Antarctica - Brown Bluff
Antarctica

Antarctica - Danger Islands
Island full of penguins

Antarctica - Elephant Island
Island off of Antarctica

Antarctica - Paulet Island
Island full of penguins

Drake Passage
Southern Ocean

South Georgia Island - Cooper Bay
Southern ocean

South Georgia Island - Gold Harbor
Penguins

South Georgia Island - Grytviken
Ancient whaling village

South Georgia Island - Stromness
Abandoned Whaling Station

Codrington
Small village on an island

McKinnon's Pond
Lagoon

St. John's
Harbor

Buenos Aires Reserva Costeneras
Most of the birding in Buenos Aires is in a nature reserve set up along the banks of the Rio Plata. There is an interesting mix of species in the reserve. Outside the reserve, the city is quite flush with Monk Parakeets.

Cueva de los Manos

El Calafate - Bird Sanctuary
El Calafate is the Patagonian gateway to the Alps and is near the astounding Perito Moreno glacier. There is a wildfowl and feral dog sanctuary at the north end of town.

El Calafate - Perito Moreno Glacier

Iguazu Falls
A bunch of waterfalls

Los Antiguos
A small town with a small rocky river next to it.

Los Glaciares National Park - El Chalten
El Chaltén National Park is also known for Fitz Roy, and its set of granite spires. The park also has alpine, scrub, grassland, and forested areas. There are several high-altitude lakes, and there is a swift flowing river of glacial melting.

Parque Nacional Urugua-i
Subtropical Forest

Puerto Deseado
Puerto Deseado sits on a long fjord-like estuary. On the outskirts of town are many penguin colonies, Sea birds are plentiful in this area. There are quite a few places that you can get to with a long walk or a taxi ride.

Puerto Iguazu
Border city

Random Airport Neighborhood
Not sure what else to call it. Suburban.

Rawson
Known for boat trips to see the Commerson's Dolphins.

Surucua
Forest Reserve

Tierra del Fuego National Park
A forested area surrounded by fjords just west of Ushuaia.

Trelew
A town near the Valdez peninsula.

Ushuaia
Port city

Ushuaia - Beagle Channel
The Beagle Channel Separates Argentina from Chile and the southernmost point in South America.

Valdes Peninsula
A dry peninsula surrounded by cool Atlantic waters.

Aboriginal Rock Paintings
A hotspot for prehistoric Aboriginal art.

Bendigo
Small city in the middle of nowhere

Bicheno
Coastal Village

Bloomfield Track
A famous "4X4" road that I wouldn't think twice about driving in my 1979 Toyota Corolla Station Wagon.

Bondi Beach Coastal Trail
Beach.

Bremer Bay
Bay

Cairns Esplanade
Walkway next to a lagoon with mud flats at low tide.

Cape Leeuwin
Lighthouse

Cape Range National Park
Peninsula

Cattana Wetlands
A small wetland area near the Cairns Airport.

Cheela Plains
Cattle Station

Cheynes Beach
Beach

Chiltern - Mt. Pilot National Park
National Park

Colquhoum Regional Park
Forest

Cradle Mountain
Mountain

Croajingolong National Park
Heathland

Cue
Desert

Daintree River Boat Trip
Boat trip on the Daintree River

Daintree Village
A small town surrounded by a bunch of cow pastures.

Davies Creek National Park
Small creek surrounded by eucalyptus forest

Deniliquin
Town on a river

Double Creek Nature Walk
Short trail in forest

Dryandra Woodland
Forest

Eaglehawk Neck
Peninsula

Fern Glade Platypus Reserve
River

Freycinet National Park
Peninsula

Genoa
Small mountain peak

Gipsy Point
Forested reserve

Gould's Lagoon
Small lake near Hobart

Greater Bendigo National Park
Various habitats near Bendigo

Hanging Rock
Volcanic Rock Outcrop

Hobart CBD
Central Business District

Hohnes Hill Nature Reserve
A small reserve near the Yarra River

Kalbarri National Park
Gorge

Karijini National Park
Gorge

Katoomba - Blue Mountains
Eucalyptus forests in a sandstone environment.

Keatings Lagoon Conservation Park
Small freshwater wetland near Cooktown.

Kendenup
Ranches

Kennett River
Rainforest trail

King's Park and Botanic Garden
Botanical Garden

Lake Barrine
One of the two lakes in Crater Lakes National Park.

Lakefield National Park
A huge national park in the York Peninsula

Lake Seppings
Lake

Launceston
City with a Gorge

Lion's Den Roadhouse
A camping spot and bar.

Lorne
Gateway to Great Ocean Road

Maitland Downs
Reservoir in the remote Queensland bush.

Mallacoota
Town

Mallacoota Sewage Ponds
Sewage Ponds

Mamu Canopy Walkway
A canopy platform near Cairns.

Manning Lake
Lake

Mareeba Wetlands
An "eco" reserve near Mareeba. "Eco" stands for "expensive"

Margaret River
Forest and coast

Maria Island
Mostly Uninhabited Island off of Tasmania

McKensey River Rainforest
boardwalk

Melbourne CBD
Melbourne central business district

Milawa
Some wineries, cheesemaking, mustard, ect. And a swamp.

Mission Bay - Lacey Creek
A small rainforest park.

MONA
Museum near Hobart

Morton National Park
Water cache for Sydney.

Mount Buffalo National Park
mountain

Mount Lewis
Cloud Forest area near Cairns.

Mount Wellington
Mountain next to Hobart

New Beach
Mangrove

Nowa Nowa Recreation Reserve
Swamp and river

Porongurup National Park
Rock

Port Douglas
Port Douglass is a small town built on an estuary.

Possum Valley
An awesome private reserve in the Atherton Tablelands.

Ravenshoe
The highest town in Queensland

Redden Island
A small parcel of land near the airport where the native vegetation is being restored.

Rottnest Island
Island

Royal Botanic Gardons Victoria-Melbourne
Botanic gardens

Royal National Park
The second oldest national park in the world.

Royal Park Swamps
Park in Melbourne

Royal Tasmanian Botanical Garden
Botanical Garden

Sheoak Picnic Area
Picnic area near Lorne

South Bruny Island
Island near Hobart

Split Point
Lighthouse

Stanley Plantation
Mostly plantation forest.

Sterling Range National Park
Mountains

Sydney - Botanical Gardens
A bunch of planted trees.

Sydney - Centennial Park
A city park with a couple of man-made lakes.

Sydney - Millennium Parklands
A number of trails pass through wetland areas.

Walpole-Nornalup National Park
Trees

Wanganella
Outback

Wangaratta
Town on the river.

Warby-ovens National Park
Bushland

Western Treatment Plant
Sewage ponds

Wollongong Lagoon
Small nature area on the north end of Wollongong. Restoration of plant life is in progress.

Wollongong Pelagic Trip
Boat trip out to the continental shelf.

Wooramel
River

Yalgarup National Park
Forest and Salt Lakes

Yarra Bend Park
City park near Melbourne CBD

Yarrawonga
Town on a reservoir

You Yangs Regional Park
Small remnant forest in Melbourne's western suburbs

Yungaburra
A small town surrounded by farms.

Hochreiss
High alpine terrain with refuges containing beer.

Bathsheba
Coastal trail

Carlisle Bay
Bay

Hunte's Gardens
Garden in a sinkhole

Long Bay
Beach

Oistins
Island

Random Cow Ponds
Ponds

Actun Tunichil Muknal Cave
This cave, located in the Tapir Mountain Reserve near San Ignacio is gaining in popularity for its adventurous cave kloofing trip to see some Mayan sacrifices. The walk into the cave passes through mature forest.

Barton Creek
The Barton Creek area is predominantly orange groves with a few patches of remnant forest. More extensive forest is nearby.

Bullet Tree Falls
We stayed just outside of San Ignacio in a small hotel with tree houses. It was pretty loud out here between the dogs, roosters, and partying of the neighbors.

Cay Caulker
A cay is a flat narrow sand bar island which describes Cay Caulker perfectly. This is a good base for snorkeling and scuba trips due to the easy access, clear water, and protected reefs.

Crooked Tree
Crooked Tree is a rural island with a few remnant forest patches and plenty of fresh-water marsh.

Half Moon Caye
This cay is on Lighthouse Reef about 50 miles or so from the coast of Belize. The area is most famous for the "Blue Hole"... a subterranean sinkhole that attracts scuba divers. Half Moon Caye is a well known nesting site for Red-footed Boobies and Magnificent Frigatebirds.

Lamanai Ruins River Trip
The Lamanai river which passes the edge of town, creates a wildlife-rich freshwater marsh, and it is pretty easy to get a boat trip up to river to the Lamanai Mayan Ruins. The ruins among the better Mayan ruins, and are in a nice patch of forest

Mountain Pine Ridge
The area to the Southeast of San Ignacio climbs into an area of poor fertility that supports an extensive pine forest. If you believe the hype from the lesser guide books (Lonely Planet, for instance), the forest has been forever ruined by a pine beetle infestation. A couple of small rivers flow through the area providing waterfalls. In addition to pine forest, you can find pockets of tropical humid forest and interesting caves.

Comarpa Area
road to Cochabamba

Jardin Botanico de Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Botanical garden

Road east of Cochabamba
Road

Road from Samaipata to Saipina
Sites along the road

Samaipata
Mountain town

San Miguel
Hill near Cochabamba

Chobe National Park - Kasane
This area is known for its large and common elephants.

Chobe National Park - Suvuti
Suvuti is in the south central part of the Chobe National Park. It is much drier here with only watering holes to support wildlife. Some of the watering holes are man-made.

Moremi Game Reserve
This reserve was a previous hunting ground for the San people. The terrain was mostly light forest amidst a lot of sand with a small river running through the area.

Moremi Game Reserve - Chief's Island
We went out into the bush for a walking safari with a fake dugout canoe. This was the best campsite anywhere with two lions hunting within site of the camp. We were also visited by a couple of elephants.

Nata
We camped overnight at this lodge after our big safari in Chobe and Moremi.

Nxai Pan National Park
According to the season, this park should have been full of wildlife, but for some reason most everything was not around this time.

Brasilia
A pretty boring city that happens to be the capital of Brasil. The city was planned from scratch, but I guess they forgot to put in the sidewalks and shops.

Chapada dos Guimaraes
Chapada dos Guimaraes is a national park consisting of Cerrado landscape north of Cuiaba.

Itacare
Beach resort on the Atlantic coast of Brazil.

Pantanal
The world's largest freshwater swamp.

Praia do Forte
Resort Town a couple of hours north of Salvador.

Angkor Wat
A bunch of decrepit buildings.

Ang Trapeang Thmor
A big reservoir

Cambodia - Vietnam Border
Border area with casinos.

Kratie
Mekong River Dolphins.

Phnom Penh
Capitol city of Cambodia.

Banff National Park - Bow Lake
Lake

Banff National Park - Cave and Basin Marsh
Marsh

Banff National Park - Johnston Canyon
Waterfalls

Banff National Park - Lake Louise

Banff National Park - Peyto Lake

Bowring Park
Park

Cape Spear
Cape Spear is the easternmost point in North America. It can be easily visited on a day trip from St. John's.

Cape St. Mary's
Cape full of Gannets.

Cataract's Provincial Park
Waterfall

Gwaai Haanas National Park
Gwaii Haanas is a group of Pacific Islands off the coast of British Columbia. The national park is mostly covered by old growth cedars, spruce, pines, and aspen.

Jasper National Park - Icefields Parkway
Mountains

Jasper National Park - Sunwapta Falls
Waterfalls

Pippy Park
Park

St. Shott's
Cape

Witless Bay
north

Altos de Lircay Reserva Nacional
Beech forests

Arica
Coastal City

Caleta Los Hornos
Beach and cliffs

Chacagua
Beach

Constitucion
City on a river.

Embalse el Yeso
Mountain reservoir

Humedal de Mantagua
Wetlands

Jardin Botanico Vina del Mar
Botanical Garden

Laguna Batuco
Freshwater Marsh

Laguna Conchali
Wetlands on the sea.

La Serena
Beach Resort

Maipo River Mouth
River Mouth

Ojos del Caburgua
Forests next to a river and waterfalls

Parque Metropolitano Santiago
City park on a hill

Parque Nacional Gomez Carreno
Dry forest.

Parque Nacional Huerqueque
Climbing some steep hills to see some lakes, maybe

Parque Nacional La Campana
Mountain

Parque Nacional Lauca
High altitude plains

Playa Porma

Playa Temblador
Rocky coastline

Puange
Random marshy area

Pucon
Tourist town on the lake.

Putre
Mountain village

Reserva Nacional de las Chinchillas
Desert

Rio Vitor
River in the desert

Ruta 5
Side of the highway

San Miguel de Azapa
Atacama Desert

Santuario Cani
Private nature reserve full of Acauraia Trees

Talca
City on the river

Upper Maule River Valley
High mountain road

Valparaiso
Coastal City

Zapahuira
Desert

Baofeng Hu
This is an artificial lake and one of the things to see in the Wulingyuan Scenic Area.

Chongzuo - White-headed Langur Reserve
A bunch of cliffs full of rare monkeys.

Detian Waterfall
Fourth largest waterfall on an international border.

Diqing
Foothills of the Himalaya.

Fenghuang
Fenghuang is your basic ancient city surrounded by loads of new construction and filled with thousands of tourists.

Hangzhou - Xi Hu
This lake is part of an ancient park now surrounded by urban China.

