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Latest update on 8 Feb 2025 (Version 2.0) Most photos below were taken on Birding tripswith the Delta Naturalist Casual Birding group. Birds are only checked off if I have taken a decent photo of them. Current status: ??? birds checked off. There are ???? bird pictures below. See all my other Bird photos too! 
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** Region: Even though I'm using the Nature Vancouver bird list, I have been taking these pictures a little further afield than that. I include the whole Fraser Valley, down a bit into NW Washington State, Gulf Islands, Vancouver Island and even the odd trip into the mountains and the southern interior of BC. Sorry!
| Species | When are they here? | My images |
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| Swans and Geese | ||
| Snow Goose | Common Oct-Apr otherwise Casual |
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| Greater White Fronted Goose | Fairly Common in Apr, Uncommon Oct-Mar otherwise Casual |
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| Brant | Common Mar-Apr, Fairly common Nov-Feb otherwise Uncommon or Rare |
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| Cackling Goose | Uncommon Sep-Apr | |
| Canada Goose | Common all year | |
| Mute Swan Introduced | Uncommon all year | |
| Trumpeter Swan | Common Nov-Mar otherwise Rare or Casual |
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| Tundra Swan | Common Nov-Mar | |
| Ducks | ||
| Wood Duck | Common all year | |
| Blue-winged Teal | Fairly common May-Aug | |
| Cinnamon Teal | Fairly common Apr-Aug otherwise Rare |
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| Northern Shoveler | Common Mar-Apr and Sep-Nov, Fairly common Dec-Feb otherwise Uncommon |
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| Gadwall | Common Apr-Oct, Fairly common Nov-Mar | |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Fairly common Oct-Ap otherwise Rare or Casual |
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| American Wigeon | Common Oct-May, Fairly common Aug-Sep otherwise Uncommon or Rare |
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| Mallard | Common all year | |
| Northern Pintail | Common Aug-May otherwise Uncommon |
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| Green-winged Teal | Common Sep-Apr otherwise Uncommon |
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| Canvasback | Fairly common Oct-Apr otherwise Rare |
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| Redhead | Rare all year | |
| Ring-necked Duck | Uncommon Oct-May otherwise Rare |
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| Greater Scaup | Common Oct-Apr otherwise Uncommon |
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| Lesser Scaup | Common Oct-Apr otherwise Uncommon |
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| Harlequin Duck | Fairly common Oct-Apr otherwise Uncommon |
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| Surf Scoter | Common Oct-May otherwise Fairly common |
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| White-winged Scoter | Common Oct-May otherwise Fairly common |
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| Black Scoter | Fairly common Oct-Apr otherwise Rare |
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| Long-tailed Duck | Fairly common Oct-May otherwise Rare |
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| Bufflehead | Common Oct-May otherwise Rare |
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| Common Goldeneye | Common Nov-Apr otherwise Uncommon or Rare |
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| Barrow's Goldeneye | Common Oct-Apr otherwise Uncommon or Rare |
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| Hooded Merganser | Fairly common Sep-Apr otherwise Uncommon |
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| Common Merganser | Common Oct-Mar otherwise Fairly common |
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| Red-breasted Merganser | Common or Fairly common Sep-May otherwise Casual |
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| Ruddy Duck | Fairly common Oct-Apr otherwise Rare |
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| Pheasant and Grouse | ||
| Ring-necked Pheasant Introduced | Fairly common all year | |
| Ruffed Grouse | Rare all year | |
| Sooty Grouse | Fairly common all year | |
| Loon, Grebe, Cormorant, Heron | ||
| Red-throated Loon | Fairly common Nov-Mar otherwise Uncommon or Rare |
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| Pacific Loon | Common or Fairly common Apr-May and Oct-Nov otherwise Uncommon or Rare |
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| Common Loon | Common Sep-May otherwise Fairly common or Uncommon |
