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 January 22 2024.

Current species count: 179

NEW! Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
NEW! Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera)
NEW! Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber)
NEW! 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)