California
California Links
- Joe Morlan's California Birding Interactive map of California with birding statistics, sites, and other birding resources for all 58 California counties; recent rarities; photo gallery; mystery birds; identification reference list; and much more.
- California Bird Songs Songs of 13 species, recorded at the Blodgett Forest Research Station near Georgetown.
- National Wildlife Refuge Bird Checklists Seasonal checklists for 36 refuges in California.
- San Diego County Birds and Butterflies Rare bird alert, checklist, photo gallery, and links.
- East Bay Birders Circle Birding in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties in the San Francisco Bay area. EBbird mailing list info and archives, rare bird alerts, yard lists, essays, list of wildlife rehabilitators.
- The Bird Guide: Northern California Site guides, species accounts, and many useful links.
- Kern Valley Turkey Vulture Festival Annual event held in fall. Field trips, workshops, crafts, sports, and research.
- Seawatching Brief guides to five sites in California to look for seabirds from land. Includes maps and species lists.
- Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival Annual event held in January.
- Placer County Birding Hotspots Site guides with maps and checklist.
- California Duck Days Annual festival held in February in the Sacramento Valley.
- Kern County Birding Brief site guides to dozens of the county's best birding spots.
- Lake Merced Breeding Bird Records Notes on birds breeding at Lake Merced, San Francisco.
- Central Valley Bird Club Meeting minutes and membership info.
- Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, San Francisco Photos, sounds, and more of a flock of feral parrots.
- Yolo County Birding Species records, listing records, and links.
- Mary Scott's Birding California Travelogue of 16 California hot spots.
- Chanslor Wetlands Wildlife Project Preserve in Bodega Bay. Bird count results.
- Birding Break: Northern California (Bay Area) Virtual tour of popular northern Californian birding destinations: Cordell Bank, Palo Alto Baylands Preserve, and Monterey.
- Shearwater Journeys Pelagic trips, reports, and photos.
- Birds of Big Morongo Canyon Preserve Checklist and a few photos and songs.
- Point Reyes Bird Observatory Bird conservation projects, programs, research, news, outings, newsletters, education and outreach, bird articles, essays, and more.
- Yolo County Birding Guide Recent rarities, guide to birding throughout the year, map and descriptions of birding sites, and best spots for certain species.
- Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group Raptor conservation group with summaries of research projects, education programs, news articles, and more.
- California Raptor Center Rehabilitation of injured and orphaned raptors.
- Salton Sea International Bird Festival Annual event held in February in Imperial County.
- Birds of Prey Photos and information about raptors, Hawk Hill in Golden Gate NRA, Bay Area birds, and Point Reyes.
- Birds of the Imperial Valley Photos and tips for finding birds in the southeastern corner of California.
- Cosumnes River Preserve Bird List Graphical checklist with species abundance by month.
- Cosumnes River Preserve Birding Site guide to preserve in southern Sacramento County.
- BLM California Birding Checklists for 4 Bureau of Land Management sites in California.
- Watchable Wildlife Department of Fish and Game site with viewing tips for magpies, raptors, cranes, herons and egrets, and nutcrackers.
- Pelagic Birding in Central California Overview of pelagic birding for the Cordell Bank, Monterey Bay, and Channel Islands.
- San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory Programs, Palo Alto rail tides, photos, volunteer opportunities, newsletter articles, and activities.
- Contra Costa County Breeding Bird Atlas Maps of breeding birds in Contra Costa County.
- Santa Cruz Bird Club Events, history, Monterey Bay Birders' e-mail group info, Central Coast Riparian Bird Conservation Project, Guide to Songs and Calls of Central Coast Birds, newsletter articles, local birding sites, bird reports, checklists, and gull ID.
- Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Fall hawk watch near San Francisco.
- Orange County Birding Forum for the discussion of birding in Orange County, southern California. Message archive, files, and links.
- Mitch Heindel's Miscellaneous Matters Southern California pelagic and other photos; pelagic trip schedule; photo quizzes; and checklists for Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park, Wilmington Drain, and Banning Park.
- Wild Bird Center of Walnut Creek Store with backyard birding tips and bird walks.
- Birds West Bird news, owling tips, birder's guides, birding in Santa Clara, Siskiyou, and Modoc counties, photo and sketch galleries, trip reports, and more.
- Birding in Orange County, California Site guides for 7 favorite birding spots.
- Ventana Wilderness Society Based in Carmel Valley. California Condor reintroduction notes, Bald Eagle release and monitoring, Big Sur Ornithology Lab, environmental education, and research.
- Butte County Birders Directions to local birding sites, photographs, and suggestions for those interested in starting.
- Monterey County Birding Rarities with photos, identification problems, site guides for 4 prime birding areas, and top county birders.
- Aleutian Goose Festival Annual event held in March in Del Norte County.
- San Francisco Birding and Beyond Identification quiz, pelagic survival tips, rare bird descriptions, and trip reports.
- Marin County Birding Top 7 birding areas in Marin County.
- Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges Complex Official site of the Klamath Basin NWR, with visitor info, bird counts and sightings, tips for building blinds, and various areas for viewing.
- Peter LaTourrette's Bird Photo Gallery High quality bird photos, mostly taken at Stanford's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve.
- South Bay Birders Unlimited Santa Clara County year lists, maps, tide schedules, and links.
- California Parrot Project Researching parrots in the wilds of California's suburban jungles. Identification guide and articles.
- Birds of Elkhorn Slough Checklist, sightings, Monterey Bay Bird Festival, photo gallery, and more.
- San Diego County Bird Atlas Project, sponsored by the San Diego Natural History Museum, to produce distribution maps and interpretive text for over 200 breeding and 300 migratory bird species in San Diego County. Newsletters, checklist, and reporting forms.
- Northern California BirdBox Rare bird alert, fall vagrant bird totals, and list of contributors.
- San Diego Field Ornithology Rare bird report archive and links.
- California Rare Bird Alerts Transcripts of 12 different RBAs in California.
- California Bird Records Committee California bird lists, annual reports, and photo gallery.
- Sierra Valley and Yuba Pass Area Bird Checklist Graphical frequency checklist for this area in the northern Sierra Nevada.
- Los Angeles County Breeding Bird Atlas Techniques and some results.
- Wild On Wetlands Weekend Annual event held in March in the Central Valley near Los Banos.
- California Partners in Flight Bird conservation projects.
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