I am a new birder, so my yard list starts only on 2 January 1999. I live in flat middle Berkeley, about a block from Strawberry Creek Park. (6 April 1999)
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) - high above
gulls (Larus sp.) - overhead
Rock Dove (Columba livia)
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
Western Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica)
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata)
Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla) - pair gathering dandelion
fluff and cobwebs on 2 April 1999
California Towhee (Pipilo crissalis)
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
My office yard list (on 6th Street in west Berkeley, with eucalyptus trees in the parking lot) begins on 21 December 1998.
gulls (Larus sp.) - overhead
Rock Dove (Columba livia)
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)
Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata)