The friendly birds at Lake Cachuma
 
Godwits and Caspian Terns, Carpinteria Beach
Also seen in Carpinteria/Santa Barbara: Western Gull, Heerman's Gull, Brown Pelican, Black-crowned Night-Heron
 
Female Great-tailed Grackle and Western Scrub Jay, Lake Cachuma
 
An Acorn Woodpecker and the fruits of its labors, Lake Cachuma
Also seen at Lake Cachuma: Red-winged Blackbird, Brewer's Blackbird, Red-shouldered Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, Osprey, Double-crested Cormorant, American Coot, Wood Duck, Western Grebe, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Belted Kingfisher, Dark-eyed Junco, California Quail, House Finch, Mourning Dove, Western Bluebird, Yellow-billed Magpie, Turkey Vulture, crow, sparrow, and wren
 
Brown Pelicans and American White Pelican, near Pismo Beach
 
Long-billed Curlew, near Pismo Beach
Willet, Morro Bay
 
Western Gull and Heerman's Gull, Pismo Beach
 
Anna's Hummingbird, Pismo Beach
Snowy Egret, near Morro Bay
 
Red-shouldered Hawk, Pismo Beach
Great Blue Heron, near Morro Bay
Also seen in Pismo Beach--Morro Bay region: Snowy Plover, Sanderling, Whimbrel, Long-billed Dowitcher, Great Egret, Double-crested Cormorant, American Coot, Mallard Duck, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling
 
On our first organized birding hike, in Montana de Oro State Park, with docent Freeman Hall
Birds seen on this hike: California Towhee, Song Sparrow, California Quail, Northern Flicker, Townsend's Warbler, Black Phoebe, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Lesser Goldfinch, Wrentit, Red-tailed Hawk, Steller's Jay, Anna's Hummingbird, Bewick's Wren, Brewer's Blackbird...and one bobcat
 

Left: Pozo buzzard, the only bird that sat still long enough for a photo in northern San Luis Obispo County

Other birds seen near Paso Robles: Nuttall's Woodpecker, White-breasted Nuthatch, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Oak Titmouse, Western Bluebird, White-tailed Kite, Yellow-billed Magpie
 
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