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Results from Friday's Firstbird

Sorry about how late we're getting these results posted, but better late then never. Another big week for participation with 184 responses from all over the country. Once again, hummingbirds (mostly Anna's) were the top species, along with Black Phoebe, Crow, Mockingbird, Scrub Jay, and many others. More than 50 species in this list. It's a great one -- check it out. (photo of Black Phoebe by Peter LaTourrette)

a little brownish bird with a very light yellow color mixed in. I live in sacramento california, but i'm not sure what kind of bird it was though. Was very dainty and had a tinkling/whistling sort of birdsong. Drove my cats nuts too! But I love seeing them every morning.

Acorn Woodpecker on the tube feeder, Aptos 

Aleutian Cackling Goose, Arcata, CA,

American Crow, Woodland, CA,

American Crows, San Ramon, CA, A noisy pair !!

American goldfinch, on my nyjer thistle sock feeder,

American Goldfinch - Rocklin, California 

American Goldfinches feasting on niger seeds. 

american robin, Mckinleyville CA,

American Robin, Novato, CA, Wish that i'd seen the 14 turkeys first

American robin. Very pleasant sight and sound. 

Anna's Hummer, Newcastle, CA feeder,

Anna's Hummer, At my feeder., They arrive when it's still dark.

Anna's Hummer & Lesser Goldfinches, BY Feeders, Costa Mesa, CA,

Anna's Humminbird, Speedy, At my feeder, outside the kitchen window, The Hummer with the deformed beak!

Anna's humming birds. Second Common Crow. Third Black Phoebe. 

Anna's Hummingbird, Fawnskin ,CA on deck by other feeders, Early for mts. with snow.Spring here?

Anna's Hummingbird, on one of our porch feeders, they are hungry in the morning

Anna's Hummingbird sipping some breakfast at our feeder! 

Band-tailed Pigeon, North Hollywood,

Barn Owl, Petaluma, Ca 

BLACK PHOEBE, BACKYARD, A PAIR

black phoebe, Sacramento, CA,

Black Phoebe, Barstow, CA,

Black Phoebe, Highland Park, CA!, At a Chevron Station....

Black Phoebe diving for bugs in the backyard in CA... 

Black Phoebe, Barstow, CA 

Bluebird, Yorba Linda Regional Park, breathtaking!

Blue-grey Tanager, La Ceiba Honduras 

Brewers Blackbird, On my balcony in Pacific Grove, They were at my feeder

Brewer's blackbird, East Sierra Near X of hwys 120 & 6, I'll see ravens in the afternoon.

brown capped chickadee, puget sound, he wants food

brown capped chickadee, puget sound, he wants food

brown towhee, my front yard, Leona Valley, CA, also Brewer Blackbirds, Doves, Robins, l

Burrowing owl 

bushtit! at the water fountain. 

Cali Towhee, Mill Valley 

Calif Scrub Jay, Northern Calif, inland Mendo County, Calif Towhee, Housefinch,

California Gull, Richmond Marina Bay, Patrolling grass for worms

California quail, Yountville CA, On the phone lines

California Quail, San Diego California, At the edge of Torrey Pines Reserve

California towhee, my yard, Northridge, CA

California Towhee 

California Towhee in my Yorba Linda So. Cal backyard. 

Cardinal, A beautiful red male at the feeder. 

Cardinal, In Louisiana. 

Cedar Waxwings, backyard - Tarzana, CA, large flock mixed in with Robins

Chestnut Chickadee, Walnut Creek, Two cheery clowns at the feeder

Chickadee, probably black cap, anyone know who that would be? I'm in Central VA 

COHA, Back yard, Hanging out at my bird feeders.

Common Raven. But the first bird that I was awake enough to hear was the house finch that sings outside my bathroom window every morning.

Crow, User Provided No Response,

Crow, Santa rosa,

crow, Encinitas,CA, It was flying over with a french fry

Crow, Seattle, WA, crows are awesome.

Crow cawing in a tree next to my house 

crow. 

Crows, back yard, Calabasas CA,

Dark Eyed Junco, Willits, Ca,

Dark-eyed junco, Palos Verdes, CA, foraging on my back patio

dark-eyed junco, boulder creek, california, in oak scrub

Dove 

Dove on the fountain having a drink of water, cardinal on bird feeder and lots of red breasted robins in the tree here in FL. 

Downy Woodpecker, San Jose,

Erckel's Francolin 

European Starling, Backyard, Petaluma CA,

european starling, el segundo,

Female Cardinals, Eating bread crumbs on my deck., Lovely girls, always the 1st to greet me

Gold-crowned sparrows, Novato, CA 

golden crown sparrow 

Golden-crowned Sparrow, in my front yard Oakland Hills,

Grackle. I believe Common. Thanks to my friend Ames for identifying these a while back.,

Harris Sparrow, Front yard feeder,

Hermit Thrush, Chico, Ca, Front yard flower garden

hermit thrush, Sonora 

House Finch, my back yard in San Diego,

House Finch, Woodacre, CA, Beautiful photo of the Mt. Bluebird!

House finch 

House finches singing 

House Sparrow, Garden Grove, CA,

House Sparrow, Covina, CA,

house sparrow, gumnut tree, flies between our roof and gumnut tree

House Sparrow (male), Telelphone line, He was very vocal to his mate

House sparrows, dark eyed juncos, Backyard feeder in Tujunga, Ca ., Lesser goldfinches, crows & scrub jays

HUMMING BIRD ~ Temecula, Ca 

Humming bird! 

hummingbird, on the blooming goosebery,

Hummingbird 

Hummingbird-Tujunga 

I didn't see, I heard. Songbirds singing, Outside my window up in the trees, singing since dawn and still are, lovely

Junco and Chickadee-both at feeder!, Crescent City, CA,

Lesser Goldfinches & Anna's hummers at my Costa Mesa BY feeders. So danged cute!,

Little sparrow, Backyard, san jose, ca, Heard the backkyard bluejay,

Male House Sparrow, flew my roof to red maple, front yard, female followed; house finch cherry tree

Mallard Duck, Tustin Ranch, Next to golf course

Mallard Duck - 2, flying overhead, Rodeo, Ca, I heard them before I saw them

mallard. PS In Fullerton CA 

mallards, swimming pool, A little couple thats visits us daily

meadowlark singing its little yellow chest off! Big and puffy bright sunny yellow. 

Mocking Bird, in my backyard...Whittier,CA,

Mockingbird, in a crape myrtle tree, singing its head off! I love their song!

Mockingbird, Tice, Florida, Started singing at 4:20am; still going!

Mockingbird, quartz hill CA,

Mockingbird, Yuba City,California, Top of tree in my backyard

mockingbird, in the backyard, It was displaying - gotta love that bird

mockingbird and finches before dawn and later saw a pair of rock doves. Later i saw the first butterfly of spring. :-),

Mountain Chickadee, Mt. Pinos, CA, With Pine Siskin

Mourning Dove, Mountain View, CA, 3 on telephone wires

Mourning Dove, My back yard; Fresno, User Provided No Response

Mourning dove; Fresno. 

Mourning Doves, On my patio/backyard, They were in a pair sunning themselves.

Mourning Doves in California 

Mourning Doves letting the sun wash over them on the back patio. A Northern Flicker came shortly after and they ate side by side. Visalia, CA

Mourning doves nesting in our yard 

Northern Mockingbird, My backyard - singing & browsing, eastern L.A. County suburb

Northern Mockingbird. I don't think he slept all night tho. Next, 2 geese,Ca Quail,Er. Bnd Dove. Yountville CA,

Nuttall's Woodpecker 

nuttall's woodpecker los angeles 90065 

Oak Titmouse, My front garden, Thousand Oaks, CA,

Old world sparrow! 