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| Yellow-billed Loon | Rare Oct-Apr | |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Fairly common all year | |
| Horned Grebe | Common Sep-May otherwise Rare |
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| Red-necked Grebe | Common Aug-Sep, Fairly common Oct-Apr otherwise Rare |
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| Eared Grebe | Rare Sep-Apr otherwise Casual |
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| Western Grebe | Common Sep-May otherwise Fairly common |
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| Clark's Grebe | Rare Oct-Apr | |
| Brandt's Cormorant | Uncommon Sep-May otherwise Casual |
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| Double-crested Cormorant | Common Aug-May otherwise Fairly common |
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| Pelagic Cormorant | Fairly common all year | |
| American White Pelican | Rare, Casual, Accidental | |
| Brown Pelican | Rare Jul-Oct | |
| American Bittern | Uncommon all year | |
| Great Blue Heron | Common all year | |
| Great Egret | Rare May and Aug-Oct otherwise Casual |
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| Cattle Egret | Rare Nov-Dec otherwise Casual or Accidental |
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| Green Heron | Uncommon Aug-Sep otherwise Rare or Casual |
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| Black-crowned Night Heron | Rare Aug-Apr otherwise Casual |
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| Pigeon, Dove | ||
| Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Introduced | Common all year | |
| Band-tailed Pigeon | Fairly commony Apr-Oct otherwise Uncommon |
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| Eurasian Collared Dove Introduced | Fairly common all year | |
| Mourning Dove | Uncommon all year | |
| Vulture, Eagle, Hawk | ||
| Turkey Vulture | Uncommon Apr-Oct otherwise Rare or Casual |
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| Osprey | Uncommon Apr-Sep otherwise Rare or Casual |
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| Golden Eagle | Rare all year | |
| Northern Harrier (Marsh Hawk) | Common Oct-Apr otherwise Fairly common or Uncommon |
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| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Uncommon Sep-Apr otherwise Rare or Casual |
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| Cooper's Hawk | Uncommon all year | |
| Northern Goshawk | Rare Oct-Mar otherwise Casual |
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| Bald Eagle | Common Nov-Apr otherwise Fairly common or Uncommon |
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| Red-tailed Hawk | Common Oct-Apr otherwise Fairly common |
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| Rough-legged Hawk | Uncommon Oct-Apr otherwise Casual or Accidental |
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| Shorebirds | ||
| Virginia Rail | Fairly common all year | |
| Sora | Uncommon Apr-Sep otherwise Rare or Casual |
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| American Coot | Common Oct-Apr otherwise Fairly common or Uncommon |
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| Sandhill Crane | Fairly common Sep-Oct otherwise Uncommon |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Common Aug-May otherwise Uncommon |
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| American Golden Plover | Uncommon Apr-May or Aug-Sep otherwise Casual |
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| Pacific Golden Plover | Rare Apr-May and Sep-Oct otherwise Casual |
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| Semipalmated Plover | Fairly common May and Aug otherwise Rare or Casual |
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| Killdeer | Common Mar-Oct otherwise Fairly common |
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| Black Oystercatcher | Uncommon all year | |
| American Avocet | Rare all year | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Fairly common May-Sep otherwise Rare |
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| Solitary Sandpiper | Rare May and Jul-Sep | |
| Wandering Tattler | Rare Aug-Sep | |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Common Apr-May and Jul-Oct otherwise Uncommon or Rare |
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| Willet | Rare Aug-Apr otherwise Casual |
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| Lesser Yellowlegs | Common Aug-Sep otherwise Uncommon, Rare or Casual |
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| Whimbrel | Fairly common Apr-May, Uncommon Jul-Aug otherwise Rare or Casual |
