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Birds of San Franscisco Bay Area

California Quail
California Quail - Callipepla californica




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Greater Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca (Alviso)

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.  ...link 
  • 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.  ...link 
  • 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  ...link 
  • Guide to Birding in Santa Cruz County - by the Santa Cruz Bird Club  ...link 
  • 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.  ...link 
  • Checklist for Napa River's marshland.  ...link 

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.  ...link 
  • Multimedia CD with photos and songs by Thayer Software - Birds of California v3.9.

Optics

  • A few well-chosen binocular picks covering a wide range of prices, from Birdwatcher's Digest, Sep. 2008.  ...link 
  • A very comprehensive evaluation of mid-priced ($300-$800) binoculars from Birdwatcher's Digest, Nov. 2007.  ...link 
  • If you get further into birding, you may want to invest in a spotting scope. Here is some advice from Birdwatcher's Digest.  ...link 

Articles/Links about Birds and Birding in the Bay Area

  • East Bay Raptors - an article in BayNature.  ...link 
  • Blue Grosbeaks in the eastern part of Alameda county - an article by Richard Cimino of Ohlone Audubon Society.  ...link 
  • Rufous Hummingbird Migration Map, Spring 2009 - from Journey North.  ...map   ...link 
  • Shearwater Journeys offers some great seabirding (pelagic) trips and an opportunity to see species that you are not likely to see from land.  ...link 
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