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Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 10:37 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- Sweet Springs Nature Preserve, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8422726&<ll...>,-120.8422726 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209994030 - Comments: "Cinnamon teal background body color with crescent on face and other blue-wing teal markings. Associated with blue-wing teals."
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 12:53 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- Morro Bay Harbor, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.857&<ll...>,-120.857 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209876186 - Comments: "Small pale gray and blackish duck with dusky head and diamond-shaped patch of white surrounding the eye. Stocky, powerful dark bill. Swimming with the Bufflehead, roughly same size as them."
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 11:41 by Teresa Griffin
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8658353&<ll...>,-120.8658353 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209960146 - Comments: "Continuing bird first reported on yesterday's afternoon bay cruise. Poorly seen because of lighting, but it was a small duck that rode low in the water with a rounded head and small bill. Sex not determined. Poor photo will be added to the checklist."
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 11:41 by Benny Jacobs-Schwartz
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8658353&<ll...>,-120.8658353 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209989282 - Comments: "Continuing bird first reported on yesterday's afternoon bay cruise. Poorly seen because of lighting, but it was a small duck that rode low in the water with a rounded head and small bill. Sex not determined. Poor photo will be added to the checklist."
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 11:41 by Kathy Dale
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8658353&<ll...>,-120.8658353 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209885389 - Comments: "Continuing bird first reported on yesterday's afternoon bay cruise. Poorly seen because of lighting, but it was a small duck that rode low in the water with a rounded head and small bill. Sex not determined. Poor photo will be added to the checklist."
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 11:41 by Alexander Yan
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8658353&<ll...>,-120.8658353 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209982568 - Comments: "Continuing bird first reported on yesterday's afternoon bay cruise. Poorly seen because of lighting, but it was a small duck that rode low in the water with a rounded head and small bill. Sex not determined. Poor photo will be added to the checklist."
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 11:41 by Leisyka Parrott
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8658353&<ll...>,-120.8658353 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209887408 - Comments: "Continuing bird first reported on yesterday's afternoon bay cruise. Poorly seen because of lighting, but it was a small duck that rode low in the water with a rounded head and small bill. Sex not determined. Poor photo will be added to the checklist."
Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 15:11 by Devon Bradley
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209998441 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing female, hanging out with a group of Common Goldeneye. Told apart from Common Goldeneyes by almost entirely yellow/orange bill and steep forehead. Observed just down stream of lower bridge."
Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 15:11 by Carly Boyd-Dovideo
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209998442 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing female, hanging out with a group of Common Goldeneye. Told apart from Common Goldeneyes by almost entirely yellow/orange bill and steep forehead. Observed just down stream of lower bridge."
Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 13:38 by Virginia Langdon-Lassagne
- Gallinule stakeout, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.577843&<ll...>,-120.577843 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209966494 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "White stripe along side of body, red bill, approximately the size and shape of a Coot. Photos- continuing bird, most recently reported by Roger Hammer"
Cocos Booby (Sula brewsteri) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:37 by Eric Wier
- West of Pt Buchon (35.259, -120.998), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9976402&<ll...>,-120.9976402 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209975425 - Media: 9 Photos
- Comments: "Adult female first seen in flight. Bird landed on a kelp pad, flew, and then landed on another kelp pad where it remained for close views. This is a recent split from Brown Booby. (photos, hopefully including flight shots to be added)"
Least Bittern (Botaurus exilis) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 08:02 by Bettina Eastman
- Laguna Lake, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6903817&<ll...>,-120.6903817 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209951569 - Comments: "Leader saw the Bittern fly about 1.5 ft over the water across from one bullrush clump to another disappearing into the vegetation on the other side. It was a smaller (than green heron or night heron ) brownish bird with black primaries and reddish brown just in from the primaries. Also visible was the black on the crown of its head."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 09:16 by Andrew Fleming
- Laguna Lake, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6903817&<ll...>,-120.6903817 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209936504 - Comments: "Continuing bird hanging around the small picnic area by the first boat dock. Sitting in and flycatching from the small center tree as well as flying to other trees in the area. Light grey head with white throat extending to green-yellow breast. Thick bill."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 08:02 by Bettina Eastman
- Laguna Lake, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6903817&<ll...>,-120.6903817 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209951569 - Comments: "We saw the greenish back, large bill, bright lemon yellow belly and forked tail. Additionally, we heard the bird make the “treeip” call several times when a Say’s Phoebe approached. Photos will be added to the checklist."
Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 13:35 by Amanda Gaskin
- stakeout Sagebrush Sparrow -- Elkhorn/Simmler Rd Intersection (2025), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8400327&<ll...>,-119.8400327 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209885875 - Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing; photos. Pale gray head and nape, thin dark malar. Dark streaking on a pale gray back, with streaks extending across the center. Both actively feeding on the ground together."
Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 13:35 by Marilyn Pabros
- stakeout Sagebrush Sparrow -- Elkhorn/Simmler Rd Intersection (2025), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8400327&<ll...>,-119.8400327 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210003233 - Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing; photos. Pale gray head and nape, thin dark malar. Dark streaking on a pale gray back, with streaks extending across the center. Both actively feeding on the ground together."
Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 13:35 by Joe Flynn
- stakeout Sagebrush Sparrow -- Elkhorn/Simmler Rd Intersection (2025), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8400327&<ll...>,-119.8400327 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209994931 - Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing; photos. Pale gray head and nape, thin dark malar. Dark streaking on a pale gray back, with streaks extending across the center. Both actively feeding on the ground together."
Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 13:35 by Catherine Steinberg
- stakeout Sagebrush Sparrow -- Elkhorn/Simmler Rd Intersection (2025), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8400327&<ll...>,-119.8400327 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209983165 - Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing; photos. Pale gray head and nape, thin dark malar. Dark streaking on a pale gray back, with streaks extending across the center. Both actively feeding on the ground together."
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 14:00 by Virginia Howard
- San Simeon SP, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.1235286&<ll...>,-121.1235286 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209991722 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Warbler behaving similarly to a nuthatch, foraging methodically along the trunks of several Arroyo Willow trees. Striking black and white plumage with a boldly striped head and a solid black cheek, identifying it as a male. Mostly white undertail was accented by black-spotted undertail coverts. Observed along the west side of Van Gordon Creek Road, just north of the creek, approximately here: (35.5950398, -121.1219937). Distinct individual from the bird I found at Santa Rosa Creek Mouth last weekend."
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