My Backyard: I am Not Looking at You So You Can't See Me.

Our Rock Squirrels are notoriously shy. This one was clearly not happy when I spotted it so it worked on the policy of 'if I ignore it, it will go away.' Which of course, I did, eventually, after taking some photos.

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, 30 September 2015

I am Not Looking at You So You Can't See Me.

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