Kunming - Xi Shan
Mountain park on the outskirts of Kunming.

Lijiang - Black Dragon Pool
Public Park in Lijiang

Lijiang - Jade Dragon Snow Mountain
A big rocky mountain covered by glaciers.

Lijiang - Lashihai Wetland Park
Lake full of ducks.

Moganshan
Moganshan is a colonial retreat in the hills west of Shanghai. The area is mostly covered by bamboo plantations.

Nanning
Another huge city.

Shanghai
Large City.

Southern Great Wall
As everyone knows, the Great Wall of China is a myth. There were many walls built over a long period of history, and they were ineffective anyway. This portion of wall, near Fenghuang, was built in the 1500s, and rebuilt in the 2000's to promote tourism.

Tacheng
An area of forest where the Yunnan Snub-nosed Monkey can be found.

Wukang Sinopec Station
You basic roadside gasoline station.

Wulingyuan Scenic Reserve
This area is a UNESCO listed World Heritage Site, and it was China's first national park. The main attraction is a valley containing surreal rock pillar formations.

Barranquilla Swamp
Swamp

Camarones to Perija Road
Road through farmland

Coffee Farm
A very popular place to stay for tourists that I will not name because essentially it was lame

Cuchila San Lorenzo
Mountain

El Dorado
Forest

La Linea
Mountains

Minca
Cloud forest

Monserrate
Big hill with a church on top of it

Parque La Florida
Swamp next to the airport

Parque Natural Chicaque
Cloud forest

Parque Tayrona
Lowland forest and beach

Perija

Salento
Colonial city and mountains

Santa Marta Road
Road

Santa Rita
Forest in regeneration

Santuario de Fauna y Flora Los Flamencos
Swamp

TInamou Birding Nature Reserve
Forest reserve

Verada Rio Claro
Mountains and rushing river

Arenal Misticopark

Bosque Nuboso el Cocora
Cloud Forest

Cartago
Cartago is a suburb of San Jose, Costa Rica. It is near the Volcan Irazu. Of minor interest in the town are a couple of ruined churches.

Cerro de los Muerte
The hill is the high point of the InterAmerican Highway south of San Jose. This area is on of the rare paramo sites in Central America.

Corcovado National Park - La Sirena
La Sirena is an airstrip and biological station deep within the Corcovado National Park. There are dorms, a small camping area, and meals by reservation. The camp is only a few minutes walk from a vast wild beach with tide pools.

Corcovado National Park - Los Patos
This field station is near the edge of the national park. It is accessible by walking or driving in the River. The area around the station is very densely forested, but there are some views from the river bank.

Juan Santamaria
Airport

La Fortuna

La Paz
Cloud Forest

La Selva

La Virgen del Socorro
Farms and cloud forest

Parque Nacional Tortuguero
Marsh

Parque Nacional Volcan Arenal
Volcano

Parque National Palo Verde
The area surrounding the campsite was mostly second growth thorn forest. The Rio Tempisque floods into a flat area near the campground providing freshwater marsh. It looked possible to take a boat to the estuary area, but I am not sure how you would arrange that. We planned to stay a couple of nights here, but the weather was extremely hot. So, we hitchhiked with a ranger to another park nearby with a waterfall and swimming hole. Despite the bad weather, we were able to get in some good wildlife viewing... we even had three species of monkey in our campsite.

Puerto Jiminez
The one thing I have to say about this town is that there is a lot of loud music. On the other hand, you can see scarlet macaws flying around in the town.

Reserva Monteverde
A private cloud forest reserve with many trails and a famous canopy suspension bridge.

Reserva Santa Elena
Reserva Santa Elena is a cloud forest reserve a few miles outside of Santa Elena town.

Santa Elena - Hidden Valley
This is a private cloud forest reserve just outside of Santa Elena. In addition to day hikes, there are organized night walks in the forest.

Calvario

Camaguey
Old City

Cayo Coco
Marsh

Cueva de los Peces
Cenote

Havana
Neighborhood in Havana

Havana Bus Terminal
Bus Terminal

Laguna de Leche

Moron to Camaguey Road
Road

Parque Nacional Cienaga de Zapata - Rio Turbo
Swamp

Playa Giron

Playa Larga

Sabanas de Soplillar
Savanna

Sendero enigma de la roca
Cenotes

Sierra del Chorillo

Trinidad
Old City

Vinales
Mogotes

Cesky Krumlov
A medieval city in Southern Czech Republic.

Colihaut

Dominica Whale Watching
Ocean

Guadeloupe/Dominica Ferry Crossing
Ocean

Melville Hall Airport
Airport

Middleham Falls
Waterfall

Portsmouth
Town

Syndicate Nature Trail
Trail through the forest

Bahia de Semana
Bay full of whales.

Cabo Rojo - Pedernales
A white sand beach next to some cliffs.

Cachote
Cloud Forest.

El Aceitillar
Pine forests.

Jimani
Border town.

Laguna de Oviedo
Lake in Dominican Republic.

Los Haitises National Park
National Park

Puerto Escondido
North Slope of Parque National Sierra Barahuco

Santo Domingo - Botanical Gardens
Botanical Gardens.

Santo Domingo - El Embajador Hotel Grounds
Hotel grounds in Santo Domingo.

Zapoten
Cloud Forest in Western Dominican Republic.

Amagusa

Avila Viejo Community Reserve

Baeza
Road to Coca

Banos
Town in the Andes.

Buenaventura
A reserve on the Eastern Andes a few hours from Guayaquil. To arrive by sunrise, we took a taxi from the nearby town. We were expecting a lodge of some sort, but we went to a different part of the reserve. There were small pockets of forest intermixed with cow pastures.

Cajanuma
From Loja, it is a few miles ride south of town to the entrance of this reserve. We found out when we arrived at the reserve that it is possible to stay there in their bunk beds. The cloud forest starts a couple of miles from the road. The area around the visitor's center had a very high diversity of birds in huge flocks.

Cerro Acacana
Hill

Cerro de Arcos
Paramo

Cerro Mandango
Hill covered with scrub vegetation

Cerro Toledo
Hill

Frutti Reserve
Farm

Guayaquil

Guayaquil - Cerro Blanco
Cerro Blanco is a patch of dry forest owned by a cement company. Despite the ownership, the forest is a nice place, and the spring-fed creeks here attract wildlife in the dry season.

Hacienda La Aurora
Pastures next to Cloud Forest

Isla Baltra
A small island that is home to the airport.

Isla Espanola
Desert island.

Isla Fernandina - Punta Espinosa
The newest and most remote Galapagos Island. Recent volcanic activity has occurred here.

Isla Floreana - Punta Flores
There is a marsh, desert, and sandy beach on this part of the island.

Isla Isabella - Highlands
Grassy highland area with fumeroles and volcanic craters.

Isla Isabella - Puerta Villamil
Small town.

Isla Isabella - Punta Moreno
This area had a lot of exposed aa, and there is an 18 mile wide strip of it that will supposedly keep the goats away from the north end of the island. You can see an interesting tidal pool here.

Isla Isabella - Punta Vicente Roca
Volcanic cliffs noted for a huge Brown Noddy Colony

Isla Plaza Sur
Small desert island with a steep dropping cliff to the south.

Isla Santa Cruz - Highlands
The highlands are part farms and part wild. The trees up here are generally short, but there is continuous mist making it a lush environment.

Isla Santa Cruz - Puerto Ayora
This is the town with all of the people. There are way too many restaurants and souvenir shops here. White pickup trucks cruise the streets in packs looking for the occasional fare.

Isla Santa Cruz - Turtle Bay
This is a mangrove area on the north coast of Santa Cruz Island.

Isla Santiago - James Bay
Desert island now free of goats.

Izhcayluma
Small village near Vilcabamba

Jorupe
Thorn Forest

Lagunas de Giron

Lagunas Mojandas
A pretty large lake and a couple of puddles just outside of Otavalo. To get to the lagunas, you travel through some cloud forest, but at the lake, it is paramo and a small amount of podocarpus forest.

Milpe
A private cloudforest reserve near Los Bancos.

Mindo - Bellavista
Bellavista is A geodesic dome in the hills above Mindo. It is possible to stay at the dome, and there are some hiking trails in the area. They have hummingbird feeders with seven regular species.

Mindo - Foothills
Mindo is a river valley halfway between the cloud forest and the lowland forest thus providing habitat for species of both zones. Mindo is said to be one of the most biologically diverse areas on the planet.

Mindo - San Carlos
Forest and pasture

Oilbird Cave
Cave

Parque Nacional Cayambe-Coca
Paramo

Parque National Cajas
This park has some cloud forest regions in lower elevations, but the main feature is Podocarpus forests and Paramo landscape. There is plenty of rain and mist supporting many ponds. I stayed overnight in the refuge.

Puerto Quito
Puerto Quito is a small town in Ecuador a few hours by bus from Quito. There are some small patches of remnant forest around here, but for the most part, the area has been cleared for agriculture. I stayed in a cabin a few miles from town that was very close to a riparian area as well as a patch of forest that was left standing due to lack of farming potential (lots of big rocks, and very steep).

Quilatoa
An alkaline lake in a volcanic crater in Paramo and highland agricultural setting.

Quito
High elevation large city in Ecuador.

Refugio Paz de las Aves

Reserva Ecologica Manglar Churute
Mangroves

Reserva Tapichalaca
Rainy forest

Reserva Utuana
High altitude forest

Reserva Yunguilla
Reserve for the Pale-headed Brushfinch

Rio Silanche

Sani Lodge
Sani Lodge is the eco-tourism arm of the Sani Village. We arranged 30 minute flight followed by a three hour boat ride to get to the lodge where we stayed for five days. Domingo showed us the good birding sites, and he was amazing in his ability to see birds in the dense forest, and to recognize calls. Highlight as we saw the first ever Whimbrel near the lodge!

Sasquili Market
The location of an indigenous market.

Sumaco

Tandayapa

Tarqui Hills
Cloud Forest

Yanacocha
Tree line level forest and home of the endemic Black-breasted Puffleg.

Zamora
A fragmented forest habitat along a river merging into a more protected national park.

Zuro Loma

Cairo
Cairo is one of the world's most populated cities and has some of the oldest recorded civilization which is represented by the Pyramids of Giza. The Nile runs through Cairo providing some limited riparian habitat to go along with a solid base of urban landscape.

Sinai Peninsula
Rocky desert on the Red Sea.

Cairngorms National Park
National Park

Edinburgh
City

Hadrian's Wall

Isle of May
Island

London
A very large city without many natural areas.

Newcastle
Big port city in the north of England.

Norfolk Coast
An area of marshland on the coast of the North Sea.

Orkney Islands
Islands

Oxford
College city full of parks

Random Spot on the M1
An offramp on the motorway that happened to have a few good birds.

Selsey
Seaside village

Stonehenge
A bunch of rocks in a circle made famous by Spinal Tap.

Abiata-Shala National Park
Two more of the rift valley lakes. Lake Abiata is a shallow somewhat saline lake. Shala lake is deeper and has a lot less bird life.

Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa is a quickly growing and sprawling city in the highlands of Ethiopia. It is said to be the third highest elevation capital city in the world. There are several more or less natural areas within a couple hours drive from the city although I would temper expectations by noting that most of the land in Ethiopia has been plowed or overgrazed by legions of goats.

Awash National Park
Awash National Park consists of the Fantelle Volcano and semi-arid savannah. Plenty of camels and cattle in this park.

Bahir Dar
This city is near the outflow of Lake Tana into the Blue Nile River.

Bale Mountains National Park
The Bale Mountains National Park is a somewhat protected area that covers a variety of highland habitats just south of Addis Ababa. The Sanetti Plain is the biggest moorland in all of Africa. This area is a virtual island, and thus contains many endemic species.

Gondar
Gondar is a highly populated semi-urban area. It is known for its historic castle and as a gateway to the Simien Mountains. It is also known for its Timkat festival.

Hawassa Bridge
This bridge on the north end of Hawassa is supposed to be a good place to find hippos.

Lake Awasa
Lake Awasa is one of the Rift Valley Lakes about five hours drive south of Addis Ababa. It is known for its university.

Lake Langano - Bishangari Forest
Langano is a shallow Rift Valley lake about five hours by car from Addis Ababa.

Lake Ziway
Another Rift Valley Lake with plenty of papyrus swamps and a fish market.

Lalibela
Lalibela is the site of some famous rock-hewn churches

Nechisar National Park
Nechisar National Park is a savannah covered park nestled between two lakes and a mountain range. Encroachment into the park by pastoralists has resulted in depopulation of most large mammals.

Simien Mountains National Park
The Simien Mountains are more of a plateau with impressive cliffs to the north of Gondar.

Wondo Genet
Wondo Genet is the former resort of one of Ethiopia's emperors. It consists of a mainly agricultural valley.

Yabello
Yabello is a small crossroads city. The pastoral Borena people are the majority ethnic group in this area.

Bouma Natiional Heritage Park - Tavoro Falls
Rainforest

Colo-I-Suva Forest
Forest and plantation

Des Veoux Peak
Mountain Forest

Kadavu
Tropical Forest Island

Matei
Tropical Island

Vanua Levu
Tropical Island

Viti Levu
Highlands

Anaa
Anaa is a small coral atoll in the Tuamoto Archipelago of French Polynesia. The reef here does not have a pass, so there are only small boats in the lagoon, which is stunningly blue.

Moorea
Moorea is a smaller version of Tahiti with some native plants holding on in the center of the island.

