Wildlife Diary: Vertebrates

Mammals

Eastern Cottontail
Sylvilagus floridanus

Northern Elephant Seal
Mirounga angustirostris

Red Fox
Vulpes vulpes

California Ground Squirrel
Otospermophilus beecheyi

American Red Squirrel
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Eastern Grey Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis

Eastern Chipmunk
Tamias striatus

Muskrat
Odocoileus virginianus

White-Tailed Deer
Ondatra zibethicus

Birds

Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis

Red-Breasted Merganser (male/female pair)
Mergus serrator

Mallard (male/female pair)
Anas platyrhynchos

American Black Duck (male/female pair)
Anas rubripes

Wood Duck (male/female pair)
Aix sponsa

Long-tailed Duck (female)
Clangula hyemalis

Long-tailed Duck (male)
Clangula hyemalis

Common Goldeneye (male)
Bucephala clangula

Bufflehead (male/female pair)
Bucephala albeola

Ring-Necked Duck (male)
Aythya collaris

Gadwall (male)
Mareca strepera

White-Winged Scoter
Melanitta deglandi

Canada Goose
Branta canadensis

Trumpeter Swan
Cygnus buccinator

Mute Swan
Cygnus olor

Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus

White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis

Red-winged Blackbird (male)
Agelaius phoeniceus

Red-winged Blackbird (female)
Agelaius phoeniceus

Brown-headed Cowbird
Molothrus ater

American Robin
Turdus migratorius

House Finch
Haemorhous mexicanus

Pigeon (Rock Dove)
Columba livia

Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens

Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius

Common Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula

Common Raven
Corvus corax

Black Oystercatcher
Haematopus bachmani

Snowy Egret
Egretta thula

Great Egret
Ardea alba

Green Heron
Butorides virescens

Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax

Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias

Double-Crested Cormorant
Nannopterum auritum

American Coot
Fulica americana

Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis

Amphibians

Green Frog
Lithobates clamitans

Northern Leopard Frog
Lithobates pipiens

Pickerel Frog
Lithobates palustris

Grey Treefrog
Dryophytes versicolor

American Toad
Anaxyrus americanus

Reptiles

Western Fence Lizard
Sceloporus occidentalis