California Wildlife Viewing Locations

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Birds and Mammals of California Where and When to See
Audubon Society Birding Locations (also other Birding Clubs) Audubon California Bird Trips / Site Guides (by county) Northern California Audubon Canyon Ranch Fresno Audubon Birding Sites in the Fresno Area Klamath Audubon Bald Eagle Conference (mid-Feb) Madrone Audubon (Sonoma Co) Birding in the North Bay Klamath Basin For Winter Birds Redwood Region Audubon (Eureka) Birding Hotspots Sierra Foothills Audubon (Grass Valley) Birding Placer County Hot Spots Ten Birding Hotspots in Nevada County Yolo Audubon (Davis) Birding in the Region Central California Eastern Sierra Audubon (Bishop) Birding Hot Spots Bird Sightings Archives Kern Audubon Where to Bird in Kern County Alison Sheehey, Nature Ali Publications Kerncrest Audubon (Ridgecrest) La Purisma Audubon Society Central Coast Birding Trail (CCBT) Sites in Santa Barbara County Monterey Peninsula Audubon Local Birding Morro Coast Audubon Central Coast Birding Trail (CCBT) Sites in San Luis Obispo County Santa Cruz Bird Club North Santa Cruz County Hot Spots Cafornia Audubon California Nature Festivals	Bird Site Guides from Individuals Alison Sheehey (Nature Alley) Nature Ali's Adventures (No. California Audubon Sanctuaries) California Parrot Project Wild Parakeets in Bakersfield Pixley NWR (wintering cranes) Top Birding Spots Around Kern County American Birding Online badbirdz.com (Noel Warner) (pelagic birdwatching from shore) Palos Verdes Peninsula Point Mugu Goleta Point Monterey Coast Pigeon Point Bob Barnes Tips for Birding the So. Sierra Nevada and Kern River Valley Brian E. Small Year of the Woodpecker (Florida, Calif, Texas, Utah, Oregon) Bill Wimley Birdwatching in Orange County Charity Hagen Birding in Anza Borrego Desert SP Don Roberson Monterey County Pt Pinos Carmel River Mouth Elkhorn Slough Greg Gillson The Bird Guide Klamath Basin Joe Morlan California County Geographic Bird Guide (this site lists many good birding locations by county and includes links to local birding guides written by local experts) John Mariani Winter Birding in Siskiyou and Modoc Counties Birding Near McCloud, Siskiyou County Siskiyou County Map Mary Scott Birding California Alison Sheehey (Nature Alley) Nature Ali's Adventures (No. California Audubon Sanctuaries) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Back to Top
Southern California Conejo Valley Audubon (Thousand Oaks) Birding in Ventura County Pasadena Audubon Birding in and around Pasadena Pamona Valley Audubon (Claremont) Local Birding Locations San Fernando Valley Audubon (Van Nuys) Where To Bird In and Near the San Fernando Valley San Joaquin Audubon (Weldon) Tips for Birding the Southern Sierra Nevada & Kern River Valley Santa Monica Bay Audubon Field Trip Locations Southwest Birders Yuma Area Birding Guide Ventura Audubon Local Birding Sites	Miscellaneous Single Locations Audubon Canyon Ranch Bay Area Hiker Pescadero Marsh Natural Preserve Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve (great bird photography in January -- Arthur Morris) Elkhorn Slough NERR Birds of Elkhorn Slough Brown Pelicans in Fall GORP Tule Lake NWR - eagles Golden Gate Raptor Observatory Mono Lake Bird of the Basin Bird (& other Wildlife) Sightings Palo Alto Bayland Pt. Reyes National Seashore Point Reyes Net Natural History Naturalist's Notebook Birding in Point Reyes (West Marin) GORP The Nature Conservancy Monterey Bay