Rangiroa
Rangiroa is a coral atoll in the Tuamoto Archipelago. There are a couple of passes good for scuba diving as well as some rare land birds.

Tahiti
Tahiti is the largest island in French Polynesia. The island has a fairly dense population along the coasts, but the center of the island is mostly nature (and many introduced plants)

Chiemsee
Chiemsee is a large lake in an area of rolling hills. The lake is usually not frozen over, but it does happen on occassion. This is mostly agricultural area. with stands of second growth forest.

Grenada Airport Beach

Grenada Highlands
Suburbs

Mt. Hartman National Park

Roadside Swamp

Parc National de la Guadeloupe
Forested mountains.

Antigua
Antigua is one of those Spanish colonial cities with lots of old buildings and cobblestone.

Chichicastenango
A town famous for its colorful market.

Flores
Your basic Spanish colonial city with lots of cobblestone.

Los Tarrales
This farm contains extensive patches of cloud forest on the slopes of a 3000 meter volcano. With reservations, it is possible to spend a few days here.

Santiago de Atitlan
This is an old Mayan village on the shores of Lago Atitlan.

Semuc Champey
Semuc Champey is an area known for its crystal clear pools on top of a sort of land bridge inside of a river valley. The surrounding area contains remnant forest patches and a lot of farming of chocolate and cardamom.

Tikal
Tikal is national park protecting extensive Mayan ruins as well as the surrounding forest.

Copan
Copan is a ruined Mayan city famous for its intricate sculptures. Most of the sculptures remaining, however, are replicas. The real sculptures are in museums. The site is in a small patch of secondary forest.

Lancetilla Botanical Gardens
This garden, on the outskirts of Tela is one of the largest tropical gardens in the world.

La Tigra
La Tigra is the oldest national park in Honduras. The park looks a lot larger than it actually is if you believe the maps. The "buffer zone" section of the park seems to be entirely clear cut agriculture, however.

Los Naranjos
Los Naranjos is a small village near Lago Yojoa, the largest lake in Honduras.

Parque National Iztopo
Parque National Iztopo is a protected area of mangrove forests, marshland, and Garifuna villages.

Tela
Tela is a hopping town on the coast of the Caribbean. The surrounding areas offer some good wilderness adventures.

Hong Kong International Airport
Airport

Hong Kong Wetland Park
A recently created park which compliments the Tai Po Marsh park.

Sai Kung Peninsula
The remote part of the New Territories, this area is mostly second growth forest bordering the South China Sea.

Victoria Peak
This area is reachable by a funicular from the main downtown area of Hong Kong.

Eastern Iceland
Eastern part of the island

Myvatn Area
Big lake

Reykjavik
Capital of Iceland

Snaefellsnes Peninsula
Peninsula in Western Iceland

Southern Iceland

Westmann Islands
Island off the main island.

Bandhavgarh National Pak
A mostly forested national park in Central India that is know for its tigers.

Bikaner - Gajner Palace
The Gajner Palace is about 17 miles southwest of Bikaner as the crow flies. This was a hunting ground of some really rich guy, and now it is a hotel for rich tourists. The hotel also has the best source of water around making an attractive drinking hole for various animals.

Bikaner - Sandy Desert
Just on the outskirts of town,

Delhi - Okhla
Along the river shore in the less populated areas of Delhi. The river is very polluted here.

Delhi - Red Fort
An ancient fort with a manicured garden.

Delhi - Tughlaqabad
An ancient fort in a scrub habitat.

Deshnok - Karna Mati Temple
The infamous "Rat Temple" dedicated to Karna Mati.

Fatehpur Sikri
This city was all that until they figured out they didn't have enough water. There is a mosque here designed by the Taj Majal architect.

Guwahati
Large City.

Jaipur
Large ancient city with a famous "Monkey Temple" devoted to Hanuman.

Jim Corbett National Park - Dhikala
A valley of sorts draining into a massive reservoir, this is the main place to be in Jim Corbett National Park. Safari drives are popular as well as elephant safaris (where you chase around tigers on the plain)

Jim Corbett National Park - Kosi River
A fast clear river in a gravel floodplain. The rivers and terrain at Jim Corbett looked very similar to Rivers in Mendocino County.

Jim Corbett National Park - Lohachaur
Lohachaur is in a remote area of the Jim Corbett National Park. It is possible to stay in a rustic house/cabin here. You are supposed to stay in your car in this area to avoid being eaten by tigers (or so we were told). The habitat is mostly cloud forested area with a rocky riverbed on the bottom.

Kaziranga NP
National Park full of rhinos.

Kheoladeo National Park
Another former royal hunting ground, this space somehow survives amid the throng of humans. In the summer, the lagoons are much diverted for farming, but the migrating birds are attracted in the winter flooding.

Kolkata
Dirty smelly city.

Mumbai
Big City

Nainital
Nainital is a town in the Himalayan foothills that sees a lot of Indian vacationers. To get there requires riding the bus on a very slow winding road, distances are a lot further by road than you would expect. There are plenty of hotels and restaurants in town, and a short hike will take you to some good birding spots.

Namieri National Park
National park in India.

Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary
Reservoir and forests.

Rathambore National Park
Rathambore is lightly forested in the lower reaches, and it is also possible to make a pilgrimage to the old fort (where it is much drier scrubland). This park is famous for tigers although we did not see any.

Sanjay Ghandi National Park
National park inside Mumbai

Thattekad Bird Sanctuary
Bird Sanctuary.

Varanasi
Varanasi is the holy city of the Hindus and also very important to Buddhists. Ecologically, this city is stretching the human imprint to the maximum. It is very densely populated, There are barely trees around here, and sewage and dead bodies are dumped into the river.

Air Terjun Oenesu
waterfall

Apui

Arfak Mountains

Bali Barat National Park

Bali Botanical Garden

Baluran National Park

Batanta
Forested Island

Bendungan
Reservoir

Bipolo Forest
Forest and marsh

Boti
Cultural Village

Bunaken
Island.

Campalong

Cibodas Botanical Garden

Cunca Wulang Waterfall
Waterfall

Danau Dampelas
Lake and beach.

Danau Kaco
Blue Lake

Danau Ranamese

Fort Rotterdam
Old Fort

Futamnasi

Genung Kerinci
Volcano

Gunung Gede

Ijen
Volcano

Indonesia - Sensitive Species
Indonesians are making their best birds extinct by catching them all and killing them slowly in cages.

Komodo National Park

Kupang to Rote Crossing
Ferry Crossing

Lapopu Waterfall

Lewa
Village

Makassar
Big city

Makassar Airport
Airport and wetlands.

Makassar Swamps
Airport amidst wetlands.

Malagufuk
Lowland forest

Mali Airport

Malino
Farms with some remnant forest.

Manado
City

Mansfield Islands
Small Island

Mansuar
Forested Island

Manupeu Tanah Daru National Park
Forest next to road

Munduk
Looks nice in the pictures, but every bird has been caged.

Oelnasi

Palu
City

Puarlolo

Pulau Nuhakepa

Pulau Sipura

Rote

Sorong

Sorong Mangroves
Mangroves

Spider Rice Fields
Rice Fields

Sumba Ferry
Ferry next to mangroves

Tamblingan Lake

Tangkoko National Park
Lowland forest next to the beach.

Tapan Road
Road through foothills

Ternate
Volcano.

Ternate Highlands

Tomahon
City in the hills.

Ubud
Overhyped tourist trap full of traffic.

Waigeo
Forested Island

Weda
Brand new city.

Wuasa
Lake surrounded by forests... and terrorists!

Yumbo Bridge
Bridge

Florence
A very touristy town mostly famous for museums full of famous artworks.

Lucca
Your basic picturesque Tuscany city.

Pisa
Pisa is famous for the leaning tower.

Akan-Mashu National Park
A national park with a few hotspring resorts, lakes, and hiking in the middle of Hokkaido.

Amami-Oshima
An island with a good forest in the Ryukyu chain of Southern Japan.

Hamanaka
Peninsula with lighthouse and cliffs

Izumi - Crane Center
Agricultural fields full of cranes in the winter.

Izumi - Kogawa Dam
A reservoir in the foothills outside of Izumi

Kasai Rinkai Park
Park next to the harbor

Kushiro Marsh
A huge marsh full of cranes on the outskirts of Kushiro

Kyoto - Arashiyama Bamboo Forest
Bamboo trees, some mountains, and some temples on the outskirts of Kyoto.

Kyoto - Botanical Gardens
Botanical Gardens in the north of Kyoto

Kyoto - Imperial Palace
Palaces and forest in the middle of Kyoto

Kyoto - Kamo River
River running through Kyoto

Kyoto - Mount Inari Shopping Mall Temple
An old temple complex that has been converted into a tourist shopping mall.

Kyoto - Osawa Pond
Pond next to an ancient temple

Manko Wetland
Wetlands with mangroves in the city of Naha.

Nago, Okinawa to Naze, Amami Ferry
Ferry crossing visiting a couple of islands.

Naha Triangular Pond
A small marshland at the end of the runway

Naritasan Park
Shine with a small forest and ponds.

Nemuro Point
The easternmost point in Japan

Nezu Shrine
A Shinto shrine located near the Ueno Station in Tokyo.

Notsuke Peninsula
A thin piece of marshland on the east coast of Hokkaido.

Rausu
A harbor on the Northeast of Hokkaido where sea ice in the winter attracts many Sea Eagles.

Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
Botanical gardens very near to a very busy urban neighborhood.

Tama River
A river with some green space around it in Tokyo.

Tokyo Imperial Palace
The Imperial Palace is located in the center of Tokyo next to the Tokyo Station. It is surrounded by a moat.

Tokyo Wild Bird Park
A manmade park with some tidal flats, forest, and freshwater ponds.

Ueno Park
Ueno park is near a major station in Tokyo. There are a couple of lakes in the area including a large area covered in reeds.

Yanbaru Natonal Park
Densely forested Northern half of Okinawa which was saved as a forest because it was a US Military training ground.

Central Island National Park
Volcanic island in Lake Turkana

Hell's Gate National Park
National Park near Nairobi.

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport

Kainuk
Dusty city with a river.

Kalokol
Shoreline of Lake Turkana

Kitale
Large city on the west frontier of Kenya

Kitale - Eldoret Road
Hotel on the outskirts of Kitale.

Lake Nakuru National Park
A national park with a big lake.

Lake Navaisha - South Shore
Lake in Kenya

Lokichar
Dusty town.

Mount Elgon National Park
This shield volcano is one of the higher mountains in Africa.

Nairobi National Park
National Park on the outskirts of Nairobi.

Naivasha
Lake near Nairobi

Saiwa Swamp National Park
Swamp near Kitale.

Sibiloi National Park
Desert park in remote Kenya.

Sani Pass
High altitude alpine area with steep cliffs.

Andasibe
Some nice rainforest not too far from the Capitol.

Anja Community Reserve
This community reserve is home to Ring-tailed Lemurs

Ankarafantsika Nature Reserve
Dry forest reserve in Western Madagascar

Antananarivo

Antsirabe
An ancient city in the highlands of Madagascar

Ifaty
Ifaty is a beachy area with blue water and a few baobob trees here and there.

Isalo National Park
Park featuring slot canyons of lush vegetation surrounded by dry plateaus.

Mahajanga
Mahajanga is a port city on the estuary of the Betsiboka River

Marojejy National Park
Marojejy Nature Reserve is a small forested mountain range. It is the home of the Silky Sifaka.

Ranomafana National Park
Ranomafana National Park contains some remnant cloud forest habitat.

Sambava
Full on Shop Rite hub of Northeast Madagascar.

Toliara
The Toliara area is mostly dry and brushy with some remnant patches containing very large baobob trees.

Zombiste National Park
This park holds the last forest along this stretch of road.

Liwonde - Shire River
A river valley. There were a lot of mosquitos here, and I blame this place for a bout of illness that came about a week later.

Monkey Bay
A partially forested part of the lakeshore.

Bukit Fraser
Hill Station

Bukit Larut
Hill

Bukit Tinggi
Japanese Garden

Cameron Highlands
Highland Resort

Danum Valley
forest

Deramakot Forest Reserve

Ipoh

Jeriau Waterfall

K2 Hill View Chalet
Hilltop Chalet

Kampong Mantanani

Kinabatangan River
River

Kota Kinabalu

Lahad Datu

Malaysia - Sensitive Species
Sensitive Species

Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve
Mangrove

Mount Kinabalu
Mountain Forest

Penang Botanical Gardens

Penang Hill
Hilltop Park

Penang National Park
Forest and beach

Putrajaya Wetland Park
Freshwater wetland

Royal Belum State Park
Reservoir

Sabah Tea Plantation
Tea plantation

Sepilok

Taman Tasik Taiping
Park with small lakes

Tempasuk Plain
Wetlands

The Gap
Entrance to Fraser's Hill

Pointe Rouge
Forest and beach

Presqu'lle Caravelle
Forested peninsula

Riviere Blanche

Amatlan Quarry
This spot is supposed to be good for the endemic Sumichrast's Wren

Bahia Concepcion

Bahia de Los Angeles

Cabo Pulmo
This town has a marine reserve, and is a good place to see fish and sea mammals. The town itself is very small, and there is a semi-desert habitat a very short walk away.

Calakmul
Starting in Xpujil, we took a rental car deep into the Mexican rainforest to the ruins of Calakmul. A couple of tall pyramids at Calakmul allow a good view of the canopy.

