EIR Report Observed Wildlife - Montery County- Appendix B-1

~ Wildlife Species in - Monterey County ~ Appendix - B-1 COMMON, POTENTIAL AND OBSERVED ALONG THE LOWER CARMEL RIVER RIPARIAN CORRIDOR MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Common Name / Scientific Name
MAMMALS Opossum + Didelphis marsupialis Ornate Shrew Sorex ornatus Vagrant Shrew S. vagrans Trowbridge's Shrew + S. trowbridgii Shrew-mole Neurotrichus gibbsii Broad-footed Mole + Scapanus latamanus California Myotis + Myotis californicus Yuma Myotis M. yumanensis saturatus Long-eared Myotis M. evotis Fringed Myotis M. thysanodes Long-legged Myotis M. volans longicura Small-footed Myotis M. leibii Western Pipistrelle Pipistrellus hesperus Big Brown Bat + Eptesicus fuscus Red Bat Lasiurus borealis Hoary Bat L. cinereus Townsend's Big-eared Bat Plecotus townsendii Pallid Bat Antrozoas pallidus Brazilian Free-tailed Bat Tadarida braziliensis Western Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis Raccoon + Procyon lotor Ringtail Bassariscus astutus Bobcat + Lynx rufus Mountain Lion * Felis concolor Feral House Cat + F. domesticus Gray Fox + Urocyon cinereoargenteus Coyote + Canis latrans Long-tailed Weasel + Mustela frenata Badger Taxidea taxus Striped Skunk + Mephitis mephitis Spotted Skunk Spilogale putorius California Ground Squirrel + Spermophilus beecheyi Western Gray Squirrel + Sciurus griseus Merriam's Chipmunk Tamias merriami Botta's Pocket Gopher + Thomomys bottae California Pocket Mouse + Perognathus californicus Heerman's Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys heermanni Western Harvest Mouse + Reithrodontomys megalotis Deer Mouse + Peromyscus maniculatus California Mouse + P. californicus Brush Mouse + P. boylii Pinon Mouse + P. truei Dusky-footed Wood Rat + Neotoma fuscipes California Vole + Microtus californicus Norway Rat Rattus norvegicus House Mouse + Mus musculus Black-tailed Jackrabbit * Lepus californicus Brush Rabbit * Sylvillagus bachmani Desert Cottontail + S. audubonii European Wild Boar + Sus scrofa Mule Deer + Odocoileus hemionus TOTAL 30 REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS California Tiger Salamander Ambystoma tigrinum californiense California Newt * Taricha torosa Ensatina * Ensatina eschscholtz California Slender Salamander * Batrachoseps attenuatus Arboreal Salamander * Aneides lugubris Western Toad + Bufo boreas Pacific Treefrog + Hyla regilla Reg-legged Frog + Rana aurora draytoni Foothill Yellow-legged Frog + R. boylei Bullfrog + R. catesbeiana Southwestern Pond Turtle + Clemmys marmorata pallida Coast Horned Lizard * Phrynosoma coronatum frontale Western Fence Lizard + Sceloporus occidentalis Side-blotched Lizard * Uta stansburiana Western Skink * Eumeces skiltonianus California Whiptail + Cnemidophorus tigris mundus Northern Alligator Lizard Gerrhonotus coerleus Southern Alligator Lizard * G. multicarinatus Calif. Black Legless Lizard Anniella pulchra niger Rubber Boa Charina bottae Ringneck Snake * Diadophis punctatus Night Snake Hypsiglena torquata Sharp-tailed Snake Contia tenuis Racer * Coluber constrictor Striped Racer Masticophis lateralis Coachwip M. flagellum Pacific Gopher Snake + Pituophis melanoleucus Long-nosed Snake Rhinocheilus leucontei Common Kingsnake + Lampropeltis getulus California Mountain Kingsnake L. zonata West. Terrestrial Garter Snake * Thamnophis elegans Western Aquatic Garter Snake + T. couchi Common Garter Snake T. sirtalis Western Rattlesnake + Crotalus viridis TOTAL 23 BIRDS Pied-billed Grebe + Podilymbus podiceps Eared Grebe + P. nigricollis Double-crested Cormorant (w) + Phalacrocorax auritus Great Blue Heron + Ardea herodias Green-backed Heron + Butorides striatus Great Egret + Casmerodius albus Snowy Egret (w) + Egretta thula Black-crowned Night Heron * Nycticorax nycticorax American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Canada Goose (w) + Branta canadensis Mallard + Anas platyrhynchos Gadwall A. strepera Cinnamon Teal * A. cyanoptera Green-winged Teal (w) A. carolinensis Northern Shoveler (w) A. clypeat American Widgeon (w) Mareca americana Wood Duck Aix sponsa Bufflehead (w) + Bucephala albeola Ruddy Duck + Oxyura jamaicensis Common Merganser + Mergus merganser Brown Pelican + Pelecanus occidentalis Turkey Vulture + Cathartes aura Black Shouldered Kite + Elanus leucurus Cooper's Hawk * Accipiter cooperi Sharp-shinned Hawk (w) + A. striatus Northern Harrier + Circus cyaneus Osprey (w) + Pandion haliaetus Rough-legged Hawk (w) Buteo lagopus Ferruginous Hawk (w) B. regalis Red-tailed Hawk + B. jamaicensis Red-shouldered Hawk + B. lineatus Swainson's Hawk B. swainsoni Golden Eagle * Aquila chrysaetos Bald Eagle (w) * Haliaeetus leucocephalus American Kestrel + Falco sparverius Merlin (w) F. columbarius richardsonii American Peregrine Falcon (w) + F. peregrinus anatum Prairie Falcon (w) * F. mexicanus Wild Turkey + Meleagris gallopavo California Quail + Callipepla californica Mountain Quail * Oreortyx pictus Sora Rail (w) + Porzana carolina Virginia Rail + Rallus limicola Common Moorhen (w) Gallinula chloropus American Coot + Fulica americana Western Gull + Larus occidentalis	BIRDS CONTINUED Herring Gull + L. argentatus Ring-billed Gull + L. delawarensis Heermann's Gull + L. heemanni California Gull + L. californicus