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The environment here will provide a variety of tracking
surfaces and challenges. The following lists of plants and
animals are by no means complete. They are given to whet
your appetite for the variety of species you can track here,
and the variety of botanical adventures you can have.
List of Trees
- Coast Redwood
- Tanoak
- Live Oak
- Black Oak
- Douglas Fir
- Sycamore (non-native ornamental)
- California Bay
- Bigleaf Maple
- Red Alder
- Cottonwood
- Oregon Ash
- Madrone
List of Shrubs
- Manzanita
- Coyote Brush
- Scotch Broom
- Huckleberry
- Salal
- Wild Rose
- Toyon
List of Smaller
Plants
- Poison Oak (watch for this one carefully!)
- Himalayan Blackberry
- California Blackberry
- Self Heal
- Wild Strawberry
- Nut Sedge
- Rushes
- Cattail
List of Mammals
- Black Bear
- Mountain Lion
- Bobcat
- Gray Fox
- Coyote
- Gray Squirrel
- Douglas Squirrel
- Chipmunk
- Deer Mouse
- Shrew
- Bats (several species)
- River Otter
- Mink
- Woodrat
- Blacktailed Jackrabbit
- Brush Rabbit
- Northern Flying Squirrel
- Humans :)
List of Birds
- Wild Turkey
- Raven
- Scrub Jay
- Steller's Jay
- Turkey Vulture
- Egret
- Great Blue Heron
- Peregrine Falcon (fairly rare)
- Wood Duck
- Mergenser
- Barn Owl
- Saw Whet Owl
- Screech Owl
- Cooper's Hawk
- Merlin
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Junco
- California Quail
- Bald Eagle (Occasionally seen in Fall)
- Chickadee
- Belted Kingfisher
- Rufous-sided Towhee
- California Towhee
- Common Robin
- Swainson's Thrush
- Varied Thrush
- Red-breasted Sapsucker
- Acorn Woodpecker
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Northern Flicker
- Winter Wren
- Killdeer
List of Reptiles
- Northwestern Pond Turtle
- California Kingsnake
- Rattlesnake (fairly rare)
- Gopher Snake
- Ringneck Snake
- Alligator Lizard
- Western Fence Lizard
List of Amphibians
- Rough Skinned Newt
- Red Legged Frog
- Pacific Treefrog (AKA Pacific Chorus Frog)
- Pacific Giant Salamander
- California Slender Salamander
- California Newt
List of Insects and
Arachnids
- Carpenter Ant
- Carpenter Bee
- Yellowjacket Wasp
- Honeybee
- Ticks
- Mud Daubers
- Black Widow Spider
- Argiope Spider
- Daddy long legs
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