Cardel
Hotel Bienvenido has a rooftop that is good for viewing migrating hawks in October.

Cerro del Fortin
Dry forest on a hill

Chamela-Cuixmala Biosphere Reserve
A reserve of thorn forest. Get permission to visit before coming here.

Chavarillo
This spot has a canyon of remnant rainforest among a setting of a small town and lime and coffee plantations. There is a railroad track that gives good access to untouched forest, or you can walk into the canyon on a steep muddy path.

Coatepec
Small city passed south of Mexico City

Colorado Bat Cave
This is a somewhat difficult place to find, but at sunset, you can see a lot of bats here.

Copper Canyon
Creel is the gateway to the Copper Canyon which is NOTHING like the Grand Canyon. It is still a nice place to visit, but don't believe the hype.

Cozumel
Cozumel is an island off the Yucatan Peninsula known as a touristy cruise ship port. Sterile and overpriced resorts line much of the coast replacing what was once vibrant jungle. In the birding world, Cozumel is known for its four endemic species (one possibly extinct) and several endemic subspecies. Unfortunately, in three days of trying, I was unable to locate any of the endemics.

El Refugio
Shade-grown coffee

El Rosario
This is the main area for the wintering monarch butterflies. It is mostly farmed area, and trees are not common outside of the reserve.

Grutas de Cacahuamilpa
Some famous caves near Taxco

Guadalajara
Second largest city in Mexico.

Guerrero Negro
There is a huge marsh system here, and when I came in November there were clouds of shorebirds flying around in here.

Huatusco - Rancho el Mirador
I found this site in through ProNatura in Cardel. It is a coffee plantation in rolling hills. The coffee here is shade grown which is beneficial to the cloud forest wildlife as it mimics natural cloud forest conditions. To visit the Ranch, you must contact the owners beforehand. Phone number in 2007 was 01-273-734-1577.

Isla Espiritu Santo
Desert island a few miles offshore of La Paz.

Isla Isabel
Small island off the coast of Nayarit.

Ixhuacan de los Reyes
There are some cabins in the forest at the Rancho Las Nubes (Call Ahead) that get you into some higher elevation (2000M) pine forests. The forest at this is a good one, and I was surprised to see many of the same species that live in California.

Jalcomulco
A fast flowing river runs through this town.

La Bajada
La Bajada is a small village just outside of San Blas in Nayarit state. It is one of the sites mentioned in Howell's "A Bird Finding Guide To Mexico" The site consists of forest bordering on a banana/mango plantation. The hills surrounding the plantation were lush and appeared to be native forest. It was difficult to get beyond the forest edge due to the rough terrain. This area had a good variety of colorful forest birds such as elegant Trogons, Streak-backed Orioles, Western Tanagers, Yellow and Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Mexican Parrotlets, Yellow-winged Caciques, Cinnamon Hummingbirds, Common Tufted Flycatchers, Migrant warblers and vireos, a San Blas Jay, and a Sinaloa Wren. At about 7:00 AM, we encountered an excellent mixed-species flock, and we barely moved for over an hour while checking out the various birds. There is an excellent waterfall near this location which I visited in December 2001, but I will warn that the road is poor, and the waterfall is not easy to find.

La Cumbre Ixtepeji
High altitude forest

La Guacamayas
Road next to a dried out creek

Laguna de Sanchez
Mountain Peaks

Laguna Quelela
This is a private ranch a few miles north of Puerto Vallarta. Good for migrating birds and black bellied whistling ducks.

La Mancha
A marshy area on the Atlantic coast includes some sandy dunes, a sandy beach, a bay, mangroves, and farmland.

La Manzanilla
A small village along the Pacific Coast of Jalisco.

La Pasionaria
Transition zone between cloud forest and thorn forest

La Paz

Las Barrancas
Some very flat and marshy cow pasture.

La Tovara
La Tovara is a spring inside a mangrove system near the town of San Blas. The spring is fresh water, and the river near the spring is crystal clear. There is a touristy boat trip that goes into the spring, and this is probably the easiest way to access the mangrove system. My first trip into the spring started at the launch at the bridge in San Blas. It was the height of tourist season, and the boats basically drove as quickly as possible through a tangle of low-hanging mangrove. On the first part of the trip, there were a lot of crabs to be seen. The trip felt very rushed, however, and I would recommend to plan your trip outside of the peak Xmas/New Year holiday. I wanted to get a better look, and the next day I was able to rent a canoe for the day for about $10US. Going at a slower pace, I was able to get a great view of a Boat-billed Heron. In addition, it was fairly easy to spot American Redstarts. Upon returning to La Tovara in 2008, I was prepared with the name of a boatman who is supposed to be good with birds. His name is Chencho, and with him at the helm, I was able to get some great close-up views of American Crocodiles, Anhinga, Boat-billed Herons, a Bare-throated Tiger Heron, Wood Stork, Limpkin, Green Iguanas, Green Herons, Yellow-crowned Night Herons, Grey Hawk, and Common Black Hawk. I waited until the day that the holiday season ended, and this turned out to be a good idea for a more relaxed trip into the spring. Chencho knew the names of the birds, and he was very skilled in getting his boat in the right position for good photographs. The wildlife that we saw seemed to be pretty accustomed to boats, and overall, it was a great photography trip.

Lerma Marshes
Lerma Marsh is one of the areas featured in Howell's A Bird Finding Guide To Mexico as a good place to see black-polled yellowthroats. A new addition to the area is an ecological park near the town of Almoloya del Rio.

Mantanchen Beach
A very flat gradual beach that is good for waders.

Mexico City - Independence Angel
One of the major landmarks of Mexico City.

Monte Alban
Ancient Zapoten ruins

Nazas River
River in desert

Parque Fundidora
City Park in Monterrey

Parque Nacional Huatulco
Thorn forest on the coast

Patzcuaro
A touristy colonial city next to a lake in Mexico highlands.

Playa de Los Reyes
Playa de los Reyes, also known as Peso Island is a long sandy island about 100 meters from San Blas. I paid a guy with a boat 20 pesos to drive me to the other side. The other side consists of a small farm with a bakers dozen of zebu cattle, some shrubby areas next to a road which leads up a hill to the lighthouse, and a very long flat sandy beach. Sprinkle in a couple of jejenes, and you have the perfect habitat for shorebirds.

Playa Patzcuaro
Rural Area

Playa Punta Raza
Playa Punta Raza has a very long mostly empty beach with rough waves. There is a really great lookout at the south end of the beach. One time I came to this beach (in winter), and it looked great, but I came back in summer, and there were three dead sea turtles, tons of trash, and spots where people looked to be changing their oil on the ground. The jungle above the beach was pretty full of birds.

Playa San Pancho

Puerto Adolfo Lopes Mateos
Protected inlet of the Pacific.

Puerto Vallarta
Puerto Vallarta is your gateway to this part of Mexico, so you are bound to be here for a couple of days.

Rio Cuchijaqui

Rosalia Beach
Mostly deserted desert beach.

Route 175
Scrubby dry vegetation

Ruiz Cortines
A remnant primary forest habitat near Laguna Catemaco, this is home to the endemic subspecies Tuxtla Turtle Dove.

San Blas - Fort
The San Blas Fort is on a hillside overlooking the town of San Blas. I visited this site on two afternoons: January 6, 2008 and January 2002. From the top, there is an excellent view of the entire area. The habitat consists of weedy fields, rocky outcroppings, a few scattered trees, and the convergence of an updraft. The bird highlight of the fort would have to be the close-flying Turkey and Black Vultures which can be seen on the very top. In addition, I was able to get close looks at a Short-tailed Hawk and a Zone-tailed Hawk. A final highlight was a good view of a flying Roseate Spoonbill. In the weedy area, I was able to get some great looks at Variable Buntings, Collared Seedeaters, Blue Grosbeak, and Yellow Chat. The trees held Black-throated Magpie Jay, Ladder-backed Woodpecker, Ruddy Ground Dove, Inca Dove, Great Kiskadee, Tropical Kingbird, and Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. Overall, I would recommend a visit to the fort. It is possible to walk to the fort from town (look for the sign to the constabalario). Up top, there is about 50 cents entry fee.

San Blas Ponds
A couple of tidally influenced ponds that hold a large concentration of birds in the winter. There is a small parking area near the intersection.

San Blas - Sewage Ponds
Laguna de Oxidacion

San Carlos
Oceanside town with rocky shores and a salt marsh.

San Jose del Cabo - Airport Wash
This spot next to the airport is the beginnings of the semi-arid thorn forest that covers much of this latitude in Western Mexico. The ground here is very sandy with 10 foot tall trees and cacti. Be careful on the road, there might be trucks coming through here.

San Jose del Cabo - Estuary
There is a small river that empties into the Sea of Cortez next to a fancy hotel. It is possible to see many ducks and other birds as you walk upstream on a trail.

San Jose del Pacifico
Mountain village

San Sebastian del Oeste
Colonial City in the forest.

Santa Maria del Tule
Giant tree

Santiago
A semiarid thorny forest with a creek with reliable pools of water

Santiago
Scrubby land

Sierra de Manatlan
Sierra de Manatlan contains some of the only cloud forest on the Pacific Slope of Mexico. Access here is by a dirt road, and we were told by the office in Autlan that a 4-wheel drive was necessary. I drove up part of the way in my Toyota Corolla Station Wagon, and then gave up and parked on the side of the road. Walking ahead for a few miles, there were a couple of puddles where maybe you would have to push the toyota. The habitat in the area we visited was patches of cloud forest intermixed with cow pasture. The hiking was easy.

Sinaloa
Sinaloa is a heavily farmed state in Northern Mexico. The Pacific borders on the west.

Singayta
A small town about 7 miles away from the resort town of San Blas. Land birding is mostly in an agricultural setting, but there are patches of scrubby forest as well as marsh land. I found a man willing to take me out in a boat to a lagoon near the town.

Sontecomapan
Sontecomapan is a small town in the Catemaco Lake Area south of Veracruz. From this town, it is possible to hire a boat to take you into the mangroves and up a few of the overgrown rivers. There is also a sandy beach at the estuary mouth.

Tacambaro
Tacambaro is one of the areas featured in Howell's A Bird Finding Guide To Mexico

Tanque Emergencia
High desert.

Taxco
Taxco is possibly the most touristy town in Mexico, and it is loud to boot.

Tehualmixtle
A small settlement here with snorkeling and a nearby long sandy beach.

Temescaltepec
Temescaltepec is one of the areas featured in Howell's A Bird Finding Guide To Mexico as a good place to see swifts. In addition, it is a gateway to some forested areas accessed by dirt roads. Howell downplays the hotel situation, but we found an excellent family-run hotel in the El Baral area called Hotel la Cascada.

Teotihuacan
Rebuilt pyramid from ancient ruined city was once among the largest cities. The habitat here is mowed grasses with a few cactus patches and a small riparian (sewage) area.

Teotitlan del Valle
Weaving workshops

Tepic - Cerro de San Juan
Cerro de San Juan refers to a partially forested road outside the city of Tepic in Nayarit state. It is one of the sites mentioned in Howell's A Bird Finding Guide To Mexico I made a short visit to this site as a detour on my trip to the Puerto Vallarta Airport from San Blas on the morning of January 10, 2008. Birding here entails walking on a dirt road through pine/oak forest and some agricultural land. Please note that for the first couple of kilometers, the road was not in very good condition, but it got better further up the hill. This area had a good variety of open country and forest birds. While walking on the road, I saw Yellow Grosbeak, Eastern Bluebirds, Grey Silky, Flame-colored and Western Tanagers, Spotted Wren, Greater Pewee, Pine Siskin, White-eared Hummingbirds, House Finch, and a good collection of migratory warblers. Unfortunately, I felt rushed (due to my flight later that day), and I was unable to track down a hammering woodpecker. I barely made it into the forested area before I had to turn back. The road was very dusty, and to add to the dust issue, a vehicle passed by about every 15 minutes. People in the cars were friendly and curious about my activity.

Tulum
Tulum is a popular destination for its white sand beaches and Mayan ruins. Unfortunately, any charm that this area once had is quickly being replaced by Package Resort Land. I tried to bird on the recently paved road south of town, but heavy traffic (mostly taxis cruising for business) made that impossible.

UNAM Station
Some of the last virgin rainforest in the region, and the northernmost point of American rainforest.

Volcan Nevada de Colima

Volcan Nevado de Toluca
This volcano is the fourth highest point in Mexico. The national park here is popular with day visitors from Toluca, and I heard some rumors of a refuge for campers.

Xalapa, Macacuitepl Park
Forested city park on an extinct volcano.

Xico Waterfall
A forested riparian area with a spectacular waterfall.

Yagul
Ancient Zapotec ruins

Yelapa
A small town without cars, the only good way to get here is by a boat from Puerto Vallarta.

Zacatecas
The most picturesque colonial city that you never heard of.

Bunkham Bay Beach

Cudjoehead Forest

Marguerita Bay Beach

Plymouth
City covered by volcano

Rondezvous Beach

Bourmalne Dades

Dayet Aoua

Fes

Goulmima

Lac Afenourir

Lac Zerouka
University City

Marrakesh

Merzouga
Sand Dune

Ouarzazate Lake

Oued Aoufous
Gorge

Oued Massa
River estuary.

Oued Sous
Mouth of the river

Oukaimeden
Lake in the mountains

Source of Esskhounate
Spring

Taliouine
Oasis

Tangier
Port City

Tizy n' Test Pass
Mountain Pass

Volubilis
Roman Ruins

Zaida
Plains

Bazaruto Islands National Park
Low lying sandy islands surrounded by shallow coral reefs.

