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Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 26, 2024 08:28 by Torrey Gage-Tomlinson
- Meadow Park--San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6606531&<ll...>,-120.6606531 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200369625 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Nonbreeding adult male spizella continuing since Oct. 22 (https://ebird.org/checklist/S199896581). Need to upload photo from recent sighting to another checklist to make sure. I spotted this small sparrow with a White-crowned Sparrow in the patch of grass between the community garden and baseball field. The birds were close to the fence then foraged a few feet westward before the chipper flew to the garden, then in a wide arc, calling, and landing in a small pine. Torrey noticed this bird seemed a bit off, which while we were reasoning through fieldmarks, thought might indicate immature. But on this bird its underside was mostly clean and grey but with washes of brownish tones, and no immature drabness or streaking. It did have a brown cheek patch along with its red crown, indicating nonbreeding adult, which matched Torrey’s field guide on his phone. The bill was small and pink and it had a dark eyeline from the base of the crown through eye extending toward the nape. Photos."
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 26, 2024 08:28 by Nick & Jane
- Meadow Park--San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6606531&<ll...>,-120.6606531 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200362811 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Nonbreeding adult male spizella continuing since Oct. 22 (https://ebird.org/checklist/S199896581). Need to upload photo from recent sighting to another checklist to make sure. I spotted this small sparrow with a White-crowned Sparrow in the patch of grass between the community garden and baseball field. The birds were close to the fence then foraged a few feet westward before the chipper flew to the garden, then in a wide arc, calling, and landing in a small pine. Torrey noticed this bird seemed a bit off, which while we were reasoning through fieldmarks, thought might indicate immature. But on this bird its underside was mostly clean and grey but with washes of brownish tones, and no immature drabness or streaking. It did have a brown cheek patch along with its red crown, indicating nonbreeding adult, which matched Torrey’s field guide on his phone. The bill was small and pink and it had a dark eyeline from the base of the crown through eye extending toward the nape. Photos."
Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii) (2)
- Reported Oct 26, 2024 08:28 by Nick & Jane
- Meadow Park--San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6606531&<ll...>,-120.6606531 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200362811 - Comments: "A few minutes after sighting the Baltimore Oriole we heard Bullock’s Orioles calling from the same general area. The call was deep, harsh, scratchy and chattery, and sped into rapid notes. Finally we spotted two adult plumage males fly from tree heading east. We couldn’t relocate. The birds were orangey and we had the barest glimpses of black crowns, chins, eyelines, messy white wingbars/patches, and silvery oriole bills. No photos"
Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii) (2)
- Reported Oct 26, 2024 08:28 by Torrey Gage-Tomlinson
- Meadow Park--San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6606531&<ll...>,-120.6606531 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200369625 - Comments: "A few minutes after sighting the Baltimore Oriole we heard Bullock’s Orioles calling from the same general area. The call was deep, harsh, scratchy and chattery, and sped into rapid notes. Finally we spotted two adult plumage males fly from tree heading east. We couldn’t relocate. The birds were orangey and we had the barest glimpses of black crowns, chins, eyelines, messy white wingbars/patches, and silvery oriole bills. No photos"
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2024 08:28 by Torrey Gage-Tomlinson
- Meadow Park--San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6606531&<ll...>,-120.6606531 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200369625 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing oriole that I first found on Oct. 21 (https://ebird.org/checklist/S199787067), then saw on Oct. 24 (https://ebird.org/checklist/S200121195 ). We watched bird fly quickly from tree to tree in a small area before disappearing into foliage. First saw it high in canopy here, foraging: (35.2674042, -120.6596590). See previous posts for a fuller description. Today, noted its bright wingbars on dark wings, orange in upper wingbar, brownish face and overall deep orange, which helped me quickly ID bird. Photos"
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) (1)
- Reported Oct 26, 2024 08:28 by Nick & Jane
- Meadow Park--San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6606531&<ll...>,-120.6606531 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200362811 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing oriole that I first found on Oct. 21 (https://ebird.org/checklist/S199787067), then saw on Oct. 24 (https://ebird.org/checklist/S200121195 ). We watched bird fly quickly from tree to tree in a small area before disappearing into foliage. First saw it high in canopy here, foraging: (35.2674042, -120.6596590). See previous posts for a fuller description. Today, noted its bright wingbars on dark wings, orange in upper wingbar, brownish face and overall deep orange, which helped me quickly ID bird. Photos"
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