List of Species in Taxonomic Order

Click on the thumbnail for a photo by Rohan Kamath (MS-Computer Science)

Grebes
 

Pied-billed Grebe

Horned Grebe


Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorant

 Night-Herons
Black-crowned Night-Heron

 Herons / Egrets
Great Blue Heron

Snowy Egret
Great Egret
Green Heron

 Vultures
Vulture, Turkey
California Condor (historical)

 Geese / Ducks
Green-winged Teal
Gadwall Canvasback
American Wigeon 
Ring-necked Duck
Mallard Lesser Scaup
Cinnamon Teal
Bufflehead
Northern Shoveler
Ruddy Duck
Northern Pintail  

  Birds of Prey
Kite, White-tailed Red-tailed Hawk
Harrier, Northern Golden Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk Kestrel, American
Cooper's Hawk Merlin
Red-shouldered Hawk Falcon, Peregrine
  Prairie Falcon

Pheasants
Pheasant, Ring-necked

 New World Quail
California Quail

 Marsh Birds / Shorebirds
American Coot Lesser Yellowlegs
American Avocet Spotted Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs Killdeer

 Gulls / Terns
Ring-billed Herring Gull
California Gull
Forster's Tern

 Pigeons / Doves
Rock Dove Mourning Dove
Band-tailed Pigeon

 Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (historical)

 Owls
Barn Owl
Great Horned Owl
Western Screech-Owl Burrowing Owl

 Swifts
Vaux's Swift White-throated Swift

Hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird 

Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher

Woodpeckers
Acorn Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker
Red-breasted Sapsucker Hairy Woodpecker
Nuttall's Woodpecker Northern Flicker

Flycatchers
Pacific-slope Flycatcher Ash-throated Flycatcher
Black Phoebe Western Kingbird
Say's Phoebe

Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike

Vireos
Hutton's Vireo Warbling Vireo

Jays / Crows / Ravens
Steller's Jay American Crow
Western Scrub-Jay Common Raven

Larks
Horned Lark

Swallows
Purple Martin (historical) No. Rough-winged Swallow 
Tree Swallow Barn Swallow
Violet-green Cliff Swallow

Chickadees / Titmice
Chestnut-backed Chickadee Oak Titmouse

Bushtits
Bushtit

Nuthatches
White-breasted Nuthatch Red-breasted Nuthatch

Creepers
Brown Creeper

Wrens
Bewick's Wren
House Wren

Kinglets
Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Thrushes
Western Bluebird
American Robin
Varied Thrush

Babblers
Wrentit

Mockingbirds / Thrashers
Northern Mockingbird California Thrasher

Starlings
European Starling
Pipits

American Pipit

Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing

Wood-Warblers
Orange-crowned Warbler Townsend's Warbler
Yellow Warbler Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-rumped Warbler Wilson's Warbler

Tanager

Towhees
Spotted Towhee California Towhee

Sparrows
Savannah Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow

Juncos
Dark-eyed Junco

Cardinals
Black-headed Grosbeak

Bunting
Lazuli Bunting

Blackbirds
Red-winged Blackbird Blackbird, Brewer's
Meadowlark, Western Brown-headed Cowbird

Orioles
Hooded Oriole Bullock's Oriole

Finches
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
House Finch Lesser Goldfinch
Pine Siskin  

Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow