Stanford birding resources

Find out more about birding locations around Stanford by going to the eBird hotspot map and zooming in on the Stanford campus. Examples of illustrated bird checklists for campus destinations:

• Lake Lagunita
• Stanford Dish Trail
• Escondido Village
• O'Donohue Family Stanford Educational Farm
• Frenchman’s Park

BirdingHotspots.org has community-maintained pages with more information about birding locations. Read about hotspots in Santa Clara County and San Mateo County.

Check out this collection of web pages about birds at Stanford, including:

• A list of some bird species found on the Stanford campus, with informative profiles for each one
• A list of campus birding destinations, with information about each one

More Stanford-specific birding resources:

• Birds of Jasper Ridge
• A Google Map of campus birding areas (a work in progress)

More local birding organizations:

• Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society
• Sequoia Audubon Society
• Golden Gate Bird Alliance
• San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory

More resources for birders:

• Cornell Lab of Ornithology's All About Birds
• American Birding Association (ABA) Code of Birding Ethics
• The Audubon Guide to Binoculars
• What Bird Guide Is Best for You?