Birding Trails Birding Trails - Western States Birding Lists and Sightings CALBIRD (discussion of wild birds and birdwatching in southern California) Email Groups for Birding in California (map showing counties) Back to Top	Miscellaneous Multiple Locations Desert USA Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Bird Watching at the Salton Sea Wildlife Refuge GORP National Wildlife Refuges (for birding, check out Clear Lake, Colusa, Delevan, Kesterson, Merced, Salinas, Salton Sea River, San Pablo Bay, Seal Beach NWRs) Bald Eagles at Tule Lake NWR California Birding Guide Mono Lake / Inyo NF San Luis NWR Complex Marin County Outdoor Guide Top 7 Birding Areas National Wildlife Federation Alcatraz Seabirds Elkhorn Slough Sea Otters Oroville Area Birds PetersonOnline Birding Spectacles by Season Summer (Monterrey Bay) Fall (Mono Lake)
Government Birding Location Links
California Dept of Fish and Game California Dept of Fish & Game Watchable Wildlife Egrets and Herons Cranes Birds of Prey Yellow-billed Magpie Wildlife Areas & Ecological Reserves Gray Lodge Wildlife Area Photo Adventure (select Gray Lodge) NOAA and USGS Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Wildlife Viewing Areas USGS No. Prairie Wildlife Research Center Wildbird's Top 50 Birding Hotspots Klamath Basin (CA/OR) Monterey Bay, CA Natinal Wildlife Refuges Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex Tule Lake NWR New 7/5/09 Area Map of Indiv. Refuges Auto Tour Routes and Maps	Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Watchable Wildlife Sites (21 sites in Calif Wildlife Guide) Alturas FO Blue Door Flat Kelly Reservoir Arcata FO King Range NCA Shelter Cove Bird List Mattole Recreation Site Samoa Dunes Recreation Area Bakersfield FO Carrizo Plain Wildlife Watching Update Birding on the Monument Barstow FO Afton Canyon Harper Lake Harper Dry Lake Eagle Lake FO Bizz Johnson Trail (Fall Foliage) Eagle Lake Folsom FO Birdwatching Cosumnes River Preserve Cosumnes RP Home Page Site Guide (Birds) Hollister FO Birdwatching Other Wildlife Viewing Sites
	Palm Springs/South Coast Big Morongo Canyon Coachella Valley Preserve Dos Palmas Preserve Palms to Pines Scenic Byway (birds, bighorn sheep, wildflowers) Redding FO Paynes Creek Ridgecrest FO Birdwatching Sites Spring Wildflower Viewing Sand Canyon Short Canyon (also wildflowers) Ukiah FO Birding Cache Creek
Mammal and General Wildlife Viewing Links
Individual Locations Seattle Times Point Reyes (white fallow deer, tule elk, breeding elephant seals, many bird species) Geroge Lauer 8/25/05 PelicanNetwork.net Pacific Grove Butterflies Natural Bridge State Park Butterflies San Simeon - Peidras Blancas Northern Elephant Seal Locations Pacific Grove Nature Monarch Butterflies	California Dept of Fish and Game California Dept of Fish & Game Watchable Wildlife Seals Tidepools
Multiple Locations CaliforniaDesert.com Places to Go Wildlife Watching in the California Desert Desert USA Bighorn Sheep Watching Friends of the Sea Otter Sea Otter Info & Viewing Locations Point Lobos State Reserve Birds of Point Lobos Marine Mammals Monarch Butterflies (and Central Coast Locations) Terrestrial Animals Where to View Mammals in Calfornia (Excerpts from various publications)	California Watchable Wildlife Committee CWWC Wildlife Viewing Routes Hwy 1 -- San Francisco to Fort Bragg Hwy 101 -- San Francisco to Crescent City I 5 -- Sacramento to Oregon Border Hwy 99/70 Loop -- Sacramento to Red Bluff Hwy 36/89 Loop -- Volcano Country Hwy 395 -- Oregon Border to Bishop Hwy 1 -- San Francisco to San Luis Obispo Hwy 1 -- San Luis Obispo to Mexican Border Northern Mojave Desert Loop from Barstow Southern Mojave and Colorado Desert Loops from Palm Springs
California Wild, Natural Sciences for the Thinking Animal For Where and When to See Flora and Fauna Through the Seasons, go to Naturalist's Almanac
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_* Reports from Photographers for Photographers_* Where and When to Go for Spectacular Photo Ops in the Southwest
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