1. house sparrow (I saw the first 12 before I started keeping records)
2. anna's hummingbird
3. rock dove (pigeon)
4. american crow
5. steller's jay
6. mourning dove
7. northern mockingbird
8. red-tailed hawk
9. brewer's blackbird
10. california quail
11. western scrub-jay
12. mallard
13. downy woodpecker - 10.21.89; Leo Carillo, N. of Malibu, CA
14. spotted towhee - same as preceding entry
15. plain titmouse - same
16.
california thrasher - same
17. wood duck - 11.24.89; Descanso Gardens, La Canada, CA
18. green-winged teal - same
19. brown pelican - 1.1.90; Marina del Rey, CA
20. bonaparte's gull - same
21. common loon - 2.3.90; Cachuma Lake, CA
22. american coot - same
23.
western grebe - same
24. double-crested cormorant - same
25. canada goose - same
26. osprey - same
27. bald eagle - same
28. great blue heron - same
29. great egret - same
30. killdeer - 3.3.90; Sepulveda Basin, Sepulveda, CA
31. cinnamon teal - same
32. say's phoebe - same
33. american robin - 3.90; El Cariso Park, Sylmar, CA
34. yellow-rumped warbler - same; Hancock Park, CA
35. house finch - same; Sylmar, CA
36. dark-eyed junco - 3.11.90; El Cariso Park, Sylmar, CA
37. western meadowlark - same
38. common flicker - same
39. spotted dove - 3.17.90; Hancock Park, CA
40. black phoebe - same; Sylmar, CA
41.
red-winged blackbird - 3.24.90; Sepulveda Basin, CA
42. greater yellowlegs - same
43. song sparrow - same
44. american goldfinch - same
45. northern rough-winged swallow - same
46.
western kingbird - 3.24.90; Sepulveda Basin, CA
47. european starling - same; Sylmar
48. acorn woodpecker - 3.25.90; Malibu Creek, Malibu, CA
49. white-crowned sparrow - 3.90; Sylmar, CA
50. savannah sparrow - 3.31.90; Sepulveda Basin, CA
51.
common yellowthroat - same
52. america kestrel - same
53. eurasion wigeon
** - same; Malibu Creek, CA
54. ring-necked duck - same
55. belted kingfisher - same
56. california towhee - same
57.
bufflehead - same
58. lewis' woodpecker - same
59. violet-green swallow - same
60. red-shouldered hawk - 4.14.90; Sepulveda Basin, CA
61. bushtit - same
62. bewick's wren - same
63. band-tailed pigeon - 4.21.90; Angeles Nat'l Forest, CA
64. common raven - same
65. mountain chickadee - same
66. western bluebird - same
67. cliff swallow - 4.22.90; Malibu Creek, CA
68. tree swallow - same; Angeles Nat'l Forest, CA
69. white-headed woodpecker - same; Wrightwood, CA
70. pygmy nuthatch - same
71. turkey vulture - 4.28.90; Sepulveda Basin, CA
72. blue grosbeak - same
73. nuttall's woodpecker - 5.5.90; Leo Carillo campground, CA
74.
cedar waxwing - same
75. black-headed grosbeak - same
76. yellow warbler - 5.5.90; Leo Carillo campground, CA
77. bullock's oriole - same
78. western tanager - same
79. ash-throated flycatcher - same
80. yellow-billed magpie - same
81. snowy egret - 5.12.90; Sepulveda Basin, CA
82. black-necked stilt - same
83. spotted sandpiper - same
84. white-breasted nuthatch - 5.13.90; Angeles Nat'l Forest, CA
85. brown-headed cowbird - same
86. lesser goldfinch - 5.20.90; Sepulveda Basin, CA
87. western wood-pewee - 5.90; Malibu Creek, CA
88. black-throated sparrow - 5.25.90; Madera Canyon, AZ
89. northern cardinal - same
90. mexican jay
* - same
91. bronzed cowbird - 5.26.90; same
92. verdin - same
93. broad-billed hummingbird* - same
94. rufous-crowned sparrow - same
95. golden eagle - same
96. strickland's woodpecker
* - same
97. hepatic tanager
* - same
98.
bridled titmouse - same
99. phainopepla - same
100. white-winged dove - same; Highway 19, AZ
101. yellow-breasted chat - 5.27.90; Patagonia, AZ
102.
