Found in open habitats and open woodlands. Reddish/orange eyebrow, forehead, throat; brown-streaked sides. Female plain brown. Compare Purple Finch; long warbling song.

Non-native sparrow introduced from Europe in 1840. Males show black throat, white cheeks, chestnut nape. Female and immature far less vibrant.

Found in pine, oak, and riparian woodlands near water. Compare Ruby-crowned Kinglet; Hutton's Vireo lacks kinglet's black wing patch, has thicker bill, broken eye ring.

Found in open habitats near water. Reddish-orange rump, two breast bands separate it from other plovers. Recognizable 'kill-deer' call. Nests on ground among pebbles.

Found in open habitats near water. Reddish-orange rump, two breast bands separate it from other plovers. Recognizable 'kill-deer' call. Nests on ground among pebbles.

Found in chaparral, scrub oak, and riparian thickets. Male: bluish underparts, white belly, orange-brown breast band. Female: grayish-brown, buffy, unstreaked.

Found at woodland edges and second-growth habitats. Male: black greenish back, no black cap (compare American Goldfinch). Female duller. Eats seeds, flowers, fruit.

Found at woodland edges and second-growth habitats. Male: black greenish back, no black cap (compare American Goldfinch). Female duller. Eats seeds, flowers, fruit.

Similar coloring to Northern Mockingbird, but has a hooked bill, black mask, and black wings.

Found in shallow lakes, ponds, marshes. Male has green head, yellow bill; female has orange bill splotched dark. Omnivorous, eats insects, grain, mollusks.

Warbler passing through in migration, with gray head, white eye-ring, and yellow throat contrasting with olive green back.

Found in woodlands. Brown back with black barring, white rump, spotted underparts, red underwings. Male has red moustache. Often feeds on the ground.

Slim, long-winged raptor gliding low over open country, flashing white rump patch. Male gray above, pale below; female brown with streaked breast.

Mimics calls of other birds and animals; conspicuously common, with a slim long tail showing white wing and tail patches.

Found in oak and pine-oak woodlands. Dark spotting on sides/flanks, white underparts, black wings/back with white spotting. Nests in tree cavities; eats insects.

Oak and pine-oak woodland specialist, also chaparral with trees. Drab grayish-brown with crest. Formerly called Plain Titmouse. Non-migratory; mates for life.

Tyrant Flycatcher perching on dead snags, whistling its distinctive "Quick Three Beers" call, showing dark chest patches.

Found in brushy woodlands, chaparral, and riparian thickets. Grayish-green warbler, faint dusky streaking, dark eye line, no wing bars, yellowish undertail coverts.

Found in coniferous/pine oak forests near water. Bright orange lower mandible, bold teardrop eye ring. Recognizable 'Sue-weet!' call. Diet of insects and spiders.

Found in coniferous/pine oak forests near water. Bright orange lower mandible, bold teardrop eye ring. Recognizable 'Sue-weet!' call. Diet of insects and spiders.

Wide dark moustache, slate-colored back, barred breast identify the adult. Immatures show dark moustache but are brown and heavily streaked.

Sleek, crested, red-eyed; male glossy black with white wing patches in flight, female dark gray with less prominent wing patches.

Similar to Lesser Goldfinch in size and shape

Found in open woodlands and forest edge. Pinkish-red head, throat, breast (no brown belly streaking like House Finch). Female has broad eyebrow. Eats seeds, buds, fruit.

Small nuthatch with broad black eye line, white line above it, and rusty underparts. Compare White-breasted Nuthatch.