Birds of San Franscisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area is home to a wide variety of habitats, which in turn leads to a wide variety of bird species. Home to some of the most active bird-watching in America, the San Francisco Bay Area offers many opportunities to view avian wildlife.
Birding by Regional areas or County
- Birders share information about recent sightings on mailing lists which are organized by region. Sialia maintains an excellent website where you can find all the ones for California.
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- Santa Clara County Bird Checklist - A comprehensive listing of the birds of Santa Clara County compiled by Bill Bousman and published by the Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society.
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- San Mateo County resources published by the Sequoia Audubon Society.
Online Birding Guide with maps, place descriptions and detailed directions for sighting birds - excellent resource. ...link
San Mateo County Bird Checklist - in PDF format
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- Guide to Birding in Santa Cruz County - by the Santa Cruz Bird Club
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- San Francisco Bay and San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuges Checklist. This includes 281 species that are found in San Francisco Bay and Delta, and their bordering wetlands.
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- Checklist for Napa River's marshland.
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Media
- A selection of useful reference books can be found here - Bird Books ...more
- A nice laminated fold-out, with common local species, is produced by Local Birds. It includes backyard/trail and coastal/water birds. They also have similar guides for Marin County and the Monterey Bay Area.
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- Multimedia CD with photos and songs by Thayer Software -
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Optics
- A few well-chosen binocular picks covering a wide range of prices, from Birdwatcher's Digest, Sep. 2008.
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- A very comprehensive evaluation of mid-priced ($300-$800) binoculars from Birdwatcher's Digest, Nov. 2007.
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- If you get further into birding, you may want to invest in a spotting scope. Here is some advice from Birdwatcher's Digest.
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Articles/Links about Birds and Birding in the Bay Area
- East Bay Raptors - an article in BayNature.
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- Blue Grosbeaks in the eastern part of Alameda county - an article by Richard Cimino of Ohlone Audubon Society.
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- Rufous Hummingbird Migration Map, Spring 2009 - from Journey North.
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- Shearwater Journeys offers some great seabirding (pelagic) trips and an opportunity to see species that you are not likely to see from land.
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