The animals in Green Timbers do not often show themselves. Coyotes will frequent the Hydro Right-of-Way and the Douglas Squirrel can be detected by looking in the direction of its chattering call. On the other hand, Raccoons and Opossums move about mainly at night. The wildlife includes the following:
Northwest Garter Snake Pacific Tree Frog
Banana Slug
Coyote Black-tailed Jackrabbit Deer Mouse Douglas Squirrel Opossums Raccoon Townsend’s Vole
Ants Aphids Bees Beetles Douglas Fir Bark Beetle Dragonflies Mosquitoes Moths Wasps Weevils
Bald Eagle Barn Swallow Bewick’s Wren Black-Capped Chickadee Bufflehead Canada Goose Downy Woodpecker Great Blue Heron Greater Scaup House Finch Mallard North American Robin Northern Flicker Northwestern Crow Oregon (Dark-eyed) Junco Pine Siskin Red-breasted Sapsucker Red-tailed Hawk Red-winged Blackbird Snipe Spotted Towhee Steller’s Jay Western Screech-Owl Wood Duck
Northwest Garter Snake - Squamata Colubridae Thamnophis ordinoides Identification & Description: The common garter snake is extremely variable in appearance, both in size and color. Adults range 18 to 54 inches in length. It has three light stripes (located on the midline and each side) on a black, brown or olive [...]
Weevils - Coleoptera Identification & Descriptions Weevils are small beetles that possess conspicuous snouts. They are often lightbulb- or pear-shaped. When immature, the legless, grub-like larvae feed on plants. After developing into adults, some weevil species are attracted to buildings. It appears they do this to seek shelter from [...]
Wasps - Hymenoptera Identification & Descriptions Wasp, common name applied to most species of hymenopteran insects (see Hymenoptera), except bees and ants. Insects known as wasps include the sawflies, the parasitic wasps, and the stinging wasps, which are the best known. About 75,000 species of wasps are known, most of them parasitic (see Chalcid; [...]
Moths - Lepidoptera Identification & Description: A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly. Both are of the order Lepidoptera. The division of Lepidopterans into moths and butterflies is a popular taxonomy, not a scientific one. Sometimes the names "Rhopalocera" (butterflies) and "Heterocera" (moths) are used to formalise the [...]
Mosquitoes - Diptera Identification & Description: The mosquito is a member of the family Culicidae; these insects have a pair of scaled wings, a pair of halteres, a slender body, and long legs. The females of most mosquito species suck blood from other animals. Size varies but is rarely greater than 15 [...]
Dragonflies - Odonata Identification & Description: A dragonfly (also known as devil's darning needle) is an insect belonging to the order Odonata, the suborder Epiprocta and, in the strict sense, the infraorder Anisoptera. It is characterized by large multifaceted eyes, two pairs of strong transparent wings, and an elongated body. [...]
Beetles - Coleoptera Identification & Description: There are more than 800,000 species of insects on earth, more than all the other plants and animals combined. Of this great number of insects, nearly half are beetles. Unlike other insects, beetles have a pair of leathery protective wings called elytra that cover their [...]
Bees - Hymenoptera Identification & Description: Bees belong to the third largest insect order which also includes wasps and ants. Together, these creatures pollinate crops, turn over the soil more effectively than earthworms, and, in the case of the bee, furnish food in the form of honey. Even more [...]
Aphids - Hemiptera Identification & Description: Aphids are soft-bodied insects that use their piercing sucking mouthparts to feed on plant sap. They usually occur in colonies on the undersides of tender terminal growth. Heavily-infested leaves can wilt or turn yellow because of excessive sap removal. While the [...]
Ants - Hymenoptera Identification & Description: Ant, common name for members of a family of about 11,000 species of insects that live in highly organized societies called colonies. Ant colonies have elaborate social structures in which the various activities necessary for the feeding, shelter, and reproduction of the colony [...]
