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Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) (1)
- Reported Jan 05, 2025 09:35 by Clare Dooley
- 7962–8270 Los Osos Valley Rd, San Luis Obispo US-CA 35.28465, -120.73303, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.733028&<ll...>,-120.733028 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208152930 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing: we visited yesterday and mistook a very very similar looking juvenile RTHA for this individual. Compared with yesterdays observation, the juvenile SWHA has much darker breast and leg feathers, brighter yellow cere and legs/feet, darker colored eyes, more crisp and lighter facial markings, and less white speckling in the wing coverts. Notably pointy wings compared with RTHA while in flight. We noticed a rump patch when the bird took off from its post. Seen just west of the small wooden barn/ shack along the fence line. Photos."
Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) (1)
- Reported Jan 05, 2025 09:35 by Collin Silva
- 7962–8270 Los Osos Valley Rd, San Luis Obispo US-CA 35.28465, -120.73303, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.733028&<ll...>,-120.733028 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208152929 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing juvenile: we visited yesterday and mistook a very very similar looking juvenile RTHA for this individual. Compared with yesterdays observation, the juvenile SWHA has much darker breast and leg feathers, brighter yellow cere and legs/feet, darker colored eyes, more crisp and lighter facial markings, and less white speckling in the wing coverts. Notably pointy wings compared with RTHA while in flight. We noticed a rump patch when the bird took off from its post. Seen just west of the small wooden barn/ shack along the fence line. Photos."
Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) (1)
- Reported Jan 05, 2025 13:45 by Terri Osborn
- Foothill & LOVR wetland, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7096463&<ll...>,-120.7096463 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208228063 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing hawk seen about .2 miles west of Foothill Blvd. and just west of the high tower powerlines on Los Osos Valley Road. Hawk was similar in size to nearby Red-tail Hawk. It was dark above with white markings on the face and chin, heavy dark streaking on the chest, bill was yellow at the base and dark at the tip and feet were yellow. It was soaring overhead with 15 Turkey Vultures and 2 Red-tailed Hawks."
Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) (1)
- Reported Jan 05, 2025 12:29 by Mike Bush
- Carrizo Plain NM--Sprague Hill Rd., San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.9476&<ll...>,-119.9476 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208204032 - Comments: "White at base of tail, broad black band adjacent to white terminal band and white wing patch at base of primaries. Streaky chest, light chest with dark streaks. Seen at moderate distance over low hills with Common Ravens and a Red-tailed Hawk."
Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) (1)
- Reported Jan 05, 2025 12:29 by Gregory Smith
- Carrizo Plain NM--Sprague Hill Rd., San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.9476&<ll...>,-119.9476 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208260258 - Comments: "White at base of tail, broad black band adjacent to white terminal band and white wing patch at base of primaries. Streaky chest, light chest with dark streaks. Seen at moderate distance over low hills with Common Ravens and a Red-tailed Hawk."
Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) (1)
- Reported Jan 05, 2025 10:28 by Grace Hayes
- Carrizo Plain NM--Sprague Hill Rd., San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.9476&<ll...>,-119.9476 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208178693 - Comments: "Carpal windows, white tail with black band and white terminus. Seen in hills behind water tank about 5 miles from Soda Lake Road on dirt road starting at Sprague Hill Road, about 1/2 mile from dead end gate at marsh."
Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (3)
- Reported Jan 05, 2025 14:18 by Alexander Yan
- 17196–17198 Simmler Rd, Santa Margarita US-CA 35.28339, -119.84029, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.840292&<ll...>,-119.840292 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208204579 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "Candidates; photos to be attached by members of the searching party. More streaky back, very grey rather than darker slaty head, and pale malar."
Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (3)
- Reported Jan 05, 2025 09:11 by Mike Bush
- Elkhorn Road & Simmler Eastwards Santa Margarita, California, US (35.279, -119.836), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8359778&<ll...>,-119.8359778 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208211684 - Comments: "Pale malar, stripey back - seen earlier this morning and this week. Mostly observed moving with moderate speed along ground and under bushes."
Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (3)
- Reported Jan 05, 2025 09:11 by Gregory Smith
- Elkhorn Road & Simmler Eastwards Santa Margarita, California, US (35.279, -119.836), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8359778&<ll...>,-119.8359778 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208255540 - Comments: "Pale malar, stripey back - seen earlier this morning and this week. Mostly observed moving with moderate speed along ground and under bushes."
Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (2)
- Reported Jan 05, 2025 13:30 by The Spotting Twohees
- Sagebrush Sparrow Stakeout, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8400422&<ll...>,-119.8400422 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208228329 - Media: 9 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. Pair first seen in the southwest corner of the intersection then flew to the northwest corner. Followed the pair on foot as they fed on the ground under the shrubs. Photos"
Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (1)
- Reported Jan 05, 2025 07:05 by Russ Namitz
- Simmler Rd—Elkhorn Road, Santa Margarita US-CA (35.2835,-119.8400), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.839972&<ll...>,-119.839972 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208220696 - Comments: "Continuing rarity found by Tim Edell and Roger Zachary. At least one bird with streaked back. Weaker malar and lighter gray head than Bell’s."
Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (2)
- Reported Jan 05, 2025 08:11 by Nick & Jane
- Soda Lake--East Basin, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8449783&<ll...>,-119.8449783 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208221931 - Media: 9 Photos
- Comments: "There were three candidates at this location at the corner of Simmler/Elkhorn. Field marks include thin and weak malars resembling those on the Sagebrush Sparrows I recently saw outside the visitor center at Red Rock State Park in Nevada. While the malars aren’t as pale as recent photos from T.E. at this location, they are withered and incomplete-looking and narrow, as some of those in Nevada I saw (happy to send a comparison photo). The backs are darkly striped throughout. And overall, the birds appeared pale and slightly larger than darker and more compact Bell’s Sparrows seen throughout the day. Photos"
Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (2)
- Reported Jan 05, 2025 08:11 by Scott Inman
- Soda Lake--East Basin, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8449783&<ll...>,-119.8449783 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208225012 - Media: 9 Photos
- Comments: "There were three candidates at this location at the corner of Simmler/Elkhorn. Field marks include thin and weak malars resembling those on the Sagebrush Sparrows I recently saw outside the visitor center at Red Rock State Park in Nevada. While the malars aren’t as pale as recent photos from T.E. at this location, they are withered and incomplete-looking and narrow, as some of those in Nevada I saw (happy to send a comparison photo). The backs are darkly striped throughout. And overall, the birds appeared pale and slightly larger than darker and more compact Bell’s Sparrows seen throughout the day. Photos"
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