis
Wilson's Warbler 25
Cardellina pusilla
Spotted Towhee 5
Pipilo maculatus
California Towhee 61
Melozone crissalis
Chipping Sparrow 62
Spizella passerina
Lark Sparrow 11
Chondestes grammacus

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