Presence/ Abundance ______Little Brown Myotis...... [Myotis lucifugus] C ? Devils Postpile ______Long-eared Myotis...... [Myotis evotis] C C National Monument ______Long-legged Myotis...... [Myotis volans] C C ______Pallid Bat...... [Antrozous pallidus] U ? ______Silver-haired Bat...... [Lasionysteris noctivagans] C U ______Spotted Bat...... [Euderma maculatum] C R ______Western Mastiff Bat...... [Eumops perotis] C U ______Yuma Myotis...... [Myotis yumanensis] C R Amphibians ______Pacific Tree Frog...... [Hyla regilla] C C Reptiles Lizards: ______Gilbert’s Skink...... [Eumeces gilberti] C ? ______Northern Alligator Lizard...... [Elgaria coerulea] C ? ______Sagebrush Lizard...... [Sceloporus graciosus] C ? ______Western Fence Lizard...... [Sceloporus occidentalis] C ? Snakes: ______Rubber Boa...... [Charina bottae] C ? ______Striped Racer...... [Masticophis lateralis] U ? ______Western Rattlesnake...... [Crotalus viridis] P ? ______Western Garter Snake...... [Thamnophis elegans] C C Fish ______Brook Trout...... [Salvelinus fontinalis] C U ______Brown Trout...... [Salmo trutta] C A Checklist ______Golden Trout...... [Oncorhynchus aguabonita] C R ______Rainbow Trout...... [Oncorhynchus mykiss] C U of

Devils Postpile Checklist Devils Postpile National Monument lies on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada along the

Middle Fork of the San Joaquin River at an elevation of 7,600 feet. Devils Postpile contains a variety of habitats including montane meadows, riparian areas, coniferous forests, and post-fire herbaceous landscapes. These habitats support a diversity of animal life. This list provides 47 species that have been detected in and around the Monument. ______Common Name...... [Scientific Name] Presence/ Abundance Mammals Ungulates: ______Mule Deer...... [Odocoileus hemionus] C C Carnivores: ______American Pine Marten...... [Martes americana] C U ______Black Bear...... [Ursus americanus] C C ______Coyote...... [Canis latrans] C U ______Red Fox...... [Vulpes vulpes] P ? ______Gray Fox...... [Urocyon cinereoargenteus] P ? ______Short-tailed Weasel...... [Mustela erminea] C ? ______Long-tailed Weasel...... [Mustela frenata] C ? ______Mountian Lion...... [Puma concolor] C ? ______Raccoon...... [Procyon lotor] C ? ______Ringtail...... [Bassariscus astutus] P ? Rodentia: ______Belding Ground Squirrel...... [Spermophilus beldingi] C C ______Brush Mouse...... [Peromyscus boylii] C ? ______Bushy-tailed Woodrat...... [Neotoma cinerea] C ? ______Deer Mouse...... [Peromyscus maniculatus] C ? ______Douglas’ Squirrel...... [Tamiasciurus douglasi] C ? ______Dusky Shrew...... [Sorex monticolus] C ? ______Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel.....[Spermophilus lateralis] C U ______Lodgepole Chipmunk...... [Tamias speciosus] C C ______Long-tailed Vole...... [Microtus longicaudus] C ? ______Porcupine...... [Erethizon dorsatum] P ? ______Mountian Pocket Gopher...... [Thomomys monticola] C ? ______Northern Water Shrew...... [Sorex palustris] U ? Devils Postpile National Monument ______Yellow-bellied Marmot...... [Marmota flaviventris] C ? P.O. Box 3999 Bats: Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546 760-934-2289 ______Big Brown Bat ...... [Eptesicus fuscus] C C ww.nps.gov/depo ______Brazilian Free-tailed Bat...... [Tadarida brasiliensis] C C ______Hoary Bat...... [Lasiurus cinereus] C C Su F BS Devils Postpile Bird Checklist Bluebirds and Thrushes Devils Postpile National Monument hosts a variety Devils Postpile ____Mountain Bluebird……….. c r 3 of habitats including montane meadow, ____Townsend’s Solitaire……. c f 1 streamside riparian, coniferous forest, and post- ____Swainson’s Thrush..……… r r 0 fire shrub field. These habitats support a variety of National Monument ____Hermit Thrush……………..u r 2 incredibly diverse bird community. Reflecting this ____American Robin………..….c c 1 diversity, this list provides 100 bird species that Wood Warblers and Tanagers have been detected in and around the Monument. ____Orange-crowned Warbler.. c r 0 The Monument lies along the Middle Fork of the Checklist of ____Nashville Warbler………… u r 2 San Joaquin River at 7,600 feet on the western

