BIRDING THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Awake around 3 AM two nights ago: the Screech-Owl tooting right outside our window.
In the garden a not-so-black-capped Chickadee. This must be a new generation of white-flecked chickadee as I first noticed one in our garden three years ago.

This might reptile was found in a rotting limb on the trail above Ashland. Size compared to the pointer finger of my grown son:
243 Granite Street, Ashland, Jackson, US-OR
Aug 13, 2014 2:45 AM. 21 species

Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) 2
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 1
Mourning Dove 2
Western Screech-Owl (Megascops kennicottii) 1–CALLING BEFORE DAWN
Anna’s Hummingbird
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 2
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 1
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1
Steller’s Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) 10
Western Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica) 2
Common Raven (Corvus corax) 1
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 1
Wilson’s Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) 1
NOTE: THIS WARBLER IS THE ONLY ONE I HAVE EVER RECORDED IN MY GARDEN BETWEEN THE END OF MAY AND THE START OF SEPTEMBER. NO WARBLERS NEST NEAR MY HOUSE AND SO THEY ARE SEEN DURING MIGRATION SEASON AND YELLOW-RUMPS SOME IN THE WINTER. I HAVE NO WARBLER RECORDS FOR JUNE OR JULY AND THIS IS THE ONLY ONE IN AUGUST AFTER SEVEN YEARS OF FAIRLY ATTENTIVE BIRDING. IT WAS EITHER AN IMMATURE OR FEMALE BIRD WITH A FAINTLY VISIBLE DARK CROWN.*
Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) 2
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 2
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 1
Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus) 2
Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) 1
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 1

* I now have a total of 96 species on my eBird life list for our home next to Lithia Park, elevation 2000′, in Ashland. It is largely forested habitat interspersed with garden and park landscaping. Nearest creek is fifty yards away so Green and Blue Heron and Kingfisher and fly-bys. Except for the resident turkeys most large birds are fly-overs: crane, geese, raptors. An occasional accipiter will stop by for a look at the Juncos. Screech-Owl and Red-shouldered Hawk are our only resident birds of prey in the neighborhood. I have recorded zero shorebirds and never expect one. No nightjars, no gulls, no eagles. Small gleaning species are a year-round fixture: two nuthatches, kinglets in winter, Bushtits, up to 3 chickadee species in winter, Downys.