Another Friday, and another great list. Probably the coolest thing about doing these every Friday is seeing how the birds are changing. Anyway, great turnout -- somewhere well over 100 sightings reported. Top birds appear to be doves, but lots of Crows and California Towhees (which one participant described as the "the hardest working bird around." In honor of that, we've posted a photo of one above. Be sure to check out the whole list. Thanks to all who shared their first bird of the day. (photo by Indrid Taylor)

Acorn Woodpecker, feeding at my suet feeder, more Mourning Doves this year than ever!

Acorn Woodpecker, Foresthill, in my backyard

Acorn woodpecker, Near Hidden Falls, Placer County, CA, 

American crow, Barstow, CA, 

American Crow. 

American Goldfinch, Los Osos, At my feeder

American goldfinch, Half Moon Bay, California, 

American Goldfinch, singing at the top of our birch tree, in Stockton, CA

Anna's hummer. Towhee. 

Anna's Hummingbird, on my back porch, Taking a bath in my pond!

Anna's Hummingbird, female, My yard, Petaluma CA, 

Barn Owl, Santa Rosa. 

Belted Kingfisher, La Quinta, CA, Fishing at a country club pond

black bird, watsonville calif, we have a black phoebe nest in the front

Black Headed Grosbeak on seed feeder. Scotts Valley, CA,

Black Phoebe, North Hollywood, CA, it's always looking for water in my bird

Black Phoebe in Studio City, CA 

Black-headed grosbeak, La Mesa, CA, Beautiful

black-headed grosbeak (female), backyard feeders, also mounring dove and house wren

blue jay, Tujunga, CA, 

Blue Jay, SF Bay Area, CA 

bluebird tapping on a car's mirror;) 

Brewer's Blackbird waiting impatiently for me to refill the feeder in Barstow, CA.,

Bridled Titmouse, backyard at our cabin in SE Arizona, Cave Creek Canyon, Chiricahuas

CA towhee. 

ca towhees, checking my yardwork 

California Gull-San Jose, CA. 

California Quail, Arcata, 

California quail, Stellar's jay, under and on platform feeder, Westhaven, CA

California Towhee, Point Reyes Station, CA, 

California towhee, the hardest-working bird around.,

California Towhees, Around swimming pool shrubbery, Been nesting here for 3+ years

California Towhees, San Ramon, CA (listed by pool before lol, 

Canada Goose, Lafayette, Soaring low of Mt. Diablo Blvd. Strange

Canadian Geese, in the sky... Welches, Oregon, they were honking "good morning" :)

Canyon Towhee, Santa Fe, NM, 

Cardinal !, Front yard., 

Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Willits, CA 

Chipping sparrow, Backyard in damn, 

Common Raven, San Diego, Lake Murray, It was huge!

Cooper's hawk, Wild Turkeys,California Quail ! Novato, CA,

crow, front yard -, 

Crow, My front yard, It was eating mosquito hawks

crow, on a telephone wire, 

crow sitting on a telephone pole in Whittier,Ca.,

Dark-eyed Junco, Susanville CA, 

Dark-Eyed Junco was the 1st bird I saw but I heard a Steller's Jay before that.,

Dove, San Jose, CA, Sitting in a tree all alone.

dove 

doves nesting in my eaves 

Downy woodpecker, Long Beach, he's back - a true harbinger of spring!

English sparrows in abundance ! 

European starlings (again), On my roof, Invasion in last couple weeks!

Female Rufus Hummingbird, at feeder, Cottonwood Ca., 

finch, my front yard, 

Golden Finches, My backyard finch feeder, Wish I could stay home and birdwatch!

goldfinch decked out in his courting colors in a drizzly No Cal.,

goldfinch in this Rancho Cordova, CA backyard.,

Great blue heron. Ventura harbor 

Greater Roadrunner skulking by my window in Palm Desert, California. What a treat for this web-toed birder from Washington!

Heard: crow. Seen: lesser goldfinch, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA, 

hooded oriole! always so happy when they return in Spring!,

House Finch, Redlands, CA, 

House Finch, Raymond, CA, nesting under the front porch eave

House Finch, Culver City, CA, 

House Finch at Audubon Kern River Preserve Sprague Ranch addition. Followed closely by these yard birds: Mallard, California Quail, Mourning Dove, Anna's Hummingbird, Say's Phoebe, Black Phoebe, Western Kingbird, Loggerhead Shrike, Common R...aven, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, European Starling, Phainopepla, Yellow-rumped Warbler, White-crowned Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Tricolored Blackbird, Western Meadowlark, Brewer's Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, Bullock's Oriole, House Finch, Lawrence's Goldfinch. Plus a bonus of a bobcat eating its breakfast of jackrabbit in the tree in the front yard!

House Finch, male, here too 

House finches, Apt. complex in Folsom, They are building nests

House finches and crows in Sylmar, California.,

House Sparrows, Garden Grove, CA, chirping up a storm

house sparrows on the ground beneath the bird feeder in Alhambra area backyard.,

House Wren, my porch, Pasadena, CA, Singing so loud it woke me up at 5:30am!

house wren (red head and chest) singing outside my kitchen window-Huntington Beach, CA

Hummingbird, at the feeder but she flew away in a brown blur. I'm in Los Angeles, odds high she's n Allan.

hummingbird, drinking nectar while I drink coffee!,

hummingbird, not rust, but orangish red, yard fountain, drinking (Mt Helix), not iridescent color, clouded over

Junco( Slate colored), Yard Rutland, Vermont, 

Kestrel, 2 types of hummingbirds, wrens, goldfinches, green parrots, mallard ducks, crows, morning dove, darn squirrel!!

