Frequently Asked Questions

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• How do I hear the Habitats?

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• Grassland

  American Kestrel call: Matt Mattingly (Producer). American Kestrel [Audio].

  Available from soundbible.com Red-Tailed Hawk call: Mike Koenig (Producer). Red-Tailed Hawk [Audio]. Available from soundbible.com Roadrunner sound: Virginia Lynne (Producer). Sharp Shinned Hawk call: Peter Paul Kellogg / Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML4153)

  Stephens Kangaroo Rat: Greg Russell (Producer). (2009). Photograph of kangaroo rat [Image]. Available from http://www.alpenglowimagesphotography.com/alpenglowstockphotography/fauna/mammals/krat/stephens_krat.html

  Western Meadowlark call: Daniel Simion (Producer). Meadowlark [Audio]. Available from soundbible.com/2180-Meadowlark.html

• Chaparral

  Bushtit call: Andrea Cornelius

  Mourning Dove call: Robert C. Stein / Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML4044)

  Spotted Towhee call: Andrea Cornelius

  Wrentit Bird Call: Curtis Marantz (Producer). (2005). Wrentit Bird Call Courtship, Display, or Copulation; Duet; Foraging or Eating; Song [Audio]. Available from https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/121967

• Coastal Sage Scrub

  Bee sound: Andrea Cornelius

  Black Chinned Hummingbird call: Geoffrey A. Keller / Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML109095)

  California Gnatcatcher call: Jessie Barry / Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML140686)

  California Thrasher call: Curtis Marantz / Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML121977)

  Monarch Butterfly Back Perspective: Ryan Hagerty (Creator). (1998-2011). Child with Monarch5 [Image]. Available from https://catalog.archives.gov/id/166705998

  Monarch Butterfly Side Perspective: National Park Service. Monarch Butterfly on Liatris [Image]. Available from https://www.nps.gov/media/photo/view.htm?id=5C5A81CC-F322-D380-3FE48139BF7AC99B

  White-Crowned Sparrow call: Bob McGuire / Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML207169)

• Oak Woodland

  Acorn Woodpecker call: Andrea Cornelius

  California Quail call: Thomas G. Sander / Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML111018)

  California Towhee call: Geoffrey A. Keller / Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML118849)

  Cassin’s Kingbird call: Geoffrey A. Keller / Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML45081)

  Cicadas sound: Andrea Cornelius

  Great Horned Owl call: George B. Reynard / Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML8379)

  Hooded Oriole: Geoffrey A. Keller / Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML45205)

  June Bug sound: Andrea Cornelius

  Lesser Goldfinch call: William Fish / Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML22868)

  Live Oak Twig and Acorn: Julie Kierstead Nelson (Creator). Twig of an interior live oak near Redding, California [Image]. Available from https://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/tree/quewis/all.html

  Northern Flicker call: Andrea Cornelius

  Nuttall’s Woodpecker call: Andrea Cornelius

  Phainopepla call: Andrea Cornelius

• Riparian

  Arroyo Toad call: Gary Nafis (Producer). bcalifornicus509short [Audio]. Available from: http://californiaherps.com/frogs/pages/a.californicus.sounds.html

  Arroyo Toad call: Gary Nafis (Producer). bcalifornicuslong406 [Audio]. Available from: http://californiaherps.com/frogs/pages/a.californicus.sounds.html

  Bell’s Vireo (Least) call: Geoffrey A. Keller / Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML 119493)

  Black-crowned Night Heron call: Andrea Cornelius

  Clam: Noel M. Burkhead - U.S. Geological Survey. Corbicula fluminea [image]. Available from https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/factsheet.aspx?speciesid=92

  Common Yellowthroat call: Andrea Cornelius

  Mallard call: Gerrit Vyn / Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML137827)

  Song Sparrow call: Phil Green / Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML227580)

  Yellow Warbler call: Andrea Cornelius