Bird List (Life List)
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Ordered reverse-chronologically by date first observed (most recent species at the top).
All photos on this page are mine. They are, from top: Red-shouldered Hawk; Northern Mockingbird; Great Blue Heron; Western Gull; Barred Owl (and American Robin).
Last updated July 21 2024.
Current species count: 183
- NEW! Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)
- NEW! MacGillivray's Warbler (Geothlypis tolmiei)
- NEW! Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
- NEW! Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
- Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera)
- Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber)
- Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
- Purple Martin (Progne subis)
- Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus)
- Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi)
- Western Wood-Pewee (Contopus sordidulus)
- Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
- Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
- Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates villosus)
- Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)
- Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
- American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus)
- Brant (Branta bernicla)
- Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
- Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
- Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus)
- Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
- Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii)
- Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus)
- Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens)
- Common Yellowthroat (Geothylpis trichas)
- Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
- California Gull (Larus californicus)
- Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
- Pacific-slope Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis)
- Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
- Lesser Nighthawk (Chordeiles acupennis)
- Townsend's Warbler (Setophaga townsendi)
- Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
- Brown Creeper (Certhia americana)
- California Towhee (Melozone crissalis)
- Nuttall's Woodpecker (Dryobates nuttalli)
- Oak Titmouse (Baeolophus inornatus)
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
- Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)
- California Thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum)
- Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
- Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
- Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
- Italian Sparrow (Passer italiae)
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
- Common Wood-Pigeon (Columba palumbus)
- Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)
- Great Tit (Parus major)
- Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
- Common Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla)
- Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
- Blue Rock-Thrush (Monticola solitarius)
- Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
- Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)
- Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
- Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)
- Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Common Swift (Apus apus)
- Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
- Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
- American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
- Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia)
- Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena)
- Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
- Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothylpis celata)
- Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
- Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)
- Pacific Wren (Troglodytes pacificus)
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens)
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula)
- Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin)
- Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
- Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
- Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)
- Cassin's Kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans)
- Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
- Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
- American Widgeon (Mareca americana)
- Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
- Redhead (Aythya americana)
- Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
- Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
- Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
- Long-billed Curlew (Numenius americanus)
- Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
- Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
- Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)
- Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
- Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius)
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)
- Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
- Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
- Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
- Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
- Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
- American Coot (Fulica americana)
- Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum)
- Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii)
- Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
- Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
- Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
- White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus)
- Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
- Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
- Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
- Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
- Sooty Grouse (Dendragapus fuliginosus)
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
- Common Murre (Uria aalge)
- Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
- Barred Owl (Strix varia)
- Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)
- Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)
- Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
- Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
- American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
- American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
- Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
- White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
- Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
- American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
- Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
- Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
- Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba)
- American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
- Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
- Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
- Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
- Band-tailed Pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata)
- Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
- Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
- Wrentit (Chamaea fasciata)
- Vaux's Swift (Chaetura vauxi)
- Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa)
- Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- California Quail (Callipepla californica)
- Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
- California Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica)
- Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
- Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
- Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
- Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)
- Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
- Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
- Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)
- Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana)
- Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
- Western Screech-Owl (Megascops kennicottii)
- Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
- Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
- Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Eurasian Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
- European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
- Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
- Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
- Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
- Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli)
- Pin-tailed Whydah (Vidua macroura)
- Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata)
- Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)