Seasonal Yard List - 2005
2007 News:
4/13/2007 - Snow!!!!! See Jackie's Journal Entry: Snow = Fire. . . 4132007
4/7-9/2007 - Lewis's Woodpecker across the Market Street in the the Sycamores.
3/14/2007 - Our first Rufous Hummingbird and Scott's Oriole of the season arrived in the yard today.
3/11/2007 - "pollen superburst" that made Winston reach for the Claritin, take a shower, and use 1/2 bottle of eyedrops.
3/10/2007 - First Broad-tailed male, and he is banded - maybe a returnee!
3/9/2007 - First female magnificent and Blue-throated Hummingbirds.
12/29/2007 - A new bird for the yardlist - A Hammond's Flycatcher was seen during the Christmas bird count!
See Jackie's Journal for our latest adventures. . .
Scroll down for the 2005 Yard List.
2005 New Comer!
Photo by Martin Meyers, 12/4/05
Mexican Chickadee
The Chickadees came into the yard mid-November and are in the yard daily.
2004 Special Visitor!
Photo by Robert Shantz
Female Orchard Oriole She came in 4/28/2004 and visited all summer.
2005 Species List - Paradise, Arizona
Range: East from the Walker House one mile to the cemetery, north one mile to the creek crossing and southwest three miles to the junction of roads 42B and 42.
Year round residents are in bold type.
Jan - Feb
Golden Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Gambel's Quail
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl
Magnificent
Hummingbird
Blue-throated
Hummingbird
White-throated Swift
Hairy Woodpecker
Ladder-backed
Woodpecker
Acorn Woodpecker
Northern (Red-shafted)
Flicker
Red-Naped Sapsucker
Say's Phoebe
Black Phoebe
Mexican Jay
Western Scrub Jay
Steller's Jay
Common Raven
Juniper Titmouse
Bridled Titmouse
Brown Creeper
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Mexican Chickadee
Bushtit
White-breasted
Nuthatch
Canyon Wren
Bewick's Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Western Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
Cedar Waxwing
Phainopepla
Yellow-rumped
(Audubon's) Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Spotted Towhee
Canyon Towhee
Yellow-eyed Junco
(-June)(most Juncos)
Dark-eyed (Gray-
headed) Junco
Dark-eyed (Oregon)
Junco
Dark-eyed (Pink-sided) Junco
Dark-eyed (Slate-
colored) Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Pine Siskin (-June)
American Goldfinch (-June)
House Finch
Cassin's Finch
Chipping Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
March
Female Black-Chinned Hummingbird
wearing pollen
Turkey Vulture (3/15-Oct)
Greater Roadrunner (3/16)
Montezuma Quail (3/17)
Rufous Hummingbird (3/17)
Common Black Hawk (3/19)
Painted Redstart (3/20)
Fox Sparrow (3/20)
Pinyon Jay (3/21)
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (3/21)
Hutton's Vireo (3/23)
Song Sparrow (3/24)
Lesser Goldfinch (3/24)
Black-chinned Hummingbird (3/25)
Western Screech Owl (3/31)
Scott's Oriole (3/31)
April
Elf Owl (4/1)
White-winged Dove (4/5)
Hooded Oriole (4/6)
Photo byJeff Wakefield, 3/28/2006
(she was early this year!)
