Sam R.
Yelp
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge is an amazing birding location. It's one of those places where you can just drive along and see a bunch of awesome birds doing a bunch of awesome things. Here are some birds we saw in abundance here: Yellow-headed Blackbird, Redhead, Cliff Swallow, American Coot, Double-crested Cormorant, Common Tern, White-faced Ibis, California Gull, Great Blue Heron, Snowy Egret, American Avocet, Black-necked Stilt, Cinnamon Teal, and Western Grebe. We also saw Pied-billed Grebe, Western Kingbird, Eastern Kingbird, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Song Sparrow, Wilson's Phalarope, and Spotted Sandpiper. There is a road you can simply drive along slowly and stop when you see birds. There are so many birds here. You can see pelicans in action eating fish and flying, which is awesome, as well really close-up blackbirds, avocets, and stilts. The road is a little long and that is my only complaint. It is really fun for about the first half but by that point you begin to see the same birds over and over again and it gets tedious by the end. Still, this is an amazing birding location that I would recommend to anyone who is birding in the area. It is good.