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Wildlife near Fremont, CA

Illustrated wildlife of Fremont

Fremont sits at the south end of San Francisco Bay, and the salt marshes and mudflats at Coyote Hills and the Don Edwards refuge are a shorebird stronghold. Avocets, stilts, and thousands of sandpipers work the flats, harbor seals haul out nearby, and burrowing owls hold the grassland edges. The hills behind town add black-tailed deer, coyotes, and golden eagles overhead.

Everything below is pulled live from recent research-grade observations near Fremont. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.

276,279
recent observations
30
species listed
20
birds
5
plants
2
insects & arthropods

Naturalists have logged 276,279 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species near Fremont. The most frequently seen is the Black-crowned Night Heron, with 16,311 recorded sightings.

Birds account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (20 of the species listed here), followed by plants (5).

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Most-observed species near Fremont

Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
16,311 observations
Western Fence Lizard
Sceloporus occidentalis
15,723 observations
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
13,973 observations
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
12,555 observations
Anna's Hummingbird
Calypte anna
11,234 observations
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
11,124 observations
Monarch
Danaus plexippus
11,028 observations
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
9,719 observations
Black Phoebe
Sayornis nigricans
9,597 observations
Great Egret
Ardea alba
9,500 observations
Western Honey Bee
Apis mellifera
9,329 observations
Dark-eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis
9,280 observations
House Finch
Haemorhous mexicanus
9,062 observations
California Ground Squirrel
Otospermophilus beecheyi
8,963 observations
California poppy
Eschscholzia californica
8,868 observations
Mule Deer
Odocoileus hemionus
8,359 observations
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
8,234 observations
American Coot
Fulica americana
7,874 observations
California Towhee
Melozone crissalis
7,751 observations
Western Bluebird
Sialia mexicana
7,657 observations
Pacific poison oak
Toxicodendron diversilobum
7,513 observations · iNaturalist
California Scrub-Jay
Aphelocoma californica
7,313 observations
California buckeye
Aesculus californica
7,242 observations
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
7,213 observations
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
7,191 observations
orange bush monkeyflower
Diplacus aurantiacus
6,927 observations · iNaturalist
coast live oak
Quercus agrifolia
6,821 observations
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
6,774 observations
Lesser Goldfinch
Spinus psaltria
6,650 observations
Double-crested Cormorant
Nannopterum auritum
6,494 observations

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