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- Aleutian Goose Festival - Annual event held in March in Del Norte County.
www.redwoodlink.com/soar
- Audubon Canyon Ranch - 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.
www.egret.org
- Bird Friends Of Lake Murry and San Diego County - Photos, sounds, and descriptions of local birds; brief descriptions of hot spots.
www.bird-friends.com
- Birding Break: Northern California (Bay Area) - Virtual tour of popular northern Californian birding destinations: Cordell Bank, Palo Alto Baylands Preserve, and Monterey.
www.virtualbirder.com/vbirder/onLoc/onLocDirs/BB_NCAL_01
- Birding in Orange County, California - Site guides for 7 favorite birding spots.
krypton.biomol.uci.edu/oc_bird_wcw.html
- Birds of Elkhorn Slough - Checklist, sightings, Monterey Bay Bird Festival, photo gallery, and more.
www.elkhornslough.org/birds1.htm
- Birds of Prey - Photos and information about raptors, Hawk Hill in Golden Gate NRA, Bay Area birds, and Point Reyes.
www.buteo.com
- Birds of the Imperial Valley - Photos and tips for finding birds in the southeastern corner of California.
www.imperial.cc.ca.us/birds
- 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.
home.att.net/~redknot
- BLM California Birding - Checklists for 4 Bureau of Land Management sites in California.
www.ca.blm.gov/caso/birding.html
- Butte County Birders - Directions to local birding sites, photographs, and suggestions for those interested in starting.
www.stormpages.com/buttebirders
- CA Birding Lists Digest - Compilation of 24 different California birding e-mail lists, organized by date, region, and list. Messages are archived for 30 days.
www.sialia.com/s/calists.pl
- Calbirds - Archives and subscription management for the new group for birding in California (replaces Calbird).
groups.yahoo.com/group/calbirds
- California Bird Records Committee - California bird lists, annual reports, and photo gallery.
www.wfo-cbrc.org/cbrc
- California Bird Songs - Songs of 13 species, recorded at the Blodgett Forest Research Station near Georgetown.
www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/2402/songs.html
- California Duck Days - Annual festival held in February in the Sacramento Valley.
www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~duckdays
- California Parrot Project - Researching parrots in the wilds of California's suburban jungles. Identification guide and articles.
www.parrotproject.org
- California Partners in Flight - Bird conservation projects.
www.birdware.com/pif
- California Raptor Center - Rehabilitation of injured and orphaned raptors.
www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/ars/raptor.htm
- California Rare Bird Alerts - Transcripts of 12 different RBAs in California.
www.virtualbirder.com/vbirder/realbirds/rbas/ca.html
- Central Valley Bird Club - Focuses on studying and conserving native birds in central California. Includes meeting information, field trips, and lists of birds by county.
www.cvbirds.org
- Central Valley Birds - An e-mail list for discussing the birds of California's Central Valley.
groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds
- Chanslor Wetlands Wildlife Project - Preserve in Bodega Bay. Bird count results.
www.sonomawetlands.org
- Cindy's Bird Pics - Photos of California birds.
members.cruzio.com/~cinful/indexbirds.html
- Contra Costa County Breeding Bird Atlas - Maps of breeding birds in Contra Costa County.
www.flyingemu.com/ccosta
- Cosumnes River Preserve Bird List - Graphical checklist with species abundance by month.
www.cosumnes.org/birdlist.htm
- Cosumnes River Preserve Birding - Site guide to preserve in southern Sacramento County.
www.cosumnes.org/siteguide.htm
- E-mail Groups for Birding in California - Interactive map of the state with links to over 20 birding lists.
fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~jmorlan/emailmap.htm
- 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.
folkbird.net/ebb
- Eastern Sierra Birds - Recent sightings from Inyo and Mono counties and site guides to 16 hotspots.
www.wmrs.edu/birds
- Golden Gate Raptor Observatory - Fall hawk watch near San Francisco.
www.ggro.org
- Kern County Birding - Brief site guides to dozens of the county's best birding spots.
natureali.com/birding.htm
- Kern Valley Turkey Vulture Festival - Annual event held in fall. Field trips, workshops, crafts, sports, and research.
www.valleywild.org/tvfest.htm
- Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges Complex - Official site of the Klamath Basin NWR, with visitor information, bird counts and sightings, tips for building blinds, and various areas for viewing.
www.klamathnwr.org
- LACoBirds - E-mail group for discussion of wild birds and birdwatching in Los Angeles County.
groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds
- Lake Merced Breeding Bird Records - Notes on birds breeding at Lake Merced, San Francisco.
www.lakemerced.org/danmurph.html
- Los Angeles County Breeding Bird Atlas - Techniques and some results.
www.lam.mus.ca.us/~lacbba
- Marin County Birding - Top 7 birding areas in Marin County.
www.marintrails.com/birds.html
- Mary Scott's Birding California - Travelogue of 16 California hot spots.
