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Redhead (Aythya americana) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported May 11, 2025 08:42 by Nick & Jane
- 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/S236605807 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing male and female. Male had a red head and amber eye—may have been nonbreeding. Female was all brown with pale low contrasting eyering, round head, smoky bill with black tip. Photos"
California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported May 11, 2025 14:05 by T Cross
- 3310 San Simeon Creek Rd, Cambria US-CA 35.61043, -121.07524, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.075236&<ll...>,-121.075236 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S236617187 - Media: 9 Photos
- Comments: "Huge raptor. First spotted West of here and some people with a spotting scope said that it was Condor number 32. When it flew it had a right wing feather out of place. Spotted it again from 3310 San Simeon Creek Rd. where it landed for a while on a rocky outcropping up on the hill. Then it flew over the ridgeline toward the west."
California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported May 11, 2025 13:06 by Luke Jensen
- San Simeon Creek Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.0775634&<ll...>,-121.0775634 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S236641688 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Saw fly in into field to the left of the bald eagle nest. It then went into the oak trees where I think there was carrion. It then flew onto a slope farther down the road where it got chased off by a cow and went to a different part of the field where it stayed for 30 minutes until it took off and flew farther down the road. I found outThe tag number was 32 because of help of someone else. I found the bird because of its size and strong white marking on the underside. Lifer!!"
California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) (3) CONFIRMED
- Reported May 10, 2025 15:51 by Grace Hayes
- San Simeon Creek Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.0775634&<ll...>,-121.0775634 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S236721157 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "3 Juveniles, with yellow wing tags. Hanging with TUVU. Enormous vultures with grey heads, much larger than the TUVU. One ring tag looked like it might say 26, but it was too far away to read properly or get clear enough photos to be certain. Distant documentary photos taken by digiscope, to be attached. Also seen by Jeanette stone."
California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) (3) CONFIRMED
- Reported May 10, 2025 14:45 by Jeanette Stone
- San Simeon Creek Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.0775634&<ll...>,-121.0775634 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S236414709 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Susie Reddy spotted vultures on a distant hill and noticed one larger bird in the group with wing tags (possibly #16). Spotting scopes confirmed the sighting and spotted two other Condors on an outthrust. Distant looks. All three birds had grey heads with bright yellow tags on both wings and much larger than nearby vultures."
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) (1)
- Reported May 11, 2025 16:41 by Alexander Yan
- Pennington Creek Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7390594&<ll...>,-120.7390594 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S236701029 - Comments: "Heard last time around 5:30 at 35.34014° N, 120.73620° W. Piercing, very loud whistling calls heard. No buzzy sounds at all, and it was also a longer whistle than western. Heard this species prior, both at their normal range and the OC and LA co one last year. Attempted playback to get a visual but failed. Welp please help help help."
Brewer's Sparrow (Spizella breweri) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported May 11, 2025 15:50 by Russ Namitz
- MU Ranch, Carrizo Plain NM--no internal access, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.4817506&<ll...>,-119.4817506 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S236632813 - Comments: "Continuing apparently. Dropped down to the ground to the seed with LASP group, but quickly flew back up to Tree of Heaven perch. Small Spizella with long tail, clean breast, weak face pattern and white eyering."
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