Photograph Birds List

04 Oct 2022

Keywords: Bird Species, Random

Note: These are all of birds near San Francisco, California. East-coast birds that I have seen are mostly excluded here.

Bird Background

For the last year, I’ve gone outside and taken photos of specifically birds (yes those things) in my backyard, neighborhood, and local parks and forests. It’s pretty fun and one of the bird things I’ve always wanted to do is to maintain a list of all the bird’s I’ve photographed (the second is to make a tier list).

Birds Photographed

• California Scrub Jay
• Lesser Goldfinch
• Black Phoebe
• House Finch
• Western Bluebird
• American Robin
• White-Throated Sparrow
• Chestnut-Backed Chickadee
• Dark-eyed Junco
• California Towhee
• Mourning Dove
• White-crowned sparrow
• Gold-crowned sparrow
• American Robin
• Barn Swallow
• Yellow-rumped warbler
• Anna’s Hummingbird
• Ruby Throated Hummingbird
• Bald Eagle
• Pine Siskin
• American Tree Sparrow
• Brown-headed cowbird
• Tree Swallow
• Acorn Woodpecker
• Brewer’s Blackbird

Locations Photographed

Includes even one photograph.

• Bay Area, California
• San Francisco, California
• Half Moon Bay, California
• Denali, Alaska
• Princeton, New Jersey
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Anne Arundel County, Maryland
• Ithaca, New York 😉

Bird Tiers

I will be ranking birds now in terms of my experiences photographing them and my general appreciation of their beauty in my photographs.

Tier 3: Mid Birds

• Brewer’s Blackbird
• Pine Siskin
• Brown-Headed cowbird
• Mouring Dove
• California Towhee

Tier 2: Birds that I’ll happily take a photograph of

• Lesser Goldfinch
• Pine Siskin
• Black Phoebe
• Dark-Eyed Junco
• House Finch
• Western Bluebird
• White-crowned / Gold-crowned Sparrow
• Yellow-rumped warbler

Tier 1: Birds that Are Rare

• California Scrub Jay
• American Robin
• Tree Swallow
• Barn Swallow
• Song Sparrow
• Bald Eagle
• Spotted Towhee
• American Tree Sparrow
• Acorn Woodpecker