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Life List, updated 5.12.10,  101 SPECIES !

family Gaviidae:
Common Loon (Gavia immer)

family Podicipedidae:
Western Grebe (Aechmophorus clarkii)
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)

family Diomedeidae:
none as of yet

family Procellariidae:
none as of yet

family Hydrobatidae:
none as of yet

family Fregatidae:
Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)

family Phaethontidae:
none as of yet

family Sulidae:
Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii)

family Pelecaidae:
American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

family Anhingidae:
none as of yet

family Phalacrocoracidae:
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)

family Ardeidae:
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)

family Ciconiidae:
none as of yet

family Phoenicopteridae:
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)

family Threskiornithidae:
none as of yet

family Anatidae:
Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
American Wigeon (Anas americana)
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)

family Cathartidae:
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

family Accipitridae:
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
Bald Eagle (Haliaetus leucocephalus)
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Swainson’s Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus)

family Falconidae:
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)

family Cracidae:
none as of yet

family Phasianidae:
Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

family Odontophoridae:
none as of yet

family Aramidae:
none as of yet

family Rallidae:
American Coot (Fulica americana)
Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)

family Gruidae:
Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)

family Charadriidae:
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

family Jacanidae:
none as of yet

family Haematopodidae:
none as of yet

family Recurvirostridae:
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)

family Scolopacidae:
none as of yet

family Laridae:
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Franklin’s Gull (Larus pipixcan)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)

family Alcidae:
none as of yet

family Columbidae:
Rock Dove (Columba livia)
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
Band-tailed Pigeon (Columba fasciata)

family Psittacidae:
none as of yet

family Cuculidae:
none as of yet

families Tytonidae and Strigidae:
Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)

family Caprimulgidae:
Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)

family Apodidae:
none as of yet

family Trochilidae:
Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)

family Trogonidae:
none as of yet

family Alcedinidae:
Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon)

family Picidae:
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)

family Tyrannidae:
Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
Western Wood-Pewee (Contopus sordidulus)
Say’s Phoebe (Sayornis saya)
Dusky Flycatcher (Empidonax oberholseri)

family Laniidae:
none as of yet

family Vireonidae:
none as of yet

family Corvidae:
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
Steller’s Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri)
Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis)
Western Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma californica)
Pinyon Jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus)
Black-billed Magpie (Pica hudsonia)
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
Common Raven (Corvus corax)
Clark’s Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)

family Alaudidae:
Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)

family Hirundinidae:
Purple Martin (Progne subis)
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)

family Timaliidae:
none as of yet

family Paridae:
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli)

family Remizidae:
none as of yet

family Aegithalidae:
none as of yet

family Certhiidae:
none as of yet

family Sittidae:
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea)

family Troglodytidae:
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus)

family Cinclidae:
none as of yet

family Regulidae:
none as of yet

family Sylviidae:
none as of yet

family Muscicapidae:
none as of yet

family Turdidae:
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides)

family Mimidae:
none as of yet

family Sturnidae:
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

family Prunellidae:
none as of yet

family Motacillidae:
none as of yet

family Bombycillidae:
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)

family Ptilogonatidae:
none as of yet

family Parulidae:
Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata)
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)

family Peucedramidae:
none as of yet

family Thraupidae:
none as of yet

family Coerebidae:
none as of yet

family Emberizidae:
American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea)
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus)

family Cardinalidae:
none as of yet

family Icteridae:
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscalus)
Brewer’s Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
Bullock’s Oriole (Icterus bullockii)

family Fringillidae:
House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)
American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus)

family Passeridae:
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

family Estrildidae:
none as of yet

family Ploceidae:
none as of yet