Come back on I-5 & you might get some early geese/cranes/ducks + shorebirds at Merced NWR (Los Banos) or Sacramento NWR .? On the way south don't miss the hawks at Marin Headlands.? SF Bay shorebirds will be near their peak; easy access at Palo Alto/Mtn View.? Detour to Monterey Bay via Moss Landing and then go on a pelagic with Monterey Bay Seabirds or Debbie $hearwater.? Reserve ahead for these.? Santa Barbara also has excellent pelagics on Condor Express.? You could also visit Point Reyes but it's much farther off your route.?

RCC

Richard Carlson

Full-time Birder, Biker and Rotarian

Part-time Economist

Tucson, AZ, Lake Tahoe, CA, & Kirkland, WA

rccarl at pacbell.net

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Tahoe 530-581-0624

Kirkland 425-828-3819

Cell 650-280-2965

--- On Sat, 8/7/10, Carol Stoner <tcstonefam at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Carol Stoner <tcstonefam at gmail.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] Re: California Travel Consultation
To: Tweeters at u.washington.edu
Date: Saturday, August 7, 2010, 1:30 PM

Tweeters,
? ? My patient but not-yet-birder husband and I will be camping our way south to the Santa Barbara area for a couple weeks in late September.? We plan to mix longer driving days with shorter, birding days.? I've got the ABA Guide to So. Cal., but I would appreciate any not-to-be missed suggestions.? We could go south along the coast and north along the I-5 corridor or vice versa.? Any reasons to choose one route over the other?? I'd like to spend some time in the Sacramento Delta.? Any recommended locations?? I don't have any target species beyond Wrentit and Yellow-billed Magpie.? I just want to visit some interesting spots and see what I can find.
? ? Thanks in advance--
? ? Carol Stoner
? ? Kent
? ? tcstonefamATgmaildotcom

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