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Acorns are the most important food item for animals living in or around oak woodlands. In fall, as acorns ripen and fall, the forest chatters with excitement as birds and mammals flock to harvest the nutritious nuts. Resident species include:

MAMMALS Mule deer, bobcat, mountain lion, gray fox, coyote, striped skunk, wild boar (introduced from Europe), California mouse, western gray squirrel, pocket gopher, Audubon cottontail, lump-nosed bat, big brown bat, silver-haired bat, red bat, and hoary bat.

Sprawling black oaks filter views northwest toward the ocean along the Buckeye Trail.

BIRDS Western bluebird; chestnut-backed chickadee; northern flicker; acorn, Lewis’, and Nuttall’s woodpeckers; violet-green and tree swallows; scrub jay; common raven; plain titmouse; bushtit; white-breasted nuthatch; orange-crowned and Townsend’s warblers; Hutton’s vireo; black-headed grosbeak; band-tailed pigeon; mourning dove; western screech and great horned owls; Cooper’s, red-tailed, and red-shouldered hawks; and American kestrel.