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Species found at Viewing Site
| Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area, Oso Flaco Lake Natural Area - Site # 298 | |
| Species: | American Bittern |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | oso flaco lake edge |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | American Coot |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | oso flaco lake |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | American Goldfinch |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | willow riparian near Oso Flaco lake |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | American White Pelican |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | oso flaco lake |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | W,Sp,F |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Anna's Hummingbird |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | riparian area near parking lot, near boardwalk west of lake |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | Black Phoebe |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | at parking lot area, near lake edge |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | Black-Bellied Plover |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | shoreline |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | W,Sp,F |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Brown Pelican |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | beach shore, Oso Flaco Creek mouth |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Brush Rabbit |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | on trail in mornings between parking lot and lake, also may run out of dune scrub habitat between west of lake |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Bufflehead |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | oso flaco lake |
| Present Season: | W,Sp |
| Season View: | W,Sp |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Bullfrog |
| Seen: | No |
| Locations: | Oso Flaco Lake |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | California Legless Lizard |
| Seen: | No |
| Locations: | sand dunes (silvery leggless lizard) |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | California Legless Lizard |
| Seen: | No |
| Locations: | sand dunes (silvery legless lizard) |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | California Quail |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | on boardwalk between lake and beach |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Caspian Tern |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | beach, flying near ocean |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Sp,Su |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Cinnamon Teal |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | oso flaco lake |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Sp |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Double-Crested Cormorant |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | wood platforms within oso flaco lake |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | Eared Grebe |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | oso flaco lake |
| Present Season: | W,Sp,F |
| Season View: | W,F |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Forster's Tern |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | flying over Oso Flaco Lake |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | W,Sp,F |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Great Blue Heron |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | oso flaco lake or within creek |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Great Horned Owl |
| Seen: | No |
| Locations: | tracks can be seen in open sand dunes |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Green Heron |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | edge of Oso Flaco Lake |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | W,Sp,F |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Heermann's Gull |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | beach |
| Present Season: | Su,F |
| Season View: | Su,F |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | Least Tern |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | flying over Oso Flaco Lake |
| Present Season: | Su |
| Season View: | Su |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Lesser Goldfinch |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | willow riparian between parking lot and lake |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Long-Billed Curlew |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | beach |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | W,Sp,F |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Mallard |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | oso flaco lake |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | Merriam's Kangaroo Rat |
| Seen: | No |
| Locations: | tracks in sand |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | Northern Harrier |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | flying over lake or over dunes |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Northern Shoveler |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | oso flaco lake |
| Present Season: | W,F |
| Season View: | W,F |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Osprey |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | flying over lake |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Peregrine Falcon |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | flying near shoreline |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Pied-Billed Grebe |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | oso flaco lake |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | Pond Slider |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | oso flaco lake, lake edge or on log within lake |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Red-Legged Frog |
| Seen: | No |
| Locations: | Oso Flaco Creek and riparian area |
| Present Season: | W,Sp |
| Season View: | W,Sp |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Ring-Billed Gull |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | beach, Oso Flaco Creek mouth |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | Ruddy Duck |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | oso flaco lake |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | Sanderling |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | shoreline, beach |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | Say's Phoebe |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | fly catching near dune scrub and boardwalk, or at beach fly catching. may perch on posts. |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Snowy Plover |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | beach |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Sp,Su |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Sooty Shearwater |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | flying in large numbers offshore of beach |
| Present Season: | Su |
| Season View: | Su |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Sora |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | edge of Oso Flaco Lake |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | W,Sp,F |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Western Fence Lizard |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | along boardwalk through dunes |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | Western Grebe |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | oso flaco lake |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | W,Sp,F |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Western Gull |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | beach |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Excellent |
| Species: | Western Pond Turtle |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | oso flaco lake, at edge or logs within lake |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Su |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Whimbrel |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | beach |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Good |
| Species: | Wood Duck |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | oso flaco lake |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | W |
| Reliable: | Poor |
| Species: | Wrentit |
| Seen: | Yes |
| Locations: | riparian near lake and dune scrub between lake and beach. will be heard more than seen. |
| Present Season: | Yr |
| Season View: | Yr |
| Reliable: | Excellent |