Last updated 11 Mar 2009

Favorite Birding Locations

Alameda and Contra Costa County

Make sure to take a look at Birding Northern California by John Kemper.  A very useful guide.

Additional Locations -

San Francisco Bay Area

Around California

Sierra Valley and Yuba Pass San Francisco State University at the Sierra Nevada Field Campus. (bird checklist) Salton Sea The Birds of the Salton Sea by Patten, McCaskie, and Unitt. Sacramento Wildlife National Wildlife Refuge Complex

Beyond California -Personal Favorites

Distant Birding Destinations St. John, US Virgin Islands Jalisco & Colima, Mexico Titchwell Marsh, Norfolk, England Australia Contact Alan McBride for birding trips around Australia and beyond. Atherton Tablelands, Queensland - I would suggest staying at both Cassowary House and Kingfisher Park. Wollongong, New South Wales for pelagic trips.

Mount Diablo from downtown Walnut Creek, CA

East Bay East Bay Regional Park System East Bay Municipal Utilities District Trails (EBMUD)                                                          (EBMUD permit) Lake Merritt North Bay Outer Point Reyes and Abbott's Lagoon Bodgea Bay

Birding Tour Groups You might want to check out these organized tour groups.  Sometimes it's nice to sit back and let the experienced guides do all the work! Shearwater Journeys pelagic birding trips. Wings Field Guides Victor Emmanual Nature Tours Cheesmans'Ecology Safaris