Brandenberg
Desert area.

Cape Cross
In Northern Namibia, this spot is famous for a huge colony of Southern Fur Seal.

Etosha National Park

Fish River Canyon
An interesting desert canyon in the south part of Namibia that is NOTHING like the Grand Canyon.

Ganab

Hardap Dam
A large reservoir with a huge dam. Desert surrounds.

Hoba Meteorite
Earth's largest known meteorite.

Sossusvlei

Swakopmund
This is one of the larger towns in Namibia (but still small). There are a couple of mostly dry estuaries in town. Other than humans, life in general is pretty sparse around here.

Tsumeb
A small town outside of Etosha National Park. There were a couple of interesting sinkholes here, and of course, the worlds largest meteorite in Hoba.

Walvis Bay
Sandy bay next to desert town.

Waterberg
Waterberg is a national park in Namibia. The area is mostly mopane forest with a set of cliffs. On top of the cliffs, it is possible to see large mammals, but we did not try having just returned from Etosha.

Amsterdam
A city founded on a hill in the 1200s, much of the city is below sea level kept dry by an elaborate system of canals, dikes, and pumps. The canals provide habitat for water birds.

Arthur's Pass
Alpine park on New Zealand's South Island.

Auckland Botanical Gardens
A botanical garden near the Auckland Airport.

Blue Pools
The Blue Pools are a popular stop to view a few natural pools in a crystal clear river.

Fiordland National Park
Rainforest covered mountains next to the ocean.

Kaikoura
Kaikoura is known in New Zealand as a place to see whales and sea-birds. The coastal shelf is only a couple of miles off-shore, so you can see things here that would normally require a couple of hours trip out into the ocean.

Manapouri
A lake with a hydroelectric power plant.

Mata Kopee Lagoon
Also known as Queen Anne's Lagoon, this is a place full of ducks near Cheviot.

Miranda
Miranda is the location of a large tidal flat. The muddy areas draw shorebirds.

Okarito
A small beach town on the west coast of the South Island.

Otago Peninsula / Dunedin
Dunedin is New Zealand's college city. The surrounding area is mostly farmland, but there is some interesting wildlife on the adjacent Otago Peninsula

Queen Charlotte Sound
A sunken riverbed in the north part of the South Island.

Queenstown
Touristy town on the South Island of New Zealand.

Stewart Island
Stewart Island is New Zealand's third largest island. It is found at the southern tip of the country.

Te Anau
A small town with a lake full of motor boats. This is where the tourists that hate the blackflies (sandflies) were staying.

Tiri Tiri Matangi
This small island near Auckland has been cleared of introduced predators, and thus is full of native wildlife.

Twizel
A small town in the higher elevations surrounded by glacial lakes.

Whitianga
I small town on the Coromandel Peninsula.

Corn Islands
The Corn Islands are a pair of islands offshore from Nicaragua in the Caribbean. The islands are heavily impacted by residents, their dogs, and tourists. The ocean near the islands is rich in Lobster and even a few coral reefs persist.

Granada
Granada is your basic colonial town with lots of old buildings and tourists.

Mombacho
Mombacho is a protected mountain top cloud forest near Granada, Nicaragua.

Nicaragua / Costa Rica Border Zone
This is the built-up area along the border and Inter-American Highway. The habitat in the area is pasture land and dry forest.

Gressholmen
Island off of Oslo.

Oslo
Capital city of Norway

Ostensjovannet
Lake in the suburbs.

Boca de Cupe
Boca de Cupe is a village at the mouth of the tidal Rio Cupe. The discos here will keep you up at night. This site includes the river up to El Real.

Cana Station
Cana station is pretty much in the middle of nowhere. To get here, most people fly a charter from Panama City. There are a few buildings here, an grass airstrip, some decaying mining equipment from the gold mining past, and a lot of trees in every direction. The generator runs for a few hours each night to keep things civilized, but this station is certainly in the middle of nowhere.

Cruce de Mono Ranger Station
Cruce de Mono Ranger Station is a small clearing next to a clear running creek. The "Ranger Station" is more like a partially open shelter. The surrounding area is primary forest.

El Valle de Anton
El Valle is town nestled on the inside of an ancient caldera. The town is famous for its golden frogs and square trees. The golden frogs have been captured to save them from fungus.

Isla Boca Brava
It was a nice enough place, but it is suffering from its recommendation in the Lonely Planet. The hotel is a bit run-down with poor service that does not match its high prices.

Isla Coiba
Coiba was a prison island and off limits to the public for quite awhile, and it offers some pristine wilderness. Unfortunately, it can be quite expensive to really visit the island. Much of the island is covered by primary rain forest, and the waters surrounding it are rich in fish life.

Mogue
Mogue is an Embera village. The surrounding area is mangrove and dry forest.

Parque Nacional Soberania
Tower in the rainforest.

Parque Natural Metropolitano
The park is essentially in the middle of Panama City, and from the mirador, you can see the skyscrapers of the downtown area.

Pirre Cloud Forest Camp
This camp is 1500 meters or so above Cana Station. It took us several hours to walk to the campsite, but the hike through the forest was not overly strenuous. At the campsite, there is an overlook where most of the birds were spotted. Walking further up the mountain there is a cloud forest habitat.

Punta Patino
Punta Patina has a lodge owned by Ancon Expeditions. The area is dry forest with some mangroves and beach areas. The rooms here are air conditioned...

Rancho Frio
Rancho Frio is the ranger station previously known as Pirre Station. The area is on the edge of the primary forest, and a clear stream runs next to a small clearing.

Rio Paca Station
A very basic campsite next to a small river. The surrounding area is a former pasture, but the forest has regenerated spectacularly. The GPS is an estimate.

Santa Fe
This town borders a large tract of cloud forest. A good sized river runs through the town as well.

Volcan Baru
Volcan Baru is a national park near Boquette, and the peak is the highest point in all of Panama. The national park consists of farmland, cloud forest, and a rocky elfin forest near the peak. On a clear day, it is possible to see the Caribbean and the Pacific from this peak.

Aeropuerto Internacional Jorge Chavez

Cusco
Peruvian city on top of a Spanish city on top of an Incan city.

Cusco - Manu Road
Road to the rainforest.

Machu Picchu
Ruins

Ollantaytambo
Ancient Inca City.

Parque Nacional del Manu

Urubamba
Mountain city and surrounding area.

Carpathian Mountains
This location represents the general area that I visited.

Barnaul
Large city.

Elekmonar
Elekmonar is A small village in along the Chemal River. It was pretty rustic out here with a distinct lack of plumbing and a lot of cows and chickens running around.

Irkutsk - Freeway Swamps
There are a few swampy areas tucked in between freeways and railroads on the west end of town.

Krasnoyarsk - East River Island
I actually have no idea what the name of this island really is. I found it while walking along the river bank from my hotel. It is popular to rent bicycles and ride them on this island which consists of floodplain, a couple of standing pools of water, rocky and sandy shoreline, riparian forest, grasslands, and oak/pine woodlands. The habitat here was markedly different than that at Stolby Reserve, in foothills a few kilometers away from the river. I saw more woodpeckers here than everywhere else in Russia combined.

Krasnoyarsk - Stolby Nature Reserve
Stolby Nature Reserve is a forested area just to the southwest of Krasnoyarsk. There is a very popular trail that leads to some interesting lava pillars.

Krasnoyarsk - Yenesey North Bank
A floodplain and island near the famous bridge.

Krasnoyarsk - Yenesey South Bank
A floodplain area with sandy and rocky beach and lots of short trees. When you are going south over the famous bridge from the 10 ruble note, walk to your right to get to a good walking area.

Lake Teletskoye
A long fjord-like lake in the Altai region of Russia. The water is very cold and clear, and the lake is surrounded by steep forested hills.

Listvyanka
The nearest Lake Baikal town from Irkutsk is not especially birdy, but there are forests in every direction, and the lake is right there.

Moscow
Largest City in Russia.

Novosibirsk
Russia's third largest city.

Tuva - Kyzyl
A medium sized town, and the capitol of Tuva, the habitats here include the Yenisey River and a forested city park

Tuva - Western Mountains
Alpine mountains and forested valleys.

Anse Chastanet Beach
Beach next to an ugly resort.

Des Cartier Rainforest
Rainforest

Diamond Falls Botanical Gardens
Botanical gardens and mineral baths

Grand Eden Estate
Farm next to rain forest

Marquis Estate
Plantation

Praslin
Dry forest

Soufriere Harbor
Harbor

Ti Rocher
Village

Amazona Nest
Farm next to rain forest

Arnos Vale
Harbor

Black Point Tunnel
Old warehouse tunnel

La Soufriere Volcano

Montreal Gardens
Gardens

Vermont Nature Trail
Rainforest

King Khalid International Airport

Bukit Timah Nature Reserve

Changi Village
Riverfront

Fort Canning
Old fort

Pasir Ris Park
Mangroves and city park.

Pulau Ubin

Singapore Botanic Gardens
Botanical Gardens

Augrabies Falls

Bredasdorp

Cape Point
Cape Point is a famous and dramatic point just south of Cape Town in Southwestern South Africa. It is a pretty developed tourist location, but we were still able to find some good remote hiking. This site covers all areas south of Cape Town.

Cedarberg

Ceres

Drakensburg - Hogsback
Remnant forest in mountain foothills.

Gaansbai
An area rich in marine life.

Hluhluwe - Umfolazi Rhino Preserve

Johannesburg

Lambertsbai - Bird Island
Bird island is a nesting site for Cape Gannet and other sea birds. The island is now connected to the mainland by a bridge.

Port St. Johns - Wild Coast
Small town with a sandy beach, rocky coast, and a forest preserve. It is the gateway to the Wild Coast Walk.

Pretoria
Capital of SA

Scottburgh

Southern Africa
A place to put all the sightings that are not associated with any particular place. Most likely seen in June 2001 in Zambia, but not necessarily.

St. Lucia National Park
A variety of wetlands and sub-tropical forests in this area.

Suicide Gorge

Swaziland
Small kingdom

Tsitsikamma National Park
Some remnant forest is here as well as the beginning of the Otter Trail.

West Coast National Park
A bay and estuary area draining into the Atlantic Ocean north of Cape Town

Wilderness National Park

Alberca de Loreto
Small lake

Barcelona
Scenic City in Northern Spain famous for being the home of Gaudi.

Bolonia
Roman ruins

Bonanza
Estuary

Casar de Caceres
Rural Town

Castell de Montjuic
Castle on a hill

Castilo Caleta de Fuste
Beach resort.

Cordoba
Old City

Costa Calma
Desert scrub.

Cueva de la Pileta
Cave with prehistoric paintings

El Cotillo Plain
Desert plains next to the ocean.

Embalse de Arrocampo
Reservoir with nuke plant water.

Gorgas de San Julian
Forest and cliffs

Guadalmesi
Coastal forest

Juego de Bolas
Forest and farms on volcanic soil.

La Janda
Swampy agricultural land

La Laguna
Visitor's Center in cloud forest.

Las Penitas
Desert Oasis

Los Molinos
Reservoir in the desert

Madrid

Monte El Cedro
Village in the cloud forest.

Pajara
Old town in the hills.

Parque del Retiro
City park.

Parque Nacional Canones de Guara

Parque Nacional El Estrecho
Rocky hills

Parque Nacional Tablas Daimiel

Parque National Garonjay
Cloud Forest.

Pino Gordo
Giant pine tree.

Playa Los Lances
Estuary

PN de Monfrague
Oak forests and a reservoir.

Real Jardin Botanico
Botanical Gardens.

Rio Almonte
River valley

Salada de Mediana
Plains

Salto de Roldan
Mountains and cliffs

Sanlucar de Barrameda
Place where Columbus launched his voyage or something like that.

San Sebastian
Ferry between islands.

Santa Marta Steppe
Grasslands.

Santa Marta Steppe - Yet Another Dirt Road
Backroads.

Santa Marta Steppe - Yet Another Questionable Road
Dirt road

Teide
This volcano is the highest point in Spain

Teno
Cliffs and black sand beach.

Toledo
Holy Toledo

Trujillo
Old Castle.

Valle Gran Rey
Sunny side of the island.

Vilaflor
Old town in the mountains.

Vilaflor--Las Lajas
Pine Forest

Villa Monroy
Village with a castle.

Barentsburg
Mining settlement

Longyearbyen Airport
Airport and small mining town.

Van Mijenfjorden
Fjord

Bitan Tourist Attraction
River and mountain

Daan Park
City Park

Taipei Botanical Garden

Taroko Gorge - Mysterious Valley Trail
A fast clear river in a gravel floodplain. The rivers and terrain here looked very similar to rivers in Mendocino County. This trail is just inside the border of the national park. One of the features of this trail are villages of Indigenous Taiwanese.

Taroko Gorge - Tienhsiang

Wu-jiou-tung Mountain Trail
Forest close to the airport

Amani Forest Reserve

Arusha

Arusha National Park
Forested mountains and Savanah

Dar es Salaam
Dar, as it is known, is the capital of Tanzania. There are all kinds of transportation options here and some decent restaurants.

Engikaret Lark Plains
Plains

Iringa - Isimila Stone Age Site
A quarry where rocks for stone age tools were mined.

Jozani Forest

Korogwe
Village

Lake Manyara National Park
Ultra salty lake.

