california

    Top: Recreation: Birding: North_America: United_States: California:

• - Archives and subscription management for the statewide e-mail group for birding in California.
  
• - Transcripts of 12 different RBAs in California.
  
• - Travelogue of 16 California hot spots.
  
• - Photographic journal of the adventures of a rank beginner.
  
• - Songs of 13 species, recorded at the Blodgett Forest Research Station near Georgetown.
  
• - E-mail discussion group for birding in Ventura County.
  
• - Digiscoped photos from the Stanford area.
  
• - Santa Clara County year lists, maps, tide schedules, and links.
  
• - Compilation of 24 different California birding e-mail lists, organized by date, region, and list. Messages are archived for 30 days.
  
• - Virtual tour of popular northern Californian birding destinations: Cordell Bank, Palo Alto Baylands Preserve, and Monterey.
  
• - Seasonal checklists for 36 refuges in California.
  
• - High quality bird photos, mostly taken at Stanford's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve.
  
• - An e-mail list for discussing the birds of California's Central Valley.
  
• - Avid birder Rick Fournier leads bird trips for individuals or groups in Central California. Includes some bird photos.
  
• - Southern California pelagic and other photos; pelagic trip schedule; photo quizzes; and checklists for Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park, Wilmington Drain, and Banning Park.
  
• - Raptor conservation group with summaries of research projects, education programs, and news articles.
  
• - Fall hawk watch near San Francisco.
  
• - Photos of California birds.
  
• - Official site of the Klamath Basin NWR, with visitor information, bird counts and sightings, tips for building blinds, and various areas for viewing.
  
• - Information about common California birds and plants to attract them.
  
• - Recent rarities, guide to birding throughout the year, map and descriptions of birding sites, and best spots for certain species.
  
• - Annual event held in January.
  
• - Photos of birds from California and around the world by Stephen J. Davies.
  
• - Programs, Palo Alto rail tides, photos, volunteer opportunities, newsletter articles, and activities.
  
• - Photos, sounds, and descriptions of local birds; brief descriptions of hot spots.
  
• - Information about a flock of feral parrots in San Francisco.
  
• - California bird lists, annual reports, and photo gallery.
  
• - Bird conservation projects.
  
• - E-mail discussion group for San Luis Obispo County birds.
  
• - Rehabilitation of injured and orphaned raptors.
  
• - Checklists for 4 Bureau of Land Management sites in California.
  
• - Harry Fuller's site with information about birding San Francisco, notes on specialty birds, report on a big year in 1998, history of US ornithology, and European trip reports.
  
• - Photos and information about raptors, Hawk Hill in Golden Gate NRA, Bay Area birds, and Point Reyes.
  
• - E-mail discussion group devoted to sharing information about the birds of Santa Barbara County, its near shore waters, and the Channel Islands.
  
• - Annual event held in March in the Central Valley near Los Banos.
  
• - Recent sightings and photographs from Inyo and Mono counties plus site guides to 16 hotspots.
  
• - Spring migration bird festival held in mid-April in Humboldt County.
  
• - Photographs and discussion of rare birds in California and elsewhere in the western U.S.
  
• - Recent sightings from the Mono Basin and nearby Eastern Sierra.
  
• - 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.
  
• - E-mail group for discussion of wild birds and birdwatching in Los Angeles County.
  
• - Focuses on studying and conserving native birds in central California. Includes meeting information, field trips, and lists of birds by county.
  
• - Preserve in Stinson Beach for the protection of nesting colonies of Great Egrets and Great Blue Herons. Volunteer and job opportunities, schedule of events, and publications.
  
• - Top 7 birding areas in Marin County.
  
• - Forum for the discussion of birding in Orange County, southern California. Message archive, files, and links.
  
• - Collection of annotated slides.
  
• - Photos and tips for finding birds in the southeastern corner of California.
  
• - Bird news, owling tips, birder's guides, birding in Santa Clara, Siskiyou, and Modoc counties, photo and sketch galleries, and trip reports.
  
• - Graphical frequency checklist for this area in the northern Sierra Nevada.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Annual event held in February in Imperial County.
  
• - Forum for discussing birding and birds of the Sierra Nevada.
  
• - Store with backyard birding tips and bird walks.
  
• - Interactive map of the state with links to over 20 birding lists.
  
• - Brief guides to five sites in California to look for seabirds from land. Includes maps and species lists.
  
• - Graphical checklist with species abundance by month.
  
• - Rarities with photos, identification problems, site guides for 4 prime birding areas, and top county birders.
  
• - Rare bird alert, fall vagrant bird totals, and list of contributors.
  
• - Annual event held in fall. Field trips, workshops, crafts, sports, and research.
  
• - A field logbook for birders for recording names and number of birds spotted in addition to the date, location, companions, and weather.
  
• - Preserve in Bodega Bay. Bird count results.
  
• - Researching parrots in the wilds of California's suburban jungles. Identification guide and articles.
  
• - Based in Carmel Valley. California Condor reintroduction notes, Bald Eagle release and monitoring, Big Sur Ornithology Lab, environmental education, and research.
  
• - Maps of breeding birds in Contra Costa County.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Directions to local birding sites, photographs, and suggestions for those interested in starting.
  
• - Rare bird report archive and links.
  
• - Checklist, sightings, Monterey Bay Bird Festival, and photographs.
  
• - Rare bird alert, checklist, photo gallery, and links.
  
• - Site guide to preserve in southern Sacramento County.
  
• - Site guides with maps and checklist.
  
• - Annual event held in March in Del Norte County.
  
• - Research and holdings.
  
• - Identification quiz, pelagic survival tips, rare bird descriptions, and trip reports.
  
• - Images of birds and a few reptiles taken in California.
  
• - Pelagic trips, reports, and photos.
  
• - Bird conservation projects, programs, research, news, outings, newsletters, education and outreach, bird articles, and essays.
  
• - Links to photographs and information about destinations, checklists of endemic and specialized species, rare bird alerts.
  
• - Brief site guides to dozens of the county's best birding spots.
  
• - Department of Fish and Game site with viewing tips for magpies, raptors, cranes, herons and egrets, and nutcrackers.
  
• - E-mail group for birding in San Francisco.