1. K. Kaufmann, Birds of North America Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, New York, 2000. ISBN 0-395-96464-4.
2. R. T. Peterson, A Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern and Central North America Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachussets, 1980. ISBN 0-395-26621-1.

The list is in the format:
n. Common Name Scientific name Abbreviation of the place where I saw it. For a complete list of abbreviations, see the end of this page.

1. Common Loon Gavia immer PWRC
   
2. Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps HOOK
   
3. Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis BFRM
   
4. Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus HOOK
   
5. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis MLKS
   
6. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodinas PWRC
   
7. Green Heron Butorides striatus PWRC
   
8. Little Blue Heron Florida caerulea HOOK
   
9. Great Egret Casmerodius albus PWRC
   
10. Snowy Egret Egretta thula HOOK
    
11. Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax UMBC
    
12. Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus HOOK
    
13. Mute Swan Cygnus olor CENT
    
14. Canada Goose Branta canadenis UMBC
    
15. White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons CENT
    
16. Snow Goose Chen caerulescens HOOK
    
17. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos UMBC
    
18. American Black Duck Anas rubripes UMBC
    
19. Common Pintail Anas acuta HOOK
    
20. Green-winged Teal Anas crecca HOOK
    
21. Blue-winged Teal Anas discors HOOK
    
22. American Wigeon Anas americana HOOK
    
23. Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata HOOK
    
24. Wood Duck Aix sponsa UMBC
    
25. Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris PWRC
    
26. Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis CENT
    
27. Greater Scaup Aythya marila BFRM
    
28. Canvasback Aythya valisineria BFRM
    
29. Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata BFRM
    
30. Black Scoter Melanitta nigra BFRM
    
31. Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula BFRM
    
32. Bufflehead Bucephala albeola CENT
    
33. Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis HOOK
    
34. Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator CCOD
    
35. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura UMBC
    
36. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus BYBR
    
37. Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii PWRC
    
38. Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus HOOK
    
39. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis PWRC
    
40. Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus PWRC
    
41. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus HOOK
    
42. Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus HOOK
    
43. American Kestrel Falco sparverius UMBC
    
44. Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus GRSF
    
45. Common Bobwhite Colinus virginianus PWRC
    
46. Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus MNRD
    
47. Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo PINN
    
48. California Quail Callipepla californica PINN
    
49. American Coot Fulica americana CENT
    
50. Killdeer Charadrius vociferous UMBC
    
51. Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola MLKS
    
52. Black oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani MLKS
    
53. Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus BFRM
    
54. American Avocet Recurvirostra americana BFRM
    
55. Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca PWRC
    
56. Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes PWRC
    
57. Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia UMBC
    
58. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres LTCR
    
59. Common Snipe Capella gallinago PWRC
    
60. Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus HOOK
    
61. Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa DENR
    
62. Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla PWRC
    
63. Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri DENR
    
64. Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos HOOK
    
65. Dunlin Calidris alpina HOOK
    
66. Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus LTCR
    
67. Herring Gull Larus argentatus LTCR
    
68. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis UMBC
    
69. Laughing Gull Larus atricilla LTCR
    
70. Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri LTCR
    
71. Little Tern Sterna albifrons PWRC
    
72. Rock Dove Columba livea UMBC
    
73. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura UMBC
    
74. Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus PWRC
    
75. Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica UMBC
    
76. Calliope Hummingbird Stellula calliope HUCK
    
77. Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris UMBC
    
78. Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon PWRC
    
79. Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus DBLO
    
80. Common Flicker (Yellow Shafted Flicker) Colaptes auratus UMBC
    
81. Common Flicker (Red Shafted Flicker) Colaptes auratus PINN
    
82. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus GRSF
    
83. Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus UMBC
    
84. Red-headed Woodpecker (?) Melanerpes erythrocephalus UMBC
    
85. Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus HOOK
    
86. Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens UMBC
    
87. Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus UMBC
    
88. Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus SHNP
    
89. Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens UMBC
    
90. Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans PINN
    
91. Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe UMBC
    
