A log of WILD ANIMALS I have seen
LEGEND:
⬤ = recently added
★ = favorites
FUR ANIMALS
Bison, Santa Catalina Island, CA ★
California sea lion, Newport, OR
Elk, Cannon Beach, OR ★
White-tailed deer, MI, OR
Coyote, CA
Island fox, Santa Catalina Island, CA
Groundhog, had its burrow in my backyard, MI
North American beaver, Grand River, MI
Pocket gopher, OR ⬤★
Nutria, OR
Southern sea otter, Morro Bay, CA
Eastern cottontail, MI, OR
Desert cottontail, CA
Bat, MI, OR ★
Eastern Gray Squirrel (gray and black morphs), MI
Eastern Fox Squirrel, OR ⬤
California ground squirrel, CA
Townsend's Chipmunk, OR
Eastern Chipmunk, MI
BIRDS
Sandhill crane, hundreds at once, Bellevue, MI
Great blue heron, CA, OR
Great heron, Ridgefield, WA ⬤
Snowy heron, CA
Black-crowned night heron, Newport Beach dock, CA
Swan, Augusta, MI ★
Peafowl, Irvine Regional Park, CA
American white pelican, CA
Brown pelican, OR
Mallard, everywhere
Wood duck, CA, OR
Gadwall, OR ⬤
Common merganser, OR ⬤
Pied-billed grebe, Ridgefield, WA ⬤
Cinammon teal, Ridgefield, WA ⬤
Pelagic cormorant, OR ⬤
Double-crested cormorant, OR
Wilson's phalarope, Ridgefield, WA ⬤
Long-billed dowitcher, OR
Hudsonian whimbrel, OR ⬤
Black skimmer, CA
Caspian tern, OR ⬤★
Common murre, OR ⬤★
Western snowy plover, CA, OR
Killdeer, OR
White tailed kite, OR ⬤★
Northern flicker, OR ⬤★
Wild turkey, MI
Turkey vulture, OR ⬤
Bald eagle, MI, OR
Golden eagle, OR
Cooper's hawk, MI
Red-tailed hawk, MI, OR
Peregrine falcon, CA, OR
American coot, CA, OR
Willet, CA
Barn swallow, OR ⬤
Tree swallow, OR ⬤
Violet-green swallow, OR ⬤★
Cliff swallow, somebody's farm, OR ⬤
Northern rough-winged swallow, Ridgefield, WA ⬤
American goldfinch, OR ⬤
Lesser goldfinch, OR ⬤
Blue jay, MI
California scrub jay, OR, CA
American crow, everywhere
Great-tailed grackle, CA
Rock dove / pigeon, everywhere
Eurasian collared dove, Donald, OR
Mourning dove, CA, WA
Northern Cardinal, MI
Western bluebird, Aurora, OR
Mountain bluebird, Medora, ND
Eastern bluebird, MI
Cedar waxwing, OR ⬤
European starling, MI, OR
American robin, OR
Dark-eyed junco, OR
Brown-headed cowbird, Ridgefield, WA ⬤
Black-capped chickadee, OR
Chestnut-backed chickadee, OR ⬤
Spotted towhee, OR ⬤
Vaux's swift, OR
Townsend's warbler, MI
Belted kingfisher, MI
Eastern kingbird, OR ⬤★
Palm warbler, MI
Orange warbler, OR ⬤
Brewer's blackbird, OR
Red-winged blackbird, OR, + a. p. californicus, CA
Yellow-headed blackbird, a. p. californicus, CA ⬤
Common raven, Catalina Island, CA
House sparrow, OR
Song sparrow, OR
White-crowned sparrow, OR
Golden-crowned kinglet, OR ⬤
Black phoebe, Ridgefield, WA ⬤
House finch, OR
Bewick's wren, OR
Canada goose, CA, MI, OR
Anna's hummingbird, OR
Rufous hummingbird, CA
FROGS AND SNAKES
Gray treefrog
Wood frog
Mink frog
Eastern garter snake
BUTTERFLIES AND THE LIKE
Buckeye butterfly
Red admiral butterfly
White admiral butterfly, MI
Large tortoiseshell butterfly, OR
Mourning cloak butterfly, MI
Swallowtail butterfly, OR
Great black wasp, MI
Giant lacewing, polystoechotes punctata, WA
Green lacewing, chrysoperla carnea, CA
Flame skimmer (libellula saturata), OR ⬤★
Red-veined darter ★
Mayfly, hundreds on walls, St. Ignace, MI
Ebony jewelwing, many over a river, UP, MI
Common green darner
Stag beetle, Stevensville, MI
Firefly, photinus pyralis, NH, MI
Black corsair, CA
Zebra spider, OR
Brown millipede (much smaller than expected; could be easily mistaken for a baby worm), MI