September 22 - 25, 2011 in Watsonville CA

The seventh annual Monterey Bay Birding Festival takes place this year September 22 - 25, 2011. It is designed for birders of all levels with full or part day trips, workshops and featured speaker lectures. See the following link for a list of events and sign up information:

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Pelagic trips to the Channel Islands and deep water trips offshore to the San Juan Seamount or Cortez Bank in search of albatross, storm-petrels and shearwaters are scheduled in 2011 aboard the Condor Express. These popular trips are sponsored by LA Audubon and depart from SeaLanding in Santa Barbara Harbor. See the following link for trip dates:

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Channel Islands Live EagleCam

The Channel Islands Live Bald Eagle nest cams are now online for the 2011 breeding season. Watch live video stream nest activities from Santa Cruz to Santa Catalina Islands. Follow observation messages at the discussion forum (LINK) and sign up to report your own sightings to the group.

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Nothing to do? Play the American Birding Association "Online Bird Photo Quiz". A new quiz is offered each month and is a great way to test your bird ID skills.

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SBA Bird Lists

SBA eBird Data 

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Visit the sbcobirding Flickr pool to see rare bird images from SBA county:             LINK

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Tides

(map) Pt. Arguello

(map) Gaviota

(map) Santa Barbara

(map) Santa Cruz Is.

(map) San Miguel Is.