Denise Wight's
Birding Pages
Welcome!
Last updated  25 April 2008
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 25 April  2008)

Favorite Links:
   
General Birding Links
    Bird Sounds Page (updated 19 Feb 2008)
    Favorite Birding Locations
    Avian Images
   
Video Favorites

    
About Me
Seabirding!!
Here is the 2008 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!

Take a virtual trip up
Monterey Canyon. This submerged canyon, the size of the Grand Canyon, is one of the reasons we see great seabirds so close to shore.         
Black-headed Grosbeak                                                 Photo by Dave Furseth   Pheuctacus melanocelphaus    
Upcoming classes
Albany Adult School - Birding By Ear
                                  - Summer Evening Bird Walks

Wild Birds Unlimited - Tuesday Morning Classes
See Birding Class Page for more details!
Snowy Plover                     Photo by Dave Furseth
Charadrius alexandrinus
Contra Costa County 2008 Big Year
Check it out on Bob Lewis's Website wingbeats
My current total is 215.  My personal goal for the year is 225.
Take a look at the birds tallied so far this year in
Alameda County, too!
What "rare" birds currently are being seen in our area?
Call the
Northern California Bird Box for the latest updates:
Also visit Sialia.com for daily California postings.
415-681-7422
Not sure what birds have been seen California? 
Take a look at the official
California Bird List
of the Western Field Ornithologists' California Bird Records Committee.
This list was last updated 13 April  2008.
Three species have been added to the California State List!
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??)