Site list of vertebrates:
See this page for pictures of animals at the site
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Herps. |
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Scaphiopus intermontanus |
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Painted Desert Whiptail |
Cnemidophorus tigris |
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Plateau Striped Whiptail |
Cnemidophorus velox |
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Gambelia wislizenii |
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Short Horned Lizard or 1 or 2 |
Phrynosoma hernandesi |
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Pituophis melanoleucus |
| Western Garter Snake | Thamnophis elegans |
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Mammals.The mammal list is not very complete. Most rodents and bats have not been identified. |
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Ord's Kangaroo Rat |
Dipodomys ordi |
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Cynomys leudovicianus |
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| Jackrabbit | Lepus californicus |
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Sylvilagus audubonii |
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Long-tailed Weasel |
Mustela frenata |
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Raccoon |
Procyon lotor |
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Coyote |
Canis latrans |
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Pronghorn Antelope |
Antilocapra |
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Mule Deer |
Odocoileus hemionus |
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Birds. The bird list includes all species that we have seen at the site, either on the ground or vegetation or overhead. We note if we have only seen the bird flying overhead (o); or breeding (*). We have not spent time at the site during migrations and presume that a number of waterbirds (particularly) fly overhead, but are not of consequence. |
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Sandhill Crane (o) |
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Ring-necked Pheasant (adjacent ag lands) |
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Gambel's Quail (Adjacent ag lands) |
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Northern Harrier * |
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Red-Tailed Hawk |
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Swainson's Hawk |
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Golden Eagle |
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Turkey Vulture |
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American Kestrel |
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Prairie Falcon |
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Great Horned Owl (Adjacent ag lands) |
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Burrowing Owl * |
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Barn Owl (Adjacent Ag lands) |
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Belted Kingfisher (o) |
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Mourning Dove |
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Rock Dove (o) |
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Broad-Tailed Hummingbird |
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Northern Flicker |
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Western Kingbird |
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Horned Lark * |
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White-Throated Swift |
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Barn Swallow |
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Common Raven |
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Black-Billed Magpie |
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Northern Mockingbird * |
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Mountain Bluebird |
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Loggerhead Shrike * |
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Red-winged Blackbird |
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Western Meadowlark * |
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Northern Oriole (Bullock's) |
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Lark Sparrow * |
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Lark Bunting |
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