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Animal sightings this weekend at the
Interpretive Center

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

Click to find your favorite animals!

Birds
Mammals
Reptiles
Amphibians
Insects

When you visit the Interpretive Center, 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 5/09/08 and 5/11/2008

Wildlife programs at the Interpretive Center


 
Amphibians
No Amphibians have been seen this week.
 
Birds
American Kestrel Double Crested Cormorant
Ash Throated Flycatcher Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle House Finch
Brewers Blackbird Mockingbird
Canadian Goose Red Tailed Hawk
Cliff Swallow Redwinged Blackbird
Crow Western Kingbird
 
Insects
Jerusalem Cricket Millipede
 
Mammals
California Ground Squirrel Racoon
Desert Cottontail   
 
Reptiles
Gopher Snake Western Fence Lizard
Rattlesnake Western Racer

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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