Birds of Morro Bay and the Carrizo Plain
Morro Bay and the Carrizo Plain are two of the premier birding areas in California. We’ll visit a variety of habitats in an attempt to maximize the number of species viewed during the trip. Morro Bay hosts a wide variety of ducks and shorebirds, with Morro Rock itself being one of the oldest nesting sites of the fastest creature on earth, the peregrine falcon. We’ll see the wintering grounds of the arctic-nesting sea goose, the brant; listen for the cascading song of the canyon wren; search for royal tern, American white pelican and red-breasted merganser; and visit coastal “migrant traps” in search of rare wintering species. On Sunday, we’ll head to California Valley and the Carrizo Plain for an entirely new set of habitat and bird life, including oak savannah specialties.
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