The Birding Guide is a reference to help you in your bird watching endeavors in San Mateo County by showing you on a Google Map the prime areas in which to bird, how to get there, and what you may find at that location. Birding areas include:
Bayshore Region: Bedwell Bayfront Park Brisbane Lagoon and Baylands Central Park, San Mateo Colma Creek Public Shore Coyote Point County Park Dumbarton Bridge - Ravenswood Foster City Holbrook-Palmer Park Millbrae's Bayfront Park (SFO Mudflats) Mills Canyon Park - Burlingame Ravenswood Open Space Preserve San Bruno Point Park
Skyline Region: Coal Creek Open Space Preserve Cypress Lawn Cemetery, Colma Eaton Park, San Carlos Edgewood County Park Filoli Huddart County Park Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, Stanford University Junipero Serra County Park, San Bruno Long Ridge Open Space Preserve Los Trancos Open Space Preserve Memorial County Park Portola Redwoods State Park Pulgas Ridge Open Space Preserve Purisima Creek Redwoods OSP Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve Sam McDonald County Park San Bruno Mountain Skyline Overview and Old La Honda Rd Sweeney Ridge - San Bruno Access Thornewood Open Space Preserve Windy Hill Open Space Preserve Wunderlich Park Yerba Buena Nursery and Langley Hill Rd
Coastside Region: Año Nuevo Point Bean Hollow State Beach Burleigh Murray State Park Butano State Park Cloverdale Road Cowell Ranch State Beach Fitzgerald Marine Reserve Gazos Creek Beach Access Gazos Creek Road Mori Point, Pacifica (GGNRA) Moss Beach Seawatching Pescadero State Beach and Marsh Pigeon Point Pomponio State Beach Princeton Harbor and Pillar Point San Gregorio State Beach San Pedro Valley County Park Thornton State Beach Tunitas Creek Mouth and Riparian
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Birding Writeup 1 - San Gregorio State Beach
Birding Writeup 2 - Huddart County Park
Birding Writeup 3 - Bedwell Bayfront Park
Birding Writeup 4 - Bean Hollow State Beach
Birding Writeup 5 - Wunderlich Park
Birding Writeup 6 - Pescadero State Beach and Marsh
Birding Writeup 7 - Pomponio State Beach
Birding Writeup 8 - Ravenswood Open Space Preserve
Birding Writeup 9 - Butano State Park
Birding Writeup 10 - Cloverdale Road
Birding Writeup 11 - Gazos Creek Beach Access
Birding Writeup 12 - Gazos Creek Road
Birding Writeup 13 - Año Nuevo Point
There is no Writeup 14
Birding Writeup 15 - Pigeon Point
Birding Writeup 16 - Edgewood County Park
Birding Writeup 17 - San Bruno Mountain
Birding Writeup 18 - Pillar Point Harbor (a.k.a. Princeton Harbor)
Birding Writeup 19 - Tunitas Creek Mouth and Riparian
Birding Writeup 20 - Sweeney Ridge - San Bruno Access
Birding Writeup 21 - Millbrae's Bayfront Park (SFO Mudflats)
Birding Writeup 22 - Dumbarton Bridge - Ravenswood
Birding Writeup 23 - Purisima Creek Redwoods OSP
Birding Writeup 24 - Burleigh Murray State Park
Birding Writeup 25 - Long Ridge Open Space Preserve
Birding Writeup 26 - Coal Creek Open Space Preserve
Birding Writeup 27 - Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve
Birding Writeup 28 - Skyline Overview and Old La Honda Rd
Birding Writeup 29 - Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, Stanford University
Birding Writeup 30 - Cowell Ranch State Beach
Birding Writeup 31 - Portola Redwoods State Park
Birding Writeup 32 - San Pedro Valley County Park
Birding Writeup 33 - Colma Creek Public Shore
Birding Writeup 34 - Foster City
Birding Writeup 35 - Mori Point, Pacifica (GGNRA)
Birding Writeup 36 - Thornewood Open Space Preserve
Birding Writeup 37 - Yerba Buena Nursery and Langley Hill Rd
Birding Writeup 38 - Los Trancos Open Space Preserve
Birding Writeup 39 - Pulgas Ridge Open Space Preserve
Birding Writeup 40 - Mills Canyon Park - Burlingame
Birding Writeup 41 - Windy Hill Open Space Preserve
Birding Writeup 42 - Coyote Point County Park
Birding Writeup 43 - Central Park, San Mateo
