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Serpentine Soil Communities of Marin County

Catalog of species of all taxa observed in areas notable for high serpentenite content in the soils:
Mount Tamalpais State Park
Ring Mountain
Carson Ridge and Pine Mountain Road near Fairfax
Others TBD

Downy Woodpecker 1
Picoides pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Picoides villosus
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Dryocopus pileatus
Acorn Woodpecker 4
Melanerpes formicivorus
Northern Flicker 5
Colaptes auratus
Red-breasted Sapsucker 6
Sphyrapicus ruber
Western Screech-Owl 7
Megascops kennicottii
Barred Owl 1
Strix varia
Band-tailed Pigeon 6
Patagioenas fasciata
Mourning Dove 8
Zenaida macroura
American Coot
Fulica americana
Anna's Hummingbird 9
Calypte anna
California Quail 10
Callipepla californica
Wild Turkey 11
Meleagris gallopavo
Common Snipe 12
Gallinago gallinago
Western Gull 13
Larus occidentalis
Killdeer 14
Charadrius vociferus
Pied-billed Grebe 15
Podilymbus podiceps
Great Blue Heron 16
Ardea herodias
Merlin 17
Falco columbarius
Mallard 18
Anas platyrhynchos
Bufflehead 19
Bucephala albeola
Common Merganser 20
Mergus merganser
Ruddy Duck 7
Oxyura jamaicensis
Hooded Merganser 21
Lophodytes cucullatus
Osprey 16
Pandion haliaetus
Red-tailed Hawk 22
Buteo jamaicensis
Red-shouldered Hawk 23
Buteo lineatus
Turkey Vulture 24
Cathartes aura
Double-crested Cormorant 25
Phalacrocorax auritus
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 26
Poecile rufescens
Pacific Wren
Troglodytes pacificus
American Robin 8
Turdus migratorius
Western Bluebird 13
Sialia mexicana
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 27
Regulus calendula
Golden-crowned Kinglet 28
Regulus satrapa
Wrentit 25
Chamaea fasciata
Dark-eyed Junco 29
Junco hyemalis
Fox Sparrow 30
Passerella iliaca
Golden-crowned Sparrow 31
Zonotrichia atricapilla
Spotted Towhee 22
Pipilo maculatus
California Towhee 32
Melozone crissalis
Yellow-rumped Warbler 33
Setophaga coronata
Western Scrub-Jay 34
Aphelocoma californica
Coastal Western Scrub-Jay 35
Aphelocoma californica californica
American Crow 36
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven 37
Corvus corax
Steller's Jay 38
Cyanocitta stelleri
Lesser Goldfinch 39
Spinus psaltria

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