Woodard Bay Natural Area, Field Trip June 1, 2013 Mark (Peer TA showing his funny face), Alex, Maggie, Elizabeth, Cody

Lauren (Grad TA), Emily Melissa, Nika & Jaren Find the Northern Red-legged frog in the Newt Pond Enjoying the last of the sun while waiting for the bats.

Nika attempts to entice the White-tailed Deer closer. Jared the intrepid beach explorer found this gunnel!

Woodard Bay Natural Area List (as seen & heard by Biol. 452 class) June 1, 2013 Class Actinopterygii Scorpaeniformes Tidepool Sculpin Order Perciformes Saddleback Gunnel ? Class Lissamphibia Order Anura Bullfrog (heard) Northern Leopard Frog Pacific Chorus Frog (heard) Order Caudata Rough-skin Newt Class “Reptilia” Order Squamata Gartersnake (no species id) Class Mammalia Order Rodentia Douglas Squirrel Order Soricomorpha Townsend Mole (mounds only) Order Chiroptera Little Brown Bat Learn about Yuma Myotis: http://www.batsaboutourtown.com/pages/YumaBat.htm Yuma Myotis Order Carnivora Coyote scat Harbor Seal Order Artiodactyla White-tailed Deer “Longhorn Cattle” (Domestic) Class Aves Order Anseriformes Canada Geese Mallard Common Merganser Learn about Surf Scoter: http://www.birdweb.org/birdweb/bird/surf_scoter Surf Scoter? (Unusual to see in June!) Order ( have been moved into ) Double-crested Learn about Pelagic Cormorant: http://www.birdweb.org/birdweb/bird/pelagic_cormorant Pelagic Cormorant Order Ciconiiformes Great Blue Heron Order Charadriiformes Glaucous-winged Gull Ring-billed Gull Learn about Pigeon Guillemot: http://www.birdweb.org/birdweb/bird/pigeon_guillemot Pigeon Guillemot Order Falconiformes Osprey (+ nests) Red-tailed Hawk Bald Eagle Order Columbiformes Band-tailed Pigeon Order Piciformes Pileated Woodpecker (holes only) Other woodpecker activity Order Passeriformes Violet-green Swallow Barn Swallow Purple Martin American Crow Black-capped Chickadee Chestnut-backed Chickadee Bewick’s Wren (heard) American Robin Spotted Towhee (heard) Learn about Evening Grosbeak: http://www.birdweb.org/birdweb/bird/evening_grosbeak Evening Grosbeak European Starling (Introduced) Common Yellowthroat (heard) Learn about Wilson’s Warbler: http://www.birdweb.org/birdweb/bird/wilsons_warbler Wilson’s Warbler Song Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco (heard) Red-winged Blackbird