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  2. List of birds of Santa Cruz County, California - Wikipedia

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    It includes the southwestern Santa Cruz Mountains. [1][2] Avian habitats include: coastal prairie, northern coastal scrub, maritime ponderosa pine forests, coast redwood forests, interior chaparral and woodlands, and mixed evergreen forests. Included are: common (C), fairly common (F), and uncommon (U) sightings/occurrences. [3]

  3. Island scrub jay - Wikipedia

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    Island scrub jay. The island scrub jay (Aphelocoma insularis), also known as the island jay or Santa Cruz jay, is a bird in the genus, Aphelocoma, which is endemic to Santa Cruz Island off the coast of Southern California. Of the over 500 breeding bird species in the continental U.S. and Canada, it is the only insular endemic landbird species.

  4. List of birds of Channel Islands National Park - Wikipedia

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    The family Corvidae includes crows, ravens, jays, choughs, magpies, treepies, nutcrackers, and ground jays. Corvids are above average in size among the Passeriformes, and some of the larger species show high levels of intelligence. The island scrub-jay is endemic to Santa Cruz Island. Island scrub-jay, Aphelocoma insularis (SC)

  5. Santa Cruz, California - Wikipedia

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    Santa Cruz (Spanish for "Holy Cross") is the largest city and the county seat of Santa Cruz County, ... Crow's Nest 194 9 Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk: 186 10 NHS, Inc.

  6. Natural Bridges State Beach - Wikipedia

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    Natural Bridges State Beach is a 65-acre (26 ha) California state park in Santa Cruz, California, in the United States. The park features a natural bridge across a section of the beach and a eucalyptus grove provides habitat for monarch butterflies. During monarch butterfly migration, Monarch Butterfly Natural Preserve has up to 150,000 monarch ...

  7. Bonny Doon Ecological Reserve - Wikipedia

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    Bonny Doon Ecological Reserve. The Bonny Doon Ecological Reserve is a nature preserve of 552 acres (2.23 km 2) in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California, United States. The reserve protects several rare and endangered plant and animal species within an area known as the Santa Cruz Sandhills, an ancient seabed containing fossilized marine animals.

  8. Santa Cruz Wharf - Wikipedia

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    The Santa Cruz Wharf is a wharf in Santa Cruz, California, United States, known for fishing, boat tours, viewing sea lions, dining, nightlife and gift shops. The current wharf was built in 1914, the last of six built on the site, and is operated by the City of Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation Office. The wharf is situated between Main Beach ...

  9. Redwood Grove - Wikipedia

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    The Redwood Grove of Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, which is located in Santa Cruz County in Northern California, is a grove of Coast Redwoods with trees extending into the 1400- to 1800-year-old range. This grove allows for the use of self-guided tours of the flat, 0.8-mile (1.3 km) loop trail which is easily accessible (within 150 feet (46 ...