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Appendix D Wildlife Information

Please also see the critical area maps in Sections 3.2 and 3.3 of the Draft EIS, and the parks map in Section 3.7 of the Draft EIS, illustrating how the streams and proposed parks and open space connect to the broader wildlife network.

Table D‐1. Species Observed in the City of Issaquah (2009–2011)

Common Name 2011 2010 2009 Common Name 2011 2010 2009 Greater white‐fronted   Double‐crested    goose cormorant    Pelagic cormorant  Cackling goose    American bittern      Great blue heron    Mute swan  Green heron    Trumpeter swan   Turkey vulture    swan  Bald eagle    Wood    Northern harrier       Sharp‐shinned hawk    Eurasian widgeon  Cooper's hawk    American widgeon    Northern goshawk      Red‐tailed hawk    Cinnamon teal   Rough‐legged hawk   Northern shoveler    American kestral      Merlin    Green‐winged teal    Peregrine falcon       Virginia rail  duck  American coot    Ring‐necked duck    Black‐bellied plover  Greater scaup    Killdeer       Greater yellowlegs  Bufflehead    Sanderling    Common goldeneye   Western sandpiper   Barrow's goldeneye    Dunlin   Hooded merganser    Wilson's snipe   Common merganser    Bonaparte’s gull  Ruddy duck   Mew gull    California quail   Ring‐billed gull    Ring‐necked pheasant    Western gull       California gull    Pacific loon  Herring gull    Common loon    Thayer's gull    Pied‐billed grebe    Glaucous‐winged gull    Horned grebe    Glaucous gull   Red‐necked grebe     Eared grebe   Barn  Western grebe    Rock pigeon    Clark's grebe   Band‐tailed pigeon    Brandt's cormorant   Eurasian collared‐dove 

Central Issaquah Subarea Plan March 2012 Draft Environmental Impact Statement D‐1 ICF 00363.11

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Common Name 2011 2010 2009 Common Name 2011 2010 2009 Anna's Hummingbird    European starling    Rufous hummingbird   American Pipit   Belted kingfisher    Cedar Waxwing    Red‐breasted    Orange‐crowned    sapsucker warbler Downy woodpecker    Yellow‐rumped warbler    Hairy woodpecker    Townsend's warbler   Northern flicker    Spotted towhee    Pileated woodpecker    Savannah sparrow    Northern shrike    sparrow    Hutton's vireo    Song sparrow    Gray jay  Lincoln's sparrow    Steller's jay    Swamp sparrow  Western scrub‐jay  White‐throated sparrow   American crow    White‐crowned sparrow    Common raven    Golden‐crowned    sparrow Tree swallow   Dark‐eyed junco    Violet‐green swallow   Red‐winged blackbird    Barn swallow   Western meadowlark    Black‐capped    Brewer's blackbird    chickadee Chestnut‐backed    Brown‐headed cowbird    Chickadee Bushtit    Purple finch    Red‐breasted nuthatch    House finch    Brown creeper    Red crossbill  Bewick's wren    Pine siskin    Pacific wren  American goldfinch    Marsh wren    Evening grosbeak    American dipper    House sparrow    Golden‐crowned    Northern saw‐whet owl   kinglet Ruby‐crowned kinglet    Western screech‐owl   Townsend's solitaire  Great horned owl    Hermit thrush    Northern pygmy owl  American robin    Barred owl    Varied thrush    Short‐eared owl  Source: Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology 2011

Central Issaquah Subarea Plan March 2012 Draft Environmental Impact Statement D‐2 ICF 00363.11

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Table D‐2. Mammal Species Observed or Likely to Occur in the City of Issaquah

Common Name Scientific Name Didelphis virginiana Pacific water shrew Sorex bendirii dusky shrew Sorex monticolus Trowbridge’s shrew Sorex trowbridgii wandering shrew Sorex vagrans Townsend’s mole Scapanus townsendii Sciurus carolinensis Douglas squirrel Tamiasciurus douglasii beaver Castor canadensis deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus house mouse Mus musculus Norway rat Rattus norvegicus black rat Rattus rattus striped Mephitis mephitis western‐spotted skunk Spilogale gracilis short‐tailed weasel Mustela ermine long‐tailed weasel Mustela frenata Procyon lotor little brown myotis Myotis lucifugus big brown bat Eptesicus fuscus River otter Lutra canadensis Lepus americanus eastern cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus shrew‐mole Neurotrichus gibbsii coast mole Scapanus orarius Townsend's chipmunk Tamias townsendii Canis latrans Vulpes vulpes Lynx rufus Puma concolor mink Mustela vison muskrat Ondatra zibethicus mountain beaver Aplodontia rufa black bear Ursus americanus black‐tailed deer Odocoileus hemionus California myotis Myotis californicus Townsend’s big‐eared bat Plecotus townsendi Source: Burke Museum 2009

Central Issaquah Subarea Plan March 2012 Draft Environmental Impact Statement D‐3 ICF 00363.11