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Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 24, 2025 18:11 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- Atascadero Lake, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6667256&<ll...>,-120.6667256 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S275330636 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Medium-sized sandpiper brown on breast, head and back with white flecking on back, white rows of spotting on tertials. round head with straight, dark bill about the same length as head (front to nape), bold white eye-ring around dark eye and with white throat, belly and undertail and long, olive-green legs. Observed foraging on mud-flats SW end of lake."
Please note, that three juvenile Yellow-crowned Night Herons were present this morning at 9:00 a