eBird Field Checklist
Piedras Blancas Motel
San Luis Obispo, California, US
ebird.org/hotspot/L2880702
147 species (+19 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Emperor Goose
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Snow x Ross's Goose (hybrid)
Greater White-fronted Goose
Brant
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Blue-winged/Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Greater Scaup
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
scoter sp.
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Wild Turkey
Grebes
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Western/Clark's Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
American Coot
Shorebirds
Black Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Snowy Plover
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Wilson's Snipe
phalarope sp.
Spotted Sandpiper
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Black Turnstone
Surfbird
Sanderling
Dunlin
Least Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
peep sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Parasitic Jaeger
Alcids
Rhinoceros Auklet
Cassin's Auklet
Marbled Murrelet
Pigeon Guillemot
Common Murre
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Black-legged Kittiwake
Bonaparte's Gull
Heermann's Gull
Short-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
Herring Gull
Glaucous Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern
Sterna sp.
Elegant Tern
Royal Tern
Elegant/Royal Tern
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
loon sp.
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Sooty Shearwater
Black-vented Shearwater
shearwater sp.
Cormorants and Anhingas
Brandt's Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
Brown Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Snowy Egret
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
White-faced Ibis
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Golden Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Falcons and Caracaras
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
falcon sp.
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Cassin's Kingbird
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
California Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Martins and Swallows
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
swallow sp.
Long-tailed Tits and Bushtit
Bushtit
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Wrens
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Bewick's Wren
Starlings and Mynas
European Starling
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
California Thrasher
Thrushes
Western Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
House Finch
Purple Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
New World Sparrows
Grasshopper Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
California Towhee
Blackbirds
Western Meadowlark
Red-winged Blackbird
Tricolored Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
blackbird sp.
Wood-Warblers
Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Others
passerine sp.