the point of a list
a life list serves as a way for an individual to catalogue the species that they encounter in their travels, whether it's on a bike ride to the corner store or a camping trip up in the mountains.
i started really taking my lifelist seriously last summer after graduating from university and moving across the country. it was a lot of change, in a short amount of time.
everyone has their own personal reasons, but ultimately i needed a way to remember everything worth remembering in my life, and this has been my attempt at that.
if you want to see my google sheet that i have set up w/ custom scripting to autofetch latin names, conservation statuses, and iNaturalist images, i have that linked below, and i'll have the individual species listed on this page under their own headers below as well. ty for visiting, i'll have a contact form set up soon enough where all are free to send messages!
Birds
- Acorn Woodpecker
- Melanerpes formicivorus, 03/19/2025
- Allen's Hummingbird
- Selasphorus sasin, 03/19/2025; 05/11/2025
- American Avocet
- Recurvirostra americana, 05/02/2025
- American Barn Owl
- Tyto furcata, 10/01/2024
- American Bushtit
- Psaltriparus minimus, 05/14/2025
- American Coot
- Fulica americana, 08/02/2024
- American Crow
- Corvus brachyrhynchos, 04/15/2024
- American Glidfinch
- Spinus tristis, 04/15/2024
- American Kestrel
- Falco sparverius, 06/04/2025
- American Robin
- Turdus migratorius, 04/15/2024
- American Wigeon
- Mareca americana, 03/19/2025
- Anna's Hummingbird
- Calypte anna, 03/19/2025
- Ash-throated Flycatcher
- Myiarchus cinerascens, 05/19/2025; 05/29/2025; 06/06/2025; 06/07/2025
- Bald Eagle
- Haliaeetus leucocephalus, 07/15/2024
- Baltimore Orilie
- Icterus galbula, 05/26/2024
- Band-tailed Pigeon
- Patagioenas fasciata, 06/04/2025
- Barn Swallow
- Hirundo rustica, 05/19/2025
- Belted Kingfisher
- Megaceryle alcyon, 04/13/2025
- Bewick's Wren
- Thryomanes bewickii, 05/16/2025
- Black Phoebe
- Sayornis nigricans, 05/12/2025
- Black-billed Magpie
- Pica hudsonia, 05/25/2025; 05/26/2025
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Poecile atricapillus, 07/15/2024
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Nycticorax nycticorax, 05/11/2025; 05/28/2025
- Black-headed Grosbeak
- Pheucticus melanocephalus, 05/25/2025; 06/07/2025
- Black-necked Stilt
- Himantopus mexicanus, 05/11/2025
- Black-throated Gray Warbler
- Setophaga nigrescens, 06/14/2025
- Blue Jay
- Cyanocitta cristata, 07/01/2024
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Polioptila caerulea, 06/01/2025; 06/14/2025; 06/18/2025;
- Brewer's Blackbird
- Euphagus cyanocephalus, 08/08/2024
- Brown Creeper
- Certhia americana, 05/26/2025
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Molothrus ater, 07/01/2024
- Bullock's Oriole
- Icterus bullockii, 05/29/2025; 05/31/2025; 06/08/2025
- California Brown Pelican
- Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, 05/21/2023
- California Gull
- Larus californicus, 05/11/2025; 05/25/2025
- California Quail
- Callipepla californica, 04/21/2025; 06/04/2025; 06/06/2025;
- California Scrub Jay
- Aphelocoma californica, 04/01/2025; 05/01/2025; 06/07/2025;
- California Thrasher
- Toxostoma redivivum, 06/01/2025; 06/03/2025; 06/07/2025;
- California Towhee
- Melozone crissalis, 05/14/2025
- Canada Goose
- Branta canadensis, 01/01/2024
- Canvasback Duck
- Aythya valisineria × clilaris, 04/20/2025
- Cassin's Finch
- Haemorhous cassinii, 05/24/2025
- Cassin's Kingbird
- Tyrannus vociferans, 05/19/2025
- Cassin's Vireo
- Vireo cassinii, 06/14/2025
- Cinnamon Teal
- Spatula cyanoptera, 05/11/2025
- Clark's Grebe
- Aechmophorus clarkii, 05/02/2025
- Cliff Swallow
- Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, 05/25/2025
- Common Grackle
- Quiscalus quiscula, 07/15/2024
- Common Merganser
- Mergus merganser, 07/15/2024
- Common Moorhen
