My Backyard: The Guardian

There is no mistaking this dramatic silhouette. As the sun settles, the nightwatch begins the late shift.

Yard Species

Reptiles

1. Gopher Snake

2. Western Diamondback Rattlesnake

3. Coachwhip

4. Western Lyre Snake

5. Variable Sandsnake

6. Night Snake

7. Long-nosed Snake

8. Desert/California Kingsnake

9. Black-necked Garter Snake

10. Desert Spiny Lizard

11. Regal Horned Lizard

12. Zebra-tailed Lizard

13. Skink spp. (blue tail)

14. Western Banded Gecko

15. Gila Monster

16. Collard Lizard

17. Common Side-blotched Lizard

18. Southwestern Fence Lizard

I am not good at ID'ing lizards so there are doubtless many more!

Amphibians

1. Sonoran Desert Toad

2. Red-spotted Toad

3. Couch's Spadefoot

Mammals

1. Mule Deer

2. Bobcat

3. Coyote

4. Gray Fox

5. White-throated Wood Rat

6. Pocket Mouse spp.

7. Harris's Antelope Squirrel

8. Round-tailed Ground Squirrel

9. Rock Squirrel

10. Striped Skunk

11. Spotted Skunk

12. Javalina

13. Cottontail Rabbit

14. Raccoon

15. American Badger

Birds

1. Turkey Vulture

2. Sharp-shinned Hawk

3. Cooper's Hawk

4. Zone-tailed Hawk

5. Red-tailed Hawk

6. American Kestrel

7. Peregrine Falcon

8. Gambel's Quail

9. Mourning Dove

10. White-winged Dove

11. Greater Roadrunner

12. Great-horned Owl

13. Elf Owl

14. Western Screech Owl

15. Lesser Nighthawk

16. Broad-billed Hummingbird

17. Anna's Hummingbird

18. Costa's Hummingbird

19. Black-chinned Hummingbird

20. Rufous Hummingbird

21. Gila Woodpecker

22. Ladder-backed Woodpecker

23. Gilded Flicker

24. Ash-throated Flycatcher

25. Brown-crested Flycatcher

26. Black Phoebe

27. Western Kingbird

28. Common Raven

29. Purple Martin

30. Verdin

31. Bewick's Wren

32. Cactus Wren

33. Rock Wren

34. Ruby-crowned Kinglet

35. Black-tailed Gnatcatcher

36. Western Bluebird

37. Northern Mockingbird

38. Curve-billed Thrasher

39. Phainopepla

40. Cedar Waxwing

41. Lucy's Warbler

42. Yellow-rumped Warbler

43. Wilson's Warbler

44. Pyrrhuloxia

45. Northern Cardinal

46. Black-headed Grosbeak

47. Abert's Towhee

48. Black-throated Sparrow

49. White-crowned Sparrow

50. Brown-headed Cowbird

51. Bronzed Cowbird

52. Hooded Oriole

53. House Finch

54. Pine Siskin

55. Lesser Goldfinch

56. House Sparrow

My Backyard

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Wednesday 22 January 2014

The Guardian

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