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Redhead (Aythya americana) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 02, 2025 06:42 by Maggie Smith
- Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6207848&<ll...>,-120.6207848 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S216302055 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "male and female. male with bright rufous head, blue dark tipped bill. yellow eye, gray back and black fron; female overall warm brown with same bill as male."
Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) (1)
- Reported Mar 02, 2025 07:46 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- Cypress Ridge Development, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.5767543&<ll...>,-120.5767543 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S216372577 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing adult had black head, nape, breast, belly and center tail, bright two-tone beak 2/3 red from base and yellow at the tip, brief flank-stripe, brownish back, white outer tail feathers and bright green legs and feet"
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (5)
- Reported Mar 02, 2025 08:58 by Nick & Jane
- French Park, San Luis Obispo US-CA 35.24650, -120.63650, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.636499&<ll...>,-120.636499 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S216333262 - Comments: "Continuing small spizellas found by Pair of Wingnuts. Each bird had a red crown, dark eyeline from base of small pink bill extending onto cheek, clean pale grey undersides, striped backs. Four stuck together fairly tight. Another was in a tree when the others foraged. The birds moved around a lot and were first seen in foliage along fence line. They flew to playground area trees, and then eventually foraged in area near restrooms. Occasionally flew to trees but also often foraged and skittered on ground. Photos."
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (4)
- Reported Mar 02, 2025 09:55 by Petra Clayton
- San Luis Obispo: EA French Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6358409&<ll...>,-120.6358409 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S216369085 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "At least one with rufous crown stripes and one with finely streaked brown crown stripes; pale median crown stripe; gray face with pale supercilium; black line from the front to the back of the eye; light brown cheeks; pale throat; pale unstreaked breast and belly; brown upper back with dark streaks; two thin pale wing bars; pink bill, pink legs and feet."
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Mar 02, 2025 17:15 by Leisyka Parrott
- 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/S216376735 - Comments: "Continuing bird. Gray, unstreaked nape, pink bill (both maxilla and mandible), buffy supercillium & malar, light brownish rump, and bold auricular pattern."
Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) (1)
- Reported Mar 02, 2025 07:08 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- Sixteenth Street Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6108284&<ll...>,-120.6108284 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S216369886 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird at this location based on comparative photos - larger, sturdy, long-tailed warbler with grayish-yellow head and auriculars, yellow spectacles, dark lores, heavy, sharp beak, bright yellow breast and throat, whitish belly and unendertail, olive green on back and grayish wings with two bold wing-bars. The bird flew into the same tree as the Rose-ringed Parakeet for a few brief moments before flying to ball field back-stop and further east into the park."
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