The Coachella Valley Preserve and Thousand Palms Oasis
is first and foremost a Wildlife Refuge.
(See more at our website: Center for Natural Lands Management.)
Take a walk with us to see some of the wildlife
you might might encounter on your travels.  
Bobcat
Lynx rufus
Black-throated Sparrow
Amphispiza bilineata
Audubons cottontail
Sylvilagus auduboni
Chuckwalla
Sauromalus ater
Great horned owl
Bubo virginianus
American kestrel
Falco sparverius
Side-blotched lizard
Uta stansburiana
Zebra-tailed lizard
Callisaurus draconoides
Sidewinder
Crotalus cerastes
Desert horned lizard
Phrynosoma platyrhinos
Leopard lizard
Gambelia wislizenii
Wilson's Warbler
Wilsonia pusilla
For a copy of our latest (work in
progress) Bird List click here:
Coachella Valley Bird List