Calliope Hummingbird (4/6)
Anna's Hummingbird (5/10)
Western Kingbird (4/11)
White-throated Swift (4/12)
Cassin's Kingbird (4/14) Western Wood Pewee (4/15)
Black-headed Grosbeak (4/15)
Photo by Joe RiserBullock's Oriole (4/15)
Arizona Woodpecker (4/15)
Black-throated Gray Warbler (4/16)
Clark's Nutcracker (4/16)
Common Poorwill (4/17)
Lazuli Bunting (4/22)
Band-tailed Pigeon (4/22)
Brown-headed Cowbird (4/22)
Warbling Vireo (4/22)
Lark Sparrow (4/24) Great-tailed Grackle (4/24)
Western Tanager (4/27)
Indigo Bunting (4/29)
May
Bronzed Cowbird (5/4)
Summer Tanager (5/6)
Rose-breasted
Grosbeak (5-15 2003)
Hermit Thrush (5/18) Blue Grosbeak (5/31)
June
Great Blue Heron (6/29)
(Fly over - at least once per year)
July
Broad-billed
Hummingbird (7/27)
August
Yellow-eyed Junco (8/4)
Painted Bunting (8/24)
Virginia's Warbler (8/29)
Wilson's Warbler (8/29)
Belted Kingfisher
September
Allen's Hummingbird (9/7)
Pyrrhuloxia (9/23)
Red-naped Sapsucker (9/27)
October
Violet-crowned
Hummingbird (10/3)
Dusky Flycatcher (10/5
Arizona Woodpecker (10/18)
Species seen in other years
Cassin's Finch (10/19/02)
Inca Dove (10/19/02)
Warbling Vireo (10/18/02)
Brewer's Blackbird (9/27/02)
Hutton's Vireo (8/19/02)
Northern Goshawk (8/18/02)
Lucy's Warbler (7/5/02)
Lawrence's Goldfinch (5/20-25/02)
Lewis's Woodpecker (5/10-14/02)
House Wren (4/23/01)
Green-tailed Towhee (4/14/01)
Red Crossbill (3/30/01)
Evening Grosbeak (3/25-4/6/01)
Yellow Warbler (8/17/00)
Costa's Hummingbird (6/5/00)
Zone-tailed Hawk (4/00)
Tennessee Warbler (4/29/00)
Worm-eating Warbler (4/12/00)
Black-throated Sparrow (3/12/00)
Spotted Sandpiper (8/6/99)
Northern Harrier (6/6/99)
Redfaced Warbler (7/16/99)
Buff-breasted Flycatcher (7/15/99)
Mountain Bluebird (11/30/98)
Northern Pygmy-owl (11/21/98)
Sandhill Crane 10/21/98)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (10/10/98)
Cactus Wren (9/30/98)
Eastern Meadowlark (9/8/98)
Brewer's Sparrow (9/3/98)
Plumbeous Vireo (3/98)
Townsend's Warbler (9/97)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (9/97)
Northern Waterthrush (9/97)
Peregrine Falcon (9/29/97)
Williamson's Sapsucker (8/11/97)
Swainson's Hawk (7/26/97)
Clay-colored Sparrow (7/20/97)
Elegant Trogon (6/24 & 9/17/97)
Northern Parula Warbler (4/21/97)
Grace's Warbler (4/21/97)
Sage Thrasher (4/11/97)
Black-chinned Sparrow (3/22/97)
Solitary Vireo (3/9/97)
Verdin (winter)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (9/8/96)
Rufous-crowned
Sparrow (8/8/96)
Lucifer Hummingbird (5/96)
White-eared Hummingbird (5/96)
Yellow-breasted Chat (5/27/96)
Gray Vireo (5/19/96)
Whiskered Screech Owl (5/6/96)
Gray Flycatcher (5/1/96)
Berylline Hummingbird (June 1994).
Inca Dove (10/8/98)
Butterflies
Buckeye
Black Buckeye
Red-spotted Purple
Pipevine Swallowtail
Nicippe Sulfur
Sennae Sulfur
Southern Dogface
Painted Lady
Meridianus Duskywing
Checkered Skipper
Dull Firetip
Black Swallowtail
Golden-banded Skipper
Bordered Patch (NM) Varigated Fritillary
California Sister
Sara Orangetip
Identified Yard Wildlife
Kangaroo Rat
Mexican Pack Rat
Chipmunk
Rock Squirrel
Gray Tree Squirrel
Chiricahua Fox Squirrel
White-tail (Coue's) Deer
Gray Fox
Coyote
Coatimundi
Raccoon (Mapache)
Ring-tailed Cat
Bobcat
Striped Skunk
Hooded Skunk
Black Bear
Bats
Mexican Free-tailed
Big Brown
Mexican Long-tongued
Lesser Long-nosed
Western Pipistrelle Bat
Snakes & Lizards
Black-tailed Rattlesnake
Sonoran Whipsnake
Gopher Snake
Mountain Patchnose
Bunch Grass Lizard
(Barfoot and Rustler Park)
Striped Plateau Lizard
Desert Grassland Whiptail Lizard
Clark's Spiny Lizard
Yarrow's Spiny Lizard
(Now known as Mountan Spiney Lizard)
Madrean Alligator Lizard
Welcome !!!!
Here at the George Walker House we look forward to once again welcoming our feathered and furry friends, overnight guests and drop-in birders. We also hope to reach out to new guests who like to hike and enjoy the variety of natural habitats that the Chiricahuas offer.
If you identify a bird (or other critter) that is not listed on our yard list please let us know. (Jackie has trouble with the canopy birds and missed quite a few this year.)
Please feel free to stay as long as you like, move the benches to a better position and share our location with others you may see on the trail.
Thank you for visiting with us today. We hope you will return.
The George Walker House
2225 W. Geo. Walker Ln.
Portal, AZ 85632
520-558-2287
www.thegeorgewalkerhouse.com