Great turnout for today's Firstbird survey. Nearly 150 sightings from all over California, and the world. Really awesome to see those birds that we don't see in the Golden State. And while there are lots of great birds on today's list, we have to say that it does give us a little smile every time we see Acorn Woodpeckers at the top of the list every week. Great bird. Check out the whole list below!

Acorn woodpecker, Santa Margarita Lake in an oak tree, 

Acorn Woodpeckers -- two of them!, Hayfork, CA. Outside my bedroom window, Love their kinda goofy faces!

Allen's Hummingbird, Long Beach CA, 

AMCR, John Wayne Airport, Not at all bothered by airport noise.

American Crow and House Sparrow 

American Crow. 

American Goldfinch. House feeder. Northern Va.,

American robin 

Anna's humming birds,lesser gold finches, Backyard feeders in Tujunga, Ca., Tons of finches, loud mocking birds too!

Anna's Hummingbird, I my backyard tree, There were 2

Anna's Hummingbird (male) 

Anna's hummingbirds, inland Mendo. Co. in No. Calif., many hummers at two feeders

Annna's hummingbird, Arroyo Grande, @ 7am "singing"

Bald Eagles....McCloud arm of Lake Shasta.,

Band-tailed Pigeon, La Habra Heights, 

Barn swallow, Rio Rico, AZ, In a nest

Black Phoebe, my yard, resident bird

Black Phoebe, Calabasas, CA, 

black-throated sparrow, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, 

blue grosbeak here in San Diego 

Blue-front Amazon, In his room., I've had him over 30 years, office buddy

Bluejays, All around the yard, Fuss pots!

Brewer's Blackbird, American Goldfinch. Hollister, CA.,

Brown pelicans. 22 of them. Flying in formation over Ft Cronkhite. Moving slow as a glacier.

Brown-headed Cowbird, my back yard, female

Brown-headed Cowbird, female, in my back yard...,

Bulbul 

bush tits, laurel sumac, los angeles 90065, about a dozen of them

CA Towhee, backyard, in chicken coop

California Towhee, Templeton, CA, 

California Towhee, Sebastopol, CA, 

California Towhee, Oakland, CA, residential area, 

California towhee, scarfing seeds at our feeder in Berkeley, California,

Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Los Altos, CA,

Chestnut-mandible Toucan, Limon, Costa Rica, Rainy day!

cliff swallo, La Mision, Baja California, Not gone yet, still hanging out

Coot, Pond by the Kern River bike trail -93311, 

Coturnix Quails :) But soon, the hummingbirds will flock to our feeder ♥ Riverside, CA

crows in North Berkeley. They're clearly enjoying themselves. ,

crows... 

Crows, mega

crows... 

Didn't see, but heard great horned owl, in my yard in the Whittier hills,

Doves, Orange, CA, 

Downy Woodpecker, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, in Claremont, CA

egret, fishing in the "pond" of Waldo Point Harbor.,

Eurasian Collared Dove, Garden Grove, CA, calling from across the street

Female Brown-headed Cowbird in my backyard...,

Finches frolicking on their nyjer sock, Rogue Valley OR,

gold finch, My backyard, On the sock feeder recently installed

Goldfinch 

goldfinches, on feeding sock, fun upside down feeding

Great Horned Owl, Audubon Kern River Preserve, Weldon, CA, 

Great Horned Owl - Audubon Kern River Preserve Sprague Ranch addition,

Hawks on a hill by Stanford. As I drive up Hwy 280 every morning, I count on seeing the them, it's my morning ritual! I wish I had a camera, they're so majestic,so powerful!!

hawks, several & pelicans, Amtrak train, south of San Luis obispo, so much better than driving!

Hawks...across the gulch from my house...pretty sure it's Red Tails...distinctive call. Can't verify "nesting" but they sure are calling alot and doing fast turns across the tree tops.

Hermann's Gull, Manhattan Beach, 

hooded oriole, in my garden, part of a family/ mated pair & 3 juves

hooded oriole 

Hooded Oriole eating grape jelly from our hummer/oriole feeder :-),

Hooded Oriole, male, At my feeder . . ., Spectacular

Hooded Oriole-Male, Oceanside, CA, It was eating grape jelly from feeder

House Finch, San Diego backyard, at the nyjer seed feeder

House Finch, Napa, Backyard feeder.

House Finch, Napa, Backyard feeder.

House Finch, San Tan Valley, AZ, 

House Finch, Raymond, CA, 

House Finch, Rodeo, Ca., A flock of them in my bird feeder

House Finch, Galt, CA, 

House Finch in my fountain, Windsor, CA.,

House Finch Male. w/ yellow-orange head, backyard feeder Cottonwood Ca., 

house sparrow, Monrovia California, 

House sparrows 

house sparrows, a whole family, this morning.,

housefinch, male. 

hummer. he watched me clean up after our earlier visit of the Big racoon. Enjoyed his company!

humming bird at their feeder 

humming birds at the feeder... heard lots of birds singing before I got out of bed. they sing us to sleep at night too!