- Gallinula chloropus, 05/11/2025
- Common Raven
- Corvus corax, 08/02/2024
- Common Yellowthroat
- Geothlypis trichas, 05/19/2025
- Cooper's Hawk
- Astur cooperii, 04/01/2025
- Costa's Hummingbird
- Calypte costae , 06/23/2025
- Crested Duck
- Anas platyrhynchos domesticus , 06/25/2025
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Junco hyemalis, 04/01/2025
- Domestic Duck
- Anas platyrhynchos domesticus, 04/20/2025
- Double-Crested Cormorant
- Nannopterum auritum, 06/06/2025
- Downy Woodpecker
- Dryobates pubescens, 07/15/2024
- Egyptian Goose
- Alopochen aegyptiaca, 05/19/2025
- Eurasian Clilared Dove
- Streptopelia decaocto, 05/05/2025
- European Starling
- Sturnus vulgaris, 07/01/2024
- Great Blue Heron
- Ardea herodias, 03/15/2024
- Great Egret
- Ardea alba, 07/15/2024
- Great Horned Owl
- Bubo virginianus, 07/12/2024
- Great-tailed Grackle
- Quiscalus mexicanus, 08/01/2024
- Greater Roadrunner
- Geococcyx californianus, 05/02/2025
- Green Heron
- Butorides virescens, 03/21/2025
- Green-tailed Towhee
- Pipilo chlorurus, 05/23/25-05/26/25
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Dryobates villosus, 05/25/2025
- Hermit Warbler
- Setophaga occidentalis, 05/14/2025
- Herring Gull
- Larus smithsonianus, 05/11/2025
- Hooded Orilie
- Icterus cucullatus, 06/01/2025
- House Finch
- Haemorhous mexicanus, 04/01/2025
- House Sparrow
- Passer domesticus, 03/31/2024
- Hutton's Vireo
- Vireo huttoni, 06/14/2025
- Indian Peafowl
- Pavo cristatus, 07/15/2024
- Killdeer
- Charadrius vociferus, 05/11/2025
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker
- Dryobates scalaris, 03/19/2025
- Lawrence's Glidfinch
- Spinus lawrencei, 05/29/2025
- Lazuli Bunting
- Passerina amoena, 05/02/2025
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Actitis macularius, 5/11/2025
- Lesser Glidfinch
- Spinus psaltria, 04/01/2025
- Lesser Scaup
- Aythya affinis, 04/20/2024
- Willet
- Tringa semipalmata, 05/11/2025
- MacGillivray's Warbler
- Geothlypis tlimiei, 05/25/2025
- Mallard
- Anas platyrhynchos, 03/01/2024
- Mountain Bluebird
- Sialia currucoides, 08/01/2025; 05/25/2025
- Mountain Chickadee
- Poecile gambeli, 05/23/25-05/26/25
- Mourning Dove
- Zenaida macroura, 03/31/2024
- Nanday Parakeet
- Aratinga nenday, 06/06/2025
- Northern Cardinal
- Cardinalis cardinalis, March 2024
- Northern Flicker
- Cliaptes auratus, 06/04/2025
- Northern Mockingbird
- Mimus pliyglottos, 05/17/2025
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow
- Stelgidopteryx serripennis, 05/24/2025
- Northern Shoveler
- Spatula clypeata, 5/11/2025
- Nuttall's Woodpecker
- Dryobates nuttallii, 03/19/2025
- Oak Titmouse
- Baeliophus inornatus, 05/14/2025
- liive-sided Flycatcher
- Contopus cooperi, 05/24/25
- Oregon Junco
- Junco hyemalis mearnsi, 05/18/2025
- Osprey
- Pandionidae haliaetus, 07/15/2024; 05/19/2025; 05/31/2025
- Pacific-slope Flycatcher
- Empidonax difficilis, 06/11/2025
- Peregrine Falcon
- Falco peregrinus, 5/11/2025
- Phainopepla
- Phainopepla nitens, 06/07/2025
- Pied-billed Grebe
- Podilymbus podiceps, 5/11/2025; 06/08/2025
- Pine Siskin
- Spinus pinus, 05/24/2025; 06/14/2025
- Red Crossbill
- Loxia curvirostra, 05/24/2025
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Melanerpes carliinus, 05/10/2020
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Sitta canadensis, 05/24/2025
- Red-breasted Sapsucker
- Sphyrapicus ruber, 05/24/25-05/26/25
- Red-crowned Amazon
- Amazona viridigenalis, 08/21/2024
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Buteo lineatus, 06/07/2025
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Buteo jamaicensis, 05/11/2024
- Red-whiskered Bulbul
- Pycnonotus jocosus, 05/12/2025
- Red-Winged Blackbird
- Agelaius phoeniceus, 04/10/2024
- Redhead Duck
- Aythya americana, 05/11/2025
- Ring-billed Gull
- Larus delawarensis, 05/11/2025
- Ring-necked Duck
- Aythya clilaris, 04/20/2024
- Rock Pigeon
