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Ali's Lake Isabella Backyard Birds and other Creatures. Nature Ali
was a caretaker at a home in Mountain Mesa from April 2002 - Jan 2004. Here are
the creatures she observed while there. |
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Band-tailed Pigeon |
BIRDS SINCE 1 May 2002
Turkey Vulture
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
California Quail
Band-tailed Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Greater Roadrunner
Long-eared Owl
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Acorn Woodpecker
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Willow Flycatcher
Western Scrub-Jay
Common Raven
Oak Titmouse
Bushtit
White-breasted Nuthatch
Bewick's Wren
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Northern Mockingbird |
California Thrasher
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler (wow!)
Western Tanager
Spotted Towhee
California Towhee
Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Black-chinned Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Black-headed Grosbeak
Brewer's Blackbird
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
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Black-chinned Hummingbird
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Nuttall's Woodpecker
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Oak Titmice |
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young White-breasted Nuthatch
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adult White-breasted Nuthatch |
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California Thrasher
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Western Scrub-Jay |
House Finch |
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Lark Sparrows
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California Towhee
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Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco |
Dark-eyed (Pink-sided) Junco |
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White-crowned Sparrow 12-24-2002 |
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Ravens reminiscent of the "BIRDS" 50 out of up to a
thousand |
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Not the best shots of Black-headed
Grosbeaks, but they will have to do for now. |
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Not the best shots of California
Quail either but it shows my backyard trifecta of "California" species. |
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Desert Night Lizard
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Other Herps seen in yard
Western Toad
Southern Alligator Lizard
Desert Night Lizard
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Yard Mammals
Coyote
American Black
Bear
Mule Deer
Botta's Pocket
Gopher
Merriam's
Chipmunk
California
Ground Squirrel
Western Gray
Squirrel |
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Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemonius) |
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Merriam's Chipmunk (Tamias
merriami)
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Western Gray Squirrel (Sciurus
griseus) |
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Western Gray Squirrel , Oak Titmouse,
Merriam's Chipmunk |
