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 Compressed vs High Quality Birds of Oso Flaco Lake BIRD ID VIDEO by Ken Owen Compressed vs 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