Sweet Springs Nature Preserve

Inner Morro Bay and Estuary - Los Osos

Cuesta-by-the-Sea near Baywood

Getting There

From Hwy 101 take Los Osos Valley Road into Los Osos.

Right on Pine and right on Ramona.

Park in front opposite the mobile home park.

From Hwy 1 take South Bay Blvd (just east of Morro Bay) toward Los Osos.

Right at Los Osos Valley Blvd, right on Pine, right on Ramona.

Park in front opposite the mobile home park.

Sweet Springs Nature Preserve
A small gem!

Over a small bridge

Great and Snowy Egrets
Great Blue Heron

Small log in a small pond.

Looking across the small pond
Back toward the entrance.

Looking west across the small pond.

Go west and follow the boardwalk

Viewing Platform
Sandspit View

Viewing Platform
Looking back at Sweet Springs

Notes

The little pond has little turtles.

There a few friendly, resident ducks, too!

Come at high tide (Check the Tide Chart) to see more shorebirds.

American White Pelicans are giants compared to the Brown Pelican

We saw a Green Heron (male with bright orange legs!)

The Great Blue Heron is huge compared to the Black-crowned Night Heron

The Great Egret (yellow beak) is larger than the Snowy Egret (black beak, yellow feet)

March 2003 Back to California Drives


Sweet Springs Nature Preserve A small gem!	Over a small bridge	Great and Snowy Egrets Great Blue Heron


Small log in a small pond.	Looking across the small pond Back toward the entrance.	Looking west across the small pond.


Go west and follow the boardwalk	Viewing Platform Sandspit View	Viewing Platform Looking back at Sweet Springs