Maasai Steppe
Scrub

Mapopwe Rice Fields
Rice Fields

Mikumi National Park
Mikumi National Park is a small savanna area near Dar es Salaam.

Mkomazi National Park
Savannah

Monduli
Wildlands near Arusha

Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Famous location from all the nature shows.

Pemba - Ngezi Forest

Serengeti
A vast grassland with very scattered pockets of trees.

South Pare Mountains

Stone Town

Tanga

Tangire National Park
Mostly forested park on the way to Ngorongoro and Serengheti.

Tukuyu
Agricultural land near Lake Nyara.

Udzungwa Mountains
These islands form a tropical forest island amid savanna and farms.

West Usambara Mountains
Mountain town

Zanzibar

Zigi Forest

Ang Kaew
Small Lake

Bangkok
Wretched stinking city full of traffic.

Ban Thi
Marshes

Chiang Dao
Large rock to the North of Chiang Mai

Chiang Dao Rice Paddies
Rice Paddies

Chiang Mai

Doi Angkhang

Doi Insi
Hill near Chiang Rai

Doi Inthanon
Tall mountain near Chiang Mai

Doi Inthanon National Park Lower
Lower part near checkpoint one

Doi Kham Fa
mountain

Doi Lang

Doi Lang East Side
East road toward the top.

Doi Mae Mon
Hillside

Doi Pha Chang
Limestone outcropping

Doi Pha Hom Pak
Mountain peak

Doi Pui

Doi Suthep
Hilltop with a temple

Fang

Hua Hin
Coastal city full of tourists.

Khao Sam Roi Yat National Park
Giant sinkhole visited by Thai Kings.

Khao Yai National Park
I took a long taxi ride and then the bus out of Bangkok from the northern station. The bus was a very comfortable one surprisingly, and it only took a few hours to get to the gateway to the the park. There was pretty good wildlife there, I saw, while walking, a couple species of deer a bintaung, and some very fast running bright red jungle ground bird. This was long before I considered bringing a field guide on vacation.

Ko Tao

Kuiburi
Park full of elephants.

Mae Hia
swampy agricultural land.

Mae Taeng
Irrigation Project

Mueang Kong
Riverside

Nong Bong
Wetlands

Pak Thale
Salt pans and mudflats.

San Sai
Rice Paddies

Thailand Sensitive Species
Locations of these species are not specific so as not to aid in the caged bird trade.

Wat Tham Pa Acha Thong

Wat Tham Phra Pha Khok
Temple

Anamurium
Ancient Roman ruins.

Antalya
Big city with a few parks and a coastline.

Goksu Delta
The outflow of the G¨o;ksu River in Southern Turkey, this is one of the better places in Turkey to see migrating waterfowl and sea turtles.

Goreme
A very rocky area with little vegetation, this desert area is similar in topography to Southern Utah.

Ilhara Valley
Rocky valley with ancient rock churches.

Istanbul

Mersin
Mediterranean City.

Olympos Mountains National Park
Coastal mountains to the southwest of Anatalya

Side
Ancient ruins along the shoreline that have been converted to outdoor bars and restaurants.

Sultan's Marsh Bird Paradise
Near Yeshilhizar in Cappadoccia, this is one of the oddest places you will expect to find a flamingo. This is a great place for finding larks and other grassland birds. There was a wolf pelt in the hotel, so in theory there are wolves here as well.

Termessos
Ruins of ancient Pisidian city at 1000 meters.

Bigodi Swamp
Bigombe Swamp is a remnant patch of forest just south of Kibale National Park. It is known for its birds and monkeys. The forest patch is not large, and you are not able to go into the forest, but you can walk around the perimeter with a guide. This spot was very good for birding, but at this point in the trip, I was only counting new species, so the list is incomplete.

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest - Buhoma
Bwindi is a higher elevation forest in Southwestern Uganda which is famous for its Mountain Gorillas.

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest - Ruhija
Tented Camp on the forest edge.

Entebbe
International airport city.

Fort Portal
Town

Kampala
Kampala is the capital city of Uganda. As far as African capitals go, this was probably the nicest one that I visited.

Kibale National Park
Kabale National Park is a remnant piece of rainforest surrounded by intensive agriculture. It is an island of biodiversity.

Kisoro

Lake Bunyoni

Lake Mburo National Park
Savannah and lake.

Mabamba Swamp

Mbabara

Mgahinga National Park
Mgahinga is a park known for expensive Mountain Gorilla tracking in the far southwest of Uganda. It is also possible to get to some higher elevations here (which I skipped due to time constraints)

Queen Elizabeth II National Park
Savannah

Road to Mburo
The road to the southwest of Uganda.

Semuliki National Park
A forest park bordering the DRC for those who don't want to speak French.

Al Ain
This town in the desert is known for its ancient oasis civilization.

Deira
This is the old harbor of Dubai where some of the buildings were even built before 2010.

Dubai Creek Park
A small city park full of greenery in the desert.

Ras Al Khor
A wetland area full of flamingos in the shadow of Dubai.

Umm Al Quwain
A saltwater lagoon full of blue water and some oil tanks.

170th St
Farm road in the middle of nowhere

Agua Vista Park
A small public park on the San Francisco Bay with some dilapidated piers just offshore. Pier 54.

Alemany Community Garden
Garden with a small marsh.

Alta Plaza Park
City Park

Anahuac NWR (UTC 049)
Salt and freshwater marsh.

Anchorage--Westchester Lagoon
A tidally influenced manmade lagoon in the city of Anchorage.

Angel Island
An island in the bay with a good portion covered in native chaparral.

Ano Nuevo State Park

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
An area of high and low desert outside of San Diego.

Aquatic Park
Aquatic Park is a small sandy beach near the Fisherman's Wharf. The beach is protected from the surf by a breaker.

Aransas NWR (CTC 037) (Aransas Co.)
Salt Marsh

Arches National Park
A desert park with many interesting rock formations.

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Rafting for 6 days on the Kongakut River, and then 4 days of hiking to reach Demarcation Bay

Armstrong Redwoods State Park
Redwoods mixed with oak woodland.

Arrowhead Marsh
A marshy spit of land in a sheltered part of the bay.

Arrowwood NWR
Marshland in North Dakota.

Ash Creek National Wildlife Refuge

Atlantic City

Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge
Reserve for the last of the Texas Prairie chickens.

Austin
Capital of Texas

Avalon

Bair Island
An area of salt marsh along the bay just off the 101 in San Carlos.

Baker Beach
Sandy beach on the pacific bounded by native scrub hills and non-native tree patches.

Balcones Canyonlands NWR--Refuge HQ (Travis Co.)
Wildlife refuge for the Golden-cheeked Warbler.

Bayview Park
Hill overlooking the Bayview.

Belleplain State Forest
Mixed lowland forest

Berkeley Marina
A marina here allows you to get out close to bay birds. Other habitats in the Marina Park include mudflats, grasslands, and some Monterey Pines and brushy areas.

Bernal Heights - Neighborhood Garden

Bernal Heights - Neighborhood park
Non-native plants dominate this park. There are some views of downtown, and the park is on the route of some "secret" stairways through the hillside

Bernal Hill
Bernal Heights is a hilltop park in East-Central San Francisco. This park has excellent views of Downtown San Francisco, and it can be a good place to see raptors and other soaring birds. The highlight of the park is the American Kestrel. Also, especially common are Common Raven, Western Gull, and Red-tailed Hawk. I usually approach the park via a series of stairways starting from the Mission. The stairways are through gardens, and you might be rewarded with a flock of Cedar Waxwing (Best month March), California Towhee, Northern Mockingbird, Scrub Jay, American Robin, Bushtit, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Pygmy Nuthatch, or Anna's Hummingbird. In winter, you can usually find Yellow-rumped Warbler, Townsend's Warbler, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Golden-crowned Sparrow, and Fox Sparrow. Once you reach the top of the hill, you should start looking for American Kestrels. They are often on the wires above the park, and, on windy days, you can see them hovering on the west side of the park. Red-tailed Hawks are often on the top, and they sometimes push the Kestrels to lower altitudes. As for the Ravens, I have seen up to 30 in a flock on the top. Check the trees on the top of the hill for Dark-eyed Junco. The Esmeralda Staircase hosted a pair of Great-horned Owls for a time. During the spring and summer, there are occasional flocks of Barn or Cliff Swallow. Some of the more unusual sightings from the park include Acorn Woodpecker (seen twice in the same tree about one year apart), White-throated Swift, Double-crested Cormorant, Bonaparte's Gull, and Cooper's Hawk. Be mindful of the off-leash dogs in the park. A few of them feel threatened by scopes.

Bidwell Park
This park in Chico is considered the third largest urban park in the United States. The terrain is mainly oak woodlands and riparian with a few grassy areas as well.

Big Bend National Park
A desert area with a "sky island" mountain range on the border of the USA and Mexico.

Big Bend Yuba River
Riparian area and boulders next to the freeway.

Big Branch National Wildlife Refuge

Big Island - Hakalau Forest NWR
At the end of a very four wheel drive road, this refuge protects some mostly native forestland near the Mauna Lea peak. It is possible to walk quite a ways down the hill, but the best birding was closer to the top of the refuge.

Big Island - Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
This area is mostly native forests and lava flows. It is one of the better places for finding Hawaii's native species.

Big Island - Hilo
One of two larger cities on the Big Island. Excellent snorkeling, a large freshwater fish pond, and lush non-native forests are a feature here. So is rain.

Big Island - Kona / Four Seasons Hotel
This is a fancy hotel on the beach, but there are some man-made lagoons and a good view of the ocean from here. Public access is possible and free at least for the trail next to the hotel.

Big River
An estuary near Mendocino, California

Binnie Lakes Forest Preserve

Bisbee
Old west town

Bishop
Mountains with ancient bristlecone pines

Bluestem Prairie
State Park near Fargo, ND

Bodega Bay
A small resort town a couple of hours north from San Francisco, this is where Hitchcock filmed "The Birds." The public areas are along the bayfront and a rocky scrub area west of town.

Bolinas Marsh
A tidal salt marsh.

Bolivar Peninsula
Gulf coast of Texas

Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge

Bosque Estatal de Guanica
Thorn Forest

Bosque Estatal de Maricao

Bosque Estatal de Rio Abajo

Bosque Nacional El Yunque
Rainforest in the hills.

Brazoria
Town full of chemical plants.

Brazoria NWR (UTC 108)

Broderick-Terry Duel Site

Brussel Sprout Field
A discard pile of brussel sprouts which attracts warblers and sparrows in winter.

Bryant Park
City Park

Buck Lake Trail - Feather River
I am not sure I have the correct location pinned. This was a town, closed when we went there in early May. Barbara and I hiked up a trail here until we reached the snow.

Buena Vista Park
One of the more wooded areas in the city.

Burleigh H. Murray State Park
This is a newer park in the Bay Area with a short trail and an old barn.

Burnidge Forest Preserve
This preserve, just west of Elgin, Illinois contains deciduous forest and a bog habitat with a good number of snags. There is a large prairie area as well where you can view native plants. Another feature are several reed-banked ponds.

Butano State Park
Redwoods

Cabo Rojo
Salt and freshwater marshy area.

Camp Meeker
Second growth redwood.

Candlestick Park
Candlestick Park is where the 49ers played, and where the Giants used to play. Next to the park, the shoreline is open landfill with access to the bay. The offshore birding can be exceptional. I have seen huge rafts of various ducks, and gulls are also very frequent here. To get to some of the best birding, you need to get into some of the dingier areas, but it is also quite easy to park your car and walk out to a pier where ducks sometimes congregate. Don't forget to check the grasslands for species not often seen in San Francisco.

Canyonlands National Park
A very rocky park with spectacular rock formations caused by erosion. The Colorado and Green Rivers join in the middle of the park. Away from the river, you can hike to high and low desert. There are a couple of drive around roads if you are not feeling adventurous.

Capay Valley
River valley

Cape May Ferry to Cape Henelope, Deleware
You can take the ferry from Cape May to a state park in Delaware

Cape May National Wildlife Refuge - Cedar Swamp
Walking trail through grasslands and swampy woods.

Cape May National Wildlife Refuge - Deleware Bay
On the Deleware Bay, there are several trails available here.

Cape May National Wildlife Refuge - Two Mile Beach

Cape May Point State Park
State park in Southern New Jersey with sandy beaches, dunes, saltwater marsh, and freshwater marsh. It is a nesting place for endangered shorebirds with a nesting area roped off.

Capital Reef National Park
A national park featuring desert scenery.

Carlsbad Caverns

Carrizo Plain National Monument

Castle Rock Park (CC Co.)
Rolling hills

Cataract Falls

Cave Creek Canyon--South Fork
Riparian area.

Cave Creek Canyon--Southwestern Research Station
Transition zone.

Ceiba
Low and middle latitudes.

Ceiba Natural Reserve
Coastal plains.

Chabot Regional Park
Reservoir in the east bay.

Chaco Canyon
A desert location of an ancient American city.

Channel Islands National Park
Islands that have been geographically isolated from California for 12,000 years.

Charleston Road Marsh
A marsh hidden on the Google campus

Chase Lake NWR
Some potholes in North Dakota

Coachella Valley Preserve
Desert Oasis

Colusa National Wildlife Refuge
Near the town of Colusa, this refuge offers a three mile nature drive and a 1/2 mile hiking trail. Potentially a stopover for migrating waterfowl as the refuge is flooded in winter.

Cook Monument
Good snorkeling spot on the dry side of the big island.

