eBird Field Checklist
Old Creek--Cayucos
San Luis Obispo, California, US
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178 species (+25 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Ross's Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Brant
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
scoter sp.
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Wild Turkey
Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Western/Clark's Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove
Swifts
Vaux's Swift
White-throated Swift
Hummingbirds
Anna's Hummingbird
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Virginia Rail
Sora
American Coot
Shorebirds
American Avocet
Black Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Snowy Plover
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Spotted Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Black Turnstone
Red Knot
Surfbird
Sanderling
Dunlin
Baird's Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
jaeger sp.
Alcids
Marbled Murrelet
Pigeon Guillemot
Common Murre
large alcid sp.
alcid sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Black-legged Kittiwake
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Heermann's Gull
Short-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
Herring Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Iceland Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Black Skimmer
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
Sterna sp.
Elegant Tern
Royal Tern
Elegant/Royal Tern
large tern sp.
tern sp.
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
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
American Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Reddish Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
White-faced Ibis
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter sp.
Bald Eagle
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Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo sp.
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Downy Woodpecker
Nuttall's Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Falcons and Caracaras
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Western Kingbird
yellow-bellied kingbird sp.
Vireos
Hutton's Vireo
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
California Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Martins and Swallows
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
swallow sp.
Long-tailed Tits and Bushtit
Bushtit
Parrotbills, Wrentit, and Allies
Wrentit
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
Northern Mockingbird
Thrushes
Western Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
American Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
House Finch
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
New World Sparrows
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
California Towhee
Spotted Towhee
new world sparrow sp.
Blackbirds
Yellow-headed Blackbird
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 Warbler
Palm Warbler
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Yellow-rumped Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Blue Grosbeak
Others
passerine sp.
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