Urocyon cinereoargenteus

No other canid's natural range spans both North and South America and it is the only American canid that can climb trees.

Phrynosoma coronatum

Appears rough and spiky but is actually smooth-skinned, with sharp spikes along its sides, back and head. As a defense the lizard can shoot high pressure streams of blood out of its eyes if threatened.

Accipiter cooperii

These birds capture prey from cover or while flying quickly through dense vegetation, relying almost totally on surprise. Cooper's hawks prey almost exclusively on small to mid-sized birds. 

Canis latrans

It is a highly versatile species, whose range has expanded amidst human environmental modification.

Pituophis catenifer

This nonvenomous snake is often mistaken for a rattlesnake but can be easily distinguished by the lack of black and white banding on its tail, and by the shape of its head which is narrower than a rattlesnake's. 

Felis concolor

This member of the Felinae family ranges from the Canadian Yukon to the southern Andes of South America, the greatest of any large wild terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere.

Meleagris gallopavo

It is the same species as the domestic turkey, which was originally derived from a southern Mexican subspecies of wild turkey.

Crotalus oreganus

A venomous pit viper species found in the western US and northwestern Mexico. Using its heat-sensing facial pits to locate prey, western rattlesnakes eat birds and their eggs, small mammals such as mice and rabbits. 

Cathartes aura

Also known as a buzzard, the turkey vulture is a scavenger and feeds almost exclusively on carrion.

Pseudacris cadaverina

This common species is most likely to occur along streams with abundant boulders and cobbles in their channels. 

Lampropeltis getula californiae

A nonvenomous snake found in the western US and northern Mexico. The "king" in their name refers to their propensity to hunt and consume other snakes, including venomous rattlesnakes! 

Bubo virginianus

This is a large owl native to the Americas. It is an extremely adaptable bird with a vast range. It mostly eats small mammals.

Callipepla californica

These birds have a curving crest or plume, made of six feathers, that droops forward: black in males and brown in females. They are a highly sociable bird that often gathers in small flocks known as "coveys".

Lynx rufus

The bobcat is an adaptable predator that inhabits wooded areas, as well as semidesert, forest edges, and swampland environments. It remains in some of its original range, but local populations are vulnerable to extirpation by coyotes and domestic animals

Odocoileus hemionus

A deer indigenous to western North America; it is named for its ears, which are large like those of the mule.

Comarostaphylis diversifolia

A shrub in the heath family that grows in coastal chapparal areas of southern California and Baja California, which can exceed 13 feet.,

Dudleya blochmaniae

A reddish-brown succulent with white flowers that grows in coastal southern California and Baja California.

Adolphia californica

This flowering plant occurs in dry canyons and washes, coastal scrub and chaparral below 1000'. It is rare in California and blooms from December to April.

Arctostaphylos rainbowensis

This shrub is found only in the chaparral areas of San Diego. It can reach anywhere from 3 feet to 13 feet in height. It blooms with urn-shaped white flowers. 

Mahonia nevinii

Nevin's barberry is a federally listed endangered species with roughly 500 individuals remaining across southern California.

Nolina cismontana

This rare and declining flowering plant occurs in coastal mountain ranges in dry chaparral and coastal sage scrub habitat

Brodiaea orcuttii

This perennial herb is native to California and Baja California and occurs in wetlands, riparian areas and vernal pools.

Lepichinia cardiophylla

Also called Santa Ana pitcher sage, this native shrub grows in chaparral areas between 600-1200 meters in elevation.

Navarretia fossalis

A rare species of flowering plant in the phlox family, growing only in vernally wet areas (vernal pools).

Quercus engelmannii

Engelmann oak is a small tree that grows up to 33 feet tall, and is mostly evergreen with thick gray bark and leathery leaves.

Clinopodium chandleri

An uncommon flowering plant in the mint family with a wonderful minty fragrance.

Photo from calflora.net

Packera ganderi

Gander's ragwort is a rare, hairy plant with yellow flowers that grows well in chaparral and especially after a fire.

Tetracoccus dioicus

A flowering shrub native to the chaparral areas of southern California and Baja California, and can grow up to 6 feet.