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County Statistics
Current county list: 455
Top 5 county lists: 406 (Guy McCaskie; 88%),
Top Big Year: 306 in 1990 (Robert L. McKernan)
Top Big Day: 199 on 26 Apr 2003 (T. Easterla, S. Rovell, J. Sterling, S. Terrill)
Top Five Birds: Wedge-tailed Shearwater (31 Jul 1988 north end Salton Sea), Gyrfalcon (Dec 2011-Feb 2012 San Jacinto Wildlife Area), Common Snipe (Dec 2011 San Jacinto Wildlife Area ), Spotted Redshank (30 Apr-6 May 1983), American Woodcock (8-11 Nov 2006)
Compiler for North American Birds:
Chet McGaugh
chetmcgaugh@gmail.com
Statistics late updated 11/07; see "explanations of county statistics" for details. Thank you to Stephen J. Myers, Guy McCaskie, Scott Terrill, and John Green for supplying some of the information here.
Bird Clubs
Pomona Valley Audubon Society
San Bernardino Valley Audubon Society
Birding Sites
Inland Counties Birding Map - Tom Benson's Guide
Pomona Valley Birding Locations
Riverside County Regional Parks
Big Morongo Canyon Preserve
San Jacinto Wildlife Area
Santa Rosa Wildlife Area
Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve
Lake Perris State Recreation Area
Dos Palmas Preserve
Coachella Valley Preserve
Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Palms to Pines Scenic Byway
Joshua Tree National Park
Anza-Borrego State Park
Bradshaw Trail
Motte Rimrock Reserve
Emerson Oaks Reserve
Box Spring Reserve
San Jacinto Mountains Reserve
Boyd Deep Canyon Research Center
State Parks
Other Birding Resources
Southern California Birding Field Trips Calendar - Compiled by Steve Sosensky
Avifauna of the Salton Sea
Birds of the Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan
Coachella Valley Wild Bird Center
Checklist of Thousand Palms Oasis
Checklist of Joshua Tree National Park
San Bernardino National Forest
Cleveland National Forest
Inland County Birds - Mailing List
Recommended References
Birds of the Salton Sea - Univ. Calif. Press. (2003)
Birds of the Lower Colorado River Valley - Univ. Ariz. Press (1991)
Please send corrections, additions or updates to Joe Morlan: jmorlan@ccsf.edu
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