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Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) (1)
- Reported Sep 19, 2025 08:11 by Jan Bugge
- Private Residence, O'Donovan Road, Creston, California,, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.5000419&<ll...>,-120.5000419 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S274270200 - Comments: "Distinct black head and chin with purple well defined gorget above white collar. Merlin also verified. Could not get photo. I’ll keep trying! Observed here in the past."
Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (1)
- Reported Sep 19, 2025 17:05 by Tom Edell
- San Geronimo Ck--Estero Bluffs SP, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9338218&<ll...>,-120.9338218 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S274335273 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Juvenile in brush along the southeast bank about half-way to the creek mouth. I saw three Black-crowned fly from the creek before I spotted this bird. It appeared dark for a juvenile Black-crowned. Closer inspection showed a mostly dark bill and small marks on the wings, though they were less prominent than the birds currently at Morro Bay. It appeared that the small white triangles and the tip of the wing feathers were worn and not at all as prominent as on a fresh juvenile. The chin and base of the lower mandible were yellowish and the head and at least the breast were streaked. See photos for more details."
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) (1)
- Reported Sep 19, 2025 13:10 by Petra Clayton
- 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/S274344159 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing juvenile at this eBird hotspot since 8/31/25 (Sam Larkin).
Most likely the same individual that had been observed at Morro Creek Mouth from 8/30/25 to 8/31/25. (Last eBird report at Morro Creek mouth: 8/31/25 at 4:35 p.m.)
Viewed from the Prefumo Creek mouth, feeding on the southwest side of the lake (looking west from the empty lot).
Overall white; greenish-yellow legs and feet and a bill that was light at the base and dark on the distal half.
Click on the image below for a Flickr video, showing the Little Blue Heron eating a fish:
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jack-petra-clayton/54799458024/in/dateposted-public/" title="Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea), juvenile, San Luis Obispo, CA"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/54799458024_d9d72e0a51_z.jpg" alt="Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea), juvenile, San Luis Obispo, CA" /></a>"
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) (2)
- Reported Sep 18, 2025 07:00 by sue girard
- 535 cory way / yard list, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.5001819&<ll...>,-120.5001819 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S274477425 - Comments: "soft mousey grey- brown back with russet hue to rump. Chest marking pale BROWN and blurred, not sharp & dark brown-black. Feeding on Prunus fruit skins, scuffling leaves understory, and at BB at deep dusk (last bather of the day). Same appear and stay till spring every year."
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 19, 2025 15:45 by Gabriel Rudy
- Santa Rosa Creek-below Windsor, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.1064448&<ll...>,-121.1064448 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S274339963 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Photos. Black and white striped warbler that moved like a nuthatch and was hanging out with some chestnut backed chickadees. Seen from Windsor blvd approximately here: 35.56678, -121.11112"
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) (1)
- Reported Sep 19, 2025 08:18 by Nick & Jane
- Islay Creek Campground--Montana de Oro SP, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8838502&<ll...>,-120.8838502 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S274300997 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "First-year bird last seen and heard at campsite ten. First heard its sharp falling smooth chip in the straightaway between camp loops, where it chipped and foraged high in a pine, fanning its tail. Later, after I returned from exploring the second camp loop and trail east of that area, I again heard the bird chipping, this time in the first camp loop. The bird had a pale white underside, including throat, with yellow-orange upper shoulder patches and a light yellow orange wash on its chest and near its whitish undertail coverts and a bit on its belly. The base of its tail was yellow-orange, while the rest of its often-fanned tail was dark grey. Much of its upperparts was dark grey, including its wings, upper tail, and head—couldn’t see its back. Its lores were even darker. The base of its secondaries made for a bright yellow-orange wingbar, and it had a pale broken eyering. The chip was sporadic in occurrence, but always sweet, smooth, falling and sharp. The bird, while I was taking pics, stayed high in under-canopy. At campsite ten it was about three-fourths of the way up in a pine. Fairly high up. Photos"
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