Female Lesser Goldfinch
Male Lesser Goldfinch, Breeding Plumage
Grasshopper Sparrow
Jack Rabbit
Swainson's Hawk
Juvenile Northern Mockingbird
Spadefoot Toad
The top two photos were taken at what might be San Felipe Creek, a small riparian area with native plantings. Living space was across the creek, including non-native plants and an orange tree in one back yard. All three kingfishers would travel up and down the creek, which also extended to another area that included both Neotropic and Double-crested Cormorants, assorted doves, kingbirds, a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron and a Spotted Sandpiper.
The Grasshopper Sparrow photos are followed by a Jackrabbit, which was actually a party of three Jackrabbits at one point and a lovely Swainson's Hawk. It threatened rain that entire day, but we missed the brunt of it, which moved off elsewhere.
The juvenile Northern Mockingbird and Spadefoot toad came from a couple of retired ranches that were saved for their intrinsic natural life and native plant and tree growth. Fortunately ranchers are responsible for a lot of native plantings that are reintroduced on their property to make the area better for the land, animals being raised there, and the natural life that it supports through the love of wildlife.
Thanks to all the ranchers that made and continue to make all of this possible by refraining from invasive growth.
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