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County Statistics 
Current county list: 438
Top county lister: 403 (Guy McCaskie; 92%) 
Top Big Year: 294 in 2006 (Guy McCaskie) 
Top Big Day: 172 on 30 Apr 2006 (Todd Easterla, David Easterla, Guy McCaskie) 
"Best Bird": Ross's Gull (17-19 Nov 2006 Red Hill Marina)
Distant second: Red-headed Woodpecker (17 July-22 Aug 1971 near Niland) 
Contenders: Least Grebe, Cook's Petrel, White Ibis, Eur. Dotterel, American Oystercatcher
Compiler for North American Birds
Guy McCaskie
954 Grove Avenue 
Imperial Beach, CA  91932 
guymcc@pacbell.net
Statistics last updated 1/07; see "explanations of county statistics" for more details. Thank you to Guy McCaskie for supplying some of the information here.

Bird Clubs
San Diego Audubon Society

Birding Sites
Salton Sea Birding
Salton City

Imperial Wildlife Management Areas
Imperial Dam & West Pond
Laguna Dam
Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge
Salton Sea State Recreation Area
Fig Lagoon
State Parks
Imperial National Wildlife Refuge
Dos Palmas Preserve
Anza Borrego State Park

Other Birding Resources
Southeastern California Rare Bird Alert
Birds of the Imperial Valley
Southern California Birding Field Trips Calendar - Compiled by Steve Sosensky
Salton Sea International Bird Festival
Salton Sea Birding
Southwest Birders
Birding at the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge
Avifauna of the Salton Sea
Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge Checklist
Imperial National Wildlife Refuge Checklist
Cibola National Wildlife Refuge Checklist
Endangered Species
Inland County Birds - Mailing List

Recommended References
Birds of the Salton Sea - Univ. Calif. Press. (2003)
Birds of the Lower Colorado River Valley - Univ. Ariz. Press (1991)

Please send corrections, additions or updates to Joe Morlan: jmorlan@ccsf.org
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