MONTEREY COUNTY is a large county on the central California coast. At 3324 sq.mi. (over 2 million acres) it is larger than some states. The Monterey Peninsula is a well-known tourist destination for its beauty and mild climate, and the Salinas Valley is rich in history and agriculture.
 The county has many diverse habitats in the Santa Lucia Mountains, along the Big Sur coast, and in the drier Diablo Range on the eastern flank.

Throughout these pages, the abbrevation MTY means "Monterey County."

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this portal and the linked pages are a project by Don Roberson

BIRD portals & pages

Checklist of Monterey County Birds: annotated & illustrated

Ten Most Misidentified Birds in Monterey County

Portal to Rarity Highlights updated seasonally

Portal to a plethera of pages on bird identification topics

Annual "Birdiest County Birdathon" reports

MAMMAL pages

Humpbacks of Monterey Bay; shots of breacher

Bat roost at Hastings Natural History Reservation

Chipmunks of California, including the one MTY species

HERPS reptiles & amphibians portals & pages

Portal to California herps, including those in MTY

Sea Turtles, incl Leatherback in Monterey Bay

Endangered Santa Cruz Long-toed Salamander, California Tiger Salamander & San Francisco Garter Snake (San Mateo Co.)

Checklist of MTY Odonata, illustrated and annotated

Dragonfly Journal: a birder becomes a beginner odite

more to come

Assorted other natural history pages including BUTTERFLIES

Endangered: Smith's Blue Butterfly