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BIO 1B - Zoology: Bay Area Parks, Wildlife Preserves and Other Areas

A guide highlighting select print and online resources on animals and animal behavior in support of the Zoology course.

Wildlife Rehabilitation

Places to Observe

Try these sites for finding places to observe mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish, insects, and marine life.

Alameda Creek Alliance

Bay Nature

California National Wildlife Refuges

CaliforniaBirding.com

East Bay Regional Parks

Golden Gate Raptor Observatory - "Volunteers of the the GGRO, a program of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy in cooperation with the National Park Service, have been tabulating the annual fall migration of birds of prey over the Marin Headlands. This migration—the most significant of its kind in the western United States—soars over Hawk Hill in the southern Headlands, a critical place from which to monitor eagles, vultures, falcons, hawks, and kites of more than 19 species, and to track long-term changes in their populations."

Joe Morlan's California Birding Pages

LARPD - Brushy Peak Regional Preserve, Garaventa Wetland Preserve, Sycamore Grove, Sycamore Grove/Veterans Park map*, Sycamore Grove/Veterans Park information, Veterans Park

Mount Diablo State Park and Vicinity (Wildlife of) - wildlife is abundant on Mt. Diablo: coastal black-tailed deer, raccoons, California ground squirrels, eastern fox squirrels, and gray foxes are often seen. skunks, bobcats, mountain lions, badgers, coyotes, rabbits, hares and many other animals call the mountain home as well. Mount Diablo is known to harbor red-legged frogs, tarantulas, and the rare Alameda whipsnake as well as its cousin, the northern rattlesnake.

San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory

California's Watchable Wildlife

Subject Guide

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Frances Hui