Since the early 1990s, more than 350 bird species have been reported as being seen at and from Sweet Springs Nature Preserve. The majority of the 99 images below, taken by David Keeling, are birds likely to be seen during the course of a year, and were all reported in 2016 or 2017 (see eBird list for more recent sightings). Some species are resident and some are seasonal. For more info about when a bird specie is typically seen in SLO County, download The Birds of SLO County (PDF) or buy a copy of that pamphlet from the MCAS Nature Shop. Also available for download is the Birds of Sweet Springs Checklist (PDF). You may also be interested in the annual Sweet Springs Breeding Bird Survey (scroll down to results at bottom).
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| BRANT | CANADA GOOSE | GADWALL |
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| EURASIAN WIGEON (rare) | AMERICAN WIGEON | MALLARD |
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| BLUE-WINGED TEAL | CINNAMON TEAL | NORTHERN SHOVELER |
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| NORTHERN PINTAIL | GREEN-WINGED TEAL | GREATER SCAUP |
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| LESSER SCAUP | BUFFLEHEAD | RED-BREASTED MERGANSER |
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| RUDDY DUCK | CALIFORNIA QUAIL | PIED-BILLED GREBE |
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| HORNED GREBE | EARED GREBE | WESTERN GREBE |
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| DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT | AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN | BROWN PELICAN |
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| GREAT BLUE HERON | GREAT EGRET | SNOWY EGRET |
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| TURKEY VULTURE | OSPREY | COOPER'S HAWK |
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| BALD EAGLE | RED-SHOULDERED HAWK | RED-TAILED HAWK |
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| AMERICAN COOT | AMERICAN AVOCET | BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER |
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| KILLDEER | LONG-BILLED CURLEW | MARBLED GODWIT |
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| SANDERLING | DUNLIN | LEAST SANDPIPER |
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| WESTERN SANDPIPER | SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER | SPOTTED SANDPIPER |
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| GREATER YELLOWLEGS | WILLET | RING-BILLED GULL |
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| WESTERN GULL | CALIFORNIA GULL | CASPIAN TERN |
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| FORSTER'S TERN | ROYAL TERN | EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE |
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| MOURNING DOVE | GREAT HORNED OWL | ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD |
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| BELTED KINGFISHER | RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER | NUTTALL'S WOODPECKER |
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| DOWNY WOODPECKER | MERLIN | PEREGRINE FALCON |
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| PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER | BLACK PHOEBE | SAY'S PHOEBE |
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| HUTTON'S VIREO | CALIFORNIA SCRUB-JAY | AMERICAN CROW |
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| TREE SWALLOW | CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE | OAK TITMOUSE |
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| BUSHTIT | MARSH WREN | BEWICK'S WREN |
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| BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER | RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET | NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD |
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| EUROPEAN STARLING | CEDAR WAXWING | ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER |
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| COMMON YELLOWTHROAT | YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER | TOWNSEND'S WARBLER |
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| FOX SPARROW | DARK-EYED JUNCO | WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW |
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| GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW | SAVANNAH SPARROW | SONG SPARROW |
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| LINCOLN'S SPARROW | CALIFORNIA TOWHEE | SPOTTED TOWHEE |
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| RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD | BREWER'S BLACKBIRD | HOUSE FINCH |
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| LESSER GOLDFINCH | AMERICAN GOLDFINCH | HOUSE SPARROW |