Glaucous-winged Gull (w) + L. glaucescens Bonapartes Gull (w) + L. philadelphia Forster's Tern + Sterna forsteri Mourning Dove + Zenaidura macroura Band-tailed Pigeon + Columba fasciata Rock Dove + C. livia Greater Roadrunner * Geococcyx californicus Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii Killdeer + Charadrius vociferus Willet (w) + Catoptrophorus semipalmatus Wimbrel * Numenius phaeopus Common Snipe (w) Gallinago gallinago Long-billed Dowitcher (w) + Limnodromus scolopaceus Long-billed Curlew (w) Numenius americanus Spotted Sandpiper (w) + Actitus macularia Sanderling (w) + Calidris alba Least Sandpiper (w) + C. minutilla Western Sandpiper (w) + C. mauri Ruddy Turnstone (w) + Arenaria interpres Greater Yellowlegs (w) + Totanus melanoleucus Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis Western Screech Owl * Otus kennicottii Flammulated Owl (s) O. flammeolus Northern Pigmy Owl * Glaucidium gnoma Great Horned Owl + Bubo virginianus Barn Owl Tyto alba Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia Long-eared Owl * Asio otus Short-eared Owl A. flammeus Northern Saw-whet Owl * Aegolius acedicus Black Swift (s) Cypseloides niger White-throated Swift + Aeronautes saxatali Anna's Hummingbird + Calypte anna Allen's Hummingbird (s) + Selasphorus sasin Belted Kingfisher + Ceryle alcyon Northern Flicker + Colaptes auratus Acorn Woodpecker + Melanerpes formicivorus Lewis' Woodpecker (w) M. lewis Red-breasted Sapsucker (w) * Sphyrapicus varius daggetti Nuttall's Woodpecker + Piciodes nuttalli Hairy Woodpecker + P. villosus Downy Woodpecker + P. pubescens Western Kingbird (s) + Tyrannus verticalis Black Phoebe + Sayornis nigricans Say's Phoebe (w) S. saya Ash-throated Flycatcher + Myiarachus cinerascens Western Wood Peewee (s) + Contopus sordidulus Olive-sided Flycatcher (s) + C. borealis Pacific-slope Flycatcher + Embidonax difficilis Horned Lark * Eremphila alpestris Barn Swallow (s) + Hirundo rustica Cliff Swallow (s) + Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Violet-green Swallow + Tachycineta thalassina Tree Swallow + Iridoprocne bicolor N. Rough-winged Swallow (s) + Stelgidopteryx serripennis Purple Martin (s) Progne subis Scrub Jay + Aphelocoma coerulescens Steller's Jay + Cyanocitta stelleri Yellow-billed Magpie Pica nuttalli American Crow + Corvus brachyrhynchos Common Raven + C. corax Chestnut-backed Chickadee + Parus rufescens Common Bushtit + Psaltriparus minimus Plain titmouse + P. inornatus White-breasted Nuthatch + Sitta carolinensis Red-breasted Nuthatch (w) S. canadensis Pigmy Nuthatch + S. pygmaea Wrentit + Chamaea fasciata Brown Creeper (w) * Certhia americana Water Ouzel (Dipper) * Cinclus mexicanus Bewick's Wren + Thryomanes bewickii Winter Wren * Troglodytes troglodytes House Wren + T. aedon Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris Canyon Wren * Catherpes mexicanus Rock Wren (w) Salpinctes obsoletus California Thrasher + Toxostoma redivivum Northern Mockingbird + Mimus polyglottos Robin + Turdus migratorius Varied Thrush (w) + Ixoreus naevius Hermit Thrush (w) + Catharus guttata Swainson's Thrush (s) * C. ustulatus Western Bluebird * Sialia mexicana Mountain Bluebird (w) S. currucoides Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (s) + Polioptila caerulea Ruby-crowned Kinglet (w) Regulus calendula Golden-crowned Kinglet (w) R. satrapa Blue-gray Gnatcatcher * Polioptila caerulea American Pipit (w) Anthus spinoletta Cedar Waxwing (w) + Bombycilla cedrorum Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus European Starling + Sturnus vulgaris Hutton's Vireo * Vireo huttoni Warbling Vireo (s) + V. gilvus Solitary Vireo (s) V. solitarius Orange-crowned Warbler + Vermivora celata Yellow-rumped Warbler + Dendroica coronata Yellow Warbler (s) + D. petechia Black-throated Gray Warbler (s) + D. nigrescens Townsend's Warbler (w) + D. townsendi Hermit Warbler (w) D. occidentalis MacGillivray's Warbler + Oporornis tolmiei Wilson's Warbler (s) + Wilsonia pusilla Common Yellowthroat * Geothlypis trichas Yellow-breasted Chat (s) * Icteria virens House Sparrow + Passer Domesticus Red-winged Blackbird + Agelaius phoeniceus Tricolored Blackbird * A. tricolor Brewer's Blackbird + Euphagus cyanocephalus Brown-headed Cowbird + Molothrus ater Western Meadowlark * Sturnella neglecta Northern Oriole (s) + Icterus galbula Hooded Oriole + I. cucullatus Western Tanager (w) + Piranga ludoviciana Black-headed Grossbeak (s) + Pheucticus melanocephalus Lazuli Bunting (s) * Passerina amoena Purple Finch + Carpodacus purpureus House Finch + C. mexicanus Pine Siskin + Spinus pinus American Goldfinch + S. tristis Lesser Goldfinch + S. psaltria Lawrence's Goldfinch * Carduelis lawrencei Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Rufous-sided Towhee + Pipilo erythrophthalmus Brown Towhee + P. fuscus Savannah Sparrow + Passerculus sandwichensis Lark Sparrow * Chondestes garmmacus Rufous-crowned Sparrow * Aimophila ruficeps Grasshopper Sparrow (s) Ammodramus savannarum Sage Sparrow Amphispiza belli Dark-eyed Junco (w) + Junco hyemalis Chipping Sparrow (s) * Spizella passerina White-crowned Sparrow + Zonotrichia leucophrys Golden-crowned Sparrow (w) + Z. atricapilla Fox Sparrow (w) + Passerella iliaca Lincoln's Sparrow (w) * Melospiza lincolnii Song Sparrow + M. melodia TOTAL 150

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(w) = Winter range only
(s) = Summer range only

+ = Wildlife species recorded during field surveys March 5-6, 26, April 25 - May 1, August 25 - September 2, 1992 and January 4-11, 1993.

* = Wildlife species reliably reported to occur along the Carmel River Corridor during surveys conducted in May 2-31, 1987 (Roberson), and in May, June, July, August, 1989 and May, 1990 (Biosystems Analysis, Inc.)

Sources:
Biosystems Analysis, Inc., 1991. Cañada Reservoir Project Biological Assessment, Prepared for the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District.

Garland Ranch Regional Park, 1992. Draft Garland Park Management Plan, Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District, August 31.

Grenfell, W.E., Jr., and W.F. Laudenslayer, Jr., eds. 1983. The distribution of California birds. California Wildlife/Habitat Relationships Program. Publ. #4. Calif. Dept. Fish and Game, Sacramento, and USDA For. Serv., San Francisco, CA.

Griffin, J. R., 1991. Natural History of Hastings Reservation, Carmel Valley, California, Hastings Natural History Reservation, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley and Natural Reserve System, University of California. Hastings Reservation Report Number 1.

Hussey, Troy, 1992. Resident Caretaker, Garland Park District, 12 Lazy Oaks, Carmel Valley. Personal communications, August 31.

Jameson, E.W., Jr. and H.J. Peeters, 1988. Mammals of California, University of California Press, Berkeley, California.

Laudenslayer, W.F., Jr., and W.E. Grenfell, Jr., eds. 1983. A List of California Vertebrates Except Fishes. Calif. Dept. Fish and Game, Sacramento, and USDA For. Serv., San Francisco, CA.

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Williams, M., 1983. Riparian Mammals and Herptofauna of Carmel Valley, Carmel River Watershed Management Plan Working Paper #4.5, prepared for the California Department of Fish and Game by the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District.

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