Welcome to
Luke Cole's birding pages...
Birds
of North America
Shy Albatross, off Point Arena, Mendocino County, California, August 24, 1999
Emperor Goose, Bodega Bay, Sonoma County, California, January 21, 2002
Spectacled Eider, Safety Lagoon, east of Nome, Alaska, June 28, 2002
Tufted Duck, India Basin, San Francisco, California, December 15, 2005
Arctic Loon, near Kotzebue, Alaska, July 24, 2004
Common Black-Hawk, Gila River, Grant County, New Mexico, July 25, 2003
Mongolian Plover, Gambell, Alaska, May 27, 2003
American Avocet x Black-necked Stilt, San Francisco Bay, California, June 2003
Wood Sandpiper, Gambell, Alaska, May 28, 2004
Common Sandpiper, Gambell, Alaska, May 26, 2003
Red-necked Stint, Gambell, Alaska, May 27, 2004
Glaucous Gull x ?, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, January 1, 2003
Slaty-backed Gull, Half Moon Bay, California, January 16, 2006
Probable Slaty-backed Gull, Half Moon Bay, California, January 7, 2006
Least Auklet, Gambell, Alaska, May 29, 2004
Ancient Murrelet, Gambell, Alaska, June 1, 2005
Calliope Hummingbird, Grant County, New Mexico, July 26, 2003
Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Grant County, New Mexico, July 26, 2003
Rufous Hummingbird, Silver City, Grant County, New Mexico, July 25, 2003
Vermilion Flycatcher, Kern National Wildlife Refuge, Kern County, California, February 26, 2003
Marsh Wren, Kern National Wildlife Refuge, Kern County, California, February 26, 2003
Eyebrowed Thrush, Gambell, Alaska, May 27, 2003
Sage Thrasher, Fresno County, California, February 19, 2002
Hoary Redpoll, south of Kotzebue, Alaska, June 26, 2002
Mystery Birds -- send your guesses to Luke AT igc.org
California Rarities (mostly digiscoped, not great photo quality)
Brown Booby, Princeton Harbor, San Mateo County, California, February 1, 2003
Yellow-crowned Night-heron, Coyote Point Harbor, San Mateo County, California, July 24, 2002
Hudsonian Godwit, Alviso, Santa Clara County, August 30, 2003
Snow Bunting, Clifton Court Forebay, Contra Costa County, California, February 29, 2004
Common Redpoll, Anderson, Shasta County, California, February 17, 2002
Birds of Kings County, California
including...
Checklist of the Birds of Kings County, by Luke Cole and Rob Hansen
The Kings 200 Club -- those hardy souls who have eked out 200 species in Kings...
Wilson's Phalarope, Kent Avenue Ponds, February 26, 2003
Mountain Bluebird, York Avenue, February 19, 2002
and several other interesting digiscoped rarities.
Luke's Birding Links
Do you, too, rue Smew? A chaser's poem...
Luke's Easy Guide to Birding Kings County.
(an abbreviated version on the CVBC webpage is here.)
A first county record of Glaucous-winged Gull and a Kings County Big Day on Don Roberson's site.
A San Francisco Big Day (1999) by Mark Eaton
San Francisco Field Ornithologists' homepage.
Bay Nature squib on Shy Albatross (scroll down for photo).
What is that bird? A bird in a news photo stirs some interest.
California Birding Links
Joe Morlan's great county birding pages
California Bird Records Committee homepage
Official List of California's Birds
Debi Shearwater's pelagic trips -- Shearwater Journeys' homepage
The CBRC "Master List" through 1997
African Birding
Luke's Madagascar Birds -- 20 species from Madagascar, including 15 endemics and 3 regional endemics -- NEW
The Top 10 African Birding Sites
Other Birding Links
List of 4-letter banding codes
Don Roberson's comprehensive birding pages
Angus Wilson's fabulous Ocean Wanderers pages -- for pelagic fanatics
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