Surfbird Definition
What's a surfbird? Who are surfbirds related to?
Surfbird Identification
How do you know a surfbird when you see one? Here are a few tips to help you. And some rare photographs of this enigmatic bird.
Surfbird Sightings
The Christmas Bird Count of the National Audubon Society is the oldest and largest wildlife survey in the world. Most CBCs occur in North America. The sample area for a count is a circle 15 miles in diameter, and volunteers count all birds they see within the circle during a single day. Here's a graph of yearly surfbird sightings from 1959 to 1989.
Surfbird Migration
Surfbirds are most at home on the eastern rim of the Pacific Ocean. In winter they migrate along the Pacific coast between Alaska and western South America.
Surfbird Music
| The Surfbird National Anthem is the unforgettable Surfin' Bird, recorded by The Trashmen in 1964. Don't remember it? Click here. And for the lyrics, click here. |
Surf Music
"Surfing Music," as played by groups like The Beach Boys and Jan & Dean, is not at all the same as "Surf Music," marked by the blazing, beach-bonfire guitar style of Dick Dale, the man behind the sounds of the film "Pulp Fiction." Click the links below for some of the best-known surf musicians:
