Bioblitz 2008

This weekend I went out to the spot I surveyed in last year’s bioblitz nearby along Putah Creek and did another species tally. As before except for the birds I can’t comprehensively identify the species I see, but here’s a species list:

Birds:

• Black phoebe
• House wren
• Turkey vulture
• Red-shouldered hawk
• Red-tailed hawk
• Scrub jay
• Nuttall’s woodpecker
• American kestrel
• Yellow-rumped warbler

Butterflies

• Acmon blue (Plebejus acmon)
• Orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme)
• Cabbage white (Pieris rapae)

Other insect:

• Praying mantis (Mantidae) (gravid: she looked at me inquisitively)

Plants:

• Narrowleaf willow (Salix exigua)
• Oregon ash (Fraxinus latifolia)
• Eucalyptus sp.
• Black mustard (Brassica nigra)
• Wild oats (Avena fatua)
• Ryegrass (Lolium perenne)
• Milk thistle (Silybium marianum)
• Yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis)
• Curly dock (Rumex crispus)
• Rough cocklebur (Xanthium strurmarium)
• Western flat-topped goldenrod (Euthamia occidentalis)
• Annual fireweed (Epilobium brachycarpum)
• Chicory (Chicorium intybus)