Denise Wight's Birding Pages

Last updated 27 Jan 2012

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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.

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Albany Adult School Birding by Ear - Winter 2012 This class is currently full. Saturday Field Trip Locations (subject to change) Jan. 14 - Tilden Park Jan. 21 - Black Diamond Mines Jan. 28 - Coyote Hills Feb 4   - Martinez Area Feb 11 - Briones Overlook/ Briones Regional Park, Bear Creek Entrance Feb 18 - Marin County (extended trip - exact locations to be announced)

Bobbing behavior of Northern Waterthrush found by Paul Schorr  at Contra Loma Res., Antioch, Contra Costa County, CA.

The Alameda Breeding Bird Atlas is now available.

Great Horned Owl chick Bubo virginianus    Photo by Dave Furseth

Listen to the calls of a Great Horned Owl I recorded in Moraga, CA.

Horned Lark                          Photo by Dave Furseth Eremophila alpestris

Bathing Bushtits These little cuties take a bath in a stream at U.C. Berkeley Botanical Garden

MDAS Northern California Daily Checklist NEW 2010 Contra Costa County Checklist now available!

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 644. Take a look at the official California Bird List of the Western Field Ornithologists' California Bird Records Committee.   Updated  15 Jan 2012.

Sialia.com for daily California bird sightings posts.

Buller's Sheawater                                                                                                         by Mike Dansenbaker Puffinus bulleri