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
California Towhee 31
Melozone crissalis
Blue Grosbeak 32
Passerina caerulea

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