Playa del Oro road is best birded by walking the road a bit and moving your vehicle down the road from time to time. The birding may be so good that you will find it difficult to make it to the beach where sea birds are waiting.

Collared Forest-Falcon, Yellow-breasted Chat, Cinnamon and Black-chinned Hummingbirds, Golden-crowned Emerald, Thick-billed and Tropical Kingbird, Blue Mockingbird, Lilac-crowned Parrot, San Blas Jay, White-bellied Wren, Golden Vireo, Varied Bunting, Blue Grosbeak, and Tropical Parula.