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Originally Posted by redshifter
Raccoons can be a big problem up here if you leave any kind of food out, intentional or not.
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Tell me about it. When I lived back up East we had a house full one night. About 6 pretty good sized young ones came through the cat door and ended up in the kitchen. It really was kind of funny though. And those paws of theirs can open most anything.
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Last time I was in AZ (just east of Phoenix, visiting my snowbird in-laws), I saw a cardinal. Beautiful bright red bird. My Mother-in-law also fed the local roadrunner, usually with hotdogs or deli-style lunchmeat.
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Here's a list of the birds I see in my yard or flying over:
Great Horned Owl
Turkey Vulture
Raven
Great-Tailed Grackle
Bronzed Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Greater Roadrunner
Gambel's Quail
Desert Sparrow
House Finch
Curve-Billed Thrasher
Canyon Towhee
Mourning Dove
White-Winged Dove (Summer only)
Cactus Wren
Northern Cardinal
Hooded Oriole
Lesser Nighthawk
Phainopepla
Scrub Jay
European Starling
Red-Winged Blackbird
Gila Woodpecker
Bushtit (or) Verdin (not sure yet)
Several different raptors but no IDs yet