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Least Bittern (Botaurus exilis) (1)
- Reported Sep 03, 2025 08:45 by Gabriel Rudy
- Laguna Lake, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6903817&<ll...>,-120.6903817 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S271297873 - Comments: "Flew right near me while on the dock here (35.265969, -120.692199) from one set of reeds to another. Then heard vocalizing about 5 minutes later from the same location “rick-rick-rick-rick”. Small heron, very bright pale coloring. No photo, didn’t see it for more than a few seconds before it was out of sight in the reeds."
Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 03, 2025 09:36 by Tom Edell
- MBSP-Bayside Cafe Point, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8439536&<ll...>,-120.8439536 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S271304641 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "I was heading toward the west end of the parking lot when I spotted a night heron on one of the boats that appeared darkish gray and stopped to get a better look. I noted the small white marks at the tips of the wing coverts and then the dark bill with a yellowish base and a yellow chin. The pale underparts were streaked with gray and the head was densely streaked with gray and white. The bird was first seen on the boat named 'Real Time' and had moved to the boat named 'Dragonfly' before I left. Both boats are at the western end of the State Park Marina near the Bayside Cafe. (photos)"
Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 03, 2025 17:00 by Terri Osborn
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron, MBSP-Bayside Cafe Point, Morro Bay,, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8428234&<ll...>,-120.8428234 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S271357765 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Immature Yellow-crowned Night Heron found earlier today by Tom Edell. Brown and white mottling on body and head, brown wings marked with small white triangles, dark bill but lighter at the base, reddish orange eyes, and yellowish gray legs. It was resting on a sailboat next to the boat "Reel Time" in the marina just south of the Bayside Cafe."
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 02, 2025 08:17 by Kevin Zimmer
- Laguna Lake, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6903817&<ll...>,-120.6903817 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S271345521 - Comments: "Continuing juvenile. Perched distantly, but identifiable with the scope: all white, smallish egret with uniformly olive tarsi and toes, and bicolored bill with bluish-gray base contrasting with blackish distal portion. Too far for photos or to discern the dusky tips to primaries or the whitish irides."
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) (1)
- Reported Sep 03, 2025 07:18 by Ann Stockert
- Arroyo Grande Creek--Fair Oaks Ave Bridge, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.5872571&<ll...>,-120.5872571 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S271284308 - Comments: "Continuing. Seen briefly but well foraging on the other side of the creek ~35 ft up creek from where it was yesterday. Large vireo with grayish cap, large bill, strong dark eyeline, greenish back, paler underparts, and red eye. Unfortunately no pics."
Wilson's Warbler (pileolata) (Cardellina pusilla pileolata) (1)
- Reported Sep 03, 2025 09:23 by Ann Stockert
- Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6328654&<ll...>,-120.6328654 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S271305317 - Comments: "*Regular. Presumed to be pileolata over nominate. Male. Very dull Wilson’s lacking the bright coloration of our local breeders (chryseola), particularly gold orange in the forehead and lores. Instead lores were slightly greenish. Smaller cap than chryseola, more pronounced eyering. Appeared to have some retained greenish feathers on forehead…? Silent. Pics."
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