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Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group - http://www2.ucsc.edu/scpbrg/
Raptor conservation group with summaries of research projects, education programs, and news articles. |
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San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory - http://www.sfbbo.org/
Programs, Palo Alto rail tides, photos, volunteer opportunities, newsletter articles, and activities. |
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Point Reyes Bird Observatory - http://www.prbo.org/
Bird conservation projects, programs, research, news, outings, newsletters, education and outreach, bird articles, and essays. |
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Watchable Wildlife - http://www.dfg.ca.gov/watchable/
Department of Fish and Game site with viewing tips for magpies, raptors, cranes, herons and egrets, and nutcrackers. |
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Audubon Canyon Ranch - http://www.egret.org/
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. |
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Golden Gate Raptor Observatory - http://www.ggro.org/
Fall hawk watch near San Francisco. |
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Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges Complex - http://klamathbasinrefuges.fws.gov/
Official site of the Klamath Basin NWR, with visitor information, bird counts and sightings, tips for building blinds, and various areas for viewing. |
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Ventana Wilderness Society - http://www.ventanaws.org/
Based in Carmel Valley. California Condor reintroduction notes, Bald Eagle release and monitoring, Big Sur Ornithology Lab, environmental education, and research. |
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Birds of Elkhorn Slough - http://www.elkhornslough.org/birds1.htm
Checklist, sightings, Monterey Bay Bird Festival, and photographs. |
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Monterey County Birding - http://montereybay.com/creagrus/MTY.html
Rarities with photos, identification problems, site guides for 4 prime birding areas, and top county birders. |
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California Partners in Flight - http://www.prbo.org/calpif/
Bird conservation projects. |
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Kern County Birding - http://natureali.com/birding.htm
Brief site guides to dozens of the county's best birding spots. |
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Santa Cruz Bird Club - http://santacruzbirdclub.org/
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. |
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California Condor Conservation - http://www.cacondorconservation.org/
Condor news, information, video, photos, blogs, newsletter, educational material, and bird profiles from U.S. and Mexican partners in the California Condor Recovery Program, a binational program built upon a foundation of private and public partnerships managed by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. |
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Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival - http://www.morrobaybirdfestival.org/
Annual event held in mid-January. Program, registration, brochures, bird lists, and photos. |
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Contra Costa County Breeding Bird Atlas - http://www.flyingemu.com/ccosta/
Maps of breeding birds in Contra Costa County. |
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Aleutian Goose Festival - http://www.aleutiangoosefestival.org/
Annual event held in March in Del Norte County. |
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Joe Morlan's California Birding - http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~jmorlan/
Interactive map of California with birding statistics, sites, and other birding resources for all 58 California counties; recent rarities, photo gallery, mystery birds, and an identification reference list. |
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Birds of Orange County, California - http://mamba.bio.uci.edu/~pjbryant/biodiv/birds/
Collection of annotated slides. |
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CA Birding Lists Digest - http://www.sialia.com/s/calists.pl
Compilation of 24 different California birding e-mail lists, organized by date, region, and list. Messages are archived for 30 days. |
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Luke Cole's Birding Pages - http://www.lukecole.com/Birds/Luke's%20birding%20page.htm
Photographs and discussion of rare birds in California and elsewhere in the western U.S. |
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Monterey Birding Adventures - http://montereybirdingadventures.com/
Avid birder Rick Fournier leads bird trips for individuals or groups in Central California. Includes some bird photos. |
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Bird Friends Of Lake Murry and San Diego County - http://www.bird-friends.com/
Photos, sounds, and descriptions of local birds; brief descriptions of hot spots. |
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East Bay Birders Circle - http://folkbird.net/ebb/
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. |
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Marin County Birding - http://www.marintrails.com/birds.html
Top 7 birding areas in Marin County. |
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California Native Bird Gardening - http://www.laspilitas.com/California_birds/California_birds.html
Information about common California birds and plants to attract them. |
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Wild On Wetlands Weekend - http://www.losbanos.com/wow.htm
Annual event held in March in the Central Valley near Los Banos. |
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Birds of the Imperial Valley - http://www.imperial.edu/~birds/
Photos and tips for finding birds in the southeastern corner of California. |
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Towhee.net - http://www.towhee.net/
Harry Fuller's site with information about birding San Francisco, notes on specialty birds, report on a big year in 1998, history of US ornithology, and European trip reports. |
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California Hotspots - http://www.camacdonald.com/birding/uscalifornia.htm
Links to photographs and information about destinations, checklists of endemic and specialized species, rare bird alerts. |
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Cindy's Bird Pics - http://members.cruzio.com/~cinful/indexbirds.html
Photos of California birds. |
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Sierra-NevadaBirds - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierra-nevadabirds/
Forum for discussing birding and birds of the Sierra Nevada. |
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SFBirds/ - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SFBirds/
E-mail group for birding in San Francisco. |
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Birds West - http://home.att.net/~redknot/
Bird news, owling tips, birder's guides, birding in Santa Clara, Siskiyou, and Modoc counties, photo and sketch galleries, and trip reports. |
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Mostly Birds - http://selman.com/birds/
A gallery of bird photographs, mostly from California, by Larry Selman of Santa Cruz. |
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Calbirds - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/calbirds/
Archives and subscription management for the statewide e-mail group for birding in California. |
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Mitch Heindel's Miscellaneous Matters - http://www.angelfire.com/ca5/pelagics/
Southern California pelagic and other photos; pelagic trip schedule; photo quizzes; and checklists for Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park, Wilmington Drain, and Banning Park. |
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Chico Birding - http://www.chicobirding.com
Weblog of birds seen in the Chico area arranged by season and location. Includes photos and directions to birdwatching sites. |
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San Francisco Birding and Beyond - http://home.pacbell.net/mweaton/Birding/Birding.html
Identification quiz, pelagic survival tips, rare bird descriptions, and trip reports. |
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Birding Break: Northern California (Bay Area) - http://www.virtualbirder.com/vbirder/onLoc/onLocDirs/BB_NCAL_01/
Virtual tour of popular northern Californian birding destinations: Cordell Bank, Palo Alto Baylands Preserve, and Monterey. |