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Wildlife Photo Gallery

Here are photos of some of the amazing plants and animals that SHWO works with at the Santa Susana Field Lab and surrounding areas.

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Lazuli Bunting
(Passerina amoena)

Banded at SSFL

Photo credit: Mark Osokow

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MacGillivray's Warbler
(Geothlypis tolmiei)

Banded at SSFL

Photo credit: Mark Osokow

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Black-headed Grosbeak
(Pheucticus melanocephalus)

Banded at SSFL

Photo credit: Mark Osokow

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Northern Flicker
(Colaptes auratus)

Banded at SSFL

Photo credit: Mark Osokow

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Acorn Woodpecker 
(Melanerpes formicivorus)

Banded at SSFL

Photo credit: Mark Osokow

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Nuttall's Woodpecker
(Dryobates nuttallii)

Banded at SSFL

Photo credit: Mark Osokow

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Rufous-crowned Sparrow
(Aimophila ruficeps)

Banded at SSFL

Photo credit: Colby Klaiman

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Black Phoebe
(Sayornis nigricans)

Banded at SSFL

Photo credit: Colby Klaiman

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Townsend's Warbler 
(Setophaga townsendi)

Banded at SSFL

Photo credit: SHane Johnson

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Western Bluebird 
(Sialia mexicana)

Nestlings at the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve

Photo credit: Mark Osokow

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White-crowned Sparrow 
(Zonotrichia leucophrys)

Banded at SSFL

Photo credit: Colby Klaiman

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Red-tailed Hawk 
(Buteo jamaicensis)

Seen during an SSFL survey

Photo credit: Kylie Eichberg-Levitt

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White-breasted Nuthatches
(Sitta carolinensis)

Female and male banded at SSFL

Photo credit: Shane Johnson

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Black-throated Gray Warbler
(Setophaga nigrescens)

Banded at SSFL

Photo credit: Mark Osokow

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American Barn Owl 
(Tyto furcata)

Spotted resting at the CNP during the Spring Survey

Photo credit: Shane Johnson

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Wilson's Warbler
(Cardellina pusilla)

Banded at the SSFL

Photo credit: Shane Johnson

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Western Tanager 
(Piranga ludoviciana)

Spotted during an SSFL survey

Photo credit: Shane Johnson

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Swainson's Thrush 
(Catharus ustulatus)

Banded at SSFL

Photo credit: Shane Johnson

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Red-tailed Hawk 
(Buteo jamaicensis)

Seen during an SSFL survey

Photo credit: Kylie Eichberg-Levitt

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Golden Eagle 
(Aquila chrysaetos)

Seen during an SSFL survey

Photo credit: Mark Osokow

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Myrtle Warbler
(Setophaga coronata)

The first ever banded at the SSFL!

Photo credit: Mark Osokow

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Fox Sparrow
(Passerella iliaca)

Banded at the SSFL

Photo credit: Mark Osokow

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Sora (Porzana carolina) &
American coot (Fulica americana)

Seen during an SSFL survey

Photo credit: Kylie Eichberg-Levitt

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Coyote
(Canis latrans)

Seen during an SSFL survey

Photo credit: Shane Johnson

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Striped Skunk 
(Mephitis mephitis)

Seen during an SSFL survey

Photo credit: Kylie Eichberg-Levitt

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Cicada
(Tibicinoides sp.)

Seen during an SSFL survey

Photo credit: Mark Osokow

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Plummer's Mariposa Lily
(Calochortus plummerae)

Seen during an SSFL survey

Photo credit: Mark Osokow

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Plummer's Mariposa Lily
(Calochortus plummerae)

Seen during an SSFL survey

Photo credit: Mark Osokow

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California Primrose
(Eulobus californicus)

Seen during an SSFL survey

Photo credit: Mark Osokow

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Winecup Clarkia
(Clarkia purpurea)

Seen during an SSFL survey

Photo credit: Mark Osokow

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Scorpionweed
(Phacelia sp.)

Seen during an SSFL survey

Photo credit: Mark Osokow

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