backyard critter watch

It must be tick season. Lately, we have found several ticks on our clothing and worse, crawling around on our bodies after working in our b...

When we bought the game camera , we were hoping to get photos of a variety of critters crossing through our backyard.  It has been recording...

California Towhee California Towhee The most drab, mundane and unappreciated bird in our neighborhood is the California Towhee ( Pipi...

Mockingbirds ( Mimus polyglottos)   are one of my favorite birds, but I know they are not everybody's.  My friend Sara has a mockingbird...

We have some new neighbors. A trio of red-shouldered hawks (buteo lineatus) showed up about two weeks ago.  They have been hanging around ev...

Here are a few photos I took last week. Fishing?  Who's fishing?  We don't see no one fishing." The first one is of Americ...

There have been a couple of developments in the deer situation in our neighborhood.   In this post from a few weeks ago , photos from our ...