____Yellow Warbler…………… f r 2 slope of the Sierra Nevada.

____Yellow-rumped Warbler… c f 1 ____Hermit Warbler………….. u r 3 This list was compiled by data from three research Birds

____MacGillivray’s Warbler…. c r 1 efforts. Local birders Jim and Debby Parker

____Common Yellowthroat….. r r 3 volunteered their time to compile the list. Their

____Wilson’s Warbler………… c r 1 efforts were supplemented by the Institute for Bird

____Western Tanager……….. c r 1 Populations who inventoried bird life within the Sparrows and Allies varied habitats of Devils Postpile. PRBO Conservation Science, through a four-year effort ____Green-tailed Towhee……. f r 2 studying Soda Springs meadow and the ____Spotted Towhee………… u u 2 Monument’s riparian habitats, added additional ____Chipping Sparrow………. u r 3 species. They also complied data on the birds’ ____Brewer’s Sparrow………. r r 3 breeding status and abundance. First published in ____Black-throated Sparrow… r r 0 2004, this edition is a cooperative update Dark-eyed Junco ____Savannah Sparrow…….. r r 0 between Devils Postpile and Point Reyes Bird ____Fox Sparrow…………….. c r 2 Observatory staff in 2006. ____Song Sparrow…………… c f 1

____Lincoln’s Sparrow………. u r 2 This list is by no means complete. If you detect ____White-crowned Sparrow.. c f 1 birds not on the list or have an updated breeding ____Dark-eyed Junco………… c c 1 status, please share your observation with the ____Black-headed Grosbeak… u r 3 Devils Postpile staff. Your efforts may contribute ____Lazuli Bunting……………. u u 1 to future list updates.

Blackbirds ____Western Meadowlark……. r r 3 Sequoia Natural History Association ____Red-winged Blackbird…... r r 0 A non-profit education partner of the National Park ____Brewer’s Blackbird………. c c 1 Service at Devils Postpile National Monument and ____Brown-headed Cowbird... c r 2 Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, Finches and Allies providing programs, membership benefits, books and interpretive products, and funding for ____Pine Grosbeak………….. u u 2 education and natural resource projects. ____Purple Finch……………... r r 0

____Cassin’s Finch…………. .. c f 1 Sequoia Natural History Association ____Red Crossbill…………….. u u 3 www.sequoiahistory.org

____Pine Siskin……………….. c f 2 © 2006 Sequoia Natural History Assoc.

Quail ____Lesser Goldfinch………. .. u u 3 Illustration of Devils Postpile by Joe Medeiros ____Evening Grosbeak…….. .. u u 3 Layout by Mark Tilchen 50¢ Review by Deanna Dulen & Pete Lundberg Downy Junco art on cover by Chris McCreedy Woodpecker Su F BS Su F BS Relative Abundance / Detectability Vultures Woodpeckers

c = Common f = Fairly common ____Turkey Vulture…...…...... r r 0 ____Lewis’ Woodpecker………... r r 0

u = Uncommon r = Rare Ducks ____Williamson’s Sapsucker….. f f 1 ____Red-breasted Sapsucker…. c f 1 ____Mallard……………………. c c 1 Seasons ____Downy Woodpecker………. u u 3 ____Bufflehead…………….…. r r 3

____Hairy Woodpecker…….. f f 1 Su = Summer: June, July, August ____Common Merganser…..... c f 1 F = Fall: September, October, November Grouse ____White-headed Woodpecker. f f 3 ____Black-backed Woodpecker.. f f 2 Data on wintering bird species: The Monument ____Blue Grouse…...………… u u 0 ____Northern Flicker……………..c c 1 is closed from mid-October until June. Due to Hawks and Eagles Flycatchers the short season, data on bird species for the ____Bald Eagle**……………... r u 0

