Natural History Wanderings

Websites For Bird Sightings and Rare Bird Reports

includes nationwide, California statewide and California regional or county lists

Nationwide

• Nationwide Birding Lists Digest: http://digest.sialia.com/?rm=index;days_ago=0
• North America Rare Bird Alerts: http://www.narba.org/Default.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
• ABA Rarities: http://ebird.org/ebird/alert/summary?sid=SN10489
• eBird (you can do all kinds of custom data searches here) http://ebird.org/ebird/eBirdReports?cmd=Start
• ABA Birding News: http://aba.org/
• Recent Rare Bird Sighting: http://kiwifoto.com/rba/  (must register for full access)

The birdlog regional and global birdseye apps are another valuable resource, which accesses ebird data: http://www.birdseyebirding.com/

California Statewide

• Calbirds   http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CALBIRDS/
• CA Birding Lists Digest – Compilation of 24 different California birding e-mail lists, organized by date, region, and list. Messages are archived for 30 day: http://digest.sialia.com/?rm=index;days_ago=;region=2
• Rare Bird Alert For California (eBird):  http://ebird.org/ebird/alert/summary?sid=SN35464

California County And Regional Lists

• Modoc and Siskiyou Counties http://groups.yahoo.com/group/modoc-siskiyoubirding/
• North-western California (Humboldt, Del Norte and Trinity Counties) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nwcalbird/
• Shasta County:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shasta_birders/
• Northern Sierra Nevada  (Includes all counties over the 400 miles from Fredonyer Pass (Lassen Co.) in the north to Walker Pass (Kern Co.) in the south.):  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierra-nevadabirds/
• Mendobirds ( Mendocino County) :  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MENDOBIRDS/
• Central Sierra (Calaveras and Tuolumne counties):  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSAS_Birds/
• Yosemite: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/yosemite_area_birders/
• Northbaybirds (Sonoma, Marin, Napa, Lake and Solano Counties):   http://groups.yahoo.com/group/northbaybirds/
• East Bay: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EBB_Sightings/
• San Joaquin: http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/sjbirds/
• S. F. Birds: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SFBirds/
• Peninsula Birding: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/peninsula-birding/
• South Bay Birds: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/south-bay-birds/
• Central Valley Birds: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/central_valley_birds/
• Fresno County: http://digest.sialia.com/?rm=one_list;id=79
• Eastern Sierra: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/easternsierrabirds
• Monterey County:  http://digest.sialia.com/?rm=one_list;id=57
• San Luis Obispo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/
• Kern County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kerncobirding/
• Santa Barbara: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sbcobirding/
• Ventura County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/venturacobirding/
• Los Angeles County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LACoBirds/
• Inland Counties (San Bernardino, Riverside and Imperial Counties): http://groups.yahoo.com/group/inlandcountybirds/
• Orange County: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OrangeCountyBirding/
• San Diego: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SDBIRDS/

If you have  additions or corrections please let me know and list will be updated.  It will become a permanent part of the Birding section of Natural History Wanderings