| 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 |
| 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 |