A list of what I saw during my five days in California. I went birding three times and this list only includes the birds I saw on those three trips. Lifers are in red.
- Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve (SR) in Murrieta (2/15)
- North Etiwanda Preserve (NE) in Rancho Cucamonga (2/18)
- Crystal Cove State Park (CC) in Orange County (2/19)
- Acorn Woodpecker (SR)
- Allen’s Hummingbird (CC)
- American Crow (SR)
- American Kestrel (SR)
- Anna’s Hummingbird (SR, NE, CC)
- Band-tailed Pigeon (SR)
- Bell’s Sparrow (NE)
- Black-bellied Plover (CC)
- Black Phoebe (CC)
- Black Turnstone (CC)
- Brown Pelican (CC)
- Bushtit (NE, CC)
- California Gnatcatcher (CC)
- California Thrasher (NE)
- California Towhee (NE)
- Common Raven (SR, NE, CC)
- Double-crested Cormorant (CC)
- Golden Eagle (SR)
- Heermann’s Gull (CC)
- House Finch (SR, NE)
- Lawrence’s Goldfinch (SR)
- Lesser Goldfinch (NE)
- Mourning Dove (NE)
- Northern Flicker (SR)
- Northern Mockingbird (NE)
- Nuttall’s Woodpecker (SR)
- Oak Titmouse (SR)
- Red-tailed Hawk (NE)
- Rock Wren (NE)
- Royal Tern (CC)
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet (SR)
- Sanderling (CC)
- Semipalmated Plover (CC)
- Snowy Plover (CC)
- Song Sparrow (CC)
- Spotted Towhee (SR, NE)
- Turkey Vulture (SR)
- Western Bluebird (NE)
- Western Gull (CC)
- Western Scrub-Jay (SR)
- Whimbrel (CC)
- White-crowned Sparrow (SR, NE, CC)
- Willet (CC)
- Wrentit (SR)
- Yellow-rumped Warbler (SR, NE)
Not a long list, but I wasn’t going for numbers. I was deliberately targeting specific species and accomplished what I set out to do.