Join us for a winter bird hike at Oso Flaco Lake at 8:00AM on December 21, 2024. This 3-mile and 2-3 hour hike will take us from the parking lot out to the ocean. Don’t be intimidated by the distance of this hike. If you only want to do a 1 or 2-mile hike, or even just a 100-yard hike, you won’t be disappointed. Most of the species we will be looking for can be seen once we get to the boardwalk area.
Winter is a great time for birding at Oso Flaco mainly because the ducks are back! After raising their young as far north as Alaska, they've come back to spend their winter with us. We should see Canvasbacks, Northern Pintails, Green Winged Teal, Cinnamon Teal, Ring Necked Ducks and of course our year-round Ruddy Ducks. Other wintering birds may include Phalaropes, Eared Grebes and American White Pelicans. Who knows, we may even see the Tundra Swans that have been recently reported at Oso Flaco Lake. Once we get to the ocean, we could see more than one species of Loon and several different species of Sandpipers and Plovers.