Bird Nerd

Thomas got me started on bird watching. At first, I thought he was uber-nerdy, but I get it now. It appeals to the nature-lover in me, but mostly I like the fact that I get to keep a list. So here it is, my bird nerd list.


Source: The Ruby-Crowned Kinglet (pictured above) is my favorite bird by the way. It's little and fat, which of course means it's cute. Also, I saw one the day before I got married; the day I got married; and on my honeymoon. All of which were rare sitings. I like to think they are good luck.


  • American Avocet
  • American Kestrel
  • American Wigeon
  • American Goldfinch
  • Audubon's Warbler
  • Bald Eagle
  • Barn Swallow
  • Barrow's Goldeneye Duck
  • Black-crowned Night Heron
  • Black-necked Stilt
  • Black-capped Chickadee 
  • Black-billed Magpie
  • Blue Heron
  • Blue Jay
  • Bufflehead Duck
  • Belted Kingfisher
  • Brewer's Blackbird 
  • Brown Pelican
  • Brown Creeper
  • California gull
  • Coastal Scrubjay
  • Canada Goose
  • Cedar Waxwing
  • Cinnamon Teal
  • Chipping Sparrow
  • Cliff Swallow
  • Clark's Grebe
  • Common Goldeneye Duck
  • American Coot
  • Double-crested Cormorant
  • Common Merganser 
  • Common Raven
  • Cooper's Hawk
  • Dark-eyed Junco
  • Downy Woodpecker
  • European Starling 
  • Eurasian Collared Dove
  • Franklin's Gull
  • Red-shafted Flicker
  • Gadwall
  • Golden Eagle
  • Great Blue Heron
  • Great-tailed Grackle 
  • Great-horned Owl
  • Horned Lark
  • House Sparrow
  • Hairy Woodpecker
  • Killdeer
  • Lark Sparrow
  • Loggerhead Shrike
  • Long-billed Curlew
  • Lesser Goldfinch
  • Mallard
  • Marsh Wren
  • Meadow Lark
  • Merganser
  • Mountain Bluebird
  • Mountain Chickadee 
  • Mourning Dove
  • Northern Harrier
  • Northern Shoveler
  • Northern Cardinal 
  • Northern Mockingbird
  • Osprey
  • White (American) Pelican
  • Pheasant
  • Pied Billed Grebe
  • Pintail
  • Pine Siskin 
  • Peregrine Falcon
  • Common Raven
  • Red Wing Blackbird
  • Red-tailed Hawk 
  • Redhead Duck
  • Red-breasted Nuthatch
  • Ring-necked Duck
  • Ring-necked Pheasant
  • Robin
  • Rough-legged Hawk
  • Rock Dove
  • Ruby Crowned Kinglet
  • Sandpiper
  • Sandhill Crane 
  • Say's Phoebe
  • Short-eared Owl
  • Snowy Egret
  • Song Sparrow
  • Sora 
  • Stellar's Jay
  • Swan
  • Tern
  • Tree Swallow
  • Turkey Vulture 
  • Violet Green Swallow
  • Western Gull
  • Western Screech Owl
  • Whitefaced Ibis
  • White-crowned Sparrow
  • Willet
  • White-throated Swift
  • Wilson's Phalerope 
  • Wilson's Warbler
  • Western Grebe
  • Western Tanager 
  • Western Kingbird
  • Yellow Headed Blackbird