Birding at Point Reyes National Seashore

Point Reyes National Seashore offers some of the finest birding in the United States. Nearly 490 avian species—or 54% of all North American bird species—have been observed in the park and on adjacent waters. Point Reyes National Seashore claims the prize for the greatest avian diversity of any national park. The park's coastal location and its wealth of unspoiled habitats, estuaries, grasslands, coastal scrub, and forest all attract many migrating and wintering birds. The projection of the peninsula some 10 miles seaward from the "mainland" makes Point Reyes National Seashore a landing spot for many vagrants—birds that may have made errors in navigation and thus are unexpected in this area. Download the Birds of Point Reyes National Seashore species list (205 KB PDF, Adobe® Acrobat Reader® may be need to view PDFs). Discover more by visiting the park's Birds page.