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Animal sightings this weekend at the John Muir
Interpretive Center at Los Vaqueros

Every week, visitors and members of our staff see numerous animals in the hills, valleys and wetlands near the John Muir Interpretive Center at Los Vaqueros .

Click to find your favorite animals!

Birds
Mammals
Reptiles
Amphibians
Insects

When you visit the John Muir Interpretive Center at Los Vaqueros, ask our staff about the best way and places to look for animals in the watershed.

Let us know what you see and we'll add them to each week's list!

Of course, there are all kinds of animals who live at the 20,000 acre watershed. These are the ones we spotted last weekend.

Sightings between 2/25/2011 and 2/27/2011

Wildlife programs at the Interpretive Center


 
Amphibians
No Amphibians have been seen this week.
 
Birds
American Kestrel Mourning Dove
Bald Eagle Osprey
Black Phoebe Red Tailed Hawk
Brewers Blackbird Rock Wren
California Towhee Scrub Jay
Golden Eagle Western Bluebird
Lewis Woodpecker Western Meadowlark
Loggerhead Shrike White Pelican
Mockingbird Yellow Rumped Warbler
 
Insects
No Insects have been seen this week.
 
Mammals
California Ground Squirrel Desert Cottontail
 
Reptiles
Western Fence Lizard   

CCWD has three on-line publications on wildlife and flowers at the Los Vaqueros Watershed.

Guide to Mammals

Guide to Birds

Guide to Wildflowers

 
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