Im 17 and have been birding for about 2 years, 1 seriously. Here is what I have seen thus far:
1. Indigo Bunting
2. Black-Crowned Night Heron
3. Cattle Egret
4. Northern Flicker
5. Cliff Swallow
6. Black Phoebe
7. Little Blue Heron
8. Wood Duck
9. Mallard Duck
10. Barn Swallow
11. Red-Winged Blackbird
12. Northern Cardinal
13. American Goldfinch
14. Great Blue Heron
15. Canada Geese
16. House Finch
17. House Sparrow
18. Cooper’s Hawk
19. Lesser Goldfinch
20. Mourning Dove
21. Western Tanager
22. Acorn Woodpecker
23. Oak Titmouse
24. White-breasted Nuthatch
25. Nuttalls Woodpecker
26. Scrub Jay
27. American Robin
28. Black-headed Grosbeak
29. Red-Shouldered Hawk
30. Red-Tailed Hawk
31. American Kestrel
32. Downy Woodpecker
33. Dark Eyed Junco (Oregon Variant)
34. Belted Kingfisher
35. American Dipper
36. Western Kingbird
37. Northern Mockingbird
38. Bushtit
39. Spotted Towhee
40. Anna’s Hummingbird
41. American Crow
42. Yellow-Billed Magpie
43. Starling
44. Western Meadowlark
45. White Crowned Sparrow
46. Chipping Sparrow
47. Western Bluebird
48. Bullock’s Oriole
49. California Towhee
50. Cedar Waxwing
51. Sharp-Shinned Hawk
52. Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
53. Bewick’s Wren
54. Brown pelican
55. Yellow-Rumped Warbler
56. Red-Breasted Sapsucker
57. American Coot
58. Sandhill Crane
59. Snow Goose
60. Cinnamon Teal
61. Black-necked Stilt
62. Common moorhen
63. Northern Shoveler
64. Brewer’s Blackbird
65. Clark’s Nutcracker
66. Stellar Jay
67. Wild Turkey
68. California Quail
69. Bald Eagle
70. Osprey
That's an impressive list. Remember you can only see a bird for the first time once so no rush with your life ahead of you. Sometimes it's learning the behavior of the most common birds that's the most fascinating.
curious: no seagulls in California ??!!.
I must say, I am quite jealous of your list. You've got some of the really cool Western species that I just drool over all day in my Sibley here on the East Coast. Seriously! Black-necked Stilt?? Hmmm... Maybe I'll get lucky in Turks and Caicos next week!