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Wildlife at Camp Emerald Bay

A naturalist's guide to flora and fauna known to exist around Camp Emerald Bay on the West End of Santa Catalina Island, California. Guide includes terrestrial and marine species seen on land and in the waters directly surrounding Emerald Bay and Doctor's Cove.

Twin-sailed Salp 1
Thetys vagina
Baja California Treefrog 2
Pseudacris hypochondriaca
Garden Slender Salamander 2
Batrachoseps major
Southern Alligator Lizard 3
Elgaria multicarinata
Common Side-blotched Lizard 4
Uta stansburiana
San Bernardino Ringneck Snake 5
Diadophis punctatus modestus
San Diego Gopher Snake 6
Pituophis catenifer annectens
California King Snake 7
Lampropeltis californiae
Southern Pacific Rattlesnake 8
Crotalus oreganus helleri
Green Turtle 9
Chelonia mydas
Acorn Woodpecker 10
Melanerpes formicivorus
Northern Flicker 11
Colaptes auratus
Barn Owl 12
Tyto alba
Belted Kingfisher 13
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared Dove 14
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Pigeon 15
Columba livia
White-winged Dove 16
Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove 17
Zenaida macroura
Catalina California Quail 18
Callipepla californica catalinensis
Black Turnstone 19
Arenaria melanocephala
Spotted Sandpiper 20
Actitis macularius
Royal Tern 21
Thalasseus maximus
California Gull 22
Larus californicus
Heermann's Gull 18
Larus heermanni
Western Gull 23
Larus occidentalis
Pacific Loon 24
Gavia pacifica
Eared Grebe 25
Podiceps nigricollis
Brown Pelican 26
Pelecanus occidentalis
Great Blue Heron 27
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night Heron 28
Nycticorax nycticorax
Peregrine Falcon 29
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 30
Falco sparverius
Anna's Hummingbird 31
Calypte anna
Allen's Hummingbird 24
Selasphorus sasin
White-throated Swift 32
Aeronautes saxatalis
Vaux's Swift 8
Chaetura vauxi
Red-breasted Merganser 33
Mergus serrator
Osprey 34
Pandion haliaetus
Cooper's Hawk 35
Accipiter cooperii
Sharp-shinned Hawk 13
Accipiter striatus
Northern Harrier 36
Circus hudsonius
Red-tailed Hawk 37
Buteo jamaicensis
Bald Eagle 38
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Double-crested Cormorant 39
Phalacrocorax auritus
Pelagic Cormorant 40
Phalacrocorax pelagicus
Brandt's Cormorant 27
Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Barn Swallow 41
Hirundo rustica
Yellow-headed Blackbird 42
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Hooded Oriole 43
Icterus cucullatus
Western Meadowlark 31
Sturnella neglecta
Great-tailed Grackle 43
Quiscalus mexicanus
Island Loggerhead Shrike 44
Lanius ludovicianus anthonyi
Red-breasted Nuthatch 45
Sitta canadensis
European Starling 46
Sturnus vulgaris
Rock Wren 47
Salpinctes obsoletus
Santa Catalina Bewick's Wren 18
Thryomanes bewickii catalinae
American Robin 48
Turdus migratorius
Hermit Thrush 23
Catharus guttatus
Mountain Bluebird 49
Sialia currucoides
Hutton's Vireo 23
Vireo huttoni
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 50
Regulus calendula
Oregon Junco 8
Junco hyemalis oreganus
Lincoln's Sparrow 51
Melospiza lincolnii
Fox Sparrow 13
Passerella iliaca
Golden-crowned Sparrow 52
Zonotrichia atricapilla
White-crowned Sparrow 53
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Spotted Towhee 54
Pipilo maculatus
Northern Mockingbird 8
Mimus polyglottos
Lazuli Bunting 55
Passerina amoena
Black-headed Grosbeak 31
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Western Tanager 47
Piranga ludoviciana
Summer Tanager 56
Piranga rubra
Wilson's Warbler 32
Cardellina pusilla
Townsend's Warbler 57
Setophaga townsendi
Audubon's Warbler 58
Setophaga coronata auduboni
Channel Islands Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Oreothlypis celata sordida
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 47
Polioptila caerulea
Cedar Waxwing 59
Bombycilla cedrorum
American Crow 60
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 61
Corvus corax
House Finch 62
Haemorhous mexicanus
Ash-throated Flycatcher 24
Myiarchus cinerascens
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 63
Empidonax difficilis
Cassin's Kingbird 64
Tyrannus vociferans
Black Phoebe 24
Sayornis nigricans
Say's Phoebe 8
Sayornis saya
Otospermophilus beecheyi nesioticus 65
Santa Catalina Island Deer Mouse 18
Peromyscus maniculatus catalinae
Mule Deer 66
Odocoileus hemionus
American Bison 67
Bison bison
Risso's Dolphin 68
Grampus griseus
Harbor Seal 69
Phoca vitulina
Northern Elephant Seal 53
Mirounga angustirostris
California Sea Lion 70
Zalophus californianus
Domestic Cat 69
Felis catus
Santa Catalina Island Fox 44
Urocyon littoralis catalinae
Spotfin Porcupinefish
Chilomycterus reticulatus
Finescale Triggerfish 71
Balistes polylepis
Yellowtail Kingfish 72
Seriola lalandi
Pacific Jack Mackerel
Trachurus symmetricus

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