Ferndale Bottoms
California · Southwest
Moderate
October-May
About This Location
Ferndale Bottoms is a productive birding destination in California, with 224 species recorded on eBird. This desert and chaparral habitat attracts a wide variety of species among many others. The unique desert and riparian habitats support specialty species alongside wintering and migrating birds.
Location
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Live Bird Data
Powered by eBird / Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Notable Sightings
Rare or unusual species spotted nearby in the last 14 days
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo lagopus
California Towhee
Melozone crissalis
Barrow's Goldeneye
Bucephala islandica
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
Colaptes auratus
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted x Red-shafted)
Colaptes auratus
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Common x Barrow's Goldeneye (hybrid)
Bucephala clangula x islandica
Red-winged Blackbird (California Bicolored)
Agelaius phoeniceus
Birding Tips
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Start birding at dawn when desert birds are most active before the heat.
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Check around water sources, which concentrate desert species.
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Carry extra water and sun protection; mornings are the prime birding window.