Checklist of Birds

NOTE ON PUBLIC BIRDING ACCESS TO INSTALLATIONS: Availability and publication of a bird checklist does not necessarily imply authorization for public access onto a military installation. We are in the process of compiling a more thorough list of installations that allow individual or group access for birding. Please see each checklist for access details, or contact DoD Partners in Flight to inquire about a specific location not shown here.

Alaska

Eareckson Air Station (Shemya Island)
Fort Richardson / Elmendorf Air Force Base

California

Edwards Air Force Base
US Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, LACDA & Prado Regions
Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton
Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar  
Naval Air Station, Miramar (old)
Naval Outlying Landing Field, Imperial Beach
Point Loma Naval Complex
Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach
Travis Air Force Base  
Vandenberg Air Force Base  
  * Birding on Vandenberg, Winging It, May 2003

Colorado

Fort Carson

Delaware

Dover Air Force Base

Florida

Avon Park Air Force Station
Eglin Air Force Base (FL)
  * Birding on Eglin, Winging It, October 2003

Naval Air Station, Jacksonville
Naval Air Station, Pensacola
Naval Air Station, Whiting Field

Hawaii

Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands

Indiana

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division

Kansas

Fort Leavenworth
Fort Riley
McConnell Air Force Base

Kentucky

Fort Campbell

Maine

Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station, Cutler
  * Birding on Cutler, Winging It, October 2004
  * Cutler access update, August 2005

Naval Security Group Activity, Winter Harbor

  * Birding on Winter Harbor, Winging It, November 2004

 

Maryland

Naval Air Warfare Center, Patuxent River
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head

New Jersey

Lakehurst Naval Air Engineering Station (Cleanup award, not checklist)
The Navy Lakehurst Bluebirds (Spring/Summer 2004 Birdscapes article)

New Mexico

Holloman Air Force Base
Kirtland Air Force Base  

New York

Fort Drum

South Carolina

Marine Corps Recruit Depot

Tennessee

Arnold Air Force Base
Fort Campbell

Texas

Fort Bliss
Fort Hood
Naval Air Station, Corpus Christi

Utah

Dugway Proving Ground
Hill Air Force Base
     (Printable PDF of Hill AFB)

Virginia

Fort Belvoir (VA)
  * Birding on Fort Belvoir, Winging It, April 2004 (ZIP of PDF file)
Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Quantico
Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division

Washington

Naval Air Station, Whidbey Island
Naval Radio Station, Jim Creek
Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Keyport
Submarine Base, Bangor

Wisconsin

Fort McCoy
  * Birding on Fort McCoy, Winging It, May/June 2005

Wyoming

Warren Air Force Base  

 
Updated 09/04/2006


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