Birds of Stanford

125 birds to look for on the main campus





Violet-green Swallow
one of numerous paintings by Carel Brest van Kempen

2017 Study indicates watching birds near home is good for mental health.

In his INTRODUCTION Stanford University President emeritus Donald Kennedy notes: "Stanford's academic reserve is home to many things, some of them icons for the university's identity: laboratory buildings, splendid outdoor sculpture, the Quad, Frost, Hoover Tower, and the Oval. It has also left room for Nature. The Arboretum, the edges of Lagunita, and the "ears" of the Oval--left in native vegetation in Frederick Law Olmsted's original plan--provide pleasant places to walk and explore. ... more"

125 SPECIES ACCOUNTS

Primarily from The Birder's Handbook,
covering aspects of breeding, dislays,
nest, eggs, diet, and campus locations
Alphabetical Order
Taxonomic Order

150 ESSAYS

Primarily from The Birder's
Handbook covering
aspects of bird natural history

GALLERIES

Featured artists as well as fine art, illustrations and photography
submitted by site visitors
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CAMPUS WALKS

Arboretum, Arizona Garden, Memorial
Marsh, Dish Area, Lake Lagunita
Submit bird sightings
Campus Species Check List

         

Bird Cast (a product of The Cornell Lab, Colorado State University, and U Mass Amherst ) shows how many birds have migrated across Santa Clara County tonight. 		      

 
 

(1) Common Raven at the Graduate School of Business  Photo by Madeline Goyarola --June, 2022

(2) Cooper's Hawk (or Sharp-shinned Hawk ?) at the Oval (Quad in the background) Photo by Hesam Hamledari--April, 2017

(3) Wild Turkeys along the path in the Dish Area

(4) Virginia Rail along the path by the golf course on Sandhill Road

(5) Black-crowned Night Heron on the lawn near the Oval at sunset

(6) Wild Turkey near Schwab; also near the Li Ka Shing Medical Building

(7) Peregrine Falcon at Hoover Tower

   

This pocket-fitting, 48-page booklet
describing 30 species seen on the main
campus is available at the Stanford
Bookstore ($8.99).
         
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