California
Northern California's Bay Area and Monterey Bay regions offer exceptional birding with diverse habitats from coastal wetlands to redwood forests. The area is renowned for seabirds, shorebirds, raptors, and California specialty species found nowhere else.
September to May
Year-round
Browse our selection of expert birding guides serving the Northern California Bay Area area.
Birder, educator, biologist, and researcher with international field experience including studying Solitary Eagles in Belize. Offers customized birding experiences throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and Monterey Bay regions, accommodating all skill levels from experts to families and casual birders.
15 years of experience
View ProfileCertified Wildlife Biologist and consulting avian biologist with over 33 years of birding tour guide experience since 1991. Full-time professional offering all-day birding tours throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, Marin County, Sonoma County, and East Bay. Teaches specialized classes on Bay Area raptors, waterbirds, and wood-warblers.
33 years of experience
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Skilled and attentive birding guide based in Marin County with extensive experience throughout Northern California. Offers flexible seven-day-a-week availability with custom field trips tailored to client preferences. Specializes in unique birding locations across Sonoma, Napa, and Alameda counties, with expertise in Sierra Nevada and Great Basin habitats.
20 years of experience
View ProfileProfessional pelagic birding operator offering year-round seabird trips on Monterey Bay, one of the world's premier pelagic birding destinations. Experienced leaders guide comfortable boat trips to observe albatrosses, shearwaters, storm-petrels, and marine mammals. Part of Monterey Bay Whale Watch with decades of marine wildlife expertise.
25 years of experience
View ProfileAward-winning ornithologist and senior biologist with San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory. Author of multiple bird books including the American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of California and Birds of Chile. Recipient of the prestigious Eisenmann Medal from the Linnaean Society for excellence in ornithology. Leads world-class pelagic birding trips from Half Moon Bay and Monterey Bay, as well as international tours.
30 years of experience
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