____Olive-sided Flycatcher*……. f r 2 winter and spring seasons is limited. ____Cooper’s Hawk…………… u u 3 ____Northern Goshawk*……… u u 3 ____Western Wood-Pewee…….. c r 1

____Willow Flycatcher**………… r r 0 Breeding Status (BS) ____Red-tailed Hawk…………. f f 3

____Hammond’s Flycatcher…….. r r 3 1 = Confirmed breeding ____Golden Eagle…………….. u u 0 ____Gray Flycatcher…………….. r r 0 2 = Probable breeding Falcons ____Dusky Flycatcher…………… c r 2 ____American Kestrel………… u u 3 3 = Possible breeding Great horned Owl Quail Vireos

0 = Migrant, transient, or disperser ____Cassin’s Vireo………………. r r 3 ____Mountain Quail…………… c c 3 Rails ____Warbling Vireo……………… c r 1 Extraordinary Sightings Jays, Ravens ____Virginia Rail………………. r r 3

* California species of special concern Shorebirds ____Steller’s Jay…………….…. c c 1 ** Federal or state endangered species ____Clark’s Nutcracker…………. c c 3 ____Spotted Sandpiper………. c c 1

____Common Raven……………. c c 1 ____Killdeer……………………. u u 3 Swallows The terms representing the relative ease of a ____Wilson’s Snipe……………. u u 3 species detectability should not be considered Gulls ____Tree Swallow………………. f r 3

____Violet-green Swallow……… f r 3 densities. They reflect the number of individuals ____California Gull……………. c f 0

____Cliff Swallow………………… f r 3 an experienced observer can see or hear within Doves a bird’s range and preferred habitat at a given Chickadees ____Mourning Dove.………….. u u 3 ____Mountain Chickadee……….. c c 2 time of year. Owls Nuthatches and Creepers COMMON: Always or almost always ____Great Horned Owl……….. f f 0

____Red-breasted Nuthatch……..f f 3 encountered, usually in relatively large numbers, Nighthawk ____White-breasted Nuthatch…...c c 3

without special searching. ____ Common Nighthawk……. u u 0 ____Brown Creeper……………… c c 1 FAIRLY COMMON: usually encountered in Swifts Wrens small numbers without special searching. ____Black Swift……………….. f f 1 ____Rock Wren………………….. c f 3

UNCOMMON: Usually missed unless a special ____Vaux’s Swift*..…………… r r 0 ____Bewick’s Wren……………… u u 3 search is made. ____White-throated Swift……. r r 3 ____House Wren………………... f r 1 RARE: Cannot be expected on any given day or Hummingbirds ____Marsh Wren………………… r r 0 even every year, but has occurred in or around ____Anna’s Hummingbird…….. r r 3 Dippers the Monument. ____Calliope Hummingbird….... c c 1 ____American Dipper…………… c f 1 ____Broad-tailed Hummingbird. r r 0 Kinglets and Gnatcatchers ____Rufous Hummingbird……. c r 0

Devils Postpile website ____Golden-crowned Kinglet…… c c 2 Kingfishers www.nps.gov/depo Steller’s Jay ____Ruby-crowned Kinglet……… f c 3 ____Belted Kingfisher……….. f f 3 ____Blue-gray Gnatcatcher……...u u 3

Experience Your America Spiders-Arachnida Devils Postpile National Monument araneae Devils Postpile and Spider Checklist Devils Postpile National Monument provides habitat to a diversity of wildlife however, invertebrates, Spiders such as and spiders, are less well known and ____Sheet Web Weaver often overlooked. The Middle Fork of the San Joaquin ____Branch Tip Spider River runs through the monument and provides habitat Checklist of ____Wolf Spider for both terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates. Ecologist ____Crab Spider Insects and Spiders ____Jumping Spider Jeff Homlquist and Jutta Schmidt-Gengenbach from the ____Common House University of California White Mountain Research Station surveyed the riparian corridor including the river and wet and dry meadow habitats at several Invertebrates: Insects different times from May 2003 to October 2004 . This and Spiders study completed a list of about 100 insect and spider species. Areas such as Soda Springs meadow, which often flood during the early stages of snowmelt and What is an Insect? slowly dry out as the season progresses, provides ideal habitat for both the insect larvae and adults. This Insects are which have seg- mented bodies divided in 3 sections, 6 checklist is by no means complete but it gives a legs and 2 antennae. They are found in wonderful overview of those creatures which are Class Insecta and include the majority of mostly invisible to us. So when seeking out insects and the invertebrate species. spiders be patient, sit in one spot on the shore by the river or by a meadow, and wait for them to show themselves. Or try looking under a rock, being careful not to crush what may be underneath and gently replacing it after you have discovered its hidden What is a Spider? secrets. Please remember to leave the monument how A spider is also an but not an you found it so others may enjoy it too. insect because they only have 2 body segments, 8 legs and no antennae. They belong to Class Arachnida and have their Drawings and Layout by Rachael Kerwin 2006 own Order Araneae. Devils Postpile National Monument Mammoth Lakes, California

