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Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 26, 2025 09:20 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- 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/S210855903 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing small diving duck with mostly brown back, white throat collar (front and sides), brown neck collar (back and sides of neck), dark eye highlighted by white face and cheeks and brown crown and nape. Observed on feeding on opposite side of channel from USCG T-Pier. The bird was foraging alone away from Buffleheads and Eared Grebes in the area."
Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 26, 2025 08:36 by Nick & Jane
- 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/S210801623 - Comments: "Continuing female. Mostly orange bill, steep forehead. Nearby Common Goldeneye females had dark bills, some with only orange tips. Swimming in lagoon—seen from bridge across from ball courts/restroom. Photo"
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 12:50 by Lou McGonagill
- 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/S210798607 - Comments: "Continuing in massive starling/cowbird/blackbird flock in and around cow corrals. One adult male with gorgeous, almost orange-tinged yellow head and breast, black around eye, all black body, and white primary coverts. The second individual was smaller, had considerable less yellow on the face and breast, and appeared browner overall, possibly indicating either female or immature male. Don’t recall seeing much if any white on wings."
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