Check out my brilliant bird list! (Well, all right; it’s not terribly brilliant, quite yet. Bear in mind that I’ve seen more birds than this — lots more. This list’s for verified sightings only, and was begun in the summer of 2012.)
American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
American robin (Turdus migratorius)
Anna’s hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)
California gull (Larus californicus)
Canada goose (Branta canadensis)
Common rock dove (Columba livia)
Cooper’s hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
Double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Glaucous-winged gull (Larus glaucescens)
Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
Great blue heron (Ardea herodias)
Herring gull (Larus smithsonianus)
House finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)
House sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) – both red & yellow varieties
Pacific loon (Gavia pacifica)
Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Song sparrow (Melospiza melodia)