Denise Wight's
Birding Pages
Welcome!
Last updated 23 June 2009
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.
Contra Costa/ Alameda County Birding
Birding Class Page (updated 16 June 2009)

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    Bird Sounds Page (updated 22 May 2009)
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About Me
Seabirding!!
Here is the 2009 schedule for Shearwater Journeys online! 


Until your next pelagic trip don't forget you can try scoping for seabirds from
Pigeon Point to Bodega Bay.   Of course, keep an eye out for  seabirds on the S.F. Bay you might view from the shoreline in Contra Costa and Alameda Counties!  You never know what might turn up!    
Red-tailed Hawk mobbing young Golden Eagle                         Photo by Denise Wight
White Canyon on Mount Diablo                                                              21 June 2009
Not the best photo, but you can see the young eagle has turned to defend itself.
Upcoming classes
Please take a look at the Birding Class Page
Snowy Plover                     Photo by Dave Furseth
Charadrius alexandrinus
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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 641.
Take a look at the official
California Bird List of the Western Field Ornithologists' California Bird Records Committee.   Updated  11 February 2009.
Sialia.com for daily California postings.
MDAS Northern California Daily Checklist
Brant
Branta bernicla
Photo by Dave Furseth

This Brant is eating eel grass, a preferred food during the non-breeding season.  My favorite spot to view this elegant goose is from Smith Brother's Road, in
Bodega Bay.  From the hillside above the bay, you may be able to hear them, too.
All feedback is appreciated!
You can email me at:
blkittiwake@yahoo.com
(What is a blkittiwake??)