Roger Breedlove

1. Townsend's Solitaire


2. Green Violet-ear


3. Magnificent Hummingbird


4. Cory's Shearwater


5. White-tailed Tropicbird


6. Spotted Redshank


7. South Polar Skua


8. Common Black-headed Gull


9. Fork-tailed Flycatcher


10. White-eared Hummingbird

Michael J. Musumeche

1. Great Cormorant


2. Garganey


3. Barrow's Goldeneye


4. Wandering Tattler


5. Surfbird


6. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper


7. Common Black-headed Gull


8. Magnificent Hummingbird


9. Violet-green Swallow


10. Rufous-crowned Sparrow

David Muth

The birds indicated by the "*" are birds for which records were then pending with the LA Bird Record Committee. In the case of their acceptance, the 11th and 12th picks would replace them.

1. Common Black-headed Gull


2. Common (Mew) Gull*


3. Black Phoebe


4. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper


5. Common Redpoll


6. Phainopepla


7. White-tailed Tropicbird*


8. Surfbird


9. Brambling


10. Slaty-backed Gull


11. Snow Bunting


12. Pacific Loon

Nancy Newfield

1. Green Violet-ear


2. Magnificent Hummingbird


3. Green-breasted Mango


4. Black-headed Gull


5. Fork-tailed Flycatcher


6. Northern Jacana


7. Mangrove Cuckoo


8. Spotted Redshank


9. Rufous-crowned Sparrow


10. Spotted Rail

Paul Conover

I've selected birds that didn't make it on to any of the lists above (so my list is subject to changing as new lists come in). I tried not to lean to heavily on any one group.

1. Yellow-billed Loon


2. Clark's Grebe


3. Rufous-necked Stint


4. White-winged Tern


5. Common Poorwill


6. Western Bluebird


7. Golden-cheeked Warbler


8. Kirtland's Warbler


9. Baird's Sparrow


10. Cassin's Finch

Master List

Here's a summary of all the birds listed above. The number accompanying each species refers to the number of lists above that it has appeared on.

• Common Black-headed Gull (4)


• Magnificent Hummingbird (3)


• White-tailed Tropicbird * (2)


• Surfbird (2)


• Spotted Redshank (2)


• Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (2)


• Green Violet-ear (2)


• Fork-tailed Flycatcher (2)


• Rufous-crowned Sparrow (2)


• Pacific Loon (1)


• Cory's Shearwater (1)


• Great Cormorant (1)


• Spotted Rail (1)


• Northern Jacana (1)


• Wandering Tattler (1)


• Slaty-backed Gull (1)


• Common (Mew) Gull* (1)


• South Polar Skua (1)


• Townsend's Solitaire (1)


• Garganey (1)


• Barrow's Goldeneye (1)


• Mangrove Cuckoo (1)


• White-eared Hummingbird (1)


• Green-breasted Mango (1)


• Violet-green Swallow (1)


• Black Phoebe (1)


• Phainopepla (1)


• Kirtland's Warbler (1)


• Cassin's Finch (1)


• Brambling (1)


• Snow Bunting (1)


• Common Redpoll (1)


• Baird's Sparrow (1)

Obviously, some expected birds are yet to make their appearance. For those which were added, four have been on the basis of single sightings Townsend’s Solitaire, Green Violetear, Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Baird’s Sparrow} while Cory’s Shearwater has been found to be an uncommon but regular pelagic.