Sweet Springs Nature Preserve

https://www.morrocoastaudubon.org/p/sweet-springs-nature-preserve.html

Small park in Los Osos, California overlooking Morro Bay and run by the Morro Coast Audubon Society.

Birds

Waterfowl

• Greater White-fronted Goose
• Snow Goose
• Brant
• Cackling Goose
• Canada Goose
• Wood Duck
• Gadwall
• Eurasian Wigeon
• American Wigeon
• Mallard (breeds within the Preserve)
• Blue-winged Teal
• Cinnamon Teal
• Northern Shoveler
• Northern Pintail
• Green-winged Teal
• Canvasback
• Ring-necked Duck
• Greater Scaup
• Lesser Scaup
• Surf Scoter
• White-winged Scoter
• Black Scoter
• Bufflehead
• Common Goldeneye
• Hooded Merganser
• Common Merganser
• Red-breasted Merganser
• Ruddy Duck

Quail

• California Quail

Loons and Grebes

• Red-throated Loon
• Pacific Loon
• Common Loon
• Pied-billed Grebe
• Horned Grebe
• Red-necked Grebe
• Eared Grebe
• Western Grebe
• Clark's Grebe

Cormorants

• Brandt's Cormorant
• Pelagic Cormorant
• Double-crested Cormorant

Pelicans

• American White Pelican
• Brown Pelican

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

• Great Blue Heron
• Great Egret
• Snowy Egret
• Cattle Egret
• Green Heron
• Black-crowned Night-Heron
• White-faced Ibis

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

• Turkey Vulture
• Osprey
• White-tailed Kite (breeds on the Preserve)
• Northern Harrier
• Sharp-shinned Hawk
• Cooper's Hawk
• Bald Eagle
• Red-shouldered Hawk (breeds on the Preserve)
• Red-tailed Hawk (breeds on the Preserve)
• Ferruginous Hawk

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

• Black Rail
• Virginia Rail
• Sora
• American Coot

Shorebirds

• Black-necked Stilt
• American Avocet
• Black Oystercatcher
• Black-bellied Plover
• Snowy Plover
• Semipalmated Plover
• Killdeer
• Whimbrel
• Long-billed Curlew
• Marbled Godwit
• Black Turnstone
• Red Knot
• Sanderling
• Dunlin
• Baird's Sandpiper
• Least Sandpiper
• Western Sandpiper
• Short-billed Dowitcher
• Long-billed Dowitcher
• Wilson's Snipe
• Wilson's Phalarope
• Red Phalarope
• Spotted Sandpiper
• Greater Yellowlegs
• Willet
• Lesser Yellowlegs

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

• Bonaparte's Gull
• Heermann's Gull
• Mew Gull
• Ring-billed Gull
• Western Gull
• California Gull
• Herring Gull
• Glaucous-winged Gull
• Glaucous Gull
• Caspian Tern
• Common Tern
• Forster's Tern
• Royal Tern
• Elegant Tern
• Black Skimmer

Pigeons and Doves

• Rock Pigeon
• Band-tailed Pigeon
• Eurasian Collared-Dove (breeds on the Preserve)
• Mourning Dove (breeds on the Preserve)

Owls

• Great Horned Owl (breeds on the Preserve)

Swifts

• Vaux's Swift
• White-throated Swift

Hummingbirds

• Black-chinned Hummingbird
• Anna's Hummingbird (breeds on the Preserve)
• Rufous Hummingbird
• Allen's Hummingbird (breeds on the Preserve)

Kingfishers

• Belted Kingfisher

Woodpeckers

• Acorn Woodpecker
• Red-breasted Sapsucker
• Nuttall's Woodpecker (breeds on the Preserve)
• Downy Woodpecker (breeds on the Preserve)
• Hairy Woodpecker
• Northern Flicker (breeds on the Preserve)

Falcons

• American Kestrel
• Merlin
• Peregrine Falcon

Tyrant Flycatchers

• Olive-sided Flycatcher
• Western Wood-Pewee
• Pacific-slope Flycatcher (breeds on the Preserve)
• Black Phoebe (breeds on the Preserve)
• Say's Phoebe (breeds on the Preserve)
• Ash-throated Flycatcher
• Western Kingbird

Shrikes

• Loggerhead Shrike

Vireos

• Hutton's Vireo (breeds on the Preserve)
• Plumbeous Vireo
• Warbling Vireo

Jays, Crows, and Ravens

• Steller's Jay
• California Scrub-Jay (breeds on the Preserve)
• American Crow (breeds on the Preserve)
• Common Raven

Swallows

• Northern Rough-winged Swallow
• Tree Swallow (breeds on the Preserve)
• Violet-green Swallow
• Barn Swallow
• Cliff Swallow

Chickadees

• Chestnut-backed Chickadee (breeds on the Preserve)
• Oak Titmouse (breeds on the Preserve)
• Bushtit (breeds on the Preserve)

Nuthatches

• Red-breasted Nuthatch
• White-breasted Nuthatch
• Pygmy Nuthatch

Creepers

• Brown Creeper

Wrens

• House Wren (breeds on the Preserve)
• Marsh Wren
• Bewick's Wren (breeds on the Preserve)

Gnatcatchers

• Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Kinglets

• Golden-crowned Kinglet
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Wrentit

• Wrentit

Thrushes

• Western Bluebird (breeds on the Preserve)
• Swainson's Thrush
• Hermit Thrush
• American Robin (breeds on the Preserve)
• Varied Thrush

Mockingbirds and Thrashers

• Northern Mockingbird (breeds on the Preserve)

Starlings

• European Starling (breeds on the Preserve)

Pipits

• American Pipit

Waxwings

• Cedar Waxwing

Wood-Warblers

• Northern Waterthrush
• Orange-crowned Warbler (breeds on the Preserve)
• Nashville Warbler
• Common Yellowthroat (breeds on the Preserve)
• Northern Parula
• Yellow Warbler
• Yellow-rumped Warbler
• Townsend's Warbler
• Wilson's Warbler (breeds on the Preserve)
• Yellow-breasted Chat

Sparrows and other Emberizids

• Lark Sparrow
• Fox Sparrow
• Dark-eyed Junco (breeds on the Preserve)
• White-crowned Sparrow (breeds on the Preserve)
• Golden-crowned Sparrow
• White-throated Sparrow
• Savannah Sparrow (breeds on the Preserve)
• Song Sparrow (breeds on the Preserve)
• Lincoln's Sparrow
• Swamp Sparrow
• California Towhee (breeds on the Preserve)
• Rufous-crowned Sparrow
• Spotted Towhee (breeds on the Preserve)

Grosbeaks and Allies

• Western Tanager
• Black-headed Grosbeak
• Lazuli Bunting

Blackbirds

• Red-winged Blackbird (breeds on the Preserve)
• Western Meadowlark
• Brewer's Blackbird
• Great-tailed Grackle
• Brown-headed Cowbird
• Hooded Oriole
• Bullock's Oriole

Finches and Allies

• House Finch (breeds on the Preserve)
• Purple Finch (breeds on the Preserve)
• Pine Siskin
• Lesser Goldfinch (breeds on the Preserve)
• Lawrence's Goldfinch
• American Goldfinch (breeds on the Preserve)

Old World Sparrows

• House Sparrow (breeds on the Preserve)

Estrildids

• Scaly-breasted Munia

History

June 27, 2022

Check it out with Eun-Joung while there for her birthday weekend.