A private guiding service for birders and bird photographers

More Birds. Better Photos. Your List.

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The BEST OF California

We guide in five unique regions of the state from the famous Sierra Nevada Mountain to the San Francisco Bay area and the Southern California Coast. Additionally, we guide in the pelagic zone from any of the three coastal regions. We want to get you the best of California birds across this enormous and diverse state from Yellow-billed Magpies and California Gnatcatchers to Chestnut-backed Chickadees and Black-footed Albatross, Black-backed Woodpeckers and LeConte’s Thrashers to California Condors and Island Scrub-Jays.

Our REVIEWS

Excellent

California Birding Guides

5.0

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Susan Holloway

We had the most incredible experience with our guide Jodhan in the San Diego area. We emphasized that we did not have experience with pelagic birds and were not into a day of racing around checking birds off a list, but were most interested in understanding the overall interaction of environment and bird life in the area. Jodhan was confident and informed about finding the habitats of the birds; from beach dwelling snowy plovers to Argentinian parrots. Despite our lack of emphasis on species numbers, we ended the day with 90 species!

Jonathan Green

Had a fantastic time birding and owling with Bobby for the day. He was incredibly knowledgeable, not just of birding but as a general naturalist with the plants and other fauna, and biology of the area. Bobby was also very communicative and flexible with the itinerary to best suit our timing and needs, and overall was just a great hang for the day. I highly recommend going birding with him at California Bird Guides!

California Birding GUIDES

California Birding Guides is about following passions – passion for being in nature, for exploring beautiful places and amazing birds, for getting the best possible photo, and for having new experiences that create lasting memories. We are honored to be able to share our passion for California birds with you!

Answers to your questions!

What time of year is best for birding in California? Where should I go birding when I visit? What species of birds will I see while I’m there? Find answers to all your questions and more on our FAQ page.