| Denise Wight's Birding Pages |
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| Last updated 29 July 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 2 June 2010) Favorite Links: General Birding Links Bird Sounds Page (updated 12 Feb 2010) Favorite Birding Locations Avian Images Video Favorites About Me |
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| Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens Photo by Dave Furseth |
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| Albany Adult School Birding by Ear Beginning Birding by Ear Six Evening Classes 7:30-9:00pm Sept. 16 - Oct. 21 Three Local Field Trips Sept. 18 - Tilden Regional Park Oct. 2 - East Bay Shoreline Oct. 16 - Valle Vista Staging Area Registration BeginsAugust 23rd! |
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| Seabirding!! Shearwater Journey's 2010 schedule is now online! I will co-leading out of both Monterey and Half Moon Bay this year! 31 July, 2010, Sunday - Half Moon Bay NOTE CHANGE OF DATE! The 1 Aug 2010 trip has been cancelled! 3 Oct 2010, Sunday - Monterey 17 Oct 2010, Sunday - Monterey Hope to see you on one of these trips! Can't make a 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! |
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| Great Horned Owl chick Bubo virginianus Photo by Dave Furseth |
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| Listen to the calls of a Great Horned Owl I recorded in Moraga, CA. |
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| MDAS Northern California Daily Checklist NEW 2010 Contra Costa County Checklist now available! |
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| 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. |
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| Sialia.com for daily California bird sightings posts. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All feedback is appreciated! You can email me at: |
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