Alameda County (ALA) 
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County Statistics 
Current county list: 393 
Top county lister: 369 (Bob Richmond; 94%) 
Top Big Year: 267 in 2008 (Bob Dunn)
Top Big Day: 172 on 22 Apr 2012 (Zachary Baer, Dominic Mosur, Michael Park) 
"Best Bird": Dusky Warbler (28-29 Sep 1984 Hayward Reg. Shoreline)
Close second: Purple Gallinule (17-27 Oct 1986 Fremont) 
Compiler for North American Birds: Bob Power
rcpower@sbcglobal.net
Statistics last updated 1/09; see "explanations of county statistics"for details.  Thank you to Steve Glover, Bob Richmond, John Luther, and Bob Lewis for supplying some of the information here.

Bird Clubs
Golden Gate Audubon Society
Ohlone Audubon Society, Hayward
Oakland Bird Club

Birding Sites
East Bay Birding Hotspots - Google Map
Birds of Mines Road - Contributed by Art Edwards
East Bay Regional Parks - Interactive map
San Francisco Bay Trail - Interactive map
Birding the San Francisco Bay Trail - pdf map and birding sites.
Arrowhead Marsh
University of California Berkeley Botanic Garden
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Lake Merritt
Alameda County State Parks
Oakland Parks

Other Birding Resources
Livermore Birds - Seasonal Abundance Graphs and Location Checklists (By Art Edwards) Revised December 12 2007
WingBeats - Bob Lewis's site.
East Bay Sightings - Email lists
Bay Area Birding Calendar
Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley
The Lake Merritt Nature Center
Quail at Coyote Hills - Birds and birding at Coyote Hills Regional Park
Oakland Museum
California Library of Natural Sounds
Knowland Park Zoo
San Francisco Bay Hemispheric Reserve
Birding on Sausal Creek - Brochure
Birds of Sausal Creek, Oakland - Checklist
Endangered Species


Please send corrections, additions or updates to Joe Morlan: jmorlan@ccsf.edu
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