Denise Wight's
Birding Pages
Last updated  5 Feb 2010
Welcome!
For students of my birding classes and everyone interested in learning more about the birds of the East Bay, the entire San Francisco Bay Area, and California.
Contra Costa/ Alameda County Birding
Birding Class Page (updated 5 Feb 2010)

Favorite Links:
    General Birding Links
     Bird Sounds Page (updated 5 Jan 2010)
     Favorite Birding Locations
     Avian Images
    Video Favorites

     About Me
Upcoming classes
Albany Adult School
Birding by Ear
This class is currently full.

Please check my
Bird Sounds Page for
tips on how to get started
birding by ear.
White-chinned Petrel - First California Record                    Photo by Kris Olsen
Procellaria aequinoctialis
18 Oct 2009 - San Mateo County, CA       
Check out Alvaro Jaramillo's, Kris Olsen and John Sterling's pages for additional  great images!                                                                 
Seabirding!!

Shearwater Journey's 2010 schedule is now online!  Hope to see you on the open seas!

Until your next pelagic trip don't forget you can try scoping for seabirds from Pigeon Point to Bodega Bay.   Of course, keep an eye out for  seabirds you might see on the San Francisco Bay from the shoreline in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties!  You never know what might turn up!
Great Horned Owl chick Bubo virginianus   
Photo by Dave Furseth
MDAS Northern California Daily Checklist
415-681-7422
What "rare" birds currently are being seen in our area? Call the Northern California Bird Box for the latest updates:
Not sure what birds have been seen California?  The state total is now up to 641.
Take a look at the official California Bird List of the Western Field Ornithologists' California Bird Records Committee.   Updated  15 January 2010.
Sialia.com for daily California bird sightings posts.
All feedback is appreciated!
You can email me at:
blkittiwake@yahoo.com
(What is a blkittiwake??)
Yellow-billed Magpie
Pica nuttalli
Photo by Denise Wight
Yellow-billed Magpie was named "Bird of the Year" by Audubon California - watch the video and learn more!