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Sep 20 2008 Dana Point

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July 19-21 2008 San Diego

June 9 2008 Oxnard LAAS

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May 10-12 2008 San Diego

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Jan 26 2008 Oceanside

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Todd McGrath

Paul Lehman

Guy McCaskie

Jon Feenstra

Dave Pereksta

Dave Povey

Matt Sadowski

Steve Howell

Kimball Garrett

Tom Blackman

Wesley T. Fritz

Peter Ginsburg

Terry Hunefeld

Paul Guris

Mark Billings

Mike San Miguel

Brennan Mulrooney

Ned Brinkley

Stan Walens

Dave Compton

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Buena Vista Audubon Society | So Cal Birding | Pelagic Birding Trips in Southern California

SoCalBirding.com is a service of the Buena Vista Audubon Society of Oceanside, California.  Orignally developed to provide information about our Buena Vista Audubon's pelagic trips, the scope of this website has expanded to to provide information about all  pelagic birding trips in Southern California (SoCal) that have knowledgeable marine mammal and seabird spotters and leaders aboard. 

Trips include those sponsored by the Buena Vista Audubon Society (BVAS), the San Diego Audubon Society (SDAS), the Los Angeles Audubon Society (LAAS), Orange County's Sea & Sage Audubon Society (S&SAS), San Diego Field Ornithologists (SDFO), Searcher Natural History Tours and some of the Central California Shearwater Journeys trips.  Welcome! 

We recommend the birding gear and birding reports provided by Optics4Birding.   Read their report of the March 2010 San Diego Bird Festival pelagic trip. 


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