Trip Report : On this trip, we got the rare opportunity to see two rare birds: a Bar-tailed Godwit and a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron. We began our birding at Famosa Slough in order to get the Bar-tailed Godwit. Birds sighted on this trip were: Mallard, American Wigeon, Northern Pintail,Northern Shoveler, Green-winged Teal, Blue-winged Teal, Cinnamon Teal, Pied-billed Grebe, Brown Pelican, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Little Blue Heron, Snowy Egret, Great Egret, Great Blue Heron, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Peregrine Falcon, Clapper Rail, American Coot, Common Moorhen, Black-bellied Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Killdeer, Black-necked Stilt, American Avocet, Willet, Spotted Sandpiper, Whimbrel, Marbled Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, Ruddy Turnstone, Western Sandpiper, dowitcher sp., Heermann's Gull, Western Gull, Forster's Tern, Caspian Tern, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, White-throated Swift, Anna's Hummingbird, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Black Phoebe, Western Scrub-Jay, American Crow, Barn Swallow, Wrentit, Bushtit, Northern Mockingbird, Orange-crowned Warbler, Townsend's Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Painted Redstart, California Towhee, Spotted Towhee, Fox Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Song Sparrow, House Finch.

Trip Report : We traveled by van and private cars (in a caravan) into the national wildlife refuge to a series of birding spots. Weather was cool and foggy. Tide was fairly high.Most of the shorebirds seen were high on the shore in large flocks.

Birds seen: Brant, Northern Pintail, Lesser Scaup, Surf Scoter, Bufflehead, Ruddy Duck, Pied-billed Grebe, Eared Grebe, Western Grebe, American White Pelican (which we saw in flight in a group of <50), Brown Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant, Snowy Egret, Great Egret, Great Blue Heron, Turkey Vulture, Osprey, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk (many were perched all over the refuge), American Kestrel (4+), Peregrine Falcon (3+), American Coot, Black-bellied Plover, Killdeer, Black-necked Stilt, Willet, Spotted Sandpiper, Whimbrel, Long-billed Curlew, Marbled Godwit, Dunlin, Western Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, Western Gull, Caspian Tern, Forster's Tern, Mourning Dove, Anna's Hummingbird, Allen's Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher (2), Black Phoebe, Say's Phoebe, Cassin's Kingbird, Loggerhead Shrike (2), American Crow, Bushtit, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling, American Pipit, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, California Towhee, Belding's Savannah Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Western Meadowlark, House Finch, and American Goldfinch.

Trip Report:
 Turkey Vulture, Cooper's Hawk, Mourning Dove, Anna's Hummingbird, Nuttall's Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Black Phoebe, Western Scrub-Jay, American Crow, Common Raven, White-breasted Nuthatch, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Spotted Towhee, California Towhee, House Finch, Lesser Goldfinch, Nutmeg Mannikin 

Trip Report: Canada Goose, Mallard, Gadwall, Green-winged Teal, American Wigeon, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Redhead, Ring-necked Duck Bufflehead, Ruddy Duck, Pied-billed Grebe, Eared Grebe, Clark's Grebe, Western Grebe, American White Pelican, Double-crested Cormorant, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Snowy Egret, Great Egret, Great Blue Heron, White-faced Ibis, Turkey Vulture, Osprey, Northern Harrier, Red-shouldered Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Common Moorhen , American Coot, Semipalmated Plover, Killdeer, American Avocet, Black-necked Stilt, Spotted Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, Long-billed Dowitcher, Ring-billed Gull, Mourning Dove, White-throated Swift, Anna's Hummingbird, Black Phoebe, Say's Phoebe, American Crow, Tree Swallow, Barn Swallow, Marsh Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Savannah Sparrow, Song Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Western Meadowlark, Red-winged Blackbird, Great-tailed Grackle, House Finch, American Goldfinch, Lesser Goldfinch