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| Long-billed Curlew | Rare Apr-May and Aug-Sep otherwise Casual |
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| Hudsonian Godwit | Rare Sep otherwise Casual |
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| Bar-tailed Godwit | Rare Sep otherwise Casual or Accidental |
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| Marbled Godwit | Uncommon May otherwise Rare or Casual |
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| Ruddy Turnstone | Rare May and Aug-Sep otherwise Casual |
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| Black Turnstone | Fairly common Aug-Apr | |
| Surfbird | Fairly common Aug-Apr | |
| Red Knot | Uncommon May and Aug-Sep otherwise Rare or Casual |
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| Sanderling | Common Sep-Apr,Fairly common Aug & May, otherwise Uncommon, Rare or Casual | |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Fairly common Jul-Sep, Rare May | |
| Western Sandpiper | Common Apr-May and Jul-Oct otherwise Uncommon or Rare |
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| Least Sandpiper | Common Apr-May and Jul-Sep otherwise Uncommon or Rare |
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| Baird's Sandpiper | Fairly common Aug, Rare May & Jul & Sep-Oct | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Common Sep-Oct, Fairly common Aug otherwise Uncommon or Rare |
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| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Uncommon Oct, Rare Sep and Nov | |
| Rock Sandpiper | Rare Oct-Apr | |
| Dunlin | Common Oct-May, Rare Jun-Sep | |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Uncommon Aug-Sep otherwise Rare or Casual |
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| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Rare Aug-Sep | |
| Ruff Escaped | Rare Aug-Oct | |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Common Apr-May, Uncommon or Rare Jun-Oct | |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Common Aug-Oct, Fairly common Nov and Apr-May otherwise Uncommon or Rare |
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| Wilson's Snipe | Fairly common Oct-Mar otherwise Uncommon |
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| Wilson's Phalarope | Uncommon or Rare May-Sep | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Uncommon or Rare Jul-Oct | |
| Gulls, Terns, Murres | ||
| Sabine's Gull | Rare or Accidental May-Jun or Sep-Oct | |
| Bonapart's Gull | Common Apr-May and Aug-Nov otherwise Uncommon or Rare |
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| Franklin's Gull | Rare Aug-Oct otherwise Casual |
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| Heermann's Gull | Rare Aug-Oct otherwise Casual or Accidental |
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| Mew Gull | Common Sep-May otherwise Uncommon |
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| Ring-billed Gull | Common May-Oct otherwise Fairly common |
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| Western Gull | Rare Oct-Apr otherwise Casual |
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| California Gull | Common Apr-Oct otherwise Uncommon |
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| Herring Gull | Uncommon Sep-Mar otherwise Rare or Casual |
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| Thayer's Gull | Common Oct-Apr otherwise Casual |
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| Glaucous-winged Gull | Common all year | |
| Glaucous Gull | Rare Nov-Mar | |
| Caspian Tern | Common or Fairly common May-Sep | |
| Common Tern | Fairly common May and Aug-Sep | |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Rare Sep-Oct otherwise Accidental |
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| Parasitic Jaeger | Uncommon Aug-Sep otherwise Accidental |
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| Common Murre | Fairly common Sep-May otherwise Uncommon |
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| Pigeon Guillemot | Fairly common Mar-Oct otherwise Uncommon |
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| Marbled Murrelet | Uncommon all year | |
| Ancient Murrelet | Uncommon Oct-Nov otherwise Rare |
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| Rhinoceros Auklet | Fairly common Jun-Sep otherwise Rare or Casual |
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| Owls | ||
| Barn Owl | Uncommon all year | |
| Western Screech Owl | Rare all year | |
| Great Horned Owl | Uncommon all year | |
| Snowy Owl | Uncommon Nov-Mar | |
| Northern Pigmy Owl | Rare all year | |
| Barred Owl | Uncommon all year | |
| Long-eared Owl | Rare all year | |
| Short-eared Owl | Fairly common Oct-Apr otherwise Rare |
