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Wild Life Part 1: Small Stuff

Posted on October 12, 2022June 22, 2025 By stega

We do not live in a typical suburban environment. We have space. What human neighbors we do have live far enough away that we have to yell really, really loudly, or call them up on the phone if we need to talk to them.

We do, however, have a lot of critters who share our space. Here are some of the recent critters we have found in the house, all of whom were deposited outside. We do permit some spiders to remain in the house–the ones that set up shop behind the toilets or under the kitchen cabinets–as they provide a lovely form of pest control. The spiders shown below are outdoorsy types.

Stripe-tailed scorpion
Stripe-tailed scorpion
Western fence lizard
Western fence lizard
Wolf spider
Wolf spider
Bristletail
Bristletail

Sporadic and new readers to this site may not know that I take pictures of the wildlife that shows up here and post the better shots over at stega.org. Here’s a few semi-recent samples.

Anna’s hummingbird
Anna’s hummingbird
Wild turkey (not the whiskey)
Wild turkey (not the whiskey)
Cooper's hawk
Cooper’s hawk
Scrub jays
Scrub jays
Acorn woodpecker
Acorn woodpecker
Pine warbler
Pine warbler
Red-tailed hawk
Red-tailed hawk
California thrasher
California thrasher
Steller's jay
Steller’s jay
Common starling
Common starling

Plus occasionally I setup the trail cams to see what is out and about. The results are often amusing.

I AM TURKEY
I AM TURKEY
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California Mule Deer
California Mule Deer
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Pine Siskin
Pine Siskin
Mourning dove takes over
Mourning dove takes over
Western Tanager
Western Tanager
Song sparrow
Song sparrow
Western Tanager
Western Tanager
California Thrasher (stationary), Golden-Crowned Sparrow (in flight)
California Thrasher (stationary), Golden-Crowned Sparrow (in flight)
I AM STILL TURKEY
I AM STILL TURKEY
White-throated Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
TURKEY IS DRINKING
TURKEY IS DRINKING
TURKEY IS STILL HERE
TURKEY IS STILL HERE
TURKEY IS STILL HERE
TURKEY IS STILL HERE
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Yardworker
Yardworker
Yardworker
Yardworker

But wait, there’s more! Sometimes we get woodpeckers that use our chimney as an amplifier….

The Sound of a Woodpecker
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