Animal Inn Appendix


List of Snags or Den Tree Users


Birds

Great Blue Heron- open nester on large tree limbs; roost; hunting perch

Wood Duck- secondary cavity user

Common Goldeneye- secondary cavity user

Barrow's Goldeneye- secondary cavity user

Bufflehead- secondary cavity user

Hooded Merganser- secondary cavity user

Common Merganser- secondary cavity user

Bald Eagle- open nester on large tree lirnbs; hunting perch; roost; feather maintenance

Golden Eagle- open nester on large tree limbs

Northern Goshawk- hunting perch

Red-tailed Hawk- hunting perch

American Kestrel- secondary cavity user, hunting perch

Merlin- secondary cavity user

Osprey- open nester on large tree limbs; lookout and feeding perch

Turkey Vulture- roost; nests among roots

Boreal Owl- secondary cavity user, winter roost

Barn Owl- secondary cavity user, winter roost

Barred Owl- secondary cavity user, nest on broken tree tops; winter roost

Flammulated Owl- secondary cavity user

Great Horned Owl- secondary cavity user, nests on broken tree tops; hunting perch

Northern Hawk-Owl- secondary cavity user; nests on broken tree tops; hunting perch; winter roost

Northern Saw-whet Owl- secondary cavity user, winter roost

Spotted Owl- secondary cavity user, winter roost

Western Screech-Owl- secondary cavity user; roost

Belted Kingfisher- hunting perch; secondary cavity user

Lewis' Woodpecker- primary cavity user, roost; forage for food,- hawking perch

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker- primary cavity user; roost; foraging

Red-naped Sapsucker- primary cavity user, roost; foraging

Red-breasted Sapsucker- primary cavity user, roost; foraging

Williamson's Sapsucker- primary cavity user, roost; foraging

Downy Woodpecker- primary cavity user, roost; foraging

Hairy Woodpecker- primary cavity user, roost; foraging

White-headed Woodpecker- primary cavity user, roost; foraging

Three-toed Woodpecker- primary cavity user, roost; foraging

Black-backed Woodpecker- primary cavity user, roost; foraging

Northern Flicker- primary cavity user, roost; foraging

Pileated Woodpecker- primary cavity user, roost; foraging

Pacific-slope Flycatcher- secondary cavity user, hawking perch

Ash-throated Flycatcher- secondary cavity user, hawking perch

Purple Martin- secondary cavity user

Tree Swallow- secondary cavity user

Violet-green Swallow- secondary cavity user

Black-capped Chickadee- primary cavity user, sometimes uses secondary cavities; foraging; winter roost

Mountain Chickadee- primary cavity user, sometimes uses secondary cavities; foraging; winter roost

Boreal Chickadee- primary cavity user, sometimes uses secondary cavities; foraging; winter roost

Chestnut-backed Chickadee- primary cavity user; sometimes uses secondary cavities; foraging; winter roost

Red-breasted Nuthatch- primary cavity user, sometimes uses secondary cavities; foraging; winter roost

White-breasted Nuthatch- primary cavity user; sometimes uses secondary cavities, foraging; winter roost

Pygmy Nuthatch- primary cavity user.- sometimes uses secondary cavities; foraging; winter roost

Brown Creeper- secondary cavity user-behind bark, foraging

Bewick's Wren- secondary cavity user

House Wren- secondary cavity user

Western Bluebird- secondary cavity user, hawking perch

Mountain Bluebird- secondary cavity user, hawking perch

House Sparrow- secondary cavity user

House Finch- secondary cavity user


Amphibians

Clouded Salamander- lays eggs in rotting wood; feeding site; shelter

Western Red-backed Salamander- lays eggs in rotting wood; feeding site; shelter


Mammals

Big Brown Bat- nursery and day roost in cavities

Hoary Bat- day roost in cavities

Pallid Bat- day roost in cavities

Silver-haired Bat- nursery; day roost: hibernation site in cavities and behind bark

California Myotis- nursery; day roost in cavities and behind bark

Little Brown Myotis- nursery; day roost in cavities and behind bark

Long-legged Myotis- nursery and day roost in cavities and behind bark

Northern Long-eared Myotis- nursery and day roost behind bark

Western Small-footed Myotis- day roost behind bark

Western Long-eared Myotis- nursery; day roost in cavities and behind bark

Yuma Myotis- nursery; day roost in cavities and behind bark

Columbian Mouse- nests in cavities or behind bark, summer and winter dens in cavities

Deer Mouse- nests in cavities or behind bark surnmer and winter dens in cavities

Sitka Mouse- nests in cavities or behind bark, summer and winter dens in cavities

Southern Red-backed Vole- nest and summer den in cavities

Northern Flying Squirrel- nest; summer and winter dens and cavities; cavities used for feeding

Yellow-pine Chipmunk- nest and summer den in cavities

Least Chipmunk- nest and summer den in cavities

Red-tailed Chipmunk- nest and summer den in cavities

Townsend's Chipmunk- nest and summer den in cavities

Douglas' Squirrel- nest; summer and winter dens in cavities; cavities used as feeding stations

 

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