United States · California
Oso Flaco Lake
289 species and 148,127 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–November, with up to 175 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
American CootFulica americana
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
WrentitChamaea fasciata
Chestnut-backed ChickadeePoecile rufescens
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis155 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 289 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Laguna Lake27 km260 species
- Morro Bay SP – Marina/Boardwalk Trail40 km254 species
- Sedgwick Reserve65 km201 species
All 289 species recorded here
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Wrentit Chamaea fasciata
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
- American Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- California Thrasher Toxostoma redivivum
- Nuttall's Woodpecker Dryobates nuttallii
- California Scrub Jay Aphelocoma californica
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- California Towhee Melozone crissalis
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Western Gull Larus occidentalis
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Oak Titmouse Baeolophus inornatus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Lawrence's Goldfinch Spinus lawrencei
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Brandt's Cormorant Urile penicillatus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Tricolored Blackbird Agelaius tricolor
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Black-vented Shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Mountain Plover Anarhynchus montanus
- Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- American Grey Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Lucy's Warbler Leiothlypis luciae
- Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Black Oystercatcher Haematopus bachmani
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Mountain Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Virginia's Warbler Leiothlypis virginiae
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Yellow-billed Magpie Pica nuttallii
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Oso Flaco Lake?
April–May and September–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 175 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Oso Flaco Lake?
289 species, from 148,127 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Oso Flaco Lake in November?
The most recorded in November: Northern Shoveler, Ruddy Duck, American Coot, Cinnamon Teal and Double-crested Cormorant.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.