Website: www.nps.gov/depo Phone: 760-934-2289 Insects– Insecta Butterflies and Moths (Cont.) Flies (cont.) ____Fritillary ____Robber Fly ____Checker Spot ____Moth Fly Bees, Ants and Wasps ____Mourning Cloak ____Watersnipe Fly ____Bumble Bee ____Admiral Mayflies ____Mining Bee ____Lady ____Stream Mayfly ____Gall Wasp ____California Sister ____Small Mayfly ____Capenter Ant ____Buckeye ____Spinners ____Brown Ant ____Spninx Moth ____Midboreal Mayfly ____Red Ant ____Plume Moth ____Spiny Crawler ____Ichneumon Wasp ____Sulfur Net Viened Insects ____Carpenter Bee ____Swallow Tail ____Antlion ____Yellow Jacket Caddisflies ____Sawfly Scorpion Flies ____Northern Caddisfly ____Scorpion Fly ____Pacific Cuckoo Wasp ____Little Black ____Cricket Hunter Wasp Silverfish Cicadas and Leafhoppers ____Silverfish ___Cicadas ____Metalic Wood Borers Snake Flies ____Leafhopper ____Ground ____Snake Fly ____Psyllidea ____Tiger Beetle Springtails ____Plant Hopper ____Long-Horned Beetle ____Springtail Dragonflies and Damselflies ____Lady Bug Beetle Stoneflies ____Dragonfly ____Blister Beetle ____Common Stonefly ____Damselfly ____Western Pine Beetle ____Giant Stonefly ____Darkling Ground Beetle Grasshoppers and Crickets ____Green Winged Stonefly ____Click Beetle ____Grasshopper ____Rolled Winged Stonefly ____Leaf Beetle Flies ____Roach Like Stonefly ____Rove Beetle ____Gnat Termites ____Scarab Beetle ____Black Fly ____Termite ____Weevil ____Bee Fly True Bugs ____Whirligig Beetle ____Mosquito ____Plant Bug ____Predacious Diving Beetle ____House Fly ____Water Strider ____Water Scavenger Beetle ____Crane Fly ____Seed Bug ____Horse Fly Butterflies and Moths ____Giant Water Bug ____March Fly ____Blue ____Stink Bug ____Flesh Fly ____Cooper ____Back Swimmer ____Dance Fly ____Hairstreak ____Water Boatmen ____Pointed Winged ____Skipper ____Minute Pirate Bug ____Scuttle Fly ____Monarch ____Damsel Bug ____Frit Fly ____Shore Bug ____Tiger Fly ______Kelloggia ______Scarlet Gilia Mint Family ______Granite Gillia ______Mountain Mondarella ______Whisker-brush Devils Postpile ______White Hedge-nettle Pink Family ______Pearlwort National Monument Mistletoe Family Primrose Family ______American Dwarf-mistletoe ______Sierra Shooting Star Mustard Family Purslane Family ______Holboell’s Rock-cress ______One-seeded Pussypaws ______Flat-seeded Rock-cress Rose Family ______Bristly-leaved Rock-cress ______Small-leaved Cream Bush ______Repand Rock-cress ______Small-flowered Horkelia ______Bent-pod Rock-cress ______Glandular Five-finger ______Western Wallflower ______Slender Cinquefoil ______Water-cress ______Bitter Cherry ______Mountain Jewel Flower Rush Family Nightshade Family ______Small-flowered Wood Rush ______Nightshade ______Wire Grass Orchid Family Saxifrage Family ______Bog Orchid ______Pink Alumroot Pea Family ______Peak Saxifrage ______Broad-leaved Lotus Sedge Family ______Spanish-clover ______Sedge ______Lupine ______Spike Rush ______Broad-leaved Lupine ______Small-fruited Balrush ______Dwarf Lupine Saint John’s Wort Family ______Large-leaved Lupine ______Tinker’s Penny ______Bowl Clover Valerian Family ______Long-stalked Clover ______California Valerian ______Carpet Clover Waterleaf Family Phlox Family ______Silverleaf Phacelia ______Entire-leaved Allophyllum Willow Family ______Narrow-leaved Collomia ______Lemmon’s Willow ______Yellow-staining Collomia Checklist Devils Postpile National Monument is home to over 450 native species of plants. This list is not Devils Postpile National Monument of exhaustive, but it does provided an overview of the P.O. Box 3999 diverse plant species that thrive here. Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546 Plants Please help to preserve the plants! Stay on the trail 760-934-2289 and do not remove plants from their homes! ww.nps.gov/depo Aster Family Conifer Family Gooseberry Family ______Yarrow ______White Fir ______Squaw Wax Currant ______Pearly Everlasting ______Red Fir ______White-stemmed Gooseberry ______Pussytoes ______Lodgepole Pine ______Sierra Gooseberry ______Meadow Arnica ______Jeffrey Pine Grass Family ______Cordilleran Arnica ______Western White Pine ______Western Needlegrass ______Douglas’ Mugwort ______Western Juniper ______Nodding Trisetum ______Western Mugwort Dogbane Family ______Bluegrass ______Hoary Chaenactis ______Bitter Dogbane ______Richardson’s Muhly ______Lowland Cudweed Dogwood Family ______Timothy ______Cudweed ______American Dogwood ______Slender Muhly ______White-flowered Hawkweed Evening-primrose Family ______Blue Wildrye ______Shaggy Hawkweed ______Enchanter’s Nightshade ______Meadow Barley ______Short-leaved Hulsea ______Fireweed ______Tall Mannagrass ______Groundsel or Ragwort ______Northern Willow-herb ______Squirreltail ______Meadow Goldenrod ______Glaucus Willow-herb ______Annual Hairgrass ______Gray-tansy ______Hall’s Willow-herb ______Blue-joint Reedgrass ______Sagebrush ______Low Gayophytum ______Narrow-spiked Reedgrass Beech Family ______Black-foot Gayophytum ______Suksdorf’s Bromegrass ______Huckleberry Oak Fern Family ______Woodland Bromegrass Birch Family ______Bracken Fern ______Idaho Bentgrass ______Mountain Alder Figwort Family ______Ticklegrass Borage Family ______Wavy-leaved Paintbrush ______Spike Trisetum ______Popcorn Flower ______Blue-eyed Mary Heath Family Buckthorn Family ______Wright’s Collinsia ______Greenleaf Manzanita ______Whitehorn ______Brewer’s Monkey-flower Honeysuckle Family Buckwheat Family ______Seep Monkey-flower ______Double Honeysuckle ______Wild Buckwheat ______Musk Flower Horsetail Family ______Snakeweed ______Primrose Monkey-flower ______Common Horsetail ______Douglas’ Knotweed ______Larger Mountain Monkey-flower ______Smooth Scouring Rush ______Milkwort Knotweed ______Pine-woods Lousewort Lily Family Buttercup Family ______Sierra Penstemon ______Swamp Onion (Wild Onion) ______Columbian Monkshood ______Mountain Pride ______Kelley’s Lily ______Sierra Larkspur ______Rydlberg’s Meadow Penstemon ______Racemosa False Solomon’s Seal ______Meadow Larkspur ______Brooklime Loasa Family ______Alisma-leaved Buttercup ______Thyme-leaved Speedwell ______Nevada Stickleaf ______Fendler’s Meadow-rue ______Alpine Speedwell Madder Family Carrot Family ______Common Bedstraw ______Yampah ______Twinleaf Bedstraw ______Sweet-scented Bedstraw