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Even-toed Ungulates and Cetaceans (Order Artiodactyla)Observer
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curious if this could be big horn sheep track. Scat found in area, still trying to learn their tracks.
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Common Raven (Corvus corax)Observer
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pellet. contents are fish, mammal, and insect. found at raven roost.
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North American Deer Mice (Genus Peromyscus)Observer
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scat. one piece every few feet along ledges. last picture shows three scats spread out among the rock ledges.
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Western Harvest Mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis)Observer
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sign. harvesting sage brush seeds and caching to dry in the bushes.
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Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia)Observer
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tracks. 2.25 inches long
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Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)Observer
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tracks. 1.75 inches. longish hallux, trail feels "crowded"
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Vertebrates (Subphylum Vertebrata)Observer
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sign. tracks made while area was under water. This looks like the toe swooshes from a swimming beaver, but I'm curious if it could be from the feet of a duck while swimming in shallow water.
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Ducks, Geese, and Swans (Family Anatidae)Observer
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possible feeding sign from a dabbling duck. Tracks made when this area was underwater.
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Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)Observer
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About 1" long. could be spotted sandpiper, but seemed a bit large. Also would be first of the season, so may not have my eye trained for it.
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Birds (Class Aves)Observer
rholmes925Description
current guess is yellowlegs. found along the nooksack river. four of five instances of this type of dropping in a 20m area long the river edge. Yellowlegs were seen in the area
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Giant Stoneflies and Salmonflies (Genus Pteronarcys)Observer
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HUGE!
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Woodpeckers (Family Picidae)Observer
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Tail. 8.5 cm / 3.25 inches. maybe a female flicker? Their tails seem to have less of the orange shaft, but I've never seen the orange dot before
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Shrews (Family Soricidae)Observer
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found in an old pellet
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Ducks, Geese, and Swans (Family Anatidae)Observer
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about 2.75 inches long, 8.5 inch stride, a pair of trails side by side
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Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)Observer
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4.25 inches
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Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna pacifica)Observer
rholmes925Description
lots of nests dug into ground, birds present in nests.
