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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 Northern Shoveler, Gadwall, Mallard in the area.

287
All-Time Species
76
Sightings (14 days)
California
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Species
Date Spotted
Count
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Aug 31, 2026
10
GadwallMareca strepera
Aug 31, 2026
7
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Aug 31, 2026
8
Aug 31, 2026
2
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
Aug 31, 2026
25
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Aug 31, 2026
1
American CootFulica americana
Aug 31, 2026
4
American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
Aug 31, 2026
1
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Aug 31, 2026
7
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Aug 31, 2026
124
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
Aug 31, 2026
31
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
Aug 31, 2026
1
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Aug 31, 2026
46
Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
Aug 31, 2026
155
Least TernSternula antillarum
Aug 31, 2026
1
Elegant TernThalasseus elegans
Aug 31, 2026
90
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Aug 31, 2026
7
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Aug 31, 2026
3
Common LoonGavia immer
Aug 31, 2026
2
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Aug 31, 2026
1
Great EgretArdea alba
Aug 31, 2026
1
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Aug 31, 2026
1
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Aug 31, 2026
X
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Aug 31, 2026
1
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Aug 31, 2026
1
American KestrelFalco sparverius
Aug 31, 2026
1
Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
Aug 31, 2026
3
WrentitChamaea fasciata
Aug 31, 2026
1
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Aug 31, 2026
4
California TowheeMelozone crissalis
Aug 31, 2026
1
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Aug 30, 2026
2
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Aug 30, 2026
1
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Aug 28, 2026
1
Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
Aug 28, 2026
1
Hudsonian WhimbrelNumenius hudsonicus
Aug 28, 2026
1
Heermann's GullLarus heermanni
Aug 28, 2026
4
Western GullLarus occidentalis
Aug 28, 2026
270
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Aug 28, 2026
1
Western GrebeAechmophorus occidentalis
Aug 28, 2026
3
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Aug 28, 2026
3
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Aug 28, 2026
2
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Aug 28, 2026
1
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Aug 28, 2026
14
California ThrasherToxostoma redivivum
Aug 28, 2026
1
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Aug 28, 2026
80
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
Aug 28, 2026
4
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
Aug 28, 2026
3
Snowy PloverAnarhynchus nivosus
Aug 27, 2026
5
Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
Aug 27, 2026
1
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Aug 27, 2026
2
SanderlingCalidris alba
Aug 27, 2026
25
California GullLarus californicus
Aug 27, 2026
2
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
Aug 27, 2026
1
Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Aug 27, 2026
8
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Aug 26, 2026
1
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
Aug 26, 2026
1
Clark's GrebeAechmophorus clarkii
Aug 26, 2026
1
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
Aug 26, 2026
2
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Aug 26, 2026
2
BushtitPsaltriparus minimus
Aug 26, 2026
11
Blue-gray GnatcatcherPolioptila caerulea
Aug 26, 2026
2
Bewick's WrenThryomanes bewickii
Aug 26, 2026
1
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Aug 26, 2026
1
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
Aug 26, 2026
3
California Scrub-JayAphelocoma californica
Aug 26, 2026
1
Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
Aug 26, 2026
5
WilletTringa semipalmata
Aug 25, 2026
1
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Aug 25, 2026
2
California QuailCallipepla californica
Aug 23, 2026
3
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Aug 23, 2026
3
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
Aug 23, 2026
2
Nuttall's WoodpeckerDryobates nuttallii
Aug 23, 2026
1
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Aug 23, 2026
1
Loggerhead ShrikeLanius ludovicianus
Aug 23, 2026
2
Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
Aug 23, 2026
3
Pacific LoonGavia pacifica
Aug 20, 2026
3

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