These are the 119 birds seen in or from my yard in Livermore, California, as of 28 May 2004 since 1960. My yard is in a residential area on Colgate Way near Lincoln Ave, with the backyard bordering on open fields and woodland. The most unusual birds are Harris' Hawk (escaped?), Calliope Hummingbird, Townsend's Solitaire, and Indigo Bunting.
The sequence and names of birds follow the 7th edition of the A.O.U. Check-List of North American Birds, and supplements.
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
California Quail (Callipepla californica)
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus)
Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
Harris' Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) (escape?)
Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis)
Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus)
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Prairie Falcon (Falco mexicanus)
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
California Gull (Larus californicus)
American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus)
Thayer's Gull (Larus thayeri)
Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia)
Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri)
Rock Pigeon (Patagioenas livia)
Band-tailed Pigeon (Columba fasciata)
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
Vaux's Swift (Chaetura vauxi)
White-throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatalis)
Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Calliope Hummingbird (Stellula calliope)
Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus
sasin)
Lewis' Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis)
Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber)
Nuttall's Woodpecker (Picoides nuttallii)
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)
Western Wood-Pewee (Contopus sordidulus)
Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii)
Pacific-slope Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis)
Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya)
Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens)
Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
Cassin's Vireo (Vireo cassinii)
Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni)
Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus)
Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
Western Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica)
Yellow-billed Magpie (Pica nuttalli)
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
Common Raven (Corvus corax)
Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)
Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens)
Oak Titmouse (Baeolophus inornatus)
Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)
Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi)
Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
California Thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum)
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata)
Nashville Warbler (Vermivora ruficapilla)
Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata)
Black-throated Gray Warbler (Dendroica nigrescens)
Townsend's Warbler (Dendroica townsendi)
MacGillivray's Warbler (Oporornis tolmiei)
Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla)
Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)
Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus)
California Towhee (Pipilo crissalis)
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus)
Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus)
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus)
Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii)
Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus)
House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)
Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus)
Lesser Goldfinch (Carduelis psaltria)
Lawrence's Goldfinch (Carduelis lawrencei)
American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)