Animals                                                        

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As compiled by the U.S. Forest Service in an environmental impact statement for the proposed Cliff Top / Castle Rock / Electra View Trail to be located on the cliff behind the Silverpick Lodge.

 

Mammals 

SORICIDAE---Shrews
Sorex Palustris – Water Shrew
Sorex Vagrans – Vagrant Shrew
Sorex Merriami – Merriam’s Shrew
Sorex Cinereus – Masked Shrew

VESPERTILIONIDAE---Bats
Plecotus Townsendii –

Townsend’s Big-Eared Bat
Antrozous Pallidus – Pallid Bat
Lasionycterus Noctivagans –

Silver-Haired Bat
Eptesicus Fuscus – Big Brown Bat
Pipistrellus Hesperus –

Western Pipistrelle
Myotis Valans –Long-Legged

Myotis
Myotis Californicus –

California Myotis
Myotis Subulatus –Small-Footed

Myotis
Myotis Evotis – Long Eared

Myotis
Myotis Lucifugus – Little Brown

Myotis

MOLOSSIDAE---Bats
Tadarida Mocrotis – Big Free-

Tailed Bat

OCHOTONIDAE--- Varmints
Ochotona Princeps – Pika

LEPORIDAE---Rabbits
Lepus Americanus – Snowshoe Hare
Lepus Townsendii – White-Tailed

Jack Rabbit
Sylvilagus Nuttallii – Nuttall’s Cottontail

SCIURIDAE---More Varmints

Marmota Flaviventris – Yellow-Bellied Marmot
Spermophilus Variegates – Rock Squirrel
Spermophilus Latralis – Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel
Eutamias Minimus – Least Chipmunk
Eutamias Quadrivittatus – Colorado Chipmunk
Tamiasciurus Hudsonicus – Red Squirrel
Sciurus Aberti – Abert Squirrel

GEOMYIDAE---Even More Varmints
Thomomys Talpoides – Northern Pocket Gopher

HETEROMYIDAE---Vermin
Pipodomys Ordii – Ord’s Kangaroo Rat
Perognathus Apache – Apache Pocket Mouse

CASTORIDAE---
Castor Canadensis – Beaver

CRICETIDAE---
Reithrodontomys Megalotis – Western Harvest Mouse
Peromyscus Maniculatus – Deer Mouse
Peromyscus Truei – Pinon Mouse
Meotoma Cinerea – Bushy-Tailed Wood Rat
Crethizon Dorsatum – Porcupine

CANIDAE---
Canis Latrans – Coyote

URSIDAE---
Ursus Americanus – Black Bear

MUSTELIDAE---
Martes Americanus – Pine Martin
Mustela Frenata – Long-Tailed Weasel
Mustela Vison – Mink
Mephitis Mephitis – Striped Skunk
Taxidea Taxus – Badger

FELIDAE---
Felis Concolor – Mountain Lion
Lynx Rufus – Bobcat

CERVIDAE---
Cervus Canadensis – Elk
Odocoileus Hemionus – Mule Deer

MICROTINAE---
Microtus Pennsylvanicus – Meadow Vole
Microtus Montanus – Montane Vole
Microtus Longicaudus – Long-Tailed Vole

ZAPODIDAE---
Zapus Princeps – Western Jumping Mouse

ERETHIZONTIDAE---

 

Birds

Dipper
Dipper

Doves
Band-Tailed Pigeon
Mourning Dove

Ducks
Mallard
Green-Winged Teal
Blue-Winged Teal

Flycatchers
Say’s Phoebe
Hammond’s Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Western Flycatcher
Western Wood Peewee

Goatsuckers
Poor-Will
Common Nighthawk

Grosbeaks, Finches,

Sparrow & Buntings
Black-Headed Grosbeak
Evening Grosbeak
Cassin’s Finch
Gray-Crowned Rosy Finch
Black Rosy Finch
Brown-Capped Rosy Finch
Green- Tailed Towhee
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Oregon Junco
Gray-Headed Junco
White-Crowned Sparrow
Lincoln Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow

Grouse
Blue Grouse

White-Tailed Ptarmigan

Hawks, Eagles & Falcons
Turkey Vulture
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-Tailed Hawk
Golden Eagle
Bald Eagle
Sparrow Hawk

Hummingbirds
Broad-Tailed Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird

Jays, Magpies & Crows
Gray Jay
Steller’s Jay
Scrub Jay
Black-Billed Magpie
Common Raven
Common Crow
Clark’s Nutcracker

Kinglet
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet

Larks
Horned Lark

Nuthatches
White-Breasted Nuthatch
Pigmy Nuthatch

Owls
Great Horned Owl

Pipits
Water Pipit

Shorebirds
Wilson’s Phalarope

Swallows
Violet-Green Swallows
Tree Swallows
Cliff Swallows

Swifts
Black Swift
White-Throated Swift

Titmice & Bushtits
Black-Capped Chicadee
Mountain Chicadee
Common Bushtit

Tanagers
Western Tanager

Thrushes, Solitaires & Bluebirds
Robin
Hermit Thrush
Western Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend’s Solitaire

Turkey
Turkey

Wrens
House Wren
Rock Wren

Vireos
Solitary Vireo
Warbling Vireo

Warblers
Yellow Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Audubon’s Warbler

Woodpeckers
Red-Shafted Flicker
Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Three-Toed Woodpecker

 

Amphibians
Ambystoma Tigrinum –

Tiger Salamander+
Pseudacris Triseriata – Boreal

Chorus Frog+
Rana Pipiens – Leopard Frog+
Bufo Boreas – Western Toad?
Bufo Woodhousei – Woodhouse’s

Toad?

+ Known To Occur At Comparable Elevations In Adjacent Drainages- Probable ? Possible

 

Reptiles
Phynosoma Douglassi – Shorthorned Lizard+
Sceloporus Gracious – Sagebrush Lizard+
Eumeces Multirirgatus Gaigeae – Two Lined Skink+
Opheodrys Vernalis – Smooth Green Snake
Thamnophis Elegans Vegrans – Wandering Garter Snake+
Lampropeltis Trianglulum(Doliata)- Milk Snake?
Crotalus Viridis – Prairie Rattler?
Pituophis Melanoleucus(Catenifer)- Bull Snake+

+ Known To Occur At Comparable Elevations In Adjacent Drainages- Probable
? Possible

 

Fish
SALMONIDAE---Trout
Salmo Clarki – Cutthroat Trout
Salmo Gairdneri – Rainbow Trout
Salvelinus Fontinalis – Brook Trout