vermilion flycatcher - same
103. black-bellied whistling duck - same
104. gila woodpecker - same
105. black-chinned hummingbird - same
106. great-tailed grackle - same
107. gambel's quail - 5.28.90; Green Valley, AZ
108. greater roadrunner - same
109. green heron - 6.16.90; Malibu Creek, CA
110. pied-billed grebe - same
111. ruddy duck - same; Malibu Lagoon, CA
112. western gull - same
113. heermann's gull - same
114. elegant tern
* - same
115. caspian tern - same
116. brant - same
117. barn swallow - same
118. american wigeon - same
119. black-crowned night-heron - 6.23.90; Sepulveda, CA
120. cooper's hawk - 7.4.90; Malibu Creek, CA
121. snowy plover - 7.14.90; Malibu Lagoon
122. whimbrel - same
123. black-bellied plover - same
124. ladder-backed woodpecker - 7.29.90; Patagonia, AZ
125. cactus wren - 7.30.90; Tucson, AZ
126. inca dove - same
127. wrentit - 8.11.90; Angeles Nat'l Forest, CA
128. great horned owl - same
129. american avocet - 10.8.90; Salton Sea, CA
130. ring-billed gull - same
131. loggerhead shrike - same
132. cattle egret - 10.9.90; same
133. northern harrier - same
134. burrowing owl - same
135. common moorhen - same
136.
wilson's warbler - same; Morongo, CA
137. black-throated gray warbler - same
138.
red-breasted sapsucker - same
139. red-naped sapsucker - same
Most of us birders keep a "life list" of all the birds we have seen. Mine also includes the date and location of my first sighting of each bird.
My Life List
Home
140. sharp-shinned hawk - 10.9.90; Morongo, CA
141. black turnstone - 12.27.90; Malibu Lagoon, CA
142. ruddy turnstone - same
143. california gull - same
144. forster's tern - same
145. marbled godwit - same
146.
northern pintail - 11.24.90; Cachuma Lake, CA
147. northern shoveler - same
148. american white pelican - same
149. hermit thrush - 11.30.90; Los Angeles Zoo grounds
150. common merganser - 12.1.90; Malibu Lagoon, CA
151. common goldeneye - same
152. gadwall - same
153. herring gull - same
154. eared grebe - same
155. common snipe - 12.22.90; Sepulveda Basin, CA
156. american pipit - 12.29.90; Sepulveda Basin, CA
157.
horned lark - same
158. white-throated swift - same
159. ruby-crowned kinglet - same
160. blue-winged teal - 1.12.91; Newport Beach, CA
161. lesser scaup - same
162. sora - same
163.
long-billed curlew - same
164. red-throated loon - same
165. wandering tattler - same
166. surf scoter - same
167. snow goose - 1.26.91; Salton Sea, CA
168. abert's towhee - same
169. white-faced ibis - 1.27.91; same
170. redhead - same
171. canvasback - same
172. townsend's warbler - 2.9.91; Hancock Park, CA
173. orange-corwned warbler - 3.2.91; Malibu Creek, CA
174. rufous hummingbird - 4.6.91; San Diego, CA
175. little blue heron - same
176.
black skimmer - same
177. royal tern - same
178. red-breasted merganser - same
179. brown creeper - 4.13.91; Angeles Nat'l Forest, CA
180. fox sparrow - same
181. hermit warbler - same
182. canyon towhee - 5.25.91; Madera Canyon, AZ
183.
painted redstart - same
184. solitary vireo - same
185. hooded oriole - same; Tucson, AZ
186. lesser nighthawk - same; Green Valley, AZ
187. cassin's kingbird - 5.26.91; Patagonia, AZ
188. summer tanager - same
189. thick-billed kingbird
* - same
190.
violet-crowned hummingbird** - same
191. sulphur-bellied flycatcher
* - 5.27.91; Madera, AZ
192. nashville warbler - 12.7.91; Newport Beach, CA
193.
hooded merganser - same
194. least sanpiper - 1.18.92; Sepulveda Basin, CA
195. prairie falcon - 1.25.92; Salton Sea
196. clark's grebe - 1.26.92; Salton Sea
197. mountain quail
* - 2.29.92; Angeles Nat'l Forest, CA
198. rose-ringed parakeet - 3.92; Playa del Rey, CA
199. black vulture - 5.23.92; Patagonia, AZ
200. gray hawk
* - same
201. varied bunting
* - same; Madera, AZ
202. yellow-eyed junco - 5.24.92; same
203. house wren - same
204. chihuahuan raven - same
205. blue jay - 8.22.92; Smyrna, GA
206. common grackle - same
207. brown thrasher - same
208.
