WILDLIFE of HART MOUNTAIN

WILDLIFE of HART MOUNTAIN

WEAVER FINCH MAMMALS CANIDS VOLES AND MUSKRATS REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS FISHES WILDLIFE of ____ House Sparrow (1) Visibility of mammals varies seasonal- Coyote Mountain Vole Reptiles usually are found on upland sites Fish on the Refuge are limited to drainages ly because of hibernation, migration and amphibians live closer to or in water. that support perennial flows. Fish are HART MOUNTAIN NAR Red Fox Long-tailed Vole between summer and winter ranges, Both reptiles and amphibians hibernate present in Rock, Willow, and Guano ACCIDENTAL SPECIES or snow cover. FELIDS Sagebrush Vole during the winter and therefore are only Creeks and their tributaries. Rainbow seen during the warmer months. Be- trout are stocked in Warner Pond. Muskrat Species listed below have been rec- SHREWS Mountain Lion cause they are relatively small, secretive orded only a few times on the Refuge. Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Malheur Shrew Bobcat OLD WORLD RATS AND MICE animals, they are not highly visible. Rainbow (Redband) Trout White-winged Scoter Merriam’s Shrew SQUIRRELS, CHIPMUNKS & House Mouse Gyrfalcon AMPHIBIANS Trowbridge’s Shrew MARMOTS JUMPING MICE Parasitic Jaeger Vagrant Shrew FROGS & TOADS Yellow-bellied Marmot Western Jumping Mouse Yellow-billed Cuckoo Northern Water Shrew Townsend’s Ground Squirrel PORCUPINES Great-basin Spade-foot Toad Snowy Owl PLAIN-NOSED BATS Belding’s Ground Squirrel Porcupine Pacific Tree Frog Pileated Woodpecker Little Brown Myotis Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel Western Toad White-headed Woodpecker PIKAS, HARES & RABBITS Yuma Myotis White-tailed Antelope Squirrel Spotted Frog Gray Catbird Pika Long-eared Myotis Least Chipmunk REPTILES Brown Thrasher White-tailed Jackrabbit Fringed Myotis Yellow-pine Chipmunk Prothonotary Warbler Black-tailed Jackrabbit SNAKES California Myotis Chickaree Tennessee Warbler Mountain Cottontail Rubber Boa Small–footed Myotis This wildlife list includes more than 330 species of Virginia’s Warbler POCKET GOPHERS Pygmy Rabbit Racer Silver-haired Bat birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and fish that Black-throated Blue Warbler Townsend’s Pocket Gopher DEER Striped Whipsnake occur or are thought to occur on the Hart Mountain Western Pipistrel Bay-Breasted Warbler Northern Pocket Gopher Mule Deer Gopher Snake National Antelope Refuge and in the adjacent Big Brown Bat American Redstart POCKET MICE, KANGAROO Rocky Mountain Elk Western Terrestrial Garter Snake Warner Valley. A list of insects and spiders has not Hoary Bat MICE & KANGAROO RATS Western Rattlesnake yet been compiled. Tricolored Blackbird PRONGHORN Western Big-eared Bat Common Grackle Little Pocket Mouse LIZARDS About 245 resident and migratory bird species could Pronghorn (Antelope) Pallid Bat be observed on the Refuge and on adjacent lands. Scarlet Tanager Great Basin Pocket Mouse Leopard Lizard FREETAIL BATS SHEEP Riparian corridors, such as along Rock and Guano Summer Tanager Dark Kangaroo Mouse Western Fence Lizard California Bighorn Sheep Creeks, are good areas to find birds. Another Freetail Bat Ord’s Kangaroo Rat Lapland Longspur Sagebrush Lizard outstanding area, Blue Sky Grove, supports