Corona Heights
Corona heights is a small park with some trees and serpentine outcroppings.

Cosumnes River Preserve
A still pretty wild part of this river with flooding in the winter to support migrating waterfowl.

Cowschwitz
Concentration camp for cows.

Coyote Point County Park--harbor and marsh
Some salt marsh and rocky shoreline.

Crabtree Nature Center
A marshy area in Chicago suburbs with patches of deciduous forest and restored prairie. Several Wildlife Blinds are available. Our class went to this center in 1st grade to learn about nature. This was also the release location for my pet turtles after I got tired of them. (If you must release your pets in the future, I would recommend a public park over a nature area. You could be introducing a non-native species which can have disastrous results)

Crater Lake
Crater Lake is the remains of a massive volcanic explosion thousands of years ago.

Crissy Field
Crissy Field was once and even longer field, but a recent restoration project has brought us Crissy Lagoon. One of the best spots for little brown birds in the city. The lagoon hosts a variety of coastal bird species.

Culebra Island
Island off of Puerto Rico

Cuyamaca State Park
A park of scattered oak woodlands.

Danada Forest Preserve
Forest Preserve

Death Valley National Park

Del Puerto Canyon and Mines Road
Mines Road is the best access to the more arid eastern slopes of Mount Hamilton. Most of the land out here is private property, but it is fairly easy access from the Bay Area for this type of habitat.

Delta Meadows State Park
Riparian zone.

Del Valle County Park

Denali National Park
This popular national park in Central Alaska ranges from boreal forest to Alpine Tundra.

Denali State Park
The state park is a bit lower in elevation than the national park.

Depoe Bay
Oregon Coast

Dinosaur National Monument

Dolores Park

Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge - Alviso
The larger part of the two-part Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge, this place is chock full of various shorebirds, gulls, and ducks. To get to it, you will probably need a car although the flat terrain would be good for bicycling.

Donner Camp Picnic Area
The place where the Donner Party ate their friends.

Downtown
These are listings from various urban areas in San Francisco.

East Wash
Stand of non-native trees, some shrubs and open ground, and rocky seashore. This is the spot where you would expect birds flying south would funnel through.

Edgewood Preserve

Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge
salt marsh

Effie Yeaw Nature Center
A small natural area along the American River.

Ejido Lagoon
Packed into the suburban area, this is one of the largest remaining wetlands in Southern California.

El Corte de Madera Creek State Park
Second growth redwood forests on the peninsula.

Elfin Forest Preserve
Coastal Scrub.

Elgin
Suburban Area.

Elgin - Bluff Spring Fen
Growing up in the area, Bluff Spring Fen was known as the abandoned quarry, and there was plenty of summer partying going on during my high school years. The disused land became a Illinois Nature Preserve in 1987 mainly due to the presence of rare prairie plants. After years of restoration, the fen is now one of the premier birding areas in the region. I recently visited the fen, and I found several birds that can be difficult to find in the area including Indigo Buntings, Eastern Wood Pewee, Green Heron, and Belted Kingfisher. Other birds included American Goldfinch, House Wren, Double-crested Cormorant, Northern Flicker, Common Grackle (including a grackle with white wing feathers), Great Horned Owl, Red-tailed Hawk, Savannah Sparrow, White-breasted Nuthatch, and Downy Woodpecker. You might be able to see some fairly tame White-tailed Deer. Some of the cooler looking plants are in a sandy area near the southwest corner of the reserve. To get to the reserve, you must park inside the Bluff City Cemetery. Hours are seasonal and posted at the entrance. There is an exit for Bluff City Blvd. from Rt. 20. It is also possible to access the reserve from Gifford Road, but don't park your car for risk of tow.

Elizabethtown
k

Elkhorn Slough
Saltwater estuary.

Emigrant Wilderness
The emigrant wilderness is fairly easy access to higher altitudes with the trailhead starting out at almost 9000 feet. There are some forested areas, and also there is access to very sparsely forested rock fields.

Everglades - Shark Alley
There is a visitor's center and a tram loop in the northern section of the everglades.

Fall River Mills

Farallones Marine Sanctuary
A few bare rocky islands 30 miles off the coast.

Fermilab
There are a few good natural areas inside the ring of the particle accelerator

Ferry Plaza
There is good access to a concrete walled shore here. Across the street from the Ferry Building, you will find a park. The park is a roosting spot for the verminous "Parrots of Telegraph Hill"

Ferson Creek Fen
Fen

Fiscalini Ranch Preserve
Better than condos.

Flight 93 Memorial
Where the plane crashed.

Fontainebleau State Park

Fort Funston
Fort Funston is a former military installment in the southwest corner of San Francisco. The habitat consists of sandy dunes with a steep cliff of sandstone leading down to a sandy beach area. The vegetation is largely introduced ice plant with a stand of monterey pines. The cliff area gives you a wide view of the ocean, and this is one of the better places in the city to see sea birds.

Fort Mason
A former fort, this area is now a public park with historic houses.

Fort Point
Civil war fort with a huge bridge over the top of it. The bridge, sometimes referred to as the "Golden Gate Bridge" hosts nesting birds. If you are interested in buying the bridge, contact me for more details.

Foster City Beach

Fox River - Dundee
The Fox River along this stretch is not likely to be frozen over in the winter offering a refuge for migrant ducks.

Galesburg

Galveston Island
A large coastal city.

Garfield Park
A small city park in the Mission District. There are several huge trees, I believe they are New Zealand Kauri trees. A windstorm recently knocked down one of the trees, and three cars were crushed.

Giants Park
The exact location of our seats at Big Phone Company Park.

Glass Mountains

Glen Canyon Park
Glen park is one of only a couple places in the city where you can see a natural creek. Part of the creekbed has been restored to native plants. This large park probably had a too steep and rocky canyon to be fully developed, and you can often find a bird here that you won't see anywhere else in the city. Habitats include riparian, eucalyptus forest, grassland, scrub, and rocky outcrops.

Goblin Valley State Park

Golden Gate Park
Baseball fields

Golden Gate Park - Buffalo Paddock

Golden Gate Park - Conservatory of Flowers
Flower gardens.

Golden Gate Park - Elk Glen Lake

Golden Gate Park - Lily Pond
A small forested lake near the Conservatory of Flowers and Hippy Hill.

Golden Gate Park - Lloyd Lake
A small man-made lake in a forested park area.

Golden Gate Park - Middle Lake
Overgrown lake.

Golden Gate Park - North Lake
Probably the most natural seeming lake among those that you can find in Golden Gate Park.

Golden Gate Park - Rhodedendron Dell
In Golden Gate Park

Golden Gate Park - San Francisco Botanical Garden
The San Francisco Botanical Garden has several gardens including a garden of San Francisco native plants. It is one of the last stands in the city for the California Quail. There are additional exotic gardens that may attract unusual species.

Golden Gate Park - South Lake
A small swampy lake near the ocean.

Golden Gate Park - Stow Lake
Stow Lake is a shallow man-made lake in Golden Gate Park. There is a wooded island of non-native trees in the middle of the lake, and then another pond in the middle of the island. It is good for gulls and the occasional migrant waterbird. If you feel so inclined, you can explore the lake by paddleboat.

Golden Gate Park - West Maintenance Yard
Brush Pile

Goose Lake

Grand Teton National Park
National Park in Wyoming

Grayling
Management area for the Kirtland's Warbler.

Great Basin National Park
Great Basin National Park features a cave, glaciers, and high elevation mountains surrounded by the Great Basin Desert.

Grindstone Lake

Grizzly Island
California's largest wetland

Guadalupe Mountains National Park

Hahamongna Watershed Park
Park in Pasadena.

Half Moon Bay - Pillar Point
Harbor and rocky shoreline

Half Moon Bay - Venice Beach
A long sandy beach in a suburban area. Good for gulls.

Hawaii - Palila Site
This spot supposedly is a good place to find the endemic Palila.

Hawthorne Hill Nature Center

Heislerville Wildlife Management Area

Henry Coe State Park
A large area of oak grasslands with a couple of small creeks running through.

Heron's Head Park
Heron's Head Park is a spit of land that gets you out into the bay a bit with a nearly half mile between the point of the park and Hunter's Point. This was originally landfill, but a small salt marsh has developed, and there are efforts to plant native plants in the park. There was previously a power plant here, but it is actively being deconstructed.

Higbee Beach

Higgins Lake
One of the largest inland lakes in Michigan.

Holbrook Palmer Park
Suburban park.

Honolulu Int'l AP

Horse Mountain

Huddart County Park
Redwoods

Hudson River
Public Access shoreline in Manhattan

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
National Forest

I-94 Rest Stop
A rest stop in the middle of the interstate.

Illinois Beach State Park
Beach and marshland

India Basin Shoreline Park
Grassland

Islais Creek
This is a former watershed now an industrial channel on the east coast of San Francisco.

Isla Verde
Airport Hotel...

Jake's Landing
One spot worth checking out on the Cape May Bird Observatory's list was Jake's Landing. Jake's landing is a boat launch near North Dennis, New Jersey. There is a dirt road in good condition that takes you out to a parking lot in the middle of a very wide open brackish marshy area. I only spent about one hour in the area, but I was able to get some close up shots of Laughing Gull, Marsh Wren, Seaside Sparrow, Eastern Kingbird, and Herring Gull. I got some further off views of several duck species, a Glossy Ibis, and several Ospreys. Of the several places I visited in Southern New Jersey, this would have to rate the top for photography. The terrain allowed for good backgrounds in addition to the ease of access. The birds here seemed braver than in other locations in New Jersey. Watch out for the ticks in June when walking around in the marsh.

Jamaica Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Wildlife refuge is on the outskirts of New York City, and you can reach it by subway and a long walk. It is fairly close to JFK airport, only a couple of stops between the reserve and the airport tram.

James Phillip State Park

Jenner
River and estuary

John Heinz NWR at Tinicum (IBA)
Wildlife Refuge close to the Philadelphia Airport.

Johnston House
Old house.

Jonathan Dickinson State Park
Scrubland and pine forests

Jones Beach

Jon J. Duerr Forest Preserve
River's edge.

Joshua Tree National Park
This park is mostly rocky desert with a few fresh water oasis tucked away. Several trails are possible in the park, but the weather gets really hot and dangerous between April and October.

Kauai - Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge
There is a valley off the main road with a small river running through it. Reputed good spot to see waterbirds

Kauai - Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge
A rocky point on the north shore of Kauai, this is a good spot to see sea birds and possibly the Hawaiian Monk Seal.

Kauai - Kokee State Park
A great high elevation location on Kauai. The vegetation here is possible best described as rainforest shrubs... but not really too similar to any other place I have been. This is known as the rainiest place on earth.

Kauai - Kukuiolono Golf Course
Public golf course

Kauai - Lihue
The City of Lihue is the major city on Kauai. It is also a fun spot to visit.

Kauai - Na Pali Coast
A coastline of steep lava cliffs offers access to waterfalls, and rugged hiking in forested environments.

Kauai - Poipu Beach
A crowded public beach with some snorkeling areas.

Kenai Fjords NP--Aialik Bay-Aialik Glacier
Fjords and a glacier.

Kenai Peninsula
Short car trip to try and see the Portage Glacier which was fogged in.

Kern National Wildlife Refuge
A pocket of land north of Bakersfield. It is pretty dry out here other than the refuge which features migratory and overwintering birds.

Keuka Lake
Glacial lake.

King's Canyon National Park
High Sierra National Park

Klamath National Wildlife Refuge
A very large lake in Northwestern California that has been mostly drained for agriculture. Still, there is enough water here to support a huge number of migrating waterfowl.

Knight's Landing Cemetery
A small cemetery amid agricultural land, this spot contains some of the bigger trees in the area.

Lafayette Park
City park

Laguna de Santa Rosa

Lake Davis

Lake Merced
Lake Merced is actually two lakes. The best spots for birding are on South Lake Merced, from the concrete bridge, North Lake Merced, from the wooden bridge. A third spot worth checking out is the boathouse area. There are a few fishing piers that get you into the bullrush, a great spot for finding marsh passerines.

Lake Solano County Park
lake

Lake Tabeaud
Reservoir

Lake Tahoe
Freshwater Lake

La Parguera
Coastal town.

Las Cienegas National Conservation Area
Grassland

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Lava Beds National Monument
This area has interesting lava tubes as well as lava flows from a 30,000 year old volcano.

Limestone Creek

Los Angeles
A dirty and boring sprawling city in Southern California.

Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden
Botanical Gardens

Lost Coast

Lyon's Woods Forest Preserve

MacKerricher SP
State park next to the beach.

Madera Canyon
mountains.

Manatee Springs State Park

Marin Headlands
Hawk Hill gets good hawk traffic during the fall migration. The coast is good for marine life. Coyotes are common here.

Matagorda County Birding Nature Center
A small nature reserve in Texas

McKenzie Slough
Some more swamps in North Dakota.

McLaren Park
City park designed by the same guy who did Golden Gate Park. There are a couple of concrete ponds here where mallards breed, a few forested areas, and a grassland with scattered trees. To get here, you have to climb to the top of a big hill, look for the blue watertower.

McNear Brick and Block
Bricks

McNee Ranch State Park
Coastal Mountain

Mendocino Woodlands State Forest

Mendota Wildlife Area
River access.

Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
Marshy area near the NASA launch site.

Mesa Verde National Park
This national park is mainly because of the many cliff houses built by ancient Americans in the 1200's

Middle Fork Cosumnes River
National Forest

Miller Canyon
A creek.

