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Bird Watching Destination: Bolsa Chica Wetlands

For some birding listings, the street address is for the headquarters and not the actual bird watching destination. Call ahead for entry fees, parking information, and regulations regarding family pets.

Bolsa Chica Wetlands (website)
3842 Warner Avenue, Huntington Beach, CA

Details: Nearly half of the birds found in the U.S. have been seen in Huntington Beach and 321 bird species have been sighted in the Bolsa Chica Wetlands in the past decade.

Birds: Loons, Grebes, Shearwaters, Petrels, Pelicans, Cormorants, Bitterns, Herons, Ibises, Geese, Ducks, Vultures, Raptors, Rails, Coots, Plovers, Stilts, Avocets, Sandpipers, Phalaropes, Jaegers, Gulls, Terns, Auks, Murres, Puffins, Pigeons, Doves, Owls, Nightjars, Swifts, Hummingbirds, Kingfishers, Woodpeckers, Tyrant Flycatchers, Larks, Swallows, Jays, Crows, Bushtits, Wrens, Kinglets, Gnatcatchers, Thrushes, Mockingbirds, Pipits, Waxwings, Shrikes, Starlings, Warblers, Tanagers, Sparrows, Blackbirds, Orioles, Finches, Old World Sparrows.

Note: Bird listings may include resident and migratory birds and common and rare sightings.

Blue Heron
photograph © Mary A. Vassilakis