Hamilton Biological has developed an extensive, cross-referenced, and helpfully hyperlinked list of drought-tolerant plants (Excel file) native to Los Angeles County, with corresponding map of planting zones. These resources should be useful to landscapers, restoration specialists, and just plain folks. Feel free to download the linked files and use them however you please. If you use them for a commercial purpose, please acknowledge Hamilton Biological, Inc.
Published in 2007, Rare Birds of California is available to order online from Western Field Ornithologists.
Birding review by Paul Hess.
Western Birds review by David Fix.
Published in 1996, Birds of Orange County: Status & Distribution. remains the most up-to-date reference describing the status and distribution of birds in Orange County. It is now out of print but can still be ordered from the Sea & Sage Audubon House bookstore.
Hamilton, R. A., R. A. Erickson, E. Palacios, and R. Carmona. 2001–2007. North American Birds quarterly reports for the Baja California Peninsula Region, Fall 2000 through Winter 2006/2007.
Hamilton, R. A. and P. A. Gaede. 2005. Pink-sided x Gray-headed Juncos. Western Birds 36:150–152.
Erickson, R. A., R. A. Hamilton, S. González-Guzmán, G. Ruiz-Campos. 2002. Primeros registros de anidación del Pato Friso (Anas strepera) en México. Anales del Instituto de Biología, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México, Serie Zoología 73(1):67–71.
Hamilton, R. A. 2001. Book review: The Sibley Guide to Birds. Western Birds 32:95–96.
Hamilton, R. A. and R. A. Erickson. 2001. Noteworthy breeding bird records from the Vizcaíno Desert, Baja California Peninsula. Pp. 102-105 in Monographs in Field Ornithology No. 3. American Birding Association, Colorado Springs, CO.
Hamilton, R. A. 2001. Log of bird record documentation from the Baja California Peninsula archived at the San Diego Natural History Museum. Pp. 242–253 in Monographs in Field Ornithology No. 3. American Birding Association, Colorado Springs, CO.
Hamilton, R. A. 2001. Records of caged birds in Baja California. Pp. 254–257 in Monographs in Field Ornithology No. 3. American Birding Association, Colorado Springs, CO.
Erickson, R. A., R. A. Hamilton, and S. N. G. Howell. 2001. New information on migrant birds in northern and central portions of the Baja California Peninsula, including species new to Mexico. Pp. 112–170 in Monographs in Field Ornithology No. 3. American Birding Association, Colorado Springs, CO.
Howell, S. N. G., R. A. Erickson, R. A. Hamilton, and M. A. Patten. 2001. An annotated check- list of the birds of Baja California and Baja California Sur. Pp. 171–203 in Monographs in Field Ornithology No. 3. American Birding Association, Colorado Springs, CO.
Ruiz-Campos, G., González-Guzmán, S., Erickson, R. A., and Hamilton, R. A. 2001. Notable bird specimen records from the Baja California Peninsula. Pp. 238–241 in Monographs in Field Ornithology No. 3. American Birding Association, Colorado Springs, CO.
Wurster, T. E., R. A. Erickson, R. A. Hamilton, and S. N. G. Howell. 2001. Database of selected observations: an augment to new information on migrant birds in northern and central portions of the Baja California Peninsula. Pp. 204–237 in Monographs in Field Ornithology No. 3. American Birding Association, Colorado Springs, CO.
Hamilton, R. A. 1996–98. Photo Quizzes. Birding 27(4):298–301, 28(1):46–50, 28(4):309–313, 29(1): 59–64, 30(1):55–59.
Erickson, R. A., and Hamilton, R. A. 1995. Geographic distribution: Lampropeltis getula californiae (California Kingsnake) in Baja California Sur. Herpetological Review 26(4):210.
Erickson, R. A., and R. A. Hamilton. 1993. Additional summer bird records for southern Mexico. Euphonia 2(4):81–91.
Erickson, R. A., A. D. Barron, and R. A. Hamilton. 1992. A recent Black Rail record for Baja California. Euphonia 1(1):19–21.