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NOTE: There is no collecting, fishing, or hunting on the preserve. If you see any animal or plant on the preserve, please take only pictures and memories. Do not disturb nesting birds. Do not go off trail.

BASIC INFORMATION

Beginning Bird Identification

Bird Feeding Instructions

Feeding Hummingbirds

CHECKLISTS

Kern River Valley Birds Checklist

Kern Valley Spring Nature Festival Birds

Audubon Kern River Preserve Winter Birding Guide

Audubon Kern River Preserve Spring Bird Arrival Guide

Audubon Kern River Preserve Summer Birding Guide

Audubon Kern River Preserve Fall Birding Guide

MAPS & DIRECTIONS TO BIRDING HOTSPOTS

Canebrake Ecological Reserve

Birding on the Kern River Preserve and South Fork Kern River

KRV Hummingbird Finding Guide

Visitor and Travel Information Page

SPECIES ACCOUNTS

Summer Tanagers on the Kern River

Tricolored Blackbird - May 2008

White-crowned Sparrows in the Kern River Valley and beyond

RESEARCH

Bird Banding on the Kern River Preserve and South Fork Kern River

Kern River Valley Turkey Vulture Community Watch

CONTESTS

America's birdiest inland county 2010

Kern County 2008, America's birdiest inland county!

Kern County, America's birdiest inland county in 2007

Kern River Valley Christmas Bird Count History

Schedule of KRV Christmas Bird Counts

Sequoia National Forest Kissack Bay Day use area - Continue driving along Hwy 178 back toward Lake Isabella. Drive through the town of Mountain Mesa and just west there is an entrance to Kissack Cove. See American White Pelicans, Osprey, California Gull, Double-crested Cormorants from the shore. Scattered throughout the grassland, horned larks and pipits will flush. At the east end there is a wetland that attracts waterfowl and shorebirds.

Directions: 1. Head west on CA-178 W toward Mountain Mesa - 7.1 mi
2. Turn right at entrance to Kissack Bay near pit toilet - 381 ft


View a Google Map of Kern, Tulare, Kings and Inyo County Birding Spots


Venture Out into the Wilds with local volunteer researchers

Bird Banding on the Kern River Preserve and South Fork Kern River

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