This fully customizable half day tour will take you from the abundant shorebirds and gulls of the California coast to the bird-filled chaparral and riparian areas around birding around Ventura California. Depending on the time of year, this tour could result in over 100 species, even for a half day! The tour is catered to your bird requests. Do you want to chase migrating fall warblers? Or put in some time working on gull identification? Ventura has it all and there is no shortage of great birding spots to visit.

Bring your target bird list for Ventura County and we’ll plan a way to see as many of them as possible. General target birds include: Yellow-crowned Night-heron as they continue their expansion farther north, breeding Lazuli Buntings, Lawrence’ Goldfinch and Blue Grosbeaks in the spring and summer, the endangered Snowy Plovers (California) and Least Terns that breed on our beaches, the endangered Least Bell’s Vireo found in our riparian areas, and a whole host of rare birds that like to spend the winters in sunny southern California. Every season has great birds to find.

Cost: $450 for up to 6 people

Included: Park fees, parking, or day use passes. Scope, loaner binoculars, and ebird lists.

Transportation: Caravaning to locations

Meals: Not included. Participants are encouraged to bring snacks.

Bird Species You May See: Snowy Plover, Least Tern (summer), Marbled Godwit, Sanderling, Black-bellied Plover, Surfbird, Wandering Tattler, Ruddy Turnstone, Black Turnstone, Black Oystercatcher, Red-necked Phalarope, Red-throated Loon, Surf Scoter, Yellow-crowned Night-heron, Common Yellowthroat, Yellow Warbler, Wilson’s Warbler, Townsend’s Warbler, Black Phoebe, Says Phoebe, Marsh Wren, Sora, Western Grebe, Clark’s Grebe, Pied-billed Grebe, Eared Grebe, Red-breasted Merganser, Cinnamon Teal, Northern Shoveler, Ruddy Duck, American Wigeon, Green-winged Teal, Gadwall, Ring-necked Duck, Lesser Scaup, Osprey, Heermann’s Gull, Western Gull, Ring-billed Gull, California Gull, Bonaparte’s Gull, Short-billed Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Black Skimmer, Brown Pelican, American White Pelican, California Towhee, Spotted Towhee, Western Bluebird, Cassin’s Kingbird, Acorn Woodpecker, Nuttall’s Woodpecker, California Quail, Western Scrub Jay, White-crowned Sparrow, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Savannah Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Great-tailed Grackle, Red-winged Blackbird, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Horned Lark, Northern Harrier, Red-shouldered Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Cooper’s Hawk, Hooded Oriole, Bullock’s Oriole, Black-headed Grosbeak, Lazuli Bunting, Costa’s Hummingbird, Anna’s Hummingbird, Allen’s Hummingbird, Yellow-breasted Chat, Bell’s Vireo (least), Lawrence’s Goldfinch, Lesser Goldfinch, American Goldfinch, California Thrasher, Phainopepla, Blue Grosbeak, Western Flycatcher, Warbling Vireo, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Wrentit.