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Green-winged Teal (Eurasian) (Anas crecca crecca) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 03, 2025 10:45 by Carol Comeau
- Cuesta Inlet (previously Doris Ave Marsh), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8493236&<ll...>,-120.8493236 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S216471264 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing male. Seen at back of Cuesta Inlet. Of note- I don't remember ever seeing so many Cinnamon Teal (rough estimate 25 +) in the Inlet. Photo."
Green-winged Teal (Eurasian x American) (Anas crecca crecca x carolinensis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 03, 2025 08:35 by Kaaren Perry
- Turri Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7948498&<ll...>,-120.7948498 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S216468073 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Seen moving with a small flock of m/f GWTE. Adult male teal showing both vertical white bar on side and horizontal white strip on scapulars. Reported initially 3/2."
Green-winged Teal (Eurasian x American) (Anas crecca crecca x carolinensis) (1)
- Reported Mar 03, 2025 13:10 by Tom Edell
- Turri Road Tidal Ponds, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8218378&<ll...>,-120.8218378 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S216514682 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing male found yesterday by Jack Clayton. It was seen in the Los Osos Creek channel this afternoon. Bird showed both vertical and horizontal white stripe from both forms. Bird was backlit when seen and photographed."
Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) (1)
- Reported Mar 02, 2025 07:00 by Kevin Zimmer
- KJZ yard, Garcia Rd, Atascadero, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7064838&<ll...>,-120.7064838 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S216447273 - Comments: "Adult male with full red-orange gorget, white median underparts, cinnamon flanks and 95% rufous upperparts, with only a few scattered metallic green feathers on the crown and back. Photos to follow."
Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) (1)
- Reported Mar 03, 2025 10:54 by Tom Edell
- Cypress Ridge, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.5775846&<ll...>,-120.5775846 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S216514688 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "continuing adult with gray head and body except for brown back, rump, and wings, white undertail coverts, and white marks on the flanks. Bright orangish-red bill with a yellow tip. (photo)"
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (1)
- Reported Mar 03, 2025 07:53 by Kathleen Kent
- Oakview Village, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.660672&<ll...>,-120.660672 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S216473006 - Comments: "This individual was in a different area from where I normally see the CHSP. It had a very bright rufous crown, prominent white supercillium and clean grayish white chest, belly and flanks."
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