Welcome to Arlington Garden! Located at the corner of South Pasadena Avenue and Arlington Drive lays a quaint little nature hotspot containing a multitude of colors! The area used to be the location of a fifty room mansion, but then termites destroyed the house and it had to be torn down. Now, the landscape is covered with drought-tolerant plants from California and the Mediterranean. Here, you can find a variety of poppy species, including the California poppy, Common Poppy, Opium Poppy, and Coulter’s Matilija Poppy. Birds abound and include Red-whiskered Bulbuls, Bewick’s Wrens, and California Towhees. Lizards are also present in good numbers and include the Western Fence Lizard and Southern Alligator Lizard.
Take a look at what I found below!
Isn’t this little fella just the cutest thing you’ve ever seen? There were two other young squirrels with this one (see below) and they all lived in a squirrel nest box placed against a pine. Each squirrel was tagged on one of their ears, though I’m not exactly sure of the intentions. My guess is that the squirrels were relocated for whatever reason, hence the nest box.
