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Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 07, 2025 11:15 by Roger Hammer
- 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/S208463246 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "cont. juvie just west of power pole near where previously described. white throat and forehead. wings were dihedral in flight. was frightened off its perch by RTHA."
Western Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis) (1)
- Reported Jan 08, 2025 09:53 by Lynn Perry
- Pico Creek, San Simeon US-CA 35.61591, -121.14911, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.149108&<ll...>,-121.149108 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208517110 - Comments: "See video I will submit later (not the black Phoebe). It definitely appeared to be a fly catcher but I am not confident of the precise ID. It was flicking its tail like a fly catcher and had a sharp flat bill."
Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (2)
- Reported Jan 05, 2025 15:16 by Devon Bradley
- 17196–17198 Simmler Rd, Santa Margarita US-CA 35.28345, -119.84022, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.840218&<ll...>,-119.840218 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208464164 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird found by Tom Edell and Roger Zachary. Photos show some of the key characteristics that differentiate this bird from Bell’s Sparrow: the back and scapular striking is darker and more prominent and continues right up to line between nape and back. The malar line is weak, with light gray flecking. Lacking a prominent breast spot. Birds were primarily foraging on ground and running between shrubs with tail cocked up; some tail flicking observed when perched."
Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (3)
- Reported Jan 07, 2025 13:30 by Tom Slater
- Carrizo Plain NM (use specific hotspots when available), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.810539&<ll...>,-119.810539 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208465158 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Gray head, white eye ring, white supra loral spot, brown back with heavy darker streaks on back, white body with streaks on flanks, malar stripe broken up/not solid black. See photos"
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (1)
- Reported Jan 07, 2025 10:54 by Nick & Jane
- Cal Poly--Mt Bishop Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6777764&<ll...>,-120.6777764 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208423517 - Comments: "Spotted this bird in a flock of several hundred, lifting from cattle pens and flying southeastward to distant dairy unit. The bird was larger than surrounding birds, had a bright yellow head and black body. It was several minutes before a large flock of 800-1,000 birds lifted from the dairy unit and partly settled on distant wires to the east. I was able to refind and photograph the male on a wire."
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1)
- Reported Jan 07, 2025 12:30 by Yamina Pressler
- Cal Poly--San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6608403&<ll...>,-120.6608403 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208527058 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Yellow overall, small orangish patches near neck and face, large bill. No obvious wing bars as in Western Tanager. In trees on O’Neill Green. Photo (lighting is not ideal)"
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