Miller Meadow Forest Preserve
A good sized forest preserve due west of Chicago. The vegetation here ranges from a very slow moving river to open plains and deciduous forest to manicured picnic areas.

Miller Park
Baseball park for the Milwaukee Brewers.

Mission Creek
Mission Creek is what is left of an estuary, now mostly paved over by city. There are efforts by the city to make the area more recreation friendly, but this is a fully humanized area. There are small parks surrounding the creek.

Mission - My Backyard
From a yard in the Mission District of San Francisco. The yard has a couple of trees, a small native plant garden, and a small cactus garden. Also includes the front of the house.

Mission - My New Backyard
My current apartment has a small yard. The backyard area on this part of the block is mostly open with a few shrubs. There are some berries from bronze loquat trees on the block that attract ceder waxwing flocks on occassion.

Modena
High desert town.

Mono Lake
Salty lake

Monterey Bay

Montgomery Woods
Old growth redwoods

Montrose Point
Park on Lake Michigan

Mori Pt
There are some freshwater marsh areas here as well as a few sea stacks.

Morro Bay
Estuary and coastal scrub habitat.

Mountain Lake
Mountain Lake is a small natural lake found in the San Francisco Presidio. One side of the lake is next to a highway, but there are quieter areas of the lake as well. Some native plant restoration has taken place around the lake.

Mountain View Slough
marsh

Mount Davidson
The highest point in San Francisco, some of the peak is covered with native scrub, while the rest is a tangled jungle of eucalyptus, ivy, and other exotic plants. This is a good place to look for flycatchers and hummingbirds.

Mount Diablo State Park

Mount Eddy
Not sure the exact location that I visited, but the views of Mt. Shasta were excellent.

Mount Rainier National Park
14,000 foot Volcano in the Cascade range.

Mount St. Helens

Muir Woods National Monument
Muir Woods is a remnant old-growth redwood saved by geography. Areas around the main grove are now mostly second growth forest.

Necedah NWR

Nellsville Boardwalk
Nellsville Road

Nelson Lake Forest Preserve
A lake that the early farmers and developers could not manage to drain is now one of the best nature reserves in this area. The site consists of a freshwater lake, swampy areas, oak woodland, fields, and agricultural land.

New Orleans

Niagara Falls
Waterfalls

Nome
A mining town in the arctic.

Nome-Kougarok Road
Road into the mountains.

Nome--Safety Sound
Ocean outlet.

Nome-Teller Hwy
Highway through tundra.

Noyo River

Ocala National Forest
Clear cool springs in forested area.

Ocean Beach
Sandy beach backed by dunes. Most of the native plants have been replaced by iceplant.

Oceano

Ocean View Wildlife Refuge
Private nature reserve next to Route 9 has a couple of lakes and a wooded area.

Odessa Meteor Crater

Ogunquit
Shoreline

Oyster Point Lagoon
A Tidally influenced lagoon created by the 101 causeway.

Pajaro Dunes
Housing complex build in snowy plover habitat.

Palace of Fine Arts
A manmade pond with some funky classic style columns. This pond is known to be contaminated by sewage.

Palacios
Small town.

Palo Alto Baylands
This natural area has plenty of trails giving access to salt marsh, grasslands, saltwater channels, open water of the San Francisco Bay, and a freshwater pond.

Panoche Valley

Paradise--George Walker House
House with a bird feeder

Pasadena

Patagonia
valley

Peaarson-Arastradero Preserve
Oak, grasslands, and a pond

Pescadero Marsh
Fresh and salt water marshes along the coast.

Petersburg - Wrangell Narrows
An ocean channel with a large tidal fluctuation. The mountainous terrain in this area is a combination of mixed forest and muskeg.

Pier 94
A small saltmash that is being restored with native plants. It is next to some kind of rendering plant which attracts a large number of gulls. Hopefully, the wind is blowing the other way. Good views of the bay and Bay Bridge, and occasional shorebirds not often seen in San Francisco.

Pigeon Pt.
Lighthouse

Pine Lake Park
City park with a lake

Pinery Canyon
Highlands

Pinery Canyon Rd. (grasslands section only)
Grasslands

Pinnacles National Monument

Pixley NWR
Flooded grasslands

Platina

Point Reyes National Seashore
Point Reyes National Seashore features a variety of habitats including rocky and sandy shoreline, estuaries, mixed forests, meadows, cow pastures, forests, and coastal scrub with a couple of fresh water lakes to boot. There is a good diversity of species in a small area.

Portal--Big Thicket
Scrubby area.

Portland

Portland Islands
Islands

Potrero Recreation Center
This spot, on the top of a hill, features some wooded habitats and a baseball field.

Potter Marsh
A freshwater marsh just south of Anchorage.

Pratt Wayne Woods

Presidio - Battery Godfrey
Coastal Overlook

Presidio - Battery Livingston
Golf course

Presidio - El Polin Spring
The spring is one of the few natural fresh water sources in San Francisco, and many birds are attracted to drink and bathe.

Presidio - Fort Scott
Presidio

Pulgas Ridge OSP
Oak savannah

Pyramid Lake
A man made lake in the Grapevine area of Interstate 5

Pyramid Lake
Pyramid Lake is a remnant of ancient Lake Lahotan.

Rachel

Redwood Shores - Radio Road

Redwood Valley
Vineyard with a couple of ponds on the outskirts of town.

Reserva de Boqueron
Swamp and some restaurants.

Reserva Natural de Humacao

Reserva Natural Laguna Cartagena

Ridley Creek State Park

Rodeo
Dusty town.

Rogue River

Route 53 Driveby
Estimated location.

Rutland Forest Preserve

Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge
A seasonally flooded (by Reserve Management) which has been optimized for support of migrating waterfowl. I learned here that we have 3% of our historic wetlands remaining in California, and we have 50% of the number of waterfowl. The expected increase in population density shows up at this reserve in the winter.

Saguaro National Park - East
A desert park with large common Saguaro Cacti.

Saguaro National Park - West
More of a hilly desert area with fewer Saguaro.

Saint George Island
A remote tundra covered island in the Bering Sea. The island has a small population of people and spectacular cliffs covered with breeding birds.

Salinas River National Wildlife Refuge

Salt Lake City

Salt Point State Park
Forest and coast

Sanborn County Park
Redwoods and oak woodland

San Bruno Mountain County Park

San Diego Estuary
Just south of the Mission Beach area is an estuary of sorts.

San Diego - La Jolla
Rocky seashore area.

Sand Lake
Sand Lake is a small lake in Wisconsin where my Grandparents lived.

San Francisco - Pier 39
A very touristy spot on the north end of town, but there is superb sea lion viewing here.

San Luis Obispo - Laguna Lake

San Pablo Bay

San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge
A strip of the bayshore tucked in just south of Rt. 37 between Novato and Vallejo. This is a good place to see marsh birds.

San Pedro RNCA--San Pedro House
Riparian area.

San Pedro Valley County Park

San Simeon Elephant Seals
Elephant Seals

San Simeon SP
Riparian and salt marsh.

Santa Fe Grade
A road through a bunch of gun clubs.

Santa Fe River
The Sante Fe River is fed by numerous clear springs in the Northern part of Florida.

Sax-Zim Bog
A boggy area in Northern Minnesota.

Scott River Valley
A remote valley in Northern California

Scottsdale
Home of Giants spring training

Seacrest Scrub Natural Area
Seacrest Scrub is a few acres of native vegetation that they somehow forget to turn into a suburb.

Seattle

Seward
Harbor town in Kenai Peninsula

Shaffer Mountain
Sage

Shea Stadium
Former home of the New York Mets

Shell Bay Landing

Shollenberger Park
Various ponds next to the Petaluma River.

Skylawn Cemetary
A cemetery on the top of a ridge. Features mowed grass and non-native trees.

Solano County Farmlands
In the winter, these farmlands are good for finding plain-ground loving migrants.

Spring Valley Nature Sanctuary
A small natural area near O'hare Airport

Stone Harbor Point
Sandy beach is known for nesting black skimmers.

Stone Harbor Wetlands Institute
Salt Marsh

Sugar Pine Point State Park
This state park represents one of the few public access areas on Lake Tahoe. The forest here is a mix of mostly evergreen firs.

Suisun Marsh
A system of brackish tidal marsh in the Sacramento River Delta.

Sunol Regional Wilderness--Visitor Center area
Riparian and oak woodland

Sutro Heights--Baths / Land's End
Sutro Baths is the ruins of a former bathhouse. There is nothing left of the bathhouse other than foundations. The ruins of the swimming pool now form a pond that is sheltered from the ocean and big enough for ducks. There is a good rocky shoreline here, and you can see turnstones and surfbirds if you look closely. The land area next to the ruins is being restored to native plants.

Sylmar - Bees Trail
The bee trail starts in a landscaped city park next to the foothills and climbs up into semi-arid scrub. About one mile into the hike are the bees... don't swat at them!

Talkeetna
Resort town on the Alaska railroad and near the convergence of three rivers.

Tamarack Lake
A couple of lakes and deciduous forest in Western Minnesota.

Theodore Roosevelt National Park - South Unit
National park in Southwestern North Dakota

Thrasher Spot
Various scrub

Tilden Regional Park

Tire Beach
Polluted beach surrounded by industrial buildings.

Tomales Bay State Park
Bay and woods

Tombstone
Tombstone is famous for some gunfights that happened over 100 years ago.

Torrey Pines State Reserve
This is a small state park on the Pacific Coast. In addition to a marsh habitat, there is a sandstone outcrop which is partially forested by the Torrey Pine and partially a shrubby semi-arid area. Steep cliffs drop off into the ocean.

Trappe
Suburbs

Treasure Island
Full of pirates

Trinity Alps Wilderness
A forested area in the lower elevations turning into alpine further up.

Tule Elk State Reserve
Elk behind a fence

Ukiah

Union Square

Valley Forge National Historic Park
This historical site from the American Revolution features deciduous woodlands and open fields next to the Schuylkill River.

Ventana Wilderness
Rugged hilly terrain containing grassland, beach, scrub, redwood forest, oak forest, and chaparral.

Waddell Creek State Park
A forested coastal park including redwood. Berry Falls is in the park.

Wakodahatchee Wetlands
Sewage Treatment Plant

Walker Lake
A natural lake east of the Sierra Nevada, the level of the lake has gone down over 100 feet in the past 50 years thanks to Los Angeles and agribusiness.

Watkins Glen State Park
Slot Canyon.

Western Kane County - Walker Road
Farming areas in the rural part of Kane County

White Mountain National Recreation Area
Eight day trip into the mountains via snow machine. The primary purpose was to see the northern lights, but we did see a few interesting birds. Highlight of the trip is when Mike arrived via bush plane in the middle of the trip.

Windy Hill OSP

Winter Haven - Cleveland Indians Spring Training
Baseball park, and former home of Cleveland Indians spring training

Woodward Park
City park

World's Largest Hand-dug Well

Yellowstone National Park

Yolla Bolla Wilderness
Very rough terrain accessible by 5+ hour drive north of San Francisco. Last hour or more involves driving up a steep hill on dirt track. Next limited trails and occasional hunters.

Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park is one of the more popular parks in California. The habitat types found here include lower elevation oak grassland, riparian areas, evergreen forests, and alpine meadows. Many areas feature exposed granite, and there is some amazing rough country available with a little effort.

Yosemite Slough
New park on the bay

Zion National Park

Angel Falls
The world's tallest waterfall.

Roraima
These are a few of the Species seen on my hike to the top of Roraima Tepui.

Cu Chi
Museum of the Vietnam/American War includes tunnels built by the Viet Cong and a machine gun range.

Dalat
This hill town in Central Vietnam has a temperate climate and several nice hikes near town.

Dalat - Datanla Falls
Waterfall amusement park.

Dalat - Fairy Rock
Forest hike near Dalat

Dalat - Langbiang
Jungle and pine covered mountain.

Dalat--Ta Nung Valley
A forested valley near the town of Dalat

Halong Bay
Some rocks out in the ocean where a bunch of tourist boats go to visit.

Hanoi
Capitol city of Vietnam.

Hoi An
Tourist trap in the river delta.

My Son
Ruins of Hindu temples built between the 4th and 14th centuries.

Nam Cat Tien National Park
One of the few places left in Vietnam where the wildlife has not been hunted to extinction.

Phong Nha Ke Bang
A mountain range of spectacular karst formations and some of the world's largest caves.

Ta Nung Village
This village, near Dalat, is known for its waterfall

Kafue National Park - Busunga Plains
Kafue National Park is the oldest in Zambia, and it is well known for hosting some endangered bird species. It is located to the Northwest of Lusaka, and is one of the highlights of Zambia.

Kundalila
A small village and waterfall just off the main highway in Northeastern Zambia.

Lusaka

Mpika
A dusty crossroads town among the first coming from Tanzania.

Mulungushi Boat Club
A low-key resort spot on the shore of a reservoir.

Samfya
Samfya is a village on the sandy part of Lake Bangweulu.

Sioma
Waterfalls on the Zambezi River.

South Luangwa National Park
South Luangwa National Park is one of the easier parks to get to if you consider a 6 hour bus ride followed by another 6 hour bus ride over extremely rough roads to be easy. South Luangwa is one of the places where you are able to do a walking safari, which is much more fun than the car safari.

Victoria Falls
The worlds largest waterfall supports riparian areas while nearby you will find mopane woodland.