Site Report: Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge - Alviso, United States of America
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricidae sp)
Graphic Owlet Moth (Drasteria ochracea)
Washino's Willow Mosquito (Aedes washinoi)
Wavy-lined Emerald (Synchlora aerata)
Penitent Underwing (Catocala piatrix)
Water Boatman (Trichocorixa sp)
Cutworm Moth (Noctuidae sp)
Omnivorous Leafroller Moth (Platynota stultana)
V-lined Quaker (Zosteropoda hirtipes)
Carpet Moth (Larentiinae sp)
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) September
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) In Flight
Cutworm Moth (Noctuidae sp)
Plume Moth (Hellinsia sp)
Cutworm Moth (Noctuidae sp)
Graphic Owlet Moth (Drasteria ochracea)
Knot-horn Moth (Phycitini sp)
Missing-sector Orbweb Spiders (Zygiella sp)
Mexican Tiger Moth (Apantesis proxima)
Old Man Dart (Agrotis vetusta)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricidae sp)
Fruit Fly (Tephritis sp)
Filbertworm Moth (Cydia latiferreana)
Short-tailed Ichneumonid Wasp (Enicospilus sp)
Blastobasid Moth (Blastobasis sp)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Anopina triangulana)
Cutworm Moth (Noctuidae sp)
Crambid Snout Moth (Hellula rogatalis)
Southern Masked Chafer (Cyclocephala lurida)
Comanche Green Lacewing (Chrysoperla comanche)
Garden Tortrix (Clepsis peritana)
Four-spotted Yellowneck Moth (Oegoconia novimundi)
Poison Hemlock Moth (Agonopterix alstroemeriana)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Cydia sp)
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) Juvenile
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) In Flight
Water Boatman (Trichocorixa sp)
Cabbage Webworm Moth (Hellula rogatalis)
Curve-horn Moth (Blastobasis sp)
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Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricidae sp)
Graphic Owlet Moth (Drasteria ochracea)
Washino's Willow Mosquito (Aedes washinoi)
Wavy-lined Emerald (Synchlora aerata)
Penitent Underwing (Catocala piatrix)
Water Boatman (Trichocorixa sp)
Cutworm Moth (Noctuidae sp)
Omnivorous Leafroller Moth (Platynota stultana)
V-lined Quaker (Zosteropoda hirtipes)
Carpet Moth (Larentiinae sp)
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) September
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) In Flight
Cutworm Moth (Noctuidae sp)
Plume Moth (Hellinsia sp)
Cutworm Moth (Noctuidae sp)
Graphic Owlet Moth (Drasteria ochracea)
Knot-horn Moth (Phycitini sp)
Missing-sector Orbweb Spiders (Zygiella sp)
Mexican Tiger Moth (Apantesis proxima)
Old Man Dart (Agrotis vetusta)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricidae sp)
Fruit Fly (Tephritis sp)
Filbertworm Moth (Cydia latiferreana)
Short-tailed Ichneumonid Wasp (Enicospilus sp)
Blastobasid Moth (Blastobasis sp)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Anopina triangulana)
Cutworm Moth (Noctuidae sp)
Crambid Snout Moth (Hellula rogatalis)
Southern Masked Chafer (Cyclocephala lurida)
Comanche Green Lacewing (Chrysoperla comanche)
Garden Tortrix (Clepsis peritana)
Four-spotted Yellowneck Moth (Oegoconia novimundi)
Poison Hemlock Moth (Agonopterix alstroemeriana)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Cydia sp)
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) Juvenile
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) In Flight
Water Boatman (Trichocorixa sp)
Cabbage Webworm Moth (Hellula rogatalis)
Curve-horn Moth (Blastobasis sp)
The larger part of the two-part Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge, this place is chock full of various shorebirds, gulls, and ducks. To get to it, you will probably need a car although the flat terrain would be good for bicycling.
Visits
- 2005-10-15: The date is an estimate from incomplete notes
- 2006-09-23: None
- 2012-07-21: Went looking for some Wilson's Phalaropes.
- 2025-07-26: Visited the refuge at night for a presentation on moths.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (66 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(32 records)
Class: Arachnids
(1 record)
- Order: Spiders
(1 record)
- Family: Orbweavers
- Missing-sector Orbweb Spiders (Zygiella sp)
Class: Insects
(31 records)
- Order: Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Green Lacewings
- Comanche Green Lacewing (Chrysoperla comanche)
- Order: Bees, Wasps, and Ants
(1 record)
- Family: Ichneumonid Wasps
- Short-tailed Ichneumonid Wasp (Enicospilus sp)
- Order: Beetles
(1 record)
- Family: Scarabs
- Southern Masked Chafer (Cyclocephala lurida)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(25 records)
- Family: Crambid Snout Moths
- Cabbage Webworm Moth (Hellula rogatalis)
- Crambid Snout Moth (Hellula sp)
- Family: Curved-horn Moths
- Blastobasid Moth (Blastobasis sp)
- Curve-horn Moth (Blastobasis sp)
- Four-spotted Yellowneck Moth (Oegoconia novimundi)
- Family: Cutworm Moths and Allies
- Cutworm Moth (Noctuidae sp)
- Cutworm Moth (Noctuidae sp)
- Cutworm Moth (Noctuidae sp)
- Cutworm Moth (Noctuidae sp)
- Old Man Dart (Agrotis vetusta)
- V-lined Quaker (Zosteropoda hirtipes)
- Family: Flat-bodied Moths
- Poison Hemlock Moth (Agonopterix alstroemeriana)
- Family: Geometer Moths
- Carpet Moth (Larentiinae sp)
- Wavy-lined Emerald (Synchlora aerata)
- Family: Plume Moths
- Plume Moth (Hellinsia sp)
- Family: Pyralid Snout Moths
- Knot-horn Moth (Phycitini sp)
- Family: Tortricid Leafroller Moths
- Filbertworm Moth (Cydia latiferreana)
- Garden Tortrix (Clepsis peritana)
- Omnivorous Leafroller Moth (Platynota stultana)
- Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Anopina triangulana)
- Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Cydia sp)
- Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricidae sp)
- Family: Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths
- Graphic Owlet Moth (Drasteria ochracea)
- Mexican Tiger Moth (Apantesis proxima)
- Penitent Underwing (Catocala piatrix)
- Order: Flies
(2 records)
- Family: Fruit Flies
- Fruit Fly (Tephritis sp)
- Family: Mosquitoes
- Washino's Willow Mosquito (Aedes washinoi)
- Order: True Bugs
(1 record)
- Family: Water Boatman
- Water Boatman (Trichocorixa sp)
Phylum: Chordates
(34 records)
Class: Birds
(34 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(3 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
- Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(1 record)
- Family: Barn Owl and Grass-owls
- American Barn Owl (Tyto furcata)
- Order: Pelicans
(12 records)
- Family: Grebes
- Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
- Family: Herons
- Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
- Family: Pelicans
- American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
- Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
- Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
- Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
- Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(9 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
- Family: New World Sparrows
- California Towhee (Melozone crissalis)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
- Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(6 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- California Gull (Larus californicus)
- Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)
- Family: Plovers
- American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
- Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
- Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
- Snowy Plover (Anarhynchus nivosus)
- Order: Vultures
(1 record)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)