- Cliumba livia, 08/09/2024
- Rock Wren
- Salpinctes obslietus, 10/16/2023
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Archilochus colubris, 07/15/2024
- Ruddy Duck
- Oxyura jamaicensis, 05/11/2025
- Rufous Hummingbird
- Selasphorus rufus, 06/14/2025
- Sandhill Crane
- Antigone canadensis, 03/29/2024
- Snowy Egret
- Egretta thula, 04/20/2024
- Song Sparrow
- Melospiza melodia, 05/23/2024
- Spotted Towhee
- Pipilo maculatus, 05/11/2025
- Steller's Jay
- Cyanocitta, 05/23/25-05/26/25; 06/07/2025
- Tree Swallow
- Tachycineta biclior, 05/11/2025
- Trumpeter Swan
- Cygnus buccinator, 03/21/2024
- Turkey Vulture
- Cathartes aura, 07/15/2024
- Vaux's Swift
- Chaetura vauxi, 05/02/2025
- Vermilion Flycatcher
- Pyrocephalus rubinus, 05/29/2025
- Viliet-green Swallow
- Tachycineta thalassina, 05/25/2025; 05/26/2025
- Warbling Vireo
- Vireo gilvus, 05/24/25
- Western Bluebird
- Sialia mexicana, 05/02/2025
- Western Grebe
- Aechmophorus occidentalis, 05/02/2025
- Western Gull
- Larus occidentalis, 05/11/2025
- Western Kingbird
- Tyrannus verticalis, 06/01/2025
- Western Meadowlark
- Sturnella neglecta, 05/23/25; 05/24/25
- Western Tanager
- Piranga ludoviciana, 04/21/2025; 05/19/2025; 06/04/2025;
- Western Wood-Pewee
- Contopus sordidulus, 05/25/2025; 06/07/2025
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Sitta carliinensis, 05/23/25; 05/26/25; 06/06/2025
- White-crowned Sparrow
- Zonotrichia leucophrys, September 2024
- White-faced Ibis
- Plegadis chihi, 05/11/2025
- White-headed Woodpecker
- Dryobates albliarvatus, 05/24/2025
- White-throated swift
- Aeronautes saxatalis, 06/01/2025
- Wild Turkey
- Meleagris gallopavo, July 2024
- Wilson's Warbler
- Cardellina pusilla, 05/02/2025
- Wrentit
- Chamaea fasciata, 05/16/2025
- Yellow Warbler
- Setophaga coronata, 05/14/2025; 05/25/2025; 06/06/2025; 06/07/2025;
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Icteria virens, 5/11/2025; 06/04/2025; 06/06/2025
- Yellow-headed Blackbird
- Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus, 5/1/2025; 05/29/2025
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Setophaga coronata, 05/25/2025; 05/26/2025
Fish
- Arroyo Chub
- Gila orcuttii
- Bluegill
- Lepomis macrochirus
- Bowfin
- Amia calva
- Brown Trout
- Salmo trutta
- Common Carp
- Cyprinus carpio
- Common Pleco
- Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps
- Grass Carp
- Axonopus compressus
- Green Sunfish
- Lepomis cyanellus
- Green Sunfish x Bluegill
- Lepomis macrochirus × cyanellus
- Largemouth Bass
- Micropterus salmoides
- Pumpkinseed
- Lepomis gibbosus
- Pumpkinseed x Bluegill
- Lepomis gibbosus × macrochirus
- Rainbow Trout
- Oncorhynchus mykiss
- River Chub
- Nocomis micropogon
- Rock Bass
- Ambloplites rupestris
- Round Goby
- Neogobius melanostomus
- Santa Ana Sucker
- Pantosteus santaanae
- Smallmouth Bass
- Micropterus dliomieu
- Yellow Bullhead
- Ameiurus natalis
- Yellow Perch
- Perca flavescens
- Longear Sunfish
- Lepomis megalotis
- Longnose Gar
- Lepisosteus osseus
- Cutthroat Trout
- Oncorhynchus virginalis
Mammals
- Mule Deer
- Odocoileus hemionus
- American Mink
- Neogale vison
- White-tailed Deer
- Odocoileus virginianus
- Coyote
- Canis latrans
- Raccoon
- Procyon lotor
- Eastern Striped Skunk
- Mephitis mephitis nigra
- Virginia Opossum
- Didelphis virginiana
- Beechey Ground Squirrel
- Otospermophilus beecheyi
- Muskrat
- Ondatra zibethicus
- Eastern Chipmunk
- Tamias striatus
- Fox Squirrel
- Sciurus niger
- Eastern Cottontail
- Sylvilagus floridanus
- American Red Squirrel
- Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
- Eastern Gray Squirrel
- Sciurus carliinensis
- Red Fox
- Vulpes vulpes
- Groundhog
- Marmota monax
- Snowshoe Hare
- Lepus americanus
- Desert Cottontail
- Sylvilagus audubonii
- California Mouse
- Peromyscus californicus
- Lodgepole Chipmunk
- Neotamias speciosus
- Alpine Chipmunk
- Neotamias alpinus
