We have even named a few of the animals ... (in italics)

  Insects

Slugs

Woodlice

Pillbugs

Grasshoppers

Katydids

Jerusalem  Crickets

Crickets

Carpenter Bees

Wasps

Bees

Butterflies: West Coast Lady, Tiger Swallowtail, Monarch, Cabbage White

Earwigs

June Bugs

Bumble bees - 'Mr. Bumble'

Ladybird Beetles (Lady Bug)

Lacewings

Praying mantis

Dragonflies

Earthworms

Redworms

Spiders: Daddy Long Legs, Green Lynx, Black & Yellow Arglope, Grass, Jumping, Huntsman, Black Widow

  Mammals 

Fruit Bats

Skunk - 'Stinky'

Raccoon

Opossum

Mole

Squirrel - 'Tarzan & Peanuts'

Lizards

Various Rodents

Baby squirrel decides to invite itself in the house!  We named (him?)  'Tarzan'

  Birds

Scrub Jays - 'Looney & Tooney'

Crows

Pigeons

Anna's Hummingbirds

Mockingbirds - 'Tweedy'

Red-Tailed Hawk

Mourning Doves

Downey Woodpecker

Starlings

House Finches -'Ladies Club'

Swallows

White Crowned Sparrows

Tit Mouse

Sparrow Hawks

Golden Finches

Purple Finches

Wilson Warblers

Black Phoebes

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