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Alaska Reports:
Alaska (Spring
2000)
- Ken Harrison and other members of
the Lancaster and District B.W.S. visited Alaska during Spring
2000. This excellent report also includes photos of some of the
sought after species.
California Reports:
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California 4-20
September 2007 
- For me the morning birding today was
some of the most enjoyable on the whole trip. It started
at Alisal Canyon with a lovely Red-shouldered Hawk sitting
on a telegraph pole, which was quickly followed by our
first Yellow-billed Magpies...Helen
Heyes reports for Birdfinders
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California 17 April-8 May 2008
- My wife Sue and I planned a 3-week stay in California. We are keen birders, but not hard core, so some days were leisurely with exploration of a new part of the US as much an interest as the birds – though they always took precedence...Graham Burton reports.
California 7th-23rd September 2007
- Chevron Meadow was Alive with birds which including Northern Flickers, 2 White-headed Woodpeckers, Western Wood-pewee, Townsend’s Solitaire on the ground being hassled by Orange-crowned warblers, great views of 3 fly-over Clark’s Nutcrackers, 1m Black-throated Grey Warbler and 4 very obliging Lewis’s Woodpeckers...Simon Harthill reports
California (and Las Vegas) August
2006
- From San Francisco I then made the
five hour drive to Yosemite National Park., which is located
in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Rage....Chris
Hill reports
San Francisco 3rd
April-10th April 2006
- A wonderful
City to easily find a great variety of birds within walking
distance or by taking short inexpensive bus rides. Early April
is a great time to avoid the crowds and see a huge numbers
of sea birds...Mark Graham reports.
Southern California, with side
trips to Arizona and Baja California 2005 (351kB
.pdf) Herman van Oosten
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The
U.S South-west - Birding the Kokopelli trail
May-June 2004
- Our trip took in four states - Nevada,
Utah, Arizona and California and we travelled over 2,700
miles by car in our three weeks from May 19th to June 8th.
The weather was unsurprisingly warm and dry, though the
canyons could be fairly cool during the morning and we did
encounter about ½ hour of rain when in Northern Arizona...Andy
Benson reports
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Southern California 24th
March - 5th April 2003
- New birds came thick and fast. A large flock
of Western Grebe had just one Clark's Grebe in it. A flock of
Black Turnstone flew by. A nice group of Brandt's Cormorant's
sat on a rock promontory. Heerman's Gulls proved to be easy to
see. Glaucous-winged was looking difficult until Mary Beth picked
one up in a fly by flock. I was most impressed..... John Girdley
reports.
Southern California
3-12 November 2001
- After breakfast, we drove north to Torrey
Pines SP, one of my favorite places for walking in the San Diego
area. There we spent 1 1/2 hours wandering the trails to points
overlooking the ocean. For quite a while, we enjoyed watching
a peregrine perched on a dead snag close to Razor Point. Other
highlights for us were Ravens, Surf scoters and Western grebes
in the ocean, and a jaeger (probably Parasitic) which was chasing
a gull....Mike and Gabi Tanis report
California November
17th-December 2nd 2000
- This report is not aimed at mainstream
clean-up crews, more at people looking for a good birding holiday
in some comfort and with results. We chose the time of year in
order to see large numbers of wildfowl and still have reasonable
weather...Mark & Sandra Dennis report
California Trip Report
26th Aug - 11th Sep 2000
- We decided on going to California at this
time of year to get the start of the autumn migration, while hoping
that many of the summer visitors would still be present. Overall
I think we did very well, covering about 3200 miles and managing
to record 281 species. As with any trip we missed some birds that
we thought we might see, but also saw several that we weren't
expecting... James Eaton reports.
California, Arizona, Utah (April
/ May '97)
- This is the report of a trip by camper to
Southern and Central California, plus the spectacular canyons
of Northern Arizona and Southern Utah. The trip was partly for
birds and partly general natural history.... Stephen Poley
reports
Hawaii
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Hawaii 5th
-12th December 2004
- Hawaii's isolation in the middle of
the Pacific has meant that it is an incredible centre for
endemism. This is not just for birds but for all groups
that managed to get to the islands. Mammals, except for
one bat, failed to make it so the radiation of species was
incredible. Honeycreepers are now the best example of this
and there were probably at one time in excess of 70 species
on the islands...Paul Noakes reports
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