red-headed woodpecker - 8.23.92; same
209. ruby-throated hummingbird - same
210. carolina chickadee - 8.25.92; same
211. carolina wren - same
212. yellow-billed cuckoo - 8.27.92; same
213. eastern bluebird - same
214. tufted titmouse - same
215.
peregrine falcon* - 9.5.92; Madera Canyon, AZ
216.
blue-throated hummingbird* - same
217.
magnificent hummingbird* - sa,e
218. lazuli bunting - 9.6.92; Patagonia, AZ
219. curve-billed thrasher - 9.7.92, Green Valley, AZ
220. pine siskin - 11.8.92; Sylmar, CA
221. dusky-capped flycatcher* - 5.29.93, Madera, AZ
222. lucy's warbler - 5.30.93; Patagonia, AZ
223. rose-throated becard* - same
224. chimney swift - 6.19.93; Nashville, TN
225. eastern kingbird - 6.20.93; same
226. chipping sparrow - 6.21.93; same
227.
indigo bunting - 6.23.93; same
228. blue-gray gnatcatcher - 6.24.93; same
229. white-eyed vireo - same
230. northern bobwhite - 6.26.93; same
231. field sparrow - 6.27.93; same
232. hairy woodpecker - 9.5.93; Wrightwood, CA
233. williamson's sapsucker - 10.23.93; Angeles Nat'l Forest, CA
234. white-tailed kite - 12.5.93; Sepulveda Basin, CA
235. lawrence's goldfinch - 5.22.94; Malibu Creek, CA
236. costa's hummingbird - same
237.
elegant trogon   ** - 5.28.94; Madera Canyon, AZ
238. allen's hummingbird - same
239. sooty shearwater - 8.28.94; Santa Barbara Channel, CA
240. black oystercatcher - same; Santa Cruz Island, CA
241. pleagic cormorant - same
242. warbling vireo - 4.15.94; Malibu Creek, CA
243. broad-tailed hummingbird - 5.27.95; Mt. Lemmon, AZ
244. swainson's hawk - 5.28.95; Huachuca Mtns., AZ
245. clark's nutcracker - 5.24.96; Angeles Nat'l Forest, CA
246. lark sparrow - 8.1.96; Tumacacori, AZ
247. common ground dove - 5.23.97; Patagonia, AZ
248. nothern beardless tyrannulet* - same
249. rufous-winged sparrow
* - 5.24.97; Madera Canyon, AZ
250. red-faced warbler
* - 5.25.97; Mt. Lemmon, AZ
251. purple martin - 5.26.97; Sabino Canyon, AZ
252. pigeon guillemot - 7.28.97; Trinidad Beach, CA
253. chestnut-backed chickadee - 7.28.97; N. CA
254. wilson's phalarope - 7.29.97; Castle Rock, CA
255. american dipper - 7.30.97; N. CA
256. varied thrush - 7.31.97; N. CA
257. golden-crowned kinglet - same
258. swainson's thrush - same
259. barn owl - 1.13.98; West Los Angeles, CA
260. california gnatcatcher* - 1.17.98; Newport Beach, CA
261. yellow-headed blackbird - 5.2.98; Quail Lake, CA
262. pyrrhuloxia - 5.31.98; Sabino Canyon, AZ
263. merlin
* - 10.18.98; Malibu Creek, CA
264. black-capped chickadee - 10.25.98; Cazenovia, NY
265. snow bunting - 10.27.98; Montezuma NWR, NY
266. harris hawk - 5.22.99; Highway 19, AZ
267. wild turkey - 5.27.99; S.E. AZ
268. scott's oriole - 5.28.99; Madera Canyon, AZ
269. wedge-tailed shearwater
*** - 10.99; Kauai, HI
270.
red-footed booby*** - same
271. great frigatebird
*** - same
272. nene
*** - same
273.
white-tailed tropicbird*** - same
274. red-tailed tropicbird
*** - same
275. brown booby
*** - same
276.
apapane   *** - same

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