Point Pinos is the northwestern tip of the Monterey Peninsula in Pacific Grove. It is world-famous as a sea-watching site but is also well known for the diversity of vagrants seen on Crespi Pond or in the adjacent cypresses. Unfortunately, most of the northwestern portion of Pacific Grove is a golf course so birding access is limited to the shoreline or the cypresses next to the restroom at Crespi Pond. Yet the public has access to the entire shoreline, so viewing rocky shorebirds and gulls is usually easy, and one can sea-watch from extensive public pull-outs along this entire stretch of coast.

For complete information on Point Pinos visit Birding at Point Pinos by Don Roberson.