| San Marcos Foothills Biological Resources |
Plants Animals
Appendix
1. Bird Species Seen from 'San Marcos Foothills' site:
126 Species
(Revised 21 August 2000).
Note: Bold Text indicates that the species
has been found to nest on San Marcos Foothills. Links point to images
and information available on the U.S.
Geological Survey Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter website.
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Green Heron
Cattle Egret
Mallard
Turkey Vulture
White-tailed
Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's
Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed
Hawk
Red-shouldered
Hawk
American
Kestrel
Merlin
California Quail
Killdeer
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Caspian Tern
Rock
Dove
Band-tailed Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Eurasian Collared Dove
Greater Roadrunner
Barn
Owl
Great
Horned Owl
Northern Pygmy Owl
Western Screech Owl
Burrowing
Owl
Anna's Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Common Poorwill
Black Swift
Vaux's Swift
White-throated Swift
Acorn Woodpecker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern
Flicker
Western Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Western Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Spotted Towhee
California Towee
Rufous-crowned
Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song
Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
126 Species |
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Black
Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Western
Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Horned Lark
Tree
Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
N. Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff
Swallow
Barn Swallow
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Oak Titmouse
Bushtit
White-breasted
Nuthatch
American Creeper
Winter Wren
Rock Wren
Canyon Wren
Bewick's Wren
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Wrentit
Northern Mockingbird
California Thrasher
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
Phainopepla
European
Starling
Loggerhead Shrike
Hutton's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Townsend'sWarbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned
Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Tricolored Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Hooded Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Purple Finch
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
Lawrence's Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
Revised 21 August 2000 | | Bold Text
means the species use San Marcos Foothills for nesting |
Appendix 2. Sensitive Ecological
Associations at 'San Marcos Foothills': San Marcos Foothills is distinguished
by the presence of two ecological guilds that are strongly represented by large
numbers of species and individuals. These guild members are connected by their
shared ecological requirements and, to some degree, their interdependence on one
another. Both of these guilds at San Marcos Foothills are unique in their species
richness in the Goleta/Santa Barbara area. What is present on the San Marcos Foothills
provides one measure of what have been present historically on other large open
spaces in the Goleta/Santa Barbara area.
| A. "Seed-eating" Assemblage amd the Grasslands and Sage
Scrub that Supports It | |
Present in Breeding Season (March to July)
| Present
in Non-breeding Season | | Black-headed Grosbeak | Spotted
Towhee | | Lazuli Bunting | California
Towhee | | Spotted Towhee | Dark-eyed
Junco | | California Towhee | Vesper
Sparrow | | Rufous-crowned Sparrow | Rufous-crowned
Sparrow | | Lark Sparrow | Savannah
Sparrow | | Grasshopper Sparrow | Grasshopper
Sparrow | | Song Sparrow | Fox
Sparrow | | Chipping Sparrow (migrant) | Song
Sparrow | | Song Sparrow | Lincoln's
Sparrow | | | Golden-crowned Sparrow |
| | White-crowned Sparrow |
| | Chipping Sparrow (migrant) |
| B. Birds-of-Prey and Their Small Mammal Prey |
Present in Breeding Season
(February to August) | Present
in Non-breeding Season | | Turkey Vulture | Turkey Vulture |
| White-tailed Kite | White-tailed Kite | | Cooper's
Hawk | Northern Harrier | | Barn Owl | Sharp-shinned
Hawk | | Red-tailed Hawk | Red-tailed Hawk |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | Red-shouldered Hawk | | American
Kestrel | American Kestrel | | Great Horned Owl | Merlin |
| Western Screech-Owl | Loggerhead Shrike |
| Barn Owl | Cooper's Hawk | | | Barn Owl |
| | Great Horned Owl | | | Western Screech-Owl |
Small mammals (voles, gophers, various mice species, Woodrat, Meriam's
Chipmunk, and Gray Squirrel) are present year-round. These support the persistent
and rich bird of prey community. Protecting the birds-of-prey assemblage
requires an understanding of the ecosystem processes, which in turn requires protection
of the corridors that allow small mammals to move to and from areas surrounding
the San Marcos Foothills. | 
