Fifty Places to Go Birding Before You Die – The List

According to the book Fifty Places to Go Birding Before You Die, here is where you should go:

United States

1. Alaska: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
2. Alaska: Gambell
3. Arizona: Southeast Arizona
4. Arkansas: Big Woods
5. California: Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
6. California: Point Reyes National Seashore
7. California: Sacramento Valley
8. Florida: St. Mark’s National Wildlife Refuge
9. Hawaii: Kauai
10. Maine: Scarborough Marsh
11. Massachusetts: Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge
12. New Jersey: Cape May
13. New Mexico: Bosque del Apache
14. New York: Central Park
15. New York: Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
16. North Carolina/Tennessee: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
17. North Dakota: Prairie Potholes
18. Ohio: Lake Erie
19. Oregon: Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
20. Pennsylvania: Hawk Mountain Refuge
21. Texas: High Island to Galveston
22. Texas: Lower Rio Grande Valley
23. Wisconsin: Necedah National Wildlife Refuge
24. Wyoming: Yellowstone National Park

North America

25. Greenland: Thule

Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean

26. Belize: The Ruins
27. Costa Rica: San Gerardo de Dota
28. Guatemala: The Highlands
29. Jamaica: Blue Mountains and Beyond
30. Mexico: El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve
31. Trinidad and Tobago: Caroni Lagoon

South America

32. Brazil/Peru: Amazonia
33. Ecuador: Podocarpus National Park
34. Ecuador: Tandayapa-Mindo
35. United Kingdom: South Georgia Island
36. Venezuela: The Llanos

Europe

37. England: Cley Next the Sea
38. Hungary: Hortobagy National Park
39. Iceland: Jokulsargljufur National Park
40. Spain: Tarifa

Asia

41. Kingdom of Bhutan
42. Borneo: Danum Valley
43. India: the Andamans
44. Papua New Guinea: Tari Valley
45. Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan: The Silk Road

Africa

46. Madagascar: Masoala Peninsula
47. Tanzania: Serengeti National Park

Australia/New Zealand

48. Australia: Bruny Island
49. Australia: Capertee Valley
50. New Zealand: Sub-Antarctic Islands

REVIEW of Fifty Places to Go Birding Before You Die

Posted by Grant McCreary on January 14th, 2008.