Inspired by walks in parks and
ursulav's bird watching anecdotes, I thought I'd put together my list of all the birds I've ever seen in person. This is from memory, and is therefore incomplete. I am deliberately not including birds I've seen in zoos or nature centers.
Neighborhood birds
mockingbird
robin
cardinal
house finch
goldfinch
chickadee
tufted titmouse
bluebird
crow
blue jay
mourning dove
pigeon
parking lot birds (miscellaneous brown sparrow-types that hang out in those parking lots with tree saplings)
starling (I think -- glossy black with pale speckles)
grackle
hawk of unknown species
red-headed woodpecker
Waterfowl
mallard duck
Canada goose
white duck, presumed domesticated
blue heron
snowy egret
swan
small black & white diving duck, species unknown
anhinga
red-winged blackbird (not exactly waterfowl, but lives in swamps)
seagull
brown pelican
Other
chicken
Neighborhood birds
mockingbird
robin
cardinal
house finch
goldfinch
chickadee
tufted titmouse
bluebird
crow
blue jay
mourning dove
pigeon
parking lot birds (miscellaneous brown sparrow-types that hang out in those parking lots with tree saplings)
starling (I think -- glossy black with pale speckles)
grackle
hawk of unknown species
red-headed woodpecker
Waterfowl
mallard duck
Canada goose
white duck, presumed domesticated
blue heron
snowy egret
swan
small black & white diving duck, species unknown
anhinga
red-winged blackbird (not exactly waterfowl, but lives in swamps)
seagull
brown pelican
Other
chicken