Oso Flaco Lake - Santa Maria Wastewater Treament
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Lake & Dunes Preserve
DRONE FOOTAGE
by Simon Lathrop
Compressed
vs
High Quality

Oso Flaco Lake
NATURE WALK VIDEO
by Battlefoxx
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vs
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Birds of Oso Flaco Lake
BIRD ID VIDEO
by Ken Owen
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High Quality


Oso Flaco Lake (Boardwalk Photos)

our MALLARD 'greeters'

Petra Clayton's
July 16 & July 26 photos
and as we exit...
Same PVC Pipes!

Acrobatic
Deeply Forked Tail
Sound ID!
tawny underside?
BARN SWALLOW

Diving Bird
Black-banded Beak
"pied" (multi-colored) beak
PIED-BILLED GREBE
immature example

AMERICAN
WHITE PELICAN
Low & Overhead!
but.... All Alone?
Usually found in groups

Lake Residents?
RUDDY DUCKS
Permanent vs Migratory?
American Coots
Double-crested Cormorants
on their usual perches

We also got to see a
GREAT BLUE HERON
swoop down into the reeds
More Petra Clayton photos
July 16th same heron?
in the same spot!

Santa Maria Wastewater Treatment Plant?

Even in the summer
the shallow ponds
attract the birds.

You'll need to sign-in
and get permission
to visit the ponds

Our best sighting here was
the Black-necked Stilt
shown with a willet