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Family Natricidae (garter snakes, in part) 
Thamnophis elegans elegans (Baird and Girard) (western garter snake) 
Records: Fresno Co.: Millerton Lake Cave System. Mariposa Co.: Bower Cave. Siskiyou Co.: *Yellow Tuber Cave. 
Bibliography: Graham (1969c); Hargreaves (2013); Wolff, L. (2008b). 
Family Viperidae (vipers) 
Crotalus sp. (rattlesnake) 
Records: Fresno Co.: *Church Cave; *Millerton Lake Cave System; *Windy Cliff Cave. Kern Co.: *Harrington Cave 
(dead). Riverside Co.: *mine tunnel in the Riverside Mountains. San Bernardino Co.: *shallow pit in Pisgah Lava Flow; 
*Glove Cave; *Medicine Cave. San Diego Co.: *Carey’s Big Mud Cave. Siskiyou Co.: Despoiled Cave No. 1 and 2; Tin 
Can Alley. 
Bibliography: Anonymous (1971a, 1996a, 2009); DeLucia (1983, 1991, 1994); Dunn (2009); Furuyama (1997); Graening 
(2010); Harter (1997, 2011); Lee, R. (2001b); Quick (2003); Stager (1943a). 
Crotalus oreganus helleri Meek (Pacific rattlesnake) 
Records: *new cave in Lava Beds National Monument. Calaveras Co.: *Gray Pine Cave; *Lost Piton Cave; *Men Cave. 
Mendocino Co.: Negro Hole Cave. Placer Co.: *Canyon Creek Cave. Plumas Co.: Juniper Cave. Shasta Co.: Potter 
Creek Cave. Siskiyou Co.: *Bonzai Cave; *Coyote Cave; *Fem Cave; *Foxhole Cave; *Snake Pit. Tulare Co.: *Deep 
Creek Cave; *Palmer Cave. Tuolumne Co.: *Crack of Doom Cave. 
Bibliography: Anonymous (1971b); Benedict (1973); Christianson and Coambs (1970); Du nn (2006); Jackson, M. (2003b, 
2011a); Johnson, V. (1990); Leissring (2001a); Levin (2001, 2009); McDonald (2014); McEachem and Grady (1978); 
Rogers, Leissring, McDonald, Steiger, and Helton (2009); Wolff, J. (1985b); Wolff, L. (2006). 
CLASS AVES (birds) 
Undetermined 
Records: Calaveras Co.: Bay Cave (?bones); Bobcat Cave (?bones); *Bone Cave; Cabin Cave (?bones); Cave of Skulls 
(recently dead); Fenceline Cave (?bones); Gray Pine Cave (?bones); Keith’s Chasm (?bones); *Upper Calaveras Natural 
Bridge. El Dorado Co.: *Crystal Cosumnes Cave. Inyo Co.: *Gneiss Cave (guano); *01d Spanish Trail Cave; *Shoshone 
Turk Cave; *Sponge Cave. Los Angeles Co.: *Vanowen Cave. Riverside Co.: *Durmid Bat Caves. San Bernardino Co.: 
*Bat Cave (guano); *C10 Cave; *Cima Cave (nest); *Egg Cave (nest); *Greene Canyon Mine; *King Kong Cave (nest); 
*Lost and Found Cave; *Papoose Cave; *Rainbow Cave (guano); *Rat’s Nest; *Scaturd Cave; *Slot Cave. Santa Barbara 
Co.: Santa Cruz Island: *Big Sandy Beach Cave; *Birdtracks Cave (tracks); *Cave of the Bird’s Eggs (eggs); *Del Mar 
Cove Cave (nests); *Dry Sandy Beach Cave. Santa Cruz Co.: *Screeching Bird Sea Cave. Shasta Co.: *Elk Antler Cave 
System; *North Christmas Tree Cave. Siskiyou Co.: *Airy Ice Cave; *Bigfoot Cave; *Birdnest Cave (nests); *Cox Ice 
Cave (nest); *Dock Yock Cave (nest); *Duffy’s Well; *Guano Bridge; *Skull Ice Cave (nest); *Water Bridge Cave; *Yel- 
lowjacket Ice Cave. Tuolumne Co.: McLean’s Cave (?bones); Razorback Cave (?bones); Snell’s Cave (?bones). Ventura 
Co.: Vanowen Bat Cave. Anacapa Island: *The Aerie. 
Bibliography: Bosted (1991a, 2000); Broeckel, B. (2006d, 2010a, 2011b); Brown (1998, 2000); Bunnell (1984, 1988a, 
1988b, 1993a, 1993b, 1999a); Chlor (2005); Halliday (2008); Larson (1990); Lee, R. (2001a); Orr (1951); Quick (1983, 
1991, 1997a, 1997c, 1998a, 1998c); Rogers (1988, 1990a, 1999c); Snyder (1996a); Szukalski (2008a, 2008b); Wolff, L. 
(1991a). 
ORDER ACCIPITRIFORMES 
Family Accipitridae (hawks and eagles) 
Accipiter striatus Viellot (sharp-shinned hawk) 
Record: Siskiyou Co.: Upper Heppe Cave. 
Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus) (bald eagle) 
Record: Santa Barbara Co.: San Miguel Island: Eagle Cave. 
Buteo jamaicensis (Gmelin) (red-tailed hawk) 
Records: Mariposa Co.: *Bower Cave. Unknown Co.: *cave utilized as a nest site by the California condor. 
Comment: Only an unused nest was observed in a niche below the cave rim. 
Bibliography: Graham (1969c); Snyder, Ramey, and Sibley (1986). 
