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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.

284,316
recent observations
30
species listed
20
birds
5
plants
2
insects & arthropods

Naturalists have logged 284,316 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species near Fremont. The most frequently seen is the Western Fence Lizard, with 16,550 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

Western Fence Lizard
Sceloporus occidentalis
16,550 observations
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
16,470 observations
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
14,164 observations
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
12,818 observations
Monarch
Danaus plexippus
11,723 observations
Anna's Hummingbird
Calypte anna
11,602 observations
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
11,497 observations
Western Honey Bee
Apis mellifera
10,228 observations
Black Phoebe
Sayornis nigricans
9,882 observations
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
9,833 observations
Great Egret
Ardea alba
9,795 observations
Dark-eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis
9,549 observations
House Finch
Haemorhous mexicanus
9,240 observations
California Ground Squirrel
Otospermophilus beecheyi
9,185 observations
California Poppy
Eschscholzia californica
9,030 observations
Mule Deer
Odocoileus hemionus
8,636 observations
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
8,460 observations
American Coot
Fulica americana
7,997 observations
California Towhee
Melozone crissalis
7,947 observations
Western Bluebird
Sialia mexicana
7,808 observations
Pacific Poison Oak
Toxicodendron diversilobum
7,765 observations
California Scrub-Jay
Aphelocoma californica
7,492 observations
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
7,429 observations
American Crow
Corvus brachyrhynchos
7,359 observations
California Buckeye
Aesculus californica
7,349 observations
Orange Bush Monkeyflower
Diplacus aurantiacus
7,162 observations · iNaturalist
Coast Live Oak
Quercus agrifolia
6,971 observations
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
6,952 observations
Lesser Goldfinch
Spinus psaltria
6,770 observations
Double-crested Cormorant
Nannopterum auritum
6,653 observations

Built from recent research-grade iNaturalist observations. Identifications are community-sourced and may occasionally be wrong, and the ranking reflects where people record and photograph wildlife, so a species seen often here is not necessarily rare elsewhere. Some plants and animals are only out in certain seasons. Treat this as a lively snapshot of what people are finding, not a formal checklist.

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