Pacific Flyway

Notable locations

• Boundary Bay, British Columbia, has been listed as an Important Bird Area by the Canadian government in recognition of its value to migratory birds.
• Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge, in southwest Washington, is a major staging area for shorebirds.
• Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, in Harney County, southeastern Oregon
• Alaksen National Wildlife Area, on Westham Island off Richmond, British Columbia
• Vic Fazio Yolo Wildlife Area in the Yolo Bypass in the Central Valley of California is a protected area along the flyway.
• Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges Complex consists of several different wildlife refuges on the border of Oregon and California.
• , located on Hwy 31, across from the Summer Lake Lodge, in Oregon's southeastern high desert.
• Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex consists of several wildlife refuges in the northern Central Valley of California.
• San Luis National Wildlife Refuge Complex consists of several wildlife refuges in the San Joaquin Valley of California.
• Suisun Marsh, next to the exit of the inverted Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, has protected portions.
• San Francisco Bay, protected estuaries and mountain open space preserves.
• Coyote Valley, a semi-developed section of the Santa Clara Valley with one of the highest recorded bird species richness and nesting densities in the nation.
• Great Salt Lake, Utah, a Great Basin hub of the flyway.
• Monterey Bay, protected estuaries and mountain open space preserves.
• Ballona Wetlands between the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Playa del Rey and Marina del Rey, and the adjacent city-owned lagoons.
• Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve and Ecological Reserve in Newport Beach, Southern California.
• Salton Sea, an inland Colorado Desert saline endorheic lake in Southern California, hosts many birds and has surrounding wildlife refuges.
• San Diego Bay, which includes several areas designated as part of the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge Complex
• Guerrero Negro Baja California Sur bird sanctuary half way of the peninsula of Baja California Mexico
• San Jose Estuary San Jose del Cabo Baja California Sur, Mexico bird sanctuary and birding Los Cabos
• Palo Verde National Park, Guanacaste province, Costa Rica. The estuary in this park is located at the mouth of the Tempisque River, the second largest basin in the country. Major migratory visits: March to May, at the start of the rainy season.