Hi birders,
Ruth and I are heading to the west coast of the USA in a couple of weeks for a holiday. We have never birded there before (despite the fact that I seem to spend a good proportion of my time there), so pretty much everything would be new to us. We fly into LA, and I am going to hire a vehicle of some sort – I don’t mind heading south towards Orange County (where my office is), as I would like to bird the Bolsa Chica wetlands and other spots nearby. From there we’ll wind our way northwards through California, Oregon, Washington state and ultimately to Vancouver.
I would welcome any suggestions – must-visit birding spots, potential guides or people to contact, and must-see birds. We are particularly interested in seeing Tufted Puffins, hummingbirds of any and all kinds and possibly Horned Puffins off British Columbia (I am not sure how far south they come in summer).
Thanks in advance,
Paul Dodd
Docklands, Victoria
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Paul
In addition to the information I sent you yesterday, there is a great website for California maintained by Joe Morlan. It has an odd URL so just google his name. It has a map of all of the counties, and when you click on a county you get all sorts of useful information and links.
Also, another hummer you might expect in Southern California is the Black-chinned.
Eric Jeffrey
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Hi Paul,
ABA has a number of excellent site guides covering parts of your trip: Southern California (by Brad Schram), Washington (by Hal Opperman), Metropolitan Areas (by my friend Paul Lehman), Birdfinder: A Birder’s Guide to Planning North American Trips (by Jerry Cooper),
http://www.aba.org/siteguides/
My friend Debi Shearwater runs several excellent pelagic trips (I used to be a leader on her pelagics): http://www.shearwaterjourneys.com/schedule.shtml
Also http://www.birdingonthe.net/ may be of use.
Attached a couple of my personal trip reports – likely only visible for you and not for the list serv.
Cheers,
Nikolas