Yucca Valley Golf Course
California · Southwest
About This Location
Yucca Valley Golf Course is a productive birding destination in California, with 221 species recorded on eBird. This desert and chaparral habitat attracts American Wigeon, Mallard, and Gambel's Quail among many others. The unique desert and riparian habitats support specialty species alongside wintering and migrating birds.
Location
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Live Bird Data
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Notable Sightings
Rare or unusual species spotted nearby in the last 14 days
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Dryobates nuttallii
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Archilochus alexandri
American Coot
Fulica americana
Bell's Vireo (Least)
Vireo bellii
California Quail
Callipepla californica
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus tyrannulus
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea
Recent Observations
Species reported at this location in the last 14 days
Gambel's Quail
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Greater Roadrunner
Anna's Hummingbird
Costa's Hummingbird
American Coot
Spotted Sandpiper
Great Egret
Turkey Vulture
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Great Horned Owl
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
American Kestrel
Western Wood-Pewee
Hammond's Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Birding Tips
- 1
Start birding at dawn when desert birds are most active before the heat.
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Check around water sources, which concentrate desert species.
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Carry extra water and sun protection; mornings are the prime birding window.
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