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Here is a listing of the collection of wildlife we have found living or visiting our garden.

We have even named a few of the animals ... (in italics)

Insects

Slugs

Woodlice

Pillbugs

Grasshoppers

Katydids

Jerusalem Crickets

Crickets

Carpenter Bees

Wasps

Bees

Butterflies: West Coast Lady, Tiger Swallowtail, Monarch, Cabbage White

Earwigs

June Bugs

Bumble bees - 'Mr. Bumble'

Ladybird Beetles (Lady Bug)

Lacewings

Praying mantis

Dragonflies

Earthworms

Redworms

Spiders: Daddy Long Legs, Green Lynx, Black & Yellow Arglope, Grass, Jumping, Huntsman, Black Widow

Mammals

Fruit Bats

Skunk - 'Stinky'

Raccoon

Opossum

Mole

Squirrel - 'Tarzan & Peanuts'

Lizards

Various Rodents

Baby squirrel decides to invite itself in the house! We named (him?) 'Tarzan'

Birds

Scrub Jays - 'Looney & Tooney'

Crows

Pigeons

Anna's Hummingbirds

Mockingbirds - 'Tweedy'

Red-Tailed Hawk

Mourning Doves

Downey Woodpecker

Starlings

House Finches -'Ladies Club'

Swallows

White Crowned Sparrows

Tit Mouse

Sparrow Hawks

Golden Finches

Purple Finches

Wilson Warblers

Black Phoebes

Recommended References

� Backyard Wildlife Sanctuary - Program to help you help wildlife around your home.

� Urban Wildlife Sanctuary Program - You don't have to have acres of land to provide sanctuary.

� Backyard Wildlife Sanctuary - Creating a wildlife sanctuary in your backyard is an important commitment to conserving and protecting our environment.

� Project Wildlife - A backyard sanctuary on a budget.

� e-Nature - Backyard wildlife habitat

� About.com - Wildlife habitat in your backyard

� Backyard Wildlife Habitat - Your personal gift to native wildlife

� Wildlife-gardens.net - Wildlife gardens and backyard habitats

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