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| Northern Saw-whet Owl | Uncommon Sep-Mar otherwise Rare |
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| Swifts and Hummers | ||
| Common Nighthawk | Uncommon Jun-Aug, Rare May and Sep | |
| Black Swift | Fairly common Jun-Aug, Rare May and Sep | |
| Vaux's Swift | Fairly common May-Sep | |
| Anna's Hummingbird | Uncommon all year | |
| Rufous Hummingbird | Common Apr-May, Fairly common Jun-Aug, Rare Mar and Sep | |
| Calliope Hummingbird | Rare May otherwise Casual |
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| Kingfisher and Woodpeckers | ||
| Belted Kingfisher | Uncommon all year | |
| Lewis' Woodpecker | Rare May and Sep-Oct | |
| Red-naped Sapsucker | Rare Apr-May | |
| Red-breasted Sapsucker | Uncommon all year | |
| Downy Woodpecker | Fairly common all year | |
| Hairy Woodpecker | Uncommon all year | |
| Northern Flicker | Fairly common all year | |
| Pileated Woodpecker | Uncommon all year | |
| Falcons | ||
| American Kestrel | Uncommon Apr and Sep-Oct otherwise Rare |
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| Merlin | Uncommon Aug-Apr otherwise Rare |
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| Gyrfalcon | Rare Nov-Mar | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Uncommon Aug-May otherwise Rare |
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| Flycatcher, Kingbird, Vireo | ||
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | Uncommon Jun-Aug otherwise Rare or Casual |
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| Western Wood-Peewee | Fairly common May and Aug, Uncommon Jun-Jul | |
| Willow Flycatcher | Fairly common Jun-Aug | |
| Least Flycatcher | Rare Jun | |
| Hammond's Flycatcher | Fairly common May-Aug, Rare Apr and Sep | |
| Dusky Flycatcher | Rare May | |
| Pacific-slope Flycatcher | Fairly common May-Aug, Uncommon or Rare Apr and Sep | |
| Say's Phoebe | Rare Apr and Aug | |
| Ash-throated Flycatcher | Rare Sep otherwise Casual or Accidental |
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| Western Kingbird | Rare May-Aug | |
| Eastern Kingbird | Uncommon May-Sep | |
| Northern Shrike | Uncommon Oct-Mar | |
| Cassin's Vireo | Uncommon May-Aug | |
| Hutton's Vireo | Uncommon all year | |
| Warbling Vireo | Fairly common May-Aug | |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Fairly common Jun-Aug | |
| Jays and Crows | ||
| Gray Jay (Whiskey Jack) | Uncommon all year | |
| Steller's Jay | Fairly common all year | |
| Blue Jay | Rare Oct-Apr | |
| Northwestern Crow | Common all year | |
| Common Raven | Uncommon all year | |
| Larks and Swallows | ||
| Horned Lark | Rare Mar-Apr or Sep-Oct | |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Fairly common Apr-Aug | |
| Purple Martin | Uncommon May-Aug | |
| Tree Swallow | Common Mar-Aug | |
| Violet-green Swallow | Common Apr-Jul, Fairly common or Uncommon Mar and Aug | |
| Bank Swallow | Fairly common Aug-Sep otherwise Rare or Casual |
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| Barn Swallow | Common May-Sep, Rare Apr and Oct-Nov | |
| Cliff Swallow | Common May-Jul, Fairly common Apr and Aug-Sep | |
| Little guys | ||
| Black-capped Chickadee | Common all year | |
| Mountain Chickadee | Rare Oct-Apr | |
| Chestnut-backed Chickadee | Common all year | |
| Bushtit | Common all year | |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | Uncommon all year | |
| Brown Creeper | Uncommon all year | |
| House Wren | Rare May-Sep | |
| Pacific Wren (Winter Wren) | Common all year | |
| Marsh Wren | Fairly common all year | |
| Bewick's Wren | Uncommon all year | |
| American Dipper | Rare all year | |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Common all year | |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Fairly common Apr and Sep-Oct otherwise Uncommon or Rare |
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| Thrush and Similar | ||
| Mountain Bluebird | Uncommon Apr, Rare Oct otherwise Casual |
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| Townsend's Solitaire | Uncommon Apr, Rare Sep-May otherwise Casual |
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| Swainson's Thrush | Common Jun-Aug otherwise Uncommon, Rare or Casual |
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| Hermit Thrush | Common Jun-Sep, Fairly common May & Oct otherwise Rare |
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| American Robin | Common all year | |
| Varied Thrush | Common Mar-Oct, Fairly common Nov-Feb | |
| Gray Catbird | Uncommon or Rare May-Sep | |
| Northern Mockingbird | Rare all year | |
| European Starling Introduced | Common all year | |
| American Pipit | Common Apr-May and Sep-Oct otherwise Uncommon or Rare |
