It was very windy and cold in late May. I stayed at a hotel with a view of the Bay. Gulls were flying in front of my hotel room window.
American Herring gull
American Herring Gull
Western Gull
White-Crowned Sparrow
Brown Pelican
Pelagic Cormorants on the Rock
Pelagic Cormorant
Pigeon Guillemot breeding adults have red legs.
Peregrine Falcon on the Rock
Canyon Wren
Turkey Vulture
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Brandt’s Cormorant Breeding adults have blue skin on throat.
Snowy Egret
I somehow got a wrong impression and went to the Pacific Wildlife Care facility thinking it was open to the public. They said “No.” If you find injured wildlife around there, contact them. Otherwise, don’t bother.
They have a bird festival. It is scheduled for next year (January). Not sure I’ll make it in January, but I would like to visit Morro Bay again after the pandemic is over.
Morro Bay map
My time there was limited so I was only able to go to the Morro Rock area. In the future I would like to explore other areas around there.
Information for Morro Bay
・The closest airport: San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport, Drive 30 min from the airport
・Drive 3 h 40 min from San Francisco
・Drive 3 h 20 min from Los Angeles
Here are some other animals I saw…
California ground squirrel
Sea otter
Morro Rock Beach
Sea Lions and See Otter
There are activities a lot.
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