One of the purposes of the California Bird Records Committee (CBRC) is to "increase knowledge of the birds of California." To that end, we have established a searchable archive of all California regional reports published in Audubon Field Notes, American Birds, and Field Notes covering the years 1947-1998. We hope that this archive will be a valuable resource to anyone interested in learning about or researching the historical status and distribution of the birds of California. You may browse the archive by reading individual reports, and you may also search for specific text. Keep in mind when searching for species, some names may have changed over the years (e.g., older reports of Tricolored Heron are published as Louisiana Heron).
This archive includes reports from four regions covering various parts of California. The Middle Pacific Coast (MPC) region reports covered northern California in its entirety from 1975 onward. From 1947-1972, these reports did not include areas along the eastern edge of northern California within the Great Basin; instead, these areas were included in the Great Basin-Central Rocky Mountain (GBCRM) region reports. The Southern Pacific Coast (SPC) region reports covered southern California in its entirety from 1988 onward. From 1947-1988, these reports did not include areas along the Colorado River; these areas were included in the Southwest (SW) region reports. The inaugural volume of Audubon Field Notes included reports for the "San Francisco" and "Southern California" regions that we have lumped in with the Middle Pacific Coast and Southern Pacific Coast regions, respectively. The text search function will produce results from all of the reports listed below including some outside California from the GBCRM and SW region reports.
Records published in California regional reports are not necessarily endorsed by the CBRC; to determine if a record in a regional report has been endorsed by the CBRC, please query our database.
AB_38_240-245_Fall_1983_MPC indicates: American Birds, volume 38, pages 240-245, covering the Fall 1983 season of the Middle Pacific Coast Region