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| Bohemian Waxwing | Rare Nov-Apr otherwise Casual |
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| Cedar Waxwing | Common Jun-Nov, Uncommon Dec-Jan otherwise Rare |
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| Lapland Longspur | Uncommon Sep-Oct, Rare Nov-Apr | |
| Snow Bunting | Uncommon Nov-Mar otherwise Rare or Casual |
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| Northern Waterthrush | Rare Sep, Casual May, Aug and Dec | |
| Warblers and Sparrows | ||
| Orange-crowned Warbler | Common Apr-Sep otherwise Rare |
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| Nashville Warbler | Rare Apr-May or Aug-Sep | |
| MacGillivray's Warbler | Fairly common May-Aug | |
| Common Yellowthroat | Common May-Sep, Casual Nov-Mar | |
| American Redstart | Rare May-Sep | |
| Yellow Warbler | Fairly common May-Sep, Rare Apr and Oct | |
| Palm Warbler | Rare Oct-Nov | |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Common Apr-May and Sep-Oct otherwise Uncommon |
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| Black-throated Gray Warbler | Fairly common May-Sep | |
| Townsend's Warbler | Common May-Sep otherwise Rare or Casual |
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| Wilson's Warbler | Common or Faily common May-Sep otherwise Rare or Casual |
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| Spotted Towhee | Common all year | |
| American Tree Sparrow | Rare Nov-Apr | |
| Chipping Sparrow | Rare May and Sep | |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | Casual or Accidental all year except Mar-May and Nov | |
| Vesper Sparrow | Rare Apr-May or Sep-Oct | |
| Savannah Sparrow | Common Apr-Oct otherwise Uncommon or Rare |
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| Fox Sparrow | Common Oct-Apr otherwise Uncommon |
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| Song Sparrow | Common all year | |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | Common Sep, Fairly common Apr-May, Uncommon Oct-Mar otherwise Casual |
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| White-throated Sparrow | Rare Oct-Apr | |
| Harris' Sparrow | Rare Oct-May | |
| Swamp Sparrow | Rare Oct-Apr | |
| White-crowned Sparrow | Common all year | |
| Golden-crowned Sparrow | Common Oct-May otherwise Rare |
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| House Sparrow Introduced | Common all year | |
| Dark-eyed Junco | Common all year | |
| Finch, Tanager, Oriole, Blackbird | ||
| Western Tanager | Mainly May-Sep | |
| Black-headed Grosbeak | Fairly common May-Aug otherwise Rare or Casual |
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| Lazuli Bunting | Uncommon Jun-Aug | |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Common all year | |
| Western Meadowlark | Uncommon Oct-Apr otherwise Rare |
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| Yellow-headed Blackbird | Uncommon Apr-Sep otherwise Rare |
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| Rusty Blackbird | Rare Oct-Nov otherwise Casual |
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| Brewer's Blackbird | Common all year | |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Common Apr-Sep otherwise Uncommon |
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| Bullock's Oriole | Uncommon May-Aug, Rare Sep | |
| Gray-crowned Rosy Finch | Rare Oct-Mar otherwise Casual |
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| Pine Grosbeak | Rare Nov-Mar | |
| Purple Finch | Fairly common all year | |
| House Finch | Common all year | |
| Red Crossbill | Fairly common all year | |
| White-winged Crossbill | Rare all year | |
| Common Redpoll | Rare Oct-Apr | |
| Pine Siskin | Common all year | |
| American Goldfinch | Common May-Oct otherwise Fairly common |
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| Evening Grosbeak | Fairly common all year | |
| Casuals, Accidentals, Extirpated, Undocumented | ||
| California Quail | Unknown | |
| Summer Tanager | Accidental | |
| Indian PeaFowl Introduced | Common | |
| Mandarin Duck Escaped | Unknown | |
| Eurasian (Common) Teal | Uncommon, out of range | |
| Out of Range | ||
| Northern Hawk Owl | Uncommon, out of range | |
| Cape May Warbler | Uncommon, out of range | |
| California Scrub-jay | Uncommon, out of range | |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | Uncommon, out of range | |
| Burrowing Owl | Uncommon, out of range | |
| Western Bluebird | Common, out of range | |
| Pygmy Nuthatch | Common, out of range | |
| Clark's Nutcracker | Common, out of range | |
| Snowy Egret | Common, taken elsewhere | |
| American Oystercatcher | Common, taken elsewhere | |
| Laughing Gull | Common, taken elsewhere | |
| ???? | ???? | |
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