Eselen is essentially restricted to guests who visit for workshops, massage, a spiritual retreat, and the hot tubs overlooking the ocean. If you are a guest here that enjoys birding, use this hot spot. Birders are occasionally invited for surveys or lectures, but the private property is restricted to guest and invitees.

Vagrant passerines, most in the garden, in spring or fall migration.

Since its opening in 1962, "Esalen is a world renowned holistic learning and leading global retreat center for guests and faculty to explore and realize their human potential through experience, education, and research.
 Public workshop and private conference programming pushes our growth edges closer toward collectively living in a more just, creative, and sustainable world" (from Eselen web site).