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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
Shaggy Mane 56
Coprinus comatus
Spanish Broom 57
Spartium junceum
bird's-foot trefoil 58
Lotus corniculatus
Rainbow Trout 59
Oncorhynchus mykiss
wavy-leafed soap plant 34
Chlorogalum pomeridianum
common dandelion 60
Taraxacum officinale
Wolf's Milk
Lycogala epidendrum
common stork's-bill 61
Erodium cicutarium
bristly dogtail grass 62
Cynosurus echinatus
boxelder maple 63
Acer negundo
western sword fern 64
Polystichum munitum
Flame Skimmer 65
Libellula saturata
Polyphemus Moth 66
Antheraea polyphemus
Widow Skimmer 67
Libellula luctuosa
California poppy 68
Eschscholzia californica
bigleaf maple 69
Acer macrophyllum
western columbine 70
Aquilegia formosa
common Douglas-fir 71
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Northern Pacific Rattlesnake 72
Crotalus oreganus oreganus
Western Rattlesnake 73
Crotalus oreganus
Rosy Slime Spike 74
Gomphidius subroseus
common puffball 74
Lycoperdon perlatum
ponderosa pine 75
Pinus ponderosa
artist's bracket 76
Ganoderma applanatum
Asian Lady Beetle 77
Harmonia axyridis
Oyster Mushroom 78
Pleurotus ostreatus
Common Buckeye 79
Junonia coenia
Common Snowberry 70
Symphoricarpos albus
witch's butter 80
Tremella mesenterica
common broom 81
Cytisus scoparius
Painted Lady 82
Vanessa cardui
American pokeweed 83
Phytolacca americana
Pinkladies 84
Oenothera speciosa
Monarch 85
Danaus plexippus
Oak Treehopper 17
Platycotis vittata
bulrush 86
Typha latifolia

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