Diario de ari10

New species seen and photographed for life list:

Mammals-
Lodgepole Chipmunk (Tamias speciosus)
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis)

Birds-
Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini)
Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi)

Reptiles-
Mountain Garter Snake (Thamnophis elegans elegans)

Treelike and Shrublike Plants-
Singleleaf Pinyon Pine (Pinus monophylla)
Utah Serviceberry (Amelanchier utahensis)
Curlleaf Mountain Mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifolius)

New species for life list

Mammals:
California Vole, Microtus californicus
Striped Skunk, Mephitis mephitis (dead, no photos) (my dad wouldn't pull over to the side of the road to let me photograph it as he said it smelled too terribly.)
Southern Sea Otter, Enhydra lutris nereis
Northern Elephant Seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Plains Zebra, Equus quagga

Birds:
Mew Gull, Larus canus
Brandt's Cormorant, Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Poecile rufescens

Plants:
Monterey Cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa
Monterey Pine, Pinus radiata

Newly photographed species:
Harbor Seal, Phoca vitulina
Glaucous-winged Gull, Larus glaucesens
Royal Tern, Thalasseus maximus

Notable species previously photographed:
Coyote, Canis latrans
Pelagic Cormorant, Phalacrocorax pelagicus
American Kestrel, Falco sparverius, (not unusual, but the number of individuals sighted on fenceposts and signs from San Luis Obispo to San Simeon and along the 101 freeway from Salinas south to San Luis Obispo was more than I have ever seen before in my life)
Wrentit, Chamaea fasciata (an exceptionally tame individual at Gaviota northbound rest area)
Golden-crowned Sparrow, Zonotricha atracapilla (a flock of over 25 at Gaviota southbound rest area, having previously seen only single individuals in White-crowned Sparrow flocks)

The Following species were added to life list.

Mammals:
Desert Bighorn Sheep, Ovis canadensis nelsoni
White-tailed Antelope Squirrel, Ammospermophilus leucurus

Birds:
Black-throated Sparrow, Amphispiza Bilineata
Slate-colored Fox Sparrow, Passerella iliaca schistacea

Plants:
Arborescent Pricklypear, Opuntia leucotricha
Bunny Ears Pricklypear, Opuntia microdasys
Honey Mesquite, Prosopis glandulosa
Red Willow, Salix laevigata
Desert Wild Grape, Vitis girdiana

Species seen previously:

Birds:
Costa's Hummingbird, Calypte costae
Red-shafted Flicker, Colaptes auratus cafer
Common Raven, Corvus corax
Phainopepla, Phainopepla nitens
Rock Wren, Salpinctes obsoletus
Oak Titmouse, Baeolophus inornatus
Oregon Junco, Junco hyemalis oreganus

Insects:
Monarch, Danaus plexippus
Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui

Plants:
Sierra Lodgepole Pine, Pinus contorta murrayana
California Fan Palm, Washingtonia filifera
Western Sycamore, Platanus racemosa
Fremont Cottonwood, Populus fremontii

The following Species were added to Life List:
Santa Catalina Island Fox, Urocyon littoralis catalinae
Catalina Ground Squirrel, Otospermophilus beecheyi nesioticus (not photographed)
Black-Vented Shearwater, Puffinus opisthomelas
California Sheepshead, Semicossyphus pulcher
Halfmoon, Medialuna californiensis

Large mammals seen previously
California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus
American Bison, Bison bison (I)
Mule Deer, Odocoileus hemionus (I)
Common Dolphins, Delphinus spp.