Kestrel, type unknown. Annas hummingbird, Glendora, Rufous hummys, goldfinch, wren, mallards

LBB, but we've got lots of those . . . 

Lesser Goldfinch, On my backyard feeder, They are "early" birds!

Lesser Goldfinch, my backyard in San Jose, singing as I filled his feeder

Lesser Goldfinch, At my nesting material., Building nests

LGB (little grey bird) 

Little red finches, Fulton, CA- Backyard, Beautiful voice

male house finch 

Mallard duck, Davis, CA, 

Mallards, Richmond, CA, 

Mocking bird sing so many different songs 

Mockingbird, A few feet from my backdoor., One of my favorite birds.

Mockingbirds NW of Corning, CA. 

Mountain Chickadee, foothills, Cleveland National Forrest, 

Mountain Chickadee, Borrego Springs~ my garden, They arrive in Borrego for the winter.

Mountain Quail...Mendocino, Ca. 

Mourning Dove, Quartz Hill, CA, 

Mourning Dove, Aliso Viejo, 

Mourning Dove, In the feeder dish, Heard robins singing before seeing dove.

Mourning Dove, backyard, flying into its nest :-)

Mourning dove, Palos Verdes, CA, 

Mourning Dove, My backyard, 

Mourning doves, suburban eastern LA County, groundfeeding near birdfeeder

Mourning Doves, Woodland Hills, CA, Nesting outside my kitchen window.

None today, but saw a huge eagle hawk yesterday~ CA,

Northern Cardinal, North Carolina, 

northern mocking bird while still in bed. 

Northern Mockingbird, Backyard, My normal morning greeters.

Northern Mockingbird, Back yard, first return of Hooded Oriole yesterday!

Northern Mockingbird - SF CA Singing up a storm!,

nuttall's woodpecker, black walnut tree l.a. 90065, 3 miles from downtown!

Oriole, San Bernardino, CA, Feeding from a hummingbird feeder

Pacific Slope Flycatchers!..Who are nesting in my small patio yard!...it's the second year..I am so happy they have returned!..They had to fight for the spot this year.., a bold, beautiful, singgsong Spar...row, did everything possible to keep them away..He wanted my yard all to himself!...I am hoping the Sparrow has decided to nest in a small low to the ground tree on my patio..stay tuned!

Pacific-sloped Flycatcher calling in my yard 

pelicans, gulls, doves that I think are white-winged, and a very handsome osprey with a fish. On vacation in Key West.

Peregrine Falcon San pedro, Point Fermin. 

Pet cockatiel "Shuttle"! 

Pheasant calling, 5am, Yorkshire, UK! 

Pigeon, Mission District, SF, 

pileated woodpecker!, Maryland, hear them every am, finally saw one!

Quail, Honey Run Road, Chico, Ca, I love the way they run instead of fly!

raven, He crashed into my window and now another one is remaining close by ~,

Red Shouldered Hawk 

Red shouldered hawk, seconds after 3 American Robins. Novato,

Red-Breasted Nuthatch, Hayward, Ca, 

Red-Breasted Nuthatch Hayward, Ca 

Red-shouldered hawk, followed by a Scrub Jay,

ring necked mountain dove... =D 

Ring necked mountain dove... =D 

ringneck dove - kelseyville, ca. 

Robin 

Robin singing high atop a tall tree! 

ruby throated humming bird, atascadero, ca 93422, 

rufous hummingbird, backyard, russian river ca., great mating fly show1

Rufous Hummingbird, Los Angeles, CA 

Sayes Phoebe, 1000 Palms, CA  golf course fence, 

scrub brush blue jay, Encinitas,CA, 

Scrub Jay, Palo Alto, CA 

Seagulls, Laguna Beach, CA, 

Song Sparrow, Lake Forest 

Sparrows and a Mourning Dove, as usual. 

Spotted Towhee, Calabasas, CA, Not too common around here.  Beautiful!

Stellar's Jay, Mammoth Lakes, CA, Blue skies, snow on the mammoth crest

Stellar's jay, Mammoth lakes, CA 

Steller's jay 

swallow! 

Titmouse and about 6 american finches munching at my feeders ~ Savannah, TN,

Vultures circling above the hill behind my house. Something that you don’t see that often in Murrieta anymore.

Western Bluebird (of Happiness!) couple on my fence, Yorba Linda. A harbinger of the weekend..my son is getting married Sunday!!!

Western Bluebird male, Templeton, CA, 

Western Scrub Jay. 

Western Scrub-Jay, Capitola, Ca, 

White Crowed Sparrow, Under my feeder, Wondering  for how much longer

White crowned sparrow 

White Crowned Sparrow in Alviso, CA. 

White tailed kite, Rodeo, Ca, 

White-crowned sparrow, Hollister, CA. 

Wood Duck, New Hampshire 

Yellow-billed magpie, Newcastle, CA, 

Yellow-Billed Magpie 

Yellow-rumped warbler, at home, sings as sweetly as a canary