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Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 22, 2024 13:30 by Roger Hammer
- 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/S203309495 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "cont bird, pics shot on iPhone; came in to hand-held feeder while enroute back out to the yard, cooperative delightful little male bird with extended purple gorget."
Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva) (1)
- Reported Nov 22, 2024 04:00 by Tom Slater
- 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/S203313349 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "Slender/slight plover, not bulky, primaries barely extended past the tail, dark brown, and light brown pattern on wings/back, with golden flecks. Solitary bird, foraging in the first furrow off the road on the northern side of the road."
Glaucous x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) (Larus hyperboreus x glaucescens) (1)
- Reported Nov 22, 2024 08:06 by Nick & Jane
- Bluff Trail--Montana de Oro SP, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8948396&<ll...>,-120.8948396 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203295841 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Appeared to have blocky Glaucous-winged head and dark tertials, but also had the fawn spots and bi-colored bill of a Glaucous, as well as lacked the dark greater coverts of a Glaucous-winged. Poor photos in hazy light. Tried to get a better pic but gull flew before I could re-position."
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 21, 2024 11:49 by Reef Comer
- 310–330 Bitterwater Road, Shandon US-CA 35.70066, -120.27316, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.273159&<ll...>,-120.273159 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203284599 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "*Rare but regular. Another great spot by Reef! Sitting on the fence and foraging in the field with mixed species sparrow flock here: (35.643600, -120.209660). Decent-sized Calamospiza with thick grayish bill, brownish back and head, white throat, whitish breast and tummy with fine streaking, Ill-defined pale supercillium, etc. Pics."
Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) (2)
- Reported Nov 20, 2024 11:00 by Roger Hammer
- 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/S203128252 - Comments: "cont. saw 2/3 known birds, the 2 drabbier birds. neither one cooperated for pics. intermediate bird was located from the basin looking north, just east of the entrance; white undertail coverts and belly visible with distinct white wing bars, yellowish face and throat, duller back and wings; orange-crowned, yellow-rumped and Townsend's warblers all immediately in the vicinity for comparison."
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