an Big Free-tailed Bat Upland Sandpiper Great Basin Kangaroo Rat Side-blotched Lizard unique group of birds because it is an isolated stand Mountain Quail RACOONS MUSTELIDS Desert Horned Lizard of Ponderosa pine. When flooded, the lakes and Mountain Quail Raccoon Beaver Short Horned Lizard wetlands in Warner Valley provide abundant habitat for wetland-dwelling species. Northern Hawk-Owl WEASELS, SKUNKS, & HARVEST MICE Western Skink Grasshopper Sparrow Western Whiptail About 70 species of mammals could occur on the BADGERS Western Harvest Mouse Refuge. Mammals are considered resident species Harris’ Sparrow Northern Alligator Lizard Short-tailed Weasel WHITE FOOTED MICE with the exception of migrant bats. Pronghorn are White-throated Sparrow Long-tailed Weasel Canyon Mouse widespread and can be seen in the sagebrush Mink Deer Mouse uplands and meadows throughout the refuge. Mule deer can be seen in the higher elevation shrub areas Badger Pinyon Mouse and near aspen stands. Bighorn sheep are difficult Spotted Skunk GRASSHOPPER MICE to see as they use the highest elevation areas and Striped Skunk Northern Grasshopper Mouse the escarpment on the west side of the Refuge. WOODRATS About 19 species of reptiles and amphibians and Desert Woodrat two fish species occur on the Refuge. Bushytailed Woodrat Morning and evening hours are the best times to observe wildlife. Binoculars ____ Ferruginous Hawk (2) ____ Pectoral Sandpiper (2) HUMMINGBIRDS ____ Steller’s Jay (1) ____ Varied Thrush (2) GROSBEAKS & BUNTINGS and/or a spotting scope greatly assist in identifying wildlife and observing their ____ Rough-legged Hawk (1) ____ Dunlin (1) ____ Western Scrub Jay (1) behavior. Using your vehicle as a blind increases viewing opportunities. Com- ____ Black-chinned Hummingbird (3) MOCKINGBIRDS & ____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak (5) mon bird name are listed followed by an abundance code. ____ Golden Eagle (1) ____ Long-billed Dowitcher (1) ____ Calliope Hummingbird (1) ____ Pinyon Jay (2) THRASHERS ____ Black-headed Grosbeak (1) BIRD ABUNDANCE CODES FALCONS ____ Short-billed Dowitcher (3) ____ Broad-tailed Hummingbird (5) ____ Clark’s Nutcracker (2) ____ Northern Mockingbird (4) ____ Lazuli Bunting (2) (1) Abundant, usually numerous, certain to be seen in proper habitat. ____ American Kestrel (1) SNIPE ____ Rufous Hummingbird (1) ____ Black-billed Magpie (1) ____ Sage Thrasher (1) TOWHEES & SPARROWS (2) Common, occurring in smaller numbers, should be seen in suitable habitat. ____ American Crow (2) ____ Merlin (2) ____ Common Snipe (1) KINGFISHERS PIPITS ____ Green-tailed Towhee (2) (3) Uncommon, present, but in few numbers, not certain to be seen. ____ Common Raven (1) ____ Peregrine Falcon (3) PHALAROPES ____ Belted Kingfisher (1) ____ American Pipit (1) ____ Spotted Towhee (1) (4) Occasional, seen infrequently during a season. CHICKADEES & TITMICE ____ Prairie Falcon (1) ____ Wilson’s Phalarope (1) WOODPECKERS WAXWINGS ____ American Tree Sparrow (3) (5) Rarely seen. ____Black-capped Chickadee (3) CHUKAR, PHEASANT, GROUSE ____ Red-necked Phalarope (1) ____ Lewis’s Woodpecker (2) ____ Bohemian Waxwing (4) ____ Chipping Sparrow (1) Please report observations of wildlife not included in this list to Refuge Head- & QUAIL ____ Mountain Chickadee (1) ____ Brewer’s Sparrow (1) quarters. We would like to know where you saw it and when. GULLS & TERNS ____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (2) ____ Cedar Waxwing (2) ____ Chukar (2) ____ Juniper Titmouse (2) ____ Franklin’s Gull (3) ____ Red-naped Sapsucker (1) SHRIKES ____ Vesper Sparrow (1) ____ Mallard (1) LOONS & GREBES ____ Ring-necked Pheasant (3) BUSHTITS ____ Bonaparte’s Gull (2) ____ Red-breasted Sapsucker (1) ____ Northern Shrike (2) ____ Lark Sparrow (2) ____ Northern Pintail (1) ____ Common Loon (2) ____ Greater Sage-grouse (2) ____ Ring-billed Gull (1) ____ Williamson’s Sapsucker (2) ____ Bushtit (2) ____ Loggerhead Shrike (2) ____ Black-throated Sparrow (2) ____ Blue-winged Teal (3) ____ California Quail (1) ____ Pied-billed Grebe (1) ____ California Gull (1) ____ Downy Woodpecker (2) NUTHATCHES ____ Sage Sparrow (2) ____ Cinnamon Teal (1) STARLINGS ____ Horned Grebe (2) RAILS & COOTS, ____ Sabine’s Gull (5) ____ Hairy Woodpecker (1) ____ Red-breasted Nuthatch (1) ____ Savannah Sparrow (1) ____ Northern Shoveler (1) ____ European Starling (1) ____ Eared Grebe (1) ____ Virginia Rail (1) ____ Caspian Tern (1) ____ Northern Flicker (1) ____ White-breasted Nuthatch (1) ____ Fox Sparrow (2) ____ Gadwall (1) VIREOS ____ Western Grebe (1) ____ Sora (1) ____ Forster’s Tern (1) FLYCATCHERS ____ Pygmy Nuthatch (1) ____ Song Sparrow (1) ____ Eurasian Wigeon (5) ____ Solitary Vireo (3) ____ Clark’s Grebe (1) ____ American Coot (1) ____ Lincoln’s Sparrow (1) ____ Black Tern (1) CREEPERS ____ American Wigeon (1) ____ Olive-sided Flycatcher (2) ____ Warbling Vireo (1) PELICANS & CORMORANTS CRANES PIGEONS & DOVES ____ Golden-crowned Sparrow (2) ____ Canvasback (3) ____ Western Wood-pewee (1) ____ Brown Creeper (1) ____ Red-eyed Vireo (5) ____ American White Pelican (1) ____ Sandhill Crane (1) ____ White-crowned Sparrow (1) ____ Redhead (3) ____ Band-tailed Pigeon (5) ____ Willow Flycatcher (2) WRENS WARBLERS ____ Swamp Sparrow (5) ____ Double-crested Cormorant (1) PLOVERS ____ Rock Dove (1) ____ Least Flycatcher (4) ____ Ring-necked Duck (3) ____ Rock Wren (1) ____ Orange-crowned Warbler (1) BITTERNS, HERONS , EGRETS ____ Dark-eyed Junco (1) ____ Lesser Scaup (3) ____ Black-bellied Plover (3) ____ Mourning Dove (1) ____ Hammond’s Flycatcher (2) ____ Canyon Wren (2) & IBIS ____ Nashville Warbler (2) ____ Lapland Longspur (4) ____ Common Goldeneye (3) ____ Snowy Plover (2) ____ Eurasion Collared-dove (3) ____ Dusky Flycatcher (1) ____ Bewick’s Wren (2) ____ Yellow Warbler (1) ____ Snow Bunting (4) ____ American Bittern (2) ____ Semipalmated Plover (2) OWLS ____ Gray Flycatcher (1) ____ Barrow’s Goldeneye (4) ____ House Wren (1) ____ Virginia’s Warbler (5) ____ Least Bittern (4) BLACKBIRDS, MEADOW- ____ Bufflehead (3) ____ Killdeer (1) ____ Barn Owl (2) ____ Cordilleran Flycatcher (2) ____ Pacific Wren (2) ____ Chestnut-sided Warbler (3) LARKS & ORIOLES ____ Great Blue Heron (1) ____ Say’s Phoebe (2) ____ Hooded Merganser (4) STILTS & AVOCETS ____ Flammulated Owl (2) ____ Marsh Wren (1) ____ Yellow-rumped Warbler (1) ____ Great Egret (1) ____ Red-winged Blackbird (1) ____ Common Merganser (3) ____ Black-necked Stilt (1) ____ Western Screech-owl

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