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.

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

 

 

 Black-chinned Hummingbird © Alison Sheehey 2002

Black-chinned Hummingbird

Nuttall's Woodpecker © Alison Sheehey 2002

           Nuttall's Woodpecker  

Oak Titmouse  © Alison Sheehey 2002Oak Titmouse  © Alison Sheehey 2002

Oak Titmice

White-breasted Nuthatch  © Alison Sheehey 2002

young White-breasted Nuthatch

 

juvenile White-breasted Nuthatch © Alison Sheehey 2002

adult White-breasted Nuthatch

California Thrasher

Western Scrub-Jay © Alison Sheehey 2002

Western Scrub-Jay

male House Finch © Alison Sheehey 2002

House Finch

Lark Sparrows © Alison Sheehey 2002

Lark Sparrows

California Towhee © Alison Sheehey 2002

California Towhee

Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco

Dark-eyed (Pink-sided) Junco

White-crowned Sparrow 12-24-2002

Ravens reminiscent of the "BIRDS" 50 out of up to a thousand

Not the best shots of Black-headed Grosbeaks, but they will have to do for now.

Not the best shots of California Quail either but it shows my backyard trifecta of "California" species.

Desert Night Lizard © Alison Sheehey 2002

Desert Night Lizard

Other Herps seen in yard

Western Toad

Southern Alligator Lizard

Desert Night Lizard

Yard Mammals

Coyote

American Black Bear

Mule Deer

Botta's Pocket Gopher

Merriam's Chipmunk

California Ground Squirrel

Western Gray Squirrel

Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemonius)

Merriam's Chipmunk (Tamias merriami)

Western Gray Squirrel (Sciurus griseus)

Western Gray Squirrel , Oak Titmouse, Merriam's Chipmunk

NOT QUITE BACKYARD BIRDS

one of a family of four Ospreys near South Fork Wildlife Area

Go speed racer... GO!

Three of four Roadrunners

Three of four Roadrunners (Bet you can't find #3)

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