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Small park in [[Los Osos]], [[California]] overlooking [[Morro Bay]] and run by the Morro Coast Audubon Society. | 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 = | = History = | ||
== June 27, 2022 == | == June 27, 2022 == | ||
Check it out with Eun-Joung while there for her birthday weekend. | Check it out with Eun-Joung while there for her birthday weekend. |
Latest revision as of 05:13, 30 June 2022
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.