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Bear River Watershed Field Guide

Species found in the Bear River Watershed, Sierra Nevada Foothills, California

Wild Turkey 1
Meleagris gallopavo
Band-tailed Pigeon 2
Patagioenas fasciata
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Tringa melanoleuca
American Kestrel 4
Falco sparverius
Turkey Vulture 5
Cathartes aura
Killdeer 6
Charadrius vociferus
Great Blue Heron 7
Ardea herodias
Cooper's Hawk 8
Accipiter cooperii
Red-shouldered Hawk 9
Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Hawk 10
Buteo jamaicensis
Mallard 11
Anas platyrhynchos
Bufflehead 12
Bucephala albeola
Canada Goose 13
Branta canadensis
Muscovy Duck 14
Cairina moschata
Brown Creeper 15
Certhia americana
Rock Wren 16
Salpinctes obsoletus
Bewick's Wren 17
Thryomanes bewickii
American Dipper 17
Cinclus mexicanus
Common Raven 18
Corvus corax
American Crow 19
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Steller's Jay 20
Cyanocitta stelleri
Fox Sparrow 21
Passerella iliaca
White-throated Sparrow 22
Zonotrichia albicollis
Western Meadowlark 17
Sturnella neglecta
Dark-eyed Junco 23
Junco hyemalis
Lazuli Bunting 5
Passerina amoena
Brown-headed Cowbird 16
Molothrus ater
Cliff Swallow 24
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
American Robin 25
Turdus migratorius
Western Bluebird 26
Sialia mexicana
Oak Titmouse 27
Baeolophus inornatus
White-breasted Nuthatch 28
Sitta carolinensis
Pileated Woodpecker 29
Dryocopus pileatus
Lewis's Woodpecker 2
Melanerpes lewis
Acorn Woodpecker 30
Melanerpes formicivorus
Red-breasted Sapsucker 2
Sphyrapicus ruber
Foothill Yellow-legged Frog 31
Rana boylii
Sharp-tailed Snake 32
Contia tenuis
North American Racer 33
Coluber constrictor
Ensatina 34
Ensatina eschscholtzii
Common Garter Snake 35
Thamnophis sirtalis
Valley Garter Snake 36
Thamnophis sirtalis fitchi
Western Terrestrial Garter Snake 37
Thamnophis elegans
Mountain Garter Snake 38
Thamnophis elegans elegans
Gopher Snake 37
Pituophis catenifer
Southern Alligator Lizard 39
Elgaria multicarinata
California Alligator Lizard 40
Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata
Western Fence Lizard 41
Sceloporus occidentalis
Pallid Bat 42
Antrozous pallidus
Mexican Free-tailed Bat 43
Tadarida brasiliensis
American Black Bear 44
Ursus americanus
Common Raccoon 10
Procyon lotor
Striped Skunk 45
Mephitis mephitis
Bobcat 46
Lynx rufus
Mountain Lion 47
Puma concolor
Mule Deer 48
Odocoileus hemionus
Columbian Black-tailed Deer 49
Odocoileus hemionus columbianus
Desert Cottontail 15
Sylvilagus audubonii
American Beaver 50
Castor canadensis
Western Gray Squirrel 51
Sciurus griseus
Broad-footed Mole 52
Scapanus latimanus
Western Honey Bee 53
Apis mellifera
Western Tiger Swallowtail 54
Papilio rutulus
Western Black Widow 55
Latrodectus hesperus
Rainbow Trout 56
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Flame Skimmer 57
Libellula saturata
Polyphemus Moth 58
Antheraea polyphemus
Widow Skimmer 59
Libellula luctuosa
Northern Pacific Rattlesnake 60
Crotalus oreganus oreganus
Western Rattlesnake 61
Crotalus oreganus
Asian Lady Beetle 62
Harmonia axyridis
Common Buckeye 63
Junonia coenia
Painted Lady 64
Vanessa cardui
Monarch 65
Danaus plexippus
Oak Treehopper 17
Platycotis vittata
Convergent Lady Beetle 66
Hippodamia convergens
Manzanita Leafgall Aphid 60
Tamalia coweni
White-lined Sphinx Moth 67
Hyles lineata
California Tortoiseshell 68
Nymphalis californica
Pipevine Swallowtail 69
Battus philenor
Ponderosa Pine Bark Borer 70
Acanthocinus princeps
Fiery Skipper 34
Hylephila phyleus
Lorquin's Admiral 71
Limenitis lorquini
Ceanothus Silk Moth 72
Hyalophora euryalus
False Tarantula 73
Calisoga longitarsis
Anise Swallowtail 74
Papilio zelicaon
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle 57
Coccinella septempunctata
Banded Alder Borer 75
Rosalia funebris
American Dog Tick 76
Dermacentor variabilis
Black Saddlebags 17
Tramea lacerata
Bald-faced Yellowjacket 77
Dolichovespula maculata
California Bordered Plant Bug 41
Largus californicus
Western Boxelder Bug 52
Boisea rubrolineata
Purple Tiger Beetle 78
Cicindela purpurea
Signal Crayfish 79
Pacifastacus leniusculus
Western Spotless Lady Beetle 80
Cycloneda polita
Pale Swallowtail 81
Papilio eurymedon
Large Milkweed Bug 57
Oncopeltus fasciatus
Cabbage White 82
Pieris rapae
Goldenrod Crab Spider 83
Misumena vatia

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