San Diego County's
Birding Information
San Diego County's *400* Club
Here is a list of the people who have put in the time, and dedication to drop everything on a moments notice to chase vagrant birds in the County, or was out in the field, finding these birds. All listed have seen 400 or more species in San Diego County. Click here to see the Club members and their numbers.
An interesting article about Ethics in the field for Birders and Photographers by Tom Webster
San Diego County Stats
Contenders: Black-tailed Gull, Belcher's Gulls, Purple Gallinule, Xantus's Hummingbird , Magnificent Hummingbird, & Townsend's Shearwaters
Bird Clubs-
The San Diego Field Ornithologists- meets on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at the Tecolete Nature Center, located at the east end of Tecolete Rd. in San Diego at 7:00 p.m., Take the I-5 to the Sea World/Tecolete exit, and head east, go into the park, and then to the dead-end. The SDFO also operates the San Diego Rare Bird Alert (619) 688-2473.
Audubon Societies of San Diego County:
Other related sites for San Diego Birding Interest-
Local Names / Maps of Birding Localities in San Diego- Click "Here"
San Diego Birding Locations- http://www.socalaudubon.org/socal/sd-locs.htm
From the Port of San Diego
Where to go birding in San Diego: PDF Format
Kurt Radamaker's Baja California website
Newspaper article on San Diego's 1939 Christmas Bird Count *click here*
SDBirds
Listserv- To subscribe-
San Diego Birds is an E-Mail listserv, that you can receive immediately, or in a
digest version through your E-mail. Many of San Diego's top
birders are on the list, and discussions are open to anything dealing with the
Birds, Birders, and anything Birding in the San Diego County of Southern
California.
The San Diego County Checklist-
by Doug Aguillard & Kurt Radamaker Click here for checklist San Diego County is the #1 County in North America with the most bird species recorded. We now stand at 497, with the additions of the Eurasian Collared Dove, Gila Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Magnificent Hummingbird, Manx Shearwater, Townsend's (Newell's) Shearwater, & Bridled Tern.
Books Related To The San Diego Area
Bird Atlas of San Diego County- Phil Unitt
Birds of San Diego County- Phil Unitt
Birds of Southern California- Garrett & Dunn (out of print)
Birds of the Anza Borrego- Barbara Massey
Birds of San Diego- Fischer & Clarke
Distribution of the Birds of California- Grinnell & Miller
California Birds- Arnold Small