California Tours: Coastal & Islands

Coastal California is home to some world class cities and amazing birding. Iconic American places like Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Monterey, and San Francisco are loaded with culture, while the coast is sprinkled with National Parks like Channel Islands, Redwood, and Santa Monica Mountains. Take your pick of locations, you're guaranteed a great trip!

  • Island Scrub Jay

    Year
    2012
    Island Scrub Jay

  • Blue Whale

    Year
    2013
    Blue Whale

  • Tufted Duck

    Year
    2015
    Tufted Duck

  • Ridgway's Rail

    Year
    2011
    Ridgway's Rail

  • Surfbird

    Year
    2015
    Surfbird

  • Ross's Goose

    Year
    2013
    Ross's Goose

  • Townsend's Warbler

    Year
    2013
    Townsend's Warbler

  • Dunlin

    Year
    2015
    Dunlin

  • Risso's Dolphin

    Year
    2015
    Risso's Dolphin

  • Belding's Savannah Sparrow

    Year
    2015
    Belding's Savannah Sparrow

  • Bewick's Wren (Channel Islands subspecies)

    Year
    2011
    Bewick's Wren (Channel Islands subspecies)

  • Least Tern

    Year
    2015
    Least Tern

  • Pigeon Guillemot

    Year
    2016
    Pigeon Guillemot

  • Glaucous Gull (with Herring Gulls, Least Sandpiper)

    Year
    2010
    Glaucous Gull (with Herring Gulls, Least Sandpiper)

  • Island Fox

    Year
    2015
    Island Fox

  • Black Skimmer

    Year
    2010
    Black Skimmer

  • Red-Throated Loon (with Western Grebe)

    Year
    2011
    Red-Throated Loon (with Western Grebe)

  • Snowy Plover

    Year
    2012
    Snowy Plover

  • Long-Billed and Short-Billed Dowitcher

    Year
    2011
    Long-Billed and Short-Billed Dowitcher

  • Long-Tailed Weasel

    Year
    2012
    Long-Tailed Weasel

  • Black Phoebe

    Year
    2012
    Black Phoebe

  • Whimbrel

    Year
    2015
    Whimbrel

  • Brant (with Willet)

    Year
    2010
    Brant (with Willet)

  • Marbled Godwit

    Year
    2015
    Marbled Godwit

  • Least Bell's Vireo

    Year
    2015
    Least Bell's Vireo

  • Pacific Loon

    Year
    2011
    Pacific Loon

  • Great Horned Owl

    Year
    2011
    Great Horned Owl

  • Golden-Crowned Sparrow (winter)

    Year
    2012
    Golden-Crowned Sparrow (winter)

  • Western Gull

    Year
    2011
    Western Gull

  • Loggerhead Shrike

    Year
    2011
    Loggerhead Shrike

  • Wilson's Phalarope

    Year
    2011
    Wilson's Phalarope

  • Heerman's Gull

    Year
    2011
    Heerman's Gull

  • Humpback Whale

    Year
    2013
    Humpback Whale

  • Hooded Oriole

    Year
    2013
    Hooded Oriole

  • Peregrine Falcon

    Year
    2012
    Peregrine Falcon

  • Sea Otter

    Sea Otter

  • California Towhee

    Year
    2011
    California Towhee

  • Pacific Golden-Plover (with Black-Bellied Plover)

    Year
    2012
    Pacific Golden-Plover (with Black-Bellied Plover)

  • White-Faced Ibis

    Year
    2012
    White-Faced Ibis

  • American Avocet

    Year
    2010
    American Avocet

  • Mew Gull (with Ring-Billed Gull)

    Year
    2011
    Mew Gull (with Ring-Billed Gull)

  • Surf Scoter

    Year
    2015
    Surf Scoter

  • Black-Crowned Night Heron

    Year
    2012
    Black-Crowned Night Heron

  • Snow Goose (with Ruddy Duck)

    Year
    2011
    Snow Goose (with Ruddy Duck)

  • Black-Bellied Plover

    Year
    2011
    Black-Bellied Plover

  • Western Grebe

    Year
    2011
    Western Grebe

  • California Gull

    Year
    2015
    California Gull

  • Semi-palmated Plover

    Year
    2011
    Semi-palmated Plover

  • Snowy Egret

    Year
    2012
    Snowy Egret

  • Great-Tailed Grackle

    Year
    2012
    Great-Tailed Grackle

  • Wilson's Warbler

    Year
    2012
    Wilson's Warbler

  • Phainopepla

    Year
    2012
    Phainopepla

  • Caspian Terns (with Western Gulls)

    Year
    2011
    Caspian Terns (with Western Gulls)

  • Eared Grebe (winter)

    Year
    2011
    Eared Grebe (winter)

  • Spotted Sandpiper

    Year
    2011
    Spotted Sandpiper

  • Western Bluebird

    Year
    2012
    Western Bluebird