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Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 06, 2024 10:57 by The Spotting Twohees
- Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6207848&<ll...>,-120.6207848 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S201615982 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "Possible Tundra Swan. Seen mostly resting on the south east side from the boardwalk. Swan with long black bill, with black extending to eye."
Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 06, 2024 06:34 by Maggie Smith
- Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6207848&<ll...>,-120.6207848 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S201619319 - Comments: "Swimming on the far side of the lake with 2 American White pelicans. Larger than a Snow Goose with longer neck and larger dark bill. No scope so couldn't see finer details of bill.."
Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 06, 2024 10:17 by Nick & Jane
- Cypress Ridge Golf Course, Arroyo Grande US-CA 35.06590, -120.57366, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.573656&<ll...>,-120.573656 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S201607673 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing wintering bird seen here: (35.0706184, -120.5770674). Had to wait a little while for it to come out of the reeds where it was hiding. White horizontal barring on brown wings. Brown back, white rear, dark grey otherwise. Reddish-orange coot-like bill and shield. Bill tip was yellowy. Swam around, foraging.
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) (Colaptes auratus auratus/luteus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 05, 2024 13:05 by Norman Pillsbury
- The Lakes--Private Property, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.67129&<ll...>,-120.67129 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S201541998 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "This is a Northern (yellow-shafted) flicker showing the correct head color pattern, with a red bar on the nape and yellow visible on the edge of the folded wing. It lacks the black mustache of a male and is, therefore, a female. Id’d by Tom Edell. Photo by Hunter Soniat."
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 06, 2024 14:33 by Eric Wier
- Mentone Basin Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6132531&<ll...>,-120.6132531 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S201625959 - Comments: "Juvenile with pale pinkish bill, finely brown-streaked crown, prominent buff colored supercillium, thin black line from back of eye toward nape, pale brown “cheek” patches, pale brown back and wings with some dark streaks, and whitish underparts. Will Knowlton may have obtained a photo."
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 06, 2024 14:33 by Steven McMasters
- Mentone Basin Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6132531&<ll...>,-120.6132531 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S201676911 - Comments: "Juvenile with pale pinkish bill, finely brown-streaked crown, prominent buff colored supercillium, thin black line from back of eye toward nape, pale brown “cheek” patches, pale brown back and wings with some dark streaks, and whitish underparts. Will Knowlton may have obtained a photo."
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 06, 2024 09:16 by Nick & Jane
- Mentone Basin Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6132531&<ll...>,-120.6132531 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S201612379 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing spizella found by an anonymous birder. Dark eyeline from base of small pink bill through eye extending toward nape. Clean light grey underside, extremey high-pitched chip. Foraging on grass. Seen a few times perched in tree."
Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 06, 2024 09:45 by Jay Carroll
- Mentone Basin Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6132531&<ll...>,-120.6132531 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S201624390 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Found and reported earlier by other birders; there were two individual birds, foraging mainly in pines with Yellow-rumped Warblers and other passerines; one of the birds had a fairly bright yellow head and throat, contrasting darker greenish-yellow back, and duller yellowish underparts with white undertail coverts; the other individual appeared much duller grayish-brown above, with creamy white throat and undertail, and faint blurry streaking on breast and sides; both had well-defined white wing bars and incomplete eye rings; I didn’t hear or recognize any calls from either bird; photos."
Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 06, 2024 09:16 by Nick & Jane
- Mentone Basin Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6132531&<ll...>,-120.6132531 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S201612379 - Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing warbler found by an anonymous birder. I refound this bird in a pine about eight feet off the ground perched about here (35.1157998, -120.6127059). I was standing on a steep bank so it was about eye level with me. Smaller than nearby yellow-rumped warblers, this bird had a yellow throat, yellow broken eyering, yellowy underside with some olive streaking, and white undertail coverts. The back was olive with no streaking, similar in green hue to the head and cheeks and nape. Some of the upper wings were green though most of the wings were greyish-brown-black with white wingbars. Also had a dark eyeline and pale supercilium. The bird circled a small area moving from tree to tree for several minutes before flying out of the small area toward trees closer to the pickleball courts. I was there a good 20-30 mins before the bird arrived. Four of us birders, no, three, had to sit through the entire basin being mowed before the bird came back around.
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