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Ocean Beach County Park and Santa Ynez River Estuary

Located in the California, USA area, Ocean Beach County Park and Santa Ynez River Estuary is a popular birding destination. Recently, birders have spotted Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Osprey in the area.

288
All-Time Species
54
Sightings (14 days)
California
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United States
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Species
Date Spotted
Count
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Oct 10, 2026
11
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Oct 10, 2026
1
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Oct 10, 2026
2
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Oct 10, 2026
1
Say's PhoebeSayornis saya
Oct 10, 2026
1
Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
Oct 10, 2026
1
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Oct 10, 2026
15
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Oct 10, 2026
5
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Oct 10, 2026
2
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Oct 10, 2026
4
Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
Oct 10, 2026
10
GadwallMareca strepera
Oct 8, 2026
9
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Oct 8, 2026
2
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
Oct 8, 2026
1
Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
Oct 8, 2026
7
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Oct 8, 2026
2
Snowy PloverAnarhynchus nivosus
Oct 8, 2026
5
SanderlingCalidris alba
Oct 8, 2026
32
DunlinCalidris alpina
Oct 8, 2026
4
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Oct 8, 2026
7
Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
Oct 8, 2026
2
Sabine's GullXema sabini
Oct 8, 2026
1
Heermann's GullLarus heermanni
Oct 8, 2026
3
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Oct 8, 2026
2
Western GullLarus occidentalis
Oct 8, 2026
58
California GullLarus californicus
Oct 8, 2026
24
Elegant TernThalasseus elegans
Oct 8, 2026
31
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Oct 8, 2026
2
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Oct 8, 2026
2
Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis
Oct 8, 2026
24
Common LoonGavia immer
Oct 8, 2026
2
Black-vented ShearwaterPuffinus opisthomelas
Oct 8, 2026
75
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Oct 8, 2026
5
Great EgretArdea alba
Oct 8, 2026
3
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Oct 8, 2026
84
Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Oct 8, 2026
3
Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Oct 8, 2026
1
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
Oct 8, 2026
2
Tricolored BlackbirdAgelaius tricolor
Oct 8, 2026
2
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Oct 7, 2026
50
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
Oct 7, 2026
4
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
Oct 7, 2026
1
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Oct 7, 2026
1
MerlinFalco columbarius
Oct 7, 2026
1
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Oct 6, 2026
15
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Oct 6, 2026
1
Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Oct 6, 2026
1
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Oct 6, 2026
4
American KestrelFalco sparverius
Oct 6, 2026
1
WrentitChamaea fasciata
Oct 6, 2026
1
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
Oct 6, 2026
1
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Sep 30, 2026
2
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Sep 30, 2026
1
California ThrasherToxostoma redivivum
Sep 30, 2026
2

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