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.
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