Oaks:
http://ucanr.edu/sites/oak_range/Californias_Rangeland_Oak_Species/
How to tell Cudweed from Pearly Everlasting:
https://montereywildflowers.com/asteraceae%20-%20cudweeds/
old obsolete ref: https://montereywildflowers.com/Asterac_Everlasting_1.php
Blue Dicks vs Ookow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx4dAkeWP7E&t=1232s
Manzanitas:
Toni Corelli's "Checklist of the Vascular Plants of San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties , California" lists the following species: A.canescens , A.crustacea , A.glandulosa , and A.glauca .
Thistles:
https://ucanr.edu/sites/livestockandnaturalresources/files/283306.pdf
Plants of Southern California: Anza-Borrego Desert Annuals From Seedling To Flower
** http://tchester.org/plants/analysis/abdsp/annuals.html
** http://tchester.org/bd/species/baby_annuals_morphology.html#table4
You can upload your audio to this page: https://birdnet.cornell.edu/api/
Then click on the spectrogram to hear exactly what BirdNet thinks at each moment. This API is basically the backend used by the BirdNet sound ID app, but it shows everything including low confidence matches. So the caveat is that you have to decide what is too low confidence to be considered.
Featherbase (Germany/Europe-based): https://www.featherbase.info/en/home
later Wing and Tail Collection: http://digitalcollections.pugetsound.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/slaterwing
Identifying Newts:
* http://www.californiaherps.com/identification/salamandersid/newts.html
* Many references regarding newt roadkill:
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/pacific-newt-roadkill-main-project-lexington-reservoir/journal/30430-pacific-newt-taricha-roadkill-references
Bones:
http://www.boneid.net
Tracks & Sign:
* www.conservationscats.com
* http://www.conservationscats.com/scat-identificatioin
* https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/16435-who-are-the-trackers-on-inaturalist
* https://www.youtube.com/user/beartracker777/videos
California Mammals:
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mammals_of_California
* http://www.sfbaywildlife.info/species/mammals.htm
Identifying Deer in CA:
https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=23228&inline
Wildlife Preservation:
http://www.openspaceauthority.org/preservation/wildlife.html
Animal Control:
http://www.aaanimalcontrol.com/professional-trapper/wildlife/ca-san-jose-wildlife.htm
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This is a fantastic list! So comprehensive. I will refer to it often. TYSM for sharing your favorite resources :-)
@aparrot1, you're welcome. You have a very impressive reference list yourself!
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