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Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 21, 2025 10:40 by Van Pierszalowski
- 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/S274832559 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing mostly fresh (non-HY) juvenile by Perfumo Creek inlet. First saw it perched in trees on the opposite shore, but quickly flew over and put on quite a show at short distance. Overall, similar to Snowy Egret but with thicker bicolored bill, dull yellow-ish legs"
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 21, 2025 08:05 by Nick & Jane
- 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/S274791864 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing juvenile. Yellow-green legs, feet and lores. Pale eyes. Dark-tipped bill. Seen from both sides of lake. Often flying to middle of lake to forage for a snack. Photo"
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1)
- Reported Sep 22, 2025 07:50 by Nick & Jane
- Meadow Park--San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6606531&<ll...>,-120.6606531 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S274932989 - Comments: "Continuing immature/female type. Black-and-white stripes on back, wings, head. Streaks on white flanks. Dark spots on white undertail. Double-white wingbars. Some buffy on pale throat. Stumbled onto this bird while gazing at warbler flocks. First spotted in southeast corner of park crawling on limbs, then saw on the north side of park crawling in a tree, then in a bottlebrush tree back on the southside of park near all the bird boxes at Casa Diablo: (35.2674639, -120.6596882). Photos."
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 21, 2025 16:31 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- Meadow Park--San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6606531&<ll...>,-120.6606531 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S274815444 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "All black and white warbler with black and white striped back, black lateral crown stripes, white median crown stripe, bold white supcerilium, white lower eye-arcs, mostly white underneath from throat to lower belly with black streaking on sides and flanks and black spotting on undertail. Observed bark-gleaning high in oak canopy next to bottlebrush canopy at: (35°16'03.7"N 120°39'36.2"W)."
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