2025 BIRDING WRAPPED
2025’s New Bird List:
Black oystercatcher
Common merganser
California gull
Short billed gull
Dunlin
Sanderling
Brant
Black bellied plover
Harlequin duck
California quail
Black noddy
Saffron finch
Common myna
Black-crowned night heron
Zebra dove
Spotted dove
Yellow-billed cardinal
Yellow-fronted canary
Nēnē
Common waxbill
Swainson’s hawk
Yellow-headed blackbird
White-faced ibis
Ferruginous hawk
White-headed woodpecker
Eastern kingbird
Red crossbill
Hairy woodpecker
Red-breasted sapsucker
Greater yellowlegs
Surf scoter
Pied-billed grebe
Ruffed grouse
Barred owl
Hooded merganser
Double-crested cormorant
Ring-necked duck
Wood duck
Mute swan
New shrike sightings: None
Location where i saw the most birds: I worked at a raptor center. Did not add the Work Birds that i saw there to my life list as it felt like cheating.
The “bird that got away”: Varied thrush (this bitch.)
New top tier bird: Aplomado falcon
Prettiest bird: Wood duck
Biggest surprise: Red crossbill
Bird of the year: Ferruginous hawk
