Birding Writeup 44 - Fitzgerald Marine Reserve
Birding Writeup 45 - Holbrook-Palmer Park
Birding Writeup 46 - Thornton State Beach
Birding Writeup 47 - Moss Beach Seawatching
Birding Writeup 48 - Junipero Serra County Park, San Bruno
Birding Writeup 49 - Filoli
Birding Writeup 50 - Brisbane Lagoon and Baylands
Birding Writeup 51 - Cypress Lawn Cemetery, Colma
Birding Writeup 52 - Sam McDonald County Park
Birding Writeup 53 - Memorial County Park
Birding Writeup 54 - Point San Bruno Park
Birding Writeup 55 - Eaton Park, San Carlos
Birding Writeup 56 - Big Canyon Park - San Carlos
Birding Writeup 57 - Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve
Birding Writeup 58 - Radio Road (Redwood Shores) CLOSED
Birding Writeup 59 - Flood County Park
Birding Writeup 60 - Belmont Slough, Redwood Shores
Birding Writeup 61 - Creek Drive, Menlo Park
Birding Writeup 62 - Skylawn Memorial Park
Birding Writeup 63 - Mills Creek Open Space Preserve
Birding Writeup 64 - Quarry Park
Birding Writeup 65 - Calera Creek and Rockaway Beach
Birding Writeup 66 - Frenchman's Creek Park
Birding Writeup 67 - Half Moon Bay Sewer Authority
Birding Writeup 68 - Pilarcitos Creek Mouth and Coastal Trail
Birding Writeup 69 - Half Moon Bay Pelagics
Birding Writeup 70 - Pilarcitos Creek Access at Strawflower Plaza (Oak Avenue Park)
Birding Writeup 71 - Dunes Beach and Sweetwood (HMB State Park)
Birding Writeup 72 - Our Lady of the Pillar Catholic Cemetery
Birding Writeup 73 - San Francisco Watershed/Crystal Springs Reservoir
Birding Writeup 74 - Union Cemetery, Redwood City
Birding Writeup 75 - El Corte de Madera Open Space Preserve
Birding Writeup 76 - Water Dog Lake Park, Belmont
Birding Writeup 77 - Milagra Ridge
Birding Writeup 78 - Laurelwood Park and Sugarloaf Mountain
Birding Writeup 79 - Nob Hill Pond
Birding Writeup 80 - Littlefield Avenue, South San Francisco (San Francisco Bay Trail)
Birding Writeup 81 - Redwood Shores Overview
Birding Writeup 82 - McNee Ranch and Montara Beach State Park
Birding Writeup 83 - Redwood Shores Central Core: Davit Lane, Marlin Park and more
Birding Writeup 84 - Pescadero Town Area
Birding Writeup 85 - Pillar Point Harbor by Kayak
Birding Writeup 86 - Mussel Rock Park
Birding Writeup 87 - Sweeney Ridge - Pacifica Access
Birding Writeup 88 - Pilarcitos Creek Access - Carter Park (downtown Half Moon Bay)
Birding Writeup 89 - Venice Beach (Half Moon Bay State Beach)
Birding Writeup 90 - Año Nuevo State Park - Whitehouse Road and Costanoa Lodge
Birding Writeup 91 - Año Nuevo: Coastal Terrace Prairie and Franklin's Point
Birding Writeup 92 - Half Moon Bay State Beach - Francis Beach (Kelly Entrance)
Birding Writeup 93 - Burlingame Bayfront and Lagoons
Birding Writeup 94 - Rancho Corral de Tierra
Birding Writeup 95 - Wavecrest
Birding Writeup 96 - Pescadero Creek County Park
Birding Writeup 97 - Blufftop Coastal Park, Half Moon Bay
Birding Writeup 98 - Devil's Slide Trail
Birding Writeup 99 - Sheep Camp Trail and Belmont Running Trails
Birding Writeup 100 - Sign Hill, South San Francisco
Birding Writeup 101 - Pillar Point Bluff County Park
Birding Writeup 102 - Oyster Point Marina & Park
Birding Writeup 103 - Twin Pines Park
Birding Writeup 104 - Phleger Estate (Golden Gate National Recreation Area)
Birding Writeup 105 - Stulsaft Park
Birding Writeup 106 - Bay Meadows Park
Birding Writeup 107 - Parkside Aquatic Park, San Mateo
Birding Writeup 108 - Sem Lane Public Access Trail
Birding Writeup 109 - Laurie Meadows and Casanova Parks
Birding Writeup 110 - Lion's Park and Community Gardens, San Bruno
Birding Writeup 111 - La Honda Open Space Preserve (Lower and Upper)
Birding Writeup 112 - Arguello Park, San Carlos
Birding Writeup 113 - Pomponio Creek Road and Stage Road South (to Pescadero)
Birding Writeup 114 - Cowell-Purisima Trail, Half Moon Bay
Birding Writeup 115 - Johnston House and lower Higgins Canyon Fields
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