How big is your GARDEN/YARD LIST? (1 Viewer)

Mammals? OK here goes.

1. Woodchuck (Groundhog)
2. Opposum
3. Striped Skunk
4. Gray Squirrel
5. Eastern Chipmunk
6. Flying Squirrel
7. White-footed Mouse
8. Raccoon
9. Red Fox
10. White-tailed Deer
11. Big Brown Bat
12. Eastern Cottontail Rabbit
13. Pippistrelle Bat

I want a Black Bear!

Not sure of exact number, but 60+ including flyovers. No idea about mammals, not many.

Hi everybody,

After a long absence, finally have a yard again where I can have seed and nectar feeders. Figured I'd revive this thread. I’m now in the mountains about 2 hours north of Los Angeles, close to 6,000 ft., at the foot of Mt. Pinos (ele 8,831 ft), to be more specific. While this isn’t an ideal feeding area as my high-elevation yard in northern Arizona (back deck is 15’ above the ground), it still is managing to attract a few birdies. I think I’ve missed migration – either that or it’s on its way still. Only moved here 3 months ago, and there’s still quite a lot of snow on the mountains, so don’t yet know the natural rhythms of the place. Still, the worst day up here is better than the best day in Los Angeles!!!

Here’s my “new” yard list to date. No lifers yet but am waiting for one of the nearby California Condors to make the list (still not a lifer but what a great bird to log!). Apparently they’ve been known to perch on peoples’ houses around here and leave really big... erm... calling cards. On second thought, hopefully they'll just do a fly-by... :eek!:

1. Steller’s Jay
2. Western Scrub-jay
3. Northern Flicker (red-shafted; found an intergrade yellow/red-shafted roadkill a few weeks back)
4. Acorn Woodpecker
5. Pygmy Nuthatch
6. White-breasted Nuthatch
7. Mountain Chickadee
8. California Towhee
9. Dark-eyed Junco (“Oregon”)
10. Pine Siskin
11. California Thrasher
12. Red-shouldered Hawk
13. Gambel’s Quail (not supposed to be this far west in Kern County)
14. Oak Titmouse
15. Purple Finch
16. House Finch
17. Red-tailed Hawk
18. American Robin
19. Mourning Dove
20. Nuttall’s Woodpecker
21. Cassin’s Finch
22. Bushtit
23. California Quail
24. Red-breasted Sapsucker
25. Red-winged Blackbird
26. Brewer’s Blackbird
27. Townsend’s Solitaire
28. Yellow-rumped Warbler (“Audubon’s”)
29. Cooper’s Hawk
30. European Starling
31. Great-horned Owl
32. Band-tailed Pigeon
33. Sharp-shinned Hawk
34. Common Raven
35. Lesser Goldfinch
36. Mallard
37. Spotted Towhee
38. Fox Sparrow
39. Black-headed Grosbeak
40. Violet-green Swallow
41. Rufous Hummingbird
42. Western Bluebird
43. Anna’s Hummingbird
44. Wilson’s Warbler
45. Northern Mockingbird
46. Olive-sided Flycatcher
47. Western Wood-pewee
48. American Kestrel
49. American Crow

Yard mammals:

Mule deer (black-tailed)
Western gray squirrel
California ground squirrel
Merriam's chipmunk
(bear and mountain lion have been reported here every year but I haven't seen any yet)