www.birdingamerica.com/California
- Mendocino County Rare Bird Alert - Searchable archives.
list.audubon.org/archives/ca-mendo-rba.html
- 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.
www.angelfire.com/ca5/pelagics
- Mono Lake Bird Sightings - Recent sightings from the Mono Basin and nearby Eastern Sierra.
www.monolake.org/birds
- Monterey County Birding - Rarities with photos, identification problems, site guides for 4 prime birding areas, and top county birders.
montereybay.com/creagrus/MTY.html
- Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival - Annual event held in January.
www.morro-bay.net/birds
- National Wildlife Refuge Bird Checklists - Seasonal checklists for 36 refuges in California.
www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/othrdata/chekbird/r1/6.htm
- Northern California BirdBox - Rare bird alert, fall vagrant bird totals, and list of contributors.
home.sprintmail.com/~awiner
- Orange County Birding - Forum for the discussion of birding in Orange County, southern California. Message archive, files, and links.
groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding
- Pelagic Birding in Central California - Overview of pelagic birding for the Cordell Bank, Monterey Bay, and Channel Islands.
www.best.com/~petrel/Calif.html
- Peter LaTourrette's Bird Photo Gallery - High quality bird photos, mostly taken at Stanford's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve.
www.stanford.edu/~petelat1
- Placer County Birding Hotspots - Site guides with maps and checklist.
www.geocities.com/placerbird/placercobirding.htm
- Point Reyes Bird Observatory - Bird conservation projects, programs, research, news, outings, newsletters, education and outreach, bird articles, essays, and more.
www.prbo.org
- Ron Storey's Bird and Wildlife Photographs - Images of birds and a few reptiles taken in California.
home.attbi.com/~rastorey
- Salton Sea International Bird Festival - Annual event held in February in Imperial County.
www.imperialcounty.com/birdfest
- 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.
www.sdnhm.org/research/birdatlas
- San Diego County Birds and Butterflies - Rare bird alert, checklist, photo gallery, and links.
sdbirds.basiclink.com
- San Diego Field Ornithology - Rare bird report archive and links.
homepage.mac.com/aves/SanDiego.html
- San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory - Programs, Palo Alto rail tides, photos, volunteer opportunities, newsletter articles, and activities.
www.sfbbo.org
- San Francisco Birding and Beyond - Identification quiz, pelagic survival tips, rare bird descriptions, and trip reports.
home.pacbell.net/mweaton/Birding/Birding.html
- 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.
santacruzbirdclub.org
- Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group - Raptor conservation group with summaries of research projects, education programs, news articles, and more.
www2.ucsc.edu/scpbrg
- SBCobirding - E-mail discussion group devoted to sharing information about the birds of Santa Barbara County, its near shore waters, and the Channel Islands.
groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding
- Seawatching - Brief guides to five sites in California to look for seabirds from land. Includes maps and species lists.
www.badbirdz.com/awatchIndex.htm
- SFBirds - E-mail group for birding in San Francisco.
groups.yahoo.com/group/SFBirds
- Shearwater Journeys - Pelagic trips, reports, and photos.
www.shearwaterjourneys.com
- Sierra Valley and Yuba Pass Area Bird Checklist - Graphical frequency checklist for this area in the northern Sierra Nevada.
thecity.sfsu.edu/snfc/brdchcov.htm
- Sierra-NevadaBirds - Forum for discussing birding and birds of the Sierra Nevada.
groups.yahoo.com/group/sierra-nevadabirds
- SLOCoBirding - E-mail discussion group for San Luis Obispo County birds.
groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding
- South Bay Birders Unlimited - Santa Clara County year lists, maps, tide schedules, and links.
www.stanford.edu/~kendric/birds
- Ventana Wilderness Society - Based in Carmel Valley. California Condor reintroduction notes, Bald Eagle release and monitoring, Big Sur Ornithology Lab, environmental education, and research.
www.ventanaws.org
- Venturacobirding - E-mail discussion group for birding in Ventura County.
groups.yahoo.com/group/venturacobirding
- Watchable Wildlife - Department of Fish and Game site with viewing tips for magpies, raptors, cranes, herons and egrets, and nutcrackers.
www.dfg.ca.gov/watchable
- Where do you want to go birding in California today? - Links to photographs and information about destinations, checklists of endemic and specialized species, rare bird alerts.
www.camacdonald.com/birding/uscalifornia.htm
- Wild Bird Center of Walnut Creek - Store with backyard birding tips and bird walks.
www.birdware.com
- Wild On Wetlands Weekend - Annual event held in March in the Central Valley near Los Banos.
www.losbanos.com/wow.htm
- Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill - Information about a flock of feral parrots in San Francisco.
pelicanmedia.org/wildparrots.html
- Yolo County Birding Guide - Recent rarities, guide to birding throughout the year, map and descriptions of birding sites, and best spots for certain species.
www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/6181/yolo.html
- 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.
fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~jmorlan
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