Biologyzing The American River Parkway

On this day I went out with two of my homies to do some fishing along the American River, which runs through the state capital city of Sacramento. It's a very nice and picturesque place that harbors a lot of biology even though it's surrounded by human development.

Species Observed:

Animals
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
Western grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)
American Beaver (Castor canadensis)
Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigrisoma)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
European Starling (Sturnis vulgaris)
Chinook Salmon (Onchorhynchus tshawytscha)
Striped Bass (Morone saxitilis)
Platyhelminthes
Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae
Veliidae
Unknown Diptera
Asian Clam (Corbicula fluminea)

Plants
Bog Rush (Juncus effusus)
Red Willow (Salix laevigata)
Sandbar Willow (Salix exigua)
Fremont's Cottonwood (Populus fremontii)
Valley Oak (Quercus lobata)
Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)
Bermuda Grass (Cynodon dactylon)
Mosquito Fern (Azolla sp.)
Marsh Pennywort (Hydrocotyle ranunculoides)
Sedge (Cyperus eragrostis)
Snot Grass (Spirogyra sp.)
Sweet clover (Mellilotus indica)
Oregon Ash (Fraxinus latifolia)
Liverworts (Marchantiophyta)
Eucalyptus sp.
Mulefat (Baccharis salicifolia)

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