35
taxa
25 birds
1 amphibian
6 mammals
3 reptiles
19
life list firsts

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Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis

Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

Description

Saw a few large males. Males were head-butting large barrel cacti to break off the spines and eat the fruit.

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Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae

Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

Description

Tons of the males flying around and feeding on various flowers.

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Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii

Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

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Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata

Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

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Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus

Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

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Killdeer Charadrius vociferus

Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

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Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus

Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

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California Towhee Melozone crissalis

Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

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Common Raven Corvus corax

Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

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Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

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White-tailed Antelope Squirrel Ammospermophilus leucurus

Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

Description

Perching on Cholla cacti. I saw a lot of these little mammals running across the road. Amazing that these guys could play in the cholla like a jungle gym.

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Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus

Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

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Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura

Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

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Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata

Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

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American Robin Turdus migratorius

Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

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Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

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House Sparrow Passer domesticus

Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

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Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii

Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

Description

Saw one on the road that I thought was a rock. It took flight before I could get a really good look.

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Desert Spiny Lizard Sceloporus magister [inactive]

Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

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Desert Iguana Dipsosaurus dorsalis

Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

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Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana

Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

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Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus

Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

Description

Saw one crossing the road will a limp lizard in its mouth

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Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina

Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

Description

These were everywhere near the irrigation pool part of "The Reserve" a private golf course

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Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura

Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

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Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor

Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

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Merriam's Chipmunk Tamias merriami

Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

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Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

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Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans

Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

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Pacific-slope Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis

Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

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Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

Description

Running around in the brush in the early morning

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Brush Rabbit Sylvilagus bachmani

Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

Description

Running around in the brush in the early morning

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Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

Description

Disturbed this little guy when I was walking up a wash in Deep Canyon at the Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Station.

After reading stebbins... this might be an immature Woodhouse's toad

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Desert Cottontail Sylvilagus audubonii

Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

Description

Running around in the brush in the early morning

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Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya

Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011

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Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus

Observer

ap2il

Date

May 14, 2011