92. Eastern Pewee Contopus virens UMBC
    
93. Tree Swallow Iridoprocne bicolor UMBC
    
94. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica UMBC
    
95. Purple Martin Progne subis PWRC
    
96. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata UMBC
    
97. Stellar's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri YOSE
    
98. Western Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica PINN
    
99. Yellow-billed Magpie Pica nuttalli PINN
    
100. Northern Raven Corvus corax SHNP
     
101. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos UMBC
     
102. Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus UMBC
     
103. Black-capped Chickadee Parus atricapillus UMBC
     
104. Carolina Chickadee Parus carolinensis UMBC
     
105. Tufted Titmouse Parus bicolor PWRC
     
106. White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinesis PWRC
     
107. Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadenis YOSE
     
108. House Wren Troglodytes aedon UMBC
     
109. Bewick's Wren Thrymanes bewickii HUCK
     
110. Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus UMBC
     
111. Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris GRSF
     
112. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos UMBC
     
113. Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis UMBC
     
114. Brown Thrasher Taxostoma rufum UMBC
     
115. American Robin Turdus migratorius UMBC
     
116. Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina PWRC
     
117. Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus UMBC
     
118. Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus PWRC
     
119. Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis UMBC
     
120. Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana YOSE
     
121. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Palioptila caerulea UMBC
     
122. Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa PWRC
     
123. Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula UMBC
     
124. Cedar Waxwing Bombicilla cedrorum UMBC
     
125. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris UMBC
     
126. White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus UMBC
     
127. Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni HUCK
     
128. Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus UMBC
     
129. Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia PWRC
     
130. Hermit Warbler Dendroica occidentalis YOSE
     
131. Prothonotary Warbler Prothonotaria citrea PWRC
     
132. Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum UMBC
     
133. Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia UMBC
     
134. Yellow-rumped Warbler AKA "Audubon's" Warbler Dendroica coronata YOSE
     
135. Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor UMBC
     
136. Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas UMBC
     
137. Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens UMBC
     
138. American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla UMBC
     
139. House Sparrow Passer domesticus UMBC
     
140. Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta BFRM
     
141. Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus PWRC
     
142. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus UMBC
     
143. Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius UMBC
     
144. Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula UMBC
     
145. Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus UMBC
     
146. Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus quiscula LTCR
     
147. Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula UMBC
     
148. Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater UMBC
     
149. Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea PWRC
     
150. Summer Tanager Piranga rubra PWRC
     
151. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis UMBC
     
152. Blue Grosbeak Guiraca caerulea PWRC
     
153. Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea PWRC
     
154. House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus UMBC
     
155. American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis UMBC
     
156. Rufous-sided Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus UMBC
     
157. California Towhee Pipilo crissalis SIBV
     
158. Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus MNRD
     
159. Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis HOOK
     
160. Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum PWRC
     
161. Northern Junco Junco hyemalis UMBC
     
162. Oregon Junco Junco hyemalis UMBC
     
163. Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla PWRC
     
164. White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys BFRM
     
165. White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis PWRC
     
166. Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana PWRC
     
167. Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia PWRC
     

• BFRM - Bay Farm Island, Alameda, California
• BYBR - Bay Bridge, Annapolis, Maryland
• CCOD - Cape Cod, Massachusetts
• CENT - Centennial State Park, Columbia, Maryland
• DENR - Don Edwards National Refuge, California
• DBLO - Mount Diablo State Park, California
• GRSF - Green Ridge State Forest, Maryland
• HOOK - Bombay Hook Wildlife Reserve, Delaware
• HUCK - Huckleberry Botanical Reserve, Oakland, California
• LTCR - Little Creek, Delaware
• MLKS - Martin Luther King, Jr., Regional Shoreline, Alameda, California.
• MNRD - Mines Road, near Livermore, CA.
• PINN - Pinnacles National Monument, California .
• PWRC - Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, Maryland.
• SHNP - Shenandoah National Park, Virginia .
• SIBV - Sibley Volcanic Reserve, Oakland, California.
• UMBC - University of Maryland Baltimore County campus, Baltimore, Maryland .
• YOSE - Yosemite National Park, California .