Oregon junco, back yard feeder,

oregon junco, back yard,

oregon junko, san bernardino, 2 sightings

pair of mallards, sacramento ca, on a golf course

Phoebe 

pigeon i rescued. 

pigeon. No respect, no glamour. Oh well, next bird was a crow. Where are the pretty birds in Oakland?,

Pigeons, babies and mama who are living on my apt deck. A hummingbird who I call Mr. Ruby will be by when it's a little warmer. 

Pileated woodpecker and wren in Ohio 

Quail 12 - 15, Front yard, Santa Cruz Mountains, CA

Raven, Reseda, CA,

Raven, Common, Sah Francisco, CA, He comes by every morning for food

Raven, San Francisco. Love ravens! 

Red Robins .... Red Robins everywhere!! For about 4 days now our 10 acres have enjoyed hundreds of Robins from early AM until after dusk!! We are in the northern Sacramento Valley.

red tail hawk, Debs park, Los Angeles CA, his usual perch, a branch on a grevillea

red tail hawks at work. they flew low over the parking lot....singing . 

Red tailed hawk and a road runner- Murrieta,Ca 

Red-Bellied Woodpecker, My Birdfeeder, Norwalk, CT

Red-bellied woodpecker in mid-Missouri 

Red-tailed Hawk sitting in a tree 

Roadrunner, Anza Borrego State Park, Near Yaqui Pass, running across the road

robin, front yard - Point Reyes Station, what could be better?

Robin and some kind of Blue Jay..., Fulton, CA,

robins, and geese 

Rock pigeon, North Park, San Diego,

roller pigeon! 

Scrub Jay, Out the window in Anxa, I hope they chase off the annoying E. St

Scrub Jay, User Provided No Response,

Scrub Jay, On a Crape Myrtle in Bakersfield, Ca,

scrub jay, Aptos, Ca, Collecting material for a nest

Scrub jay at our feeder. 

seagull, Gold Beach, Oregon, Not surprising since I am at the beach!

seagull 

some kind of finch or sparrow, in the tree out back by the bird feeder,

song sparrow and sharp-shinned hawk at the same time this morning. But, the first bird I saw was a rock pigeon in San Diego.,

Sparrows and yellow rumpled warblers. 

Spotted Towhee, Danville,

Spotted Towhee, Hercules CA,

Spotted Towhee is singing its ringing song. 

Srub Jay, Outside my kitchen window where I feed, A lot of scrub jays & mourning doves

Starlings! 

Stellar's Jay, Foresthill, in my back yard at the bird feeder

titmouse, atascadero, CA,

towhees. Novato, CA 

Townsend's Warbler in the shrub below, patiently waiting for the Acorn to leave. Aptos, on the coast just south of Santa Cruz.,

Two Pigeons, On a phone line outside my house.,

WESTERN BLUEBIRD>>Mendo Co, Ca.! 

western gull, Richmond, CA,

Western Scrub Jay, backyard, Mourning Doves/Am Goldfinches

Western Scrub Jay, Gustine, California, Beautiful bird!

Western Scrub Jay, Davis, CA,

Western Scrub Jay! Beautiful blue bird. :) 

Whit-crowned sparrow, Half Moon Bay, California, Singing so pretty

White Crowned Sparrow, under our feeder,

White Crowned Sparrow, Front yard bushes, The flock consists of about 20 birds.

white crowned sparrow in a mixed flock of sparrows and juncos 

White-crowned sparrows, My backyard, Yorba Linda, Love their sweet song

wood duck, san bernardino,

woodpecker pecking on a telephone pole. I immediately got a head ache. 

Yellow rumped Warbler, Redlands, CA,

Yellow-billed (western?) magpie, Newcastle,

yellow-rumped warbler, davis, ca,

Yellow-rumped Warbler, Carbonero Creek, Scotts Valley, CA, seen with mixed junco / chickadee flock.

Young House sparrows, dark eyed juncos, lesser goldfinches, scrub jay, and a token crow!! All around the backyard feeders in Tujunga, Ca .

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