I have lived on The Crescent in Berkeley since April 1991. My yard extends down to Wildcat Canyon Rd just above Lake Anza, so I've recorded a number of waterbirds on their way to or from the lake..
Perhaps the most surprising bird on my yard list is a Canyon Wren that worked the perimeter of my house on 8 September 1997. I chanced to see this bird just outside my basement window, and then tracked it along two sides of my house before it disappeared, never again to be seen. About a year ago, a friend gave me a little booklet describing the birds of the Berkeley Hills, prepared in the 1940s or 1950s by (among others) Alden Miller and/or Joseph Grinnell, as I recall. Unfortunately, I cannot now lay my hands on that booklet. It listed Canyon Wren as occurring in the hills then. I can only wonder where.
Dave Quady, 29 December 2002
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) - 19 Dec 1994
Double-crested
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) - 31 Jan 1992
Great Blue
Heron (Ardea herodias) - 10 May 1997
Great Egret (Ardea
albus) - 8 Jul 1994
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) -
31 Jan 1992
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) - 31 Aug 1993
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) - 21 May 1991
Green-winged
Teal (Anas crecca) - 7 Jan 1996
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya
collaris) - 19 Dec 1994
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
- 19 Dec 1994
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) - 19 Dec 1994
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) - 7 Jan 1996
Cooper's
Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) - 31 May 1993
Red-shouldered Hawk
(Buteo lineatus) - 31 Aug 1992
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
- 31 Dec 1991
Merlin (Falco columbarius) - 24 Oct 1998
California Quail (Callipepla californica) - 30 Sep 1991
American
Coot (Fulica americana) - 26 Dec 1993
Band-tailed Pigeon
(Columba fasciata) - 9 Feb 1992
Mourning Dove (Zenaida
macroura) - 8 Dec 1991
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
- 29 Dec 1991
Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) - 21 May 1991
Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) - 30 Apr 1992
Allen's
Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) - 23 Jun 1991
Belted Kingfisher
(Ceryle alcyon) - 16 Aug 1992
Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapidus
ruber) - 31 Oct 1991
Nuttall's Woodpecker (Picoides nuttallii)
- 14 Aug 1994
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) - 25 Dec
1991
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) - 25 Dec 1991
Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) - 21 May 1991
Western
Wood-Pewee (Contopus sordidulus) - 21 May 1991
Pacific-slope
Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis) - 21 May 1991
Black Phoebe
(Sayornis nigricans) - 21 May 1991
Ash-throated Flycatcher
(Myiarchus cinerascens) - 31 May 2000
Cassin's Vireo (Vireo
solitarius) - 31 May 1998
Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni)
- 3 May 1997
Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) - 16 May 2002
Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) - 21 May 1991
Western
Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica) - 21 May 1991
American
Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) - 3 Nov 1996
Common Raven
(Corvus corax) - 21 May 1991
Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta
thalassina) - 30 May 1994
Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile
rufescens) - 8 Dec 1991
Oak Titmouse (Baeolophus inornatus)
- 7 Aug 2000
Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus) - 21 May 1991
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) - 25 Jun 1991
White-breasted
Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) - 25 Jul 1994
Brown Creeper
(Certhia americana) - 13 May 1994
Canyon Wren (Catherpes
mexicanus) - 8 Sep 1997
Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)
- 25 Jun 1991
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) - 7 Aug 1994
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) - 28 Oct 1991
Swainson's
Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) - 31 May 1998
Hermit Thrush
(Catharus guttatus) - 8 Dec 1991
American Robin (Turdus
migratorius) - 15 May 1995
Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)
- 28 Nov 1999
Wrentit (Chamaea fasciata) - 21 May 1991
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) - 3 Jun 1995
European
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) - 30 Apr 1993
Cedar Waxwing
(Bombycilla cedrorum) - 19 Apr 1992
Orange-crowned Warbler
(Vermivora celata) - 21 May 1991
Yellow Warbler (Dendroica
petechia) - 14 May 1995
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata)
- 16 Dec 1995
Townsend's Warbler (Dendroica townsendi) - 19
Oct 1996
Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) - 21 May 1991
Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) - 21 May 1991
California
Towhee (Pipilo crissalis) - 21 May 1991
Fox Sparrow (Passerella
iliaca) - 8 Dec 1991
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
- 10 Apr 1998
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
- 7 Apr 1993
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
- 27 Mar 1996
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
- 13 Oct 1991
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) - 31 Dec 1991
Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus) - 25 Apr 1992
Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena) - 18 Jun 1999
Red-winged
Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) - 23 Jun 1991
Brown-headed
Cowbird (Molothrus ater) - 13 May 1994
Purple Finch (Carpodacus
purpureus) - 18 Jun 1994
House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)
- 21 May 1991
Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus) - 31 Jan 1992
Lesser Goldfinch (Carduelis psaltria) - 22 Apr 1992
American
Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) - 25 Dec 1991