On December 12th, avid birder John Deacon led a walk through Oso Flaco Lake in search of migrating bird species. Since then, the birds that we saw that day may have left and other species may have arrived. Either way, here is a list of what we saw on December 12th:

Prairie falcon

White-tailed kite

Northern harrier

Double-crested cormorant

Fox sparrow

Ruby crowned kinglet

Song sparrow

Black phoebe

Nuttall's woodpecker

Yellow rumped warbler

Bewick's wren

Spotted towhee

Hermit thrush

Black crowned night heron

American coot

Gatwall

Pied billed grebe

Wilson's warbler

Townsend's warbler

Marsh wren

Sora

Great egret

Ruddy duck

Common loon

Green winged teal

Western grebe

Northern swallow

Mallard

Turkey vulture

Virginia rail

Great blue heron

White pelican

Ring billed gull

Bufflehead

House finch

Surf scoter

Sanderling

Western gull

Green heron

Bushtit

Red tailed hawk

Please keep in mind that there are many habitats throughout the Oso Flaco Lake natural area, which makes it such a good place to search for birds.

Have you seen anything interesting in the dunes lately? Let us know in the comments section below!