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Mallard Anas platyrhynchos

Mallards are dabbling, or surface-feeding, ducks be-cause they eat by tipping underwater for food—head

down, feet and tail in the air—rather than diving.

Cooper’s HawkAccipiter cooperii

Hawks are important members of the ecosystems where they live. They help control populations of small mam-mals such as rabbits, as well as help farmers by keeping

down the numbers of mice, moles, and other rodents that eat their crops.

Barn OwlTyto alba

Barn Owls have a high pitch “shreee” scream, ear-shattering at close range. They can also hiss like steam kettles.

Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis

Snowy EgretEgretta thula

Pelicans sights prey from air and plunges into water head-first. Traps fish in extended pouch. Drains water out the sides of the bill, and then swallows the fish.

Black Crown Night Herons love to eat Grunion

California grunionLeuresthes tenuis

Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax

CoyoteCanis latrans

Coyotes eat almost everything: mice, rabbits, insects, fish, frogs, snakes, lizards, grasses, and nuts, They even eat watermelon.

Desert CottontailSylvilagus audubonii

Raccoons and skunks are nocturnal, and both love to dig in your trash cans for treats.

Striped SkunkMephitis mephitis

Northern RaccoonProcyon lotor

If you are lucky, you may get a warning before being sprayed. If threatened, skunks

stamp their front feet, lift their tail, and growl. Some species of skunk even spring

into a handstand before spraying.

Ground SquirrelSpermophils beecheyi

Leopard Sharks eat mainly clams, spoon worms, crabs, shrimp, bony fish, and fish eggs.

Connon DolphinDelphinus delphi

Leopard SharkTriakis semifasciata

Dolphins are mammals, and have to come to the water’s surface to breathe, just like you. Blowholes located in their heads open and close,

allowing the dolphins to breathe.

The Grey Whale is California’s state marine mammal.

Gray WhaleEschrichtius robustus

Black Turban SnailTegula funebralis

Banded Brittle StarOphionereis annulata

Sea HareAplysia californica

Knobby Sea StarPisaster giganteus

You can find all of these in the tide pool.

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