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Counted one-by-one as they were foraging in the grass along Cedarwood Drive, across from the intersection of Cedarwood Drive and Beechwood Drive.
Some individuals with rufous, others with finely streaked brown crown stripes; all with pale median crown stripe; gray face with pale supercilium; black line through the eye; light brown cheeks; pale eye arcs; pale throat; faint dark malar stripe; pale unstreaked breast and belly; brown upper back with dark streaks; two very thin pale wing bars; pink bill with a dark tip; pink legs and feet.
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 28, 2025 09:16 by Tom Edell
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211065403 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird photographed yesterday by the Clayton's seen here today: 35.607673, -120.656297. This was a small sparrow that was similar in size to adjacent Chipping Sparrows, but with a dark line behind the eye did not extend into the lores, a buffy cheek outlined in brown, a buffy breast, a gray, unstreaked neck, and a striped crown. (Photos)"
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 27, 2025 10:25 by Petra Clayton
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210969318 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "First-ever eBird report of this species at this location. --- Observed with Chipping Sparrows.
Brown finely streaked crown; broad pale supercilium; pale lores; complete eye-ring not bisected by an eye-line; small pink bill; pale malar stripe bordered by a thin dark stripe; pale underparts; buffy breast-band with dark center spot; gray nape; buffy rump; brown streaks on upper back; pink legs and feet."
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