At night, outside my window, there’s an intermittent beepy-buzzing. It’s not one of the familiar goatsuckers (nighthawk or poor will). It’ll keep me guessing, I’m guessing.
That’s the fun of getting out and seeing (or not seeing) animals. They keep you guessing. They’re like the weather, with rhythms of predictability and unpredictablity.
Mr. Hare (black tailed jackrabbit) never showed at the water tub until this week. Now, he’s a regular.
The coyotes practically hiked with us months ago. That’s how often we encountered them. Now, we only hear them at night.
One day, you’ll see adult animals with young. The next day, there are no young. Did they take off? Did they die?
Thirty eight species this week. We could have topped forty, if we were better listeners and ID-ers.
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Mammals:
Black Tailed Jackrabbit
Cottontail Rabbit
Mule Deer
Coyote
Rock Squirrel
Red Squirrel
Uinta Chipmunk
Birds:
House finch
Tufted Titmouse
Black Capped Chickadee
Goldfinch
Bushtit
Red-Tailed Hawk
Common Raven
Scrub Jay
Magpie
Turkey
Dark-Eyed Junco
Ringed Turtle Dove
Mountain Bluebird
Meadowlark
Rufous-sided Towhee
Broad Tailed Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Chipping sparrow
California Quail
Black headed grosbeak
House wren
American Kestrel
Turkey Vulture
Common Poor Will
Common Nighthawk
Great Horned Owl
Small Eared Owl
Killdeer
Steller’s Jay
Starling
American Robin