Discover the
Beauty of Birds

Birding and natural history classes, field reports, essays and tours around the Bay Area, California and the West with Ted Pierce.

Upcoming Tours
Texas Rio Grande
FEBRUARY 21–28, 2011

The semi-tropical Rio Grande Valley of Texas, one of the most exciting birding locations in the US... Read more

Arizona Border
MARCH 11–18, 2011

Southeast Arizona, the roughly rectangular area between Tucson, Mexico, and New Mexico, is... Read more

Arizona Border
April 16, 2011
Pinnacles National Monument/Condor Quest

This 23,000 acre preserve south of Hollister is composed of eroded and rugged volcanic peaks, with chaparral-dotted hillsides, oak woodlands and riparian corridors teeming with birds... Read more