Salton Sea - Young Road (west end)
California · Southwest
About This Location
Salton Sea - Young Road (west end) is a productive birding destination in California, with 226 species recorded on eBird. This desert and chaparral habitat attracts Northern Shoveler, Common Merganser, and Ruddy Duck among many others. The unique desert and riparian habitats support specialty species alongside wintering and migrating birds.
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Live Bird Data
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Notable Sightings
Rare or unusual species spotted nearby in the last 14 days
Lesser Goldfinch
Spinus psaltria
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna bicolor
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Blue-winged Teal
Spatula discors
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauri
Hudsonian Whimbrel
Numenius hudsonicus
Long-billed Curlew
Numenius americanus
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
Heermann's Gull
Larus heermanni
Recent Observations
Species reported at this location in the last 14 days
Gull-billed Tern
Cinnamon Teal
Mallard
Redhead
Ruddy Duck
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Ridgway's Rail
American Coot
Black-necked Stilt
Forster's Tern
Pied-billed Grebe
Eared Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Green Heron
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Burrowing Owl
Cliff Swallow
Birding Tips
- 1
Start birding at dawn when desert birds are most active before the heat.
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Check around water sources, which concentrate desert species.
- 3
Carry extra water and sun protection; mornings are the prime birding window.
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