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Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)Observer
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Kill site. Plucked atop large log in dense forest.
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Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)Observer
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Walked away, presumably from nest, and never flew while alarming.
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American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)Observer
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Atop large boulder with cone scale midden.
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Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis)Observer
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Witnessed
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Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis)Observer
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Sooty Grouse (Dendragapus fuliginosus)Observer
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Multiple latrines found in the creekbed where a sooty was seen flying from. One latrine was fresh atop rapidly melting snow.
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Ground Yellowjackets (Genus Vespula)Observer
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Basketball sized perfect hemisphere. ~80 up the trunk of a fallen tree. Bear claw marks a few feet away.
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Hoary Marmot (Marmota caligata)Observer
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Fresh scat extremely stinky
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Western Deer Mouse (Peromyscus sonoriensis)Observer
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Clipping seed clusters and feeding on interior of seed flesh on ground below in trail.
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Western Tent Caterpillar Moth (Malacosoma californica)Observer
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Abundance of scat rules out all other caterpillar species
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Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)Observer
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Pair. Seemed to be tending a nest at top of stump
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Band-tailed Pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata)Observer
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Photo credit @moonthorn
Length 7cm
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Long-tailed Shrews (Genus Sorex)Observer
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Likely S. navigator or S. bendirii.
S. navigator may be more likely found at higher elevations and swifter streams, therefore, leaning toward S. bendirii.
Dozens of these caddis casings found on floating boardwalk that passes through swampy wooded edge of a lake. Casings were clustered in individual areas suggesting collection/placement.