Hummingbird 

hummingbird (green back) sitting on the telephone wire next to my balcony...,

Hummingbird sipping from and orange flower.,

Injured white-winged dove. He has taken to living in my yard near the feeder. He's really a survivor even though his leg is withered. (My best guess is he escaped a predator but was injured in the process.)Poor thing uses its wings for balance and has become quite bossy - pushing off other hungry birds. He was right there under the feeder at 6:30.

It's a toss up between the fledgling Anna's hummer and a juvenile goldfinch. One at at a feedr the other at the bird bath.

Jenny Wren, Kansas City, Ks., 

Lawerence Goldfinch, In my backyard, hanging on a sock feeder

Lawrence's Goldfinch, Back yard, Pine Mtn. Club,CA, Parents and young love my birdbath.

Lesser Goldfinch with his plaintive call. Hayward, Ca,

mocking bird on roof next door 

mocking bird, san jose, ca. 

Mockingbird, In the backyard, Alta Loma, CA, 

mockingbird, san bernardino, 

Mockingbird in birdbath, Yuba City  

Mockingbird with an extensive vocabulary! Made me smile... ,

Mockingbird, flying from fruit tree to fruit tree in Alta Loma, CA.,

Morning Dove that sings around 5/6am and then flock of Canadian Geese that honks all evening or earlier!:D

Mountain chickadee! 

mourning dove, backyard, huntington beach, ca, 

mourning dove, Clovis, CA, 

Mourning dove 

Mourning Dove in Santee, CA. 

Mourning Dove in the back yard, Sacramento, CA,

Mourning Dove. It was really calm in Tustin this moring, couldn't hear one bird but i did happen to see a Mourning Dove on the telephone line. oh and the mighty crows were out. how could i forget them. (:

Nighthawks, mourning doves, mockingbird, scissor-tailed flycatcher, rooster (heard). In the woods: Carolina chickadee, titmice, Carolina wren, cardinals, white eyed vireo. In rural TX near Abilene.

Northern Mockingbird 

Northern Rough-Winged Swallow, Chico CA., I see them every morning when I go out i

Nutmeg Mannikins. A bunch of them. South Orange County,

Nuttall's Woodpecker, Eagle Rock - Los Angeles, 

Oak Titmouse clan,now with two more fledglings who crash-land into nearby shrubs and flutter to ground. No harm. Los Gatos,CA

on my way out to get the paper (6:30) in NE Pasadena -- a pair of cooper's hawks harrassing a squirrel on the roof of the house across the street. (It escaped; but they hung around for about 20 minutes.)

parrots of Telegraph Hill on Russian Hill, SF,

pigeons and black crows......messssssssssy,

Purple Finch, Feeder, Then I saw a 1/2 dozen ravens.

red tail hawk, Tujunga, 

Red Tailed Hawk, Woodland Hills, CA, Being mobbed by Jays & Mockingbirds

red-shouldered hawk that has apparently taken up residence in the neighboring apt complex's very tall trees. they are so squawky those guys! i can also hear the local peacocks as i type. some days birding is more about sound than sight. :) arcata, cali.

Red-tailed Hawk hunting across the street from where I work. San Pedro.,

Ringed Turtle-dove, Chula Vista, CA, 

Robin, Sweet Home, Oregon, 

Rock Pigeons at Chollas Lake Park in San Diego. My friend was feeding them.

Scrub Jay, Napa, CA, Defending the birdbath at dawn.

Scrub Jay, big, bold, beautiful! 

scrubjay, flying into a tree on residential street, they are everywhere

Sea gull, 8:39 AM, 

Walking at break this morning i looked up in the sky and saw 2 soaring birds but i couldn’t id them. At first i thought they looked like turkey vultures but also might of been somekind of hawks. It was overcast at the time.Sparrow, San Diego, 

sparrow (brown), back yard Arcata, CA, 

sparrow (Don't know what kind), Vacaville, 

Sparrows, Morning Dove, Raven and Humming Bird Here in Humboldt, it's been busy... What a great way to start the day... YEAH... ;P

Spotted Towhee 

Spotted Towhee. I'm so happy I have one who comes to my feeder.,

Starlings and crows in a huge oak by the channel,

Starlings in the freshly watered grass, Garden Grove, CA,

stellar jays, atop a dead tree in Inverness, 

Stellars Jay, Novato, The jay was going crazy at two vultures

stellar's jay and 2 turkey vultures 

Steller's Jay 

Swift, Lillehammer/Norway, 

The Mongol Horde of House Finches at my feeder in Barstow, CA.,

towhee chirping in my garden 

Towhees out very early. Novato, CA 

Turkey Vulture, Petaluma, CA, 

Turkey Vulture 

Turtledove couple :O) 

two Anna's Hummingbirds, Kernville (my backyard), one was chasing the other

Western Scrub Jay, San Jose backyard, A juvenile that's been hanging around.

Western Scrub-Jay, Carmichael, CA, Residents here, not always my first bird

Wild turkey and a Black phoebe...Yankee Hill, Ca. :),

wild turkeys, foraging in a field in So NH, 

yellow rumped warbler, Butte creek canyon, Chico, Ca, bright yellow dash through air