Yard List for The George Walker House
Jackie and Winston Lewis
2225 W. Geo. Walker Lane
Portal/Paradise, AZ  85632
520-558-2287
www.thegeorgewalkerhouse.com
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.
Key:
Bold = Year Round
* New Yard Bird
Great Blue Heron (6/29/05)
Turkey Vulture
Northern Harrier (6/6/99)
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Common Black Hawk (3/19/03)
Swainson's Hawk (7/26/97)
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon (9/29/97)
Montezuma Quail
Gambel's Quail
Sandhill Crane (11/2/05)
Spotted Sandpiper 8/10/05)
Band-tailed Pigeon
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Inca Dove ((10/19/02)
Greater Roadrunner
Western Screech-Owl
Whiskered Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Elf Owl
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Poorwill
Whip-poor-will
White-throated Swift
Broad-billed Hummingbird
White-eared Hummingbird (5/96)
Berylline Hummingbird
Violet-crowned Hummingbird (7/28/05)
Blue-throated Hummingbird
Clay-colored Sparrow (7/20/97)
Brewer's Sparrow
Black-chinned Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Black-throated Sparrow (3/12/00)
Fox Sparrow (3/20/03)
Song Sparrow (3/24/03)
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Oregon
Pink-sided
Slate-colored
Gray-headed
Yellow-eyed Junco
Eastern Meadowlark (9/8/98)
Brewer's Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Bronzed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole (4/27-5/4/04)
Hooded Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Evening Grosbeak (3/25-4/6/01)
Scott's Oriole
Cassin's Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill (5/28/05)
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
Lawrence's Goldfinch (5/20-25/02)(10/2/06)
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow * (4/06)
Magnificent Hummingbird
Lucifer Hummingbird (6/8-15/05)
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird (9/8/05)
Calliope Hummingbird
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird (9/19/05)
Elegant Trogon (6/24 & 9/17/97)
Belted Kingfisher (8/03)
Lewis' Woodpecker (5/10-14/02)
Acorn Woodpecker
Red-naped Sapsucker
Williamson's Sapsucker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Arizona Woodpecker
Northern (red-shafted) Flicker
Greater Pewee (4/18/98) (4/29/06)
Western Wood-Pewee
Hammond's Flycatcher *(12/30/06)
Dusky Flycatcher (10/5/05)
Gray Flycatcher (5/1/96)
Buff-breasted Flycatcher (7/15/99)
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher (5/10/99)
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher (7/3/98)
Cassin's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Horned Lark (7/19/99)
Violet-green Swallow
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub Jay
Mexican Jay
Pinyon Jay (3/21/03)
Clark's Nutcracker (4/16/03)
Common Raven
Mexican Chickadee
Bridled Titmouse
Juniper Titmouse
Verdin
Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Cactus Wren (9/30/98)
Canyon Wren
Bewick's Wren
House Wren (7/23/06)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (9/97)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Western Bluebird (4/11/03)
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
Sage Thrasher (4/11/97)
Curve-billed Thrasher
Crissal Thrasher
Cedar Waxwing
Phainopepla
Gray Vireo (5/19/96)
Plumbeous Vireo
Cassin's Vireo
Hutton's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Tennessee Warbler (4/29/00)
Orange-crowned Warbler
Virginia's Warbler (8/15/03)
Lucy's Warbler ((7/5/02)
Northern Parula (4/21/97)
Yellow Warbler (8/10/05)
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Audubon's
Myrtle
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler (10/22/05)
Hermit Warbler (8/16/05)
Graces' Warbler (4/21/97)
Worm-eating Warbler (4/12/00)
Northern Waterthrush (9/97)
MacGillivray's Warbler (8/11/05)
Wilson's Warbler
Red-faced Warbler (7/16/99)
Painted Redstart
Rufous-capped Warbler (11/30/02)
Yellow-breasted Chat (5/27/96)
Olive Warbler
Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
Western Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Pyrrhuloxia (9/23/03)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting (7/31/05)
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Canyon Towhee
Rufous-crowned Sparrow (8/8/96)
Chipping Sparrow
Reptiles & Amphibians
There are over 60 species of reptiles
and amphibians in the Chiricahuas.  A
few that we've seen in the yard are:
Black-tailed Rattlesnake
Sonoran Whipsnake
Gopher Snake
Mountain Patchnose Snake
Bunch Grass Lizard
Striped Plateau Lizard
Desert Grassland Whiptail
Sonoran Spotted Whiptail
Clark's Spiny Lizard
Yarrow Spiny Lizard
Madrean Alligator Lizard
Ornate Tree Lizard
Spadefoot Toad
Butterflies
For those interested in Butterflying, 140
of the approximately 180 species of
butterflies found in the Chiricahuas can
be seen within a mile radius of Paradise.
Mammals
Kangaroo Rat
Pack Rat
Cliff Chipmunk
Rock Squirrel
Chiricahua Fox Squirrel
Coues White-tail Deer
Gray Fox
Coyote
Coatimundi
Raccoon
Ring-tailed Cat
Bobcat
Mountain Lion
Striped Skunk
Hooded Skunk
Hognosed Skunk
Black Bear
Mexican Free-tailed Bat
Big Brown Bat
Mexican Long-tongued Bat
Lesser Long-nosed Bat
Western Pipistrelle Bat