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


I’ve cited a vermilion flycatcher in San Diego community of North Park I do not know how to report this
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By: Linda Downing on August 17, 2020
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A good place to check and report rare birds is ebird. Here is the link for San Diego area reports https://ebird.org/alert/summary?sid=SN35818
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By: Sandy Steinman on August 17, 2020
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There is a new site that allows you to see all eBird rare bird sightings for any state or county in the US or Canada. Check http://countyrarebirds.com
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By: edpullen on June 14, 2016
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To get rare bird alerts from e-Bird on your Windows Phone, Tablet, or Desktop, check out RareBirder at:
http://www.pkzsoftware.com/Pages/RareBirder
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By: Pete on May 31, 2014
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Thanks for the information.
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