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Species found at Viewing Site
| Folsom Lake State Recreation Area - Site # 80 | |
| Species: | Acorn Woodpecker |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Throughout the park. |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | American Crow |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | All areas. |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | American Robin |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Various |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | American White Pelican |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Folsom Lake duringspting migration, typically early march. |
| Present Season: | Sp |
| Season View: | Sp |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | American Wigeon |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Folsom Lake and Lake Natoma away from people and boats. Sunset in winter. |
| Present Season: | W |
| Season View: | W |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Anna's Hummingbird |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Various. |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Ash-Throated Flycatcher |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Various. |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Ash-Throated Flycatcher |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Various. |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Bald Eagle |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Folsom Lake and Lake Natoma in winter. |
| Present Season: | W |
| Season View: | W |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Band-Tailed Pigeon |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | In oak woodlands. |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Barn Owl |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Viewed or heard screeching at night. |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Barn Swallow |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Flying over the lake and nesting under the Hazel Ave Bridge. Also the Rainbow Bridge and and Riley Ave Bridge near the town of Folsom. |
| Present Season: | Sp,Su,Yr |
| Season View: | Sp,Su,Yr |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | Barrow's Goldeneye |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Lake Natoma and Folsom Lake when it is quite or in the evening. They are unusual and typically stay with the more common common goldeneye |
| Present Season: | W,Yr |
| Season View: | W,Yr |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Black Phoebe |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Flying over or near the water in areas with lots of vegetation next to the water. |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Bobcat |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Throughout the park, the best time is early morning and evening. |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | California Quail |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Brushy areas but best seen in the evenings walking in the open. Tree and brushy areas. |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | California Thrasher |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | In clearings in the chamise-chaparrel habitate. ost vocal in spring. Sound similar to mocking birds. Very secretive. |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | California Thrasher |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Found in the Chamise-Chaparrel vegetion near Salmon Falls at the Darrington Trail head. |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Coast Horned Lizard |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Chaparral areas. |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Sp,Su,F |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Common Yellowthroat |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Riparian areas with dense vegetion and catails. |
| Present Season: | W,Sp,Su,Yr |
| Season View: | Sp,Yr |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Cooper's Hawk |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Common nester in the park. |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Great Blue Heron |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Willow Creek boat launch has a view of the rookery with 80+ nests. In winter the Great Blue Heron is seen along the shoreline of Lake Natoma and Folsom Lake. |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Sp,Su |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Great Egret |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | The Willow Creek boat launch off of Folsom Auburn Road has a view of the rookery with great blue herons and double-creasted cormorants. |
| Present Season: | Sp,Su,F |
| Season View: | Sp,Su,F |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Mourning Dove |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Various |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Pacific Treefrog |
| Seen: | No |
| Locations: | Maybe seen, or more likely heard, in riparian habitat creeks, puddles, etc. |
| Present Season: | W,Sp,F |
| Season View: | Sp |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Pond Slider |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | See western Pond Turtle locations. Non-native red-earred slider is very common non-native and directly competes for space with the native pond turtle. |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Ring-Necked Snake |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Various. |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Rough-Skinned Newt |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | They move in fall and winter and live in burrows. |
| Present Season: | W,Sp,F |
| Season View: | W,Sp,F |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Western Pond Turtle |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Lake Natoma at Mississippi Bar lagoons. Access by foot on Main Street or by oat rental at Hazel Ave Aquatic Center. Avery's Pond, one mile from the Rattlesnake Bar trailhead. |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Sp,Su,F |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Western Rattlesnake |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Throughout the park. |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Western Toad |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Various. |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Yellow-Rumped Warbler |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | Various |
| Present Season: | W |
| Season View: | W |
| Reliable: | Good |