Conservation Field Trip

Winter 2018

What is a Lichen?

California Sagebrush(Coastal Sage)

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California Buckwheat

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Black Sage

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Black Sage

White SageSalvia apiana

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Laurel Sumac

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Western Sycamore – Riparian Woodland

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Arroyo Willow – Riparian Woodland

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Fuchsia-flowered Gooseberry

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Note hairs in axils of leaf veins

Coast Live Oak

Nuttall’s Woodpecker Click here for call

Acorn Woodpecker

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Western Fence Lizard – Sceloporus occidentalis

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California Towhee

Western Scrub Jay

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https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/yellow-rumped-warbler

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Yellow-rumped_Warbler/id

Audubon’s or Yellow-rumped Warbler

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Turkey Vulture

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Willet

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Osprey

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Long-billed Curlew

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Marbled Godwit

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American CootYou need to be able to identify this bird

California Gull (Note yellow legs)

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Western Gull (Note Pink Legs)

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California Horn Snail

End Winter 2018 Trip

Common Dolphin

Brown Pelican – Crystal Cove State Park

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Wild Cucumber (Man-root)Marah macrocarpus

http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?enlarge=0000+0000+0204+0253

http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/plants/Brassicaceae/Cardamine%20californica.htm

Milkmaids or California ToothwortCardamine californica

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This is described in Allenand Roberts Book: Wildflowers Of Orange County and the Santa Ana Mountains as an early winter delight. It appears early, duringthe rainy season.

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Coastal Brittlebush – Crystal Cove State Park

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California Thrasher – Laguna Wilderness Park