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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.

Baja California Treefrog 1
Pseudacris hypochondriaca
Garden Slender Salamander 1
Batrachoseps major
Southern Alligator Lizard 2
Elgaria multicarinata
Common Side-blotched Lizard 3
Uta stansburiana
San Bernardino Ringneck Snake 4
Diadophis punctatus modestus
San Diego Gopher Snake 5
Pituophis catenifer annectens
California King Snake 6
Lampropeltis californiae
Southern Pacific Rattlesnake 7
Crotalus oreganus helleri
Green Turtle 8
Chelonia mydas
Acorn Woodpecker 9
Melanerpes formicivorus
Northern Flicker 10
Colaptes auratus
Barn Owl 11
Tyto alba
Belted Kingfisher 12
Megaceryle alcyon
Eurasian Collared Dove 13
Streptopelia decaocto
Rock Pigeon 14
Columba livia
White-winged Dove 15
Zenaida asiatica
Mourning Dove 16
Zenaida macroura
Catalina California Quail 17
Callipepla californica catalinensis
Black Turnstone 18
Arenaria melanocephala
Spotted Sandpiper 19
Actitis macularius
Royal Tern 20
Thalasseus maximus
California Gull 21
Larus californicus
Heermann's Gull 17
Larus heermanni
Western Gull 22
Larus occidentalis
Pacific Loon 23
Gavia pacifica
Eared Grebe 24
Podiceps nigricollis
Brown Pelican 25
Pelecanus occidentalis
Great Blue Heron 26
Ardea herodias
Black-crowned Night Heron 27
Nycticorax nycticorax
Peregrine Falcon 28
Falco peregrinus
American Kestrel 29
Falco sparverius
Anna's Hummingbird 30
Calypte anna
Allen's Hummingbird 23
Selasphorus sasin
White-throated Swift 31
Aeronautes saxatalis
Vaux's Swift 7
Chaetura vauxi
Red-breasted Merganser 32
Mergus serrator
Osprey 33
Pandion haliaetus
Cooper's Hawk 34
Accipiter cooperii
Sharp-shinned Hawk 12
Accipiter striatus
Northern Harrier 35
Circus hudsonius
Red-tailed Hawk 36
Buteo jamaicensis
Bald Eagle 37
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Double-crested Cormorant 38
Phalacrocorax auritus
Pelagic Cormorant 39
Phalacrocorax pelagicus
Brandt's Cormorant 26
Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Barn Swallow 40
Hirundo rustica
Yellow-headed Blackbird 41
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Hooded Oriole 42
Icterus cucullatus
Western Meadowlark 30
Sturnella neglecta
Great-tailed Grackle 42
Quiscalus mexicanus
Island Loggerhead Shrike 43
Lanius ludovicianus anthonyi
Red-breasted Nuthatch 44
Sitta canadensis
European Starling 45
Sturnus vulgaris
Rock Wren 46
Salpinctes obsoletus
Santa Catalina Bewick's Wren 17
Thryomanes bewickii catalinae
American Robin 47
Turdus migratorius
Hermit Thrush 22
Catharus guttatus
Mountain Bluebird 48
Sialia currucoides
Hutton's Vireo 22
Vireo huttoni
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 49
Regulus calendula
Oregon Junco 7
Junco hyemalis oreganus
Lincoln's Sparrow 50
Melospiza lincolnii
Fox Sparrow 12
Passerella iliaca
Golden-crowned Sparrow 51
Zonotrichia atricapilla
White-crowned Sparrow 52
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Spotted Towhee 53
Pipilo maculatus
Northern Mockingbird 7
Mimus polyglottos
Lazuli Bunting 54
Passerina amoena
Black-headed Grosbeak 30
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Western Tanager 46
Piranga ludoviciana
Summer Tanager 55
Piranga rubra
Wilson's Warbler 31
Cardellina pusilla
Townsend's Warbler 56
Setophaga townsendi
Audubon's Warbler 57
Setophaga coronata auduboni
Channel Islands Orange-crowned Warbler 58
Oreothlypis celata sordida
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 46
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 23
Myiarchus cinerascens
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 63
Empidonax difficilis
Cassin's Kingbird 64
Tyrannus vociferans
Black Phoebe 23
Sayornis nigricans
Say's Phoebe 7
Sayornis saya
Otospermophilus beecheyi nesioticus 65
Santa Catalina Island Deer Mouse 17
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 52
Mirounga angustirostris
California Sea Lion 70
Zalophus californianus
Domestic Cat 69
Felis catus
Santa Catalina Island Fox 43
Urocyon littoralis catalinae
Spotfin Porcupinefish
Chilomycterus reticulatus
Finescale Triggerfish 71
Balistes polylepis
Yellowtail Kingfish 72
Seriola lalandi
Pacific Jack Mackerel
Trachurus symmetricus
Pacific Barracuda 73
Sphyraena argentea

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