The Carrizo Plain |
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The Carrizo Plain, designated a National Monument by
President Clinton, is located in the extreme southeastern corner of
San Luis Obispo County. It is home to a wide variety of plants, animals,
and birds, many of which are found nowhere else in the county.
Tule Elk and Pronghorn have been reintroduced into the area. The saltbush scrub and juniper woodland habitat also harbors the San Joaquin Kit Fox and the San Joaquin Antelope Squirrel. The plain drains into Soda Lake, a salt bed most of the year, but in wet winters is home to thousands of Sandhill Cranes. Golden Eagles, Prairie Falcons, Mountain Plover, LeConte's Thrasher, Vesper Sparrow, and Burrowing Owl, among others, are Carrizo specialties. The plain can be reached by traveling east on either Highway 58 out of Santa Margarita, or on Highway 166 which intersects Highway 101 north of Santa Maria.
NEW! Al Schmierer's Birding Spots and Road Guide To The Carrizo Plain. NEW! Click HERE.
A website about the Carrizo Plain can be found
here.
Click on the thumbnails below to enlarge the pictures.
And see MORE pictures at Al's Flicker site.
All photos by Al Schmierer and may not be used without permission. |
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