TOW (& Answer)...

This week’s question was what area or areas of California has the greatest richness of bird life?  I found this question by opening my week’s reference book to a map that graphically depicted bird richness so my answer will be a little bit non-specific.  According to this map the areas toping the list for bird species variety are Northern California in the Modoc area, along the Bay/Delta near San Francisco, a tiny little bit of the San Luis Obispo area, and a tiny little bit of San Gorgonio Mountain.  All these areas are depicted as having a bird density of 128-162 native bird species.

The question (& answer) were taken from p. 33 of The Atlas of the Biodiversity of California.  This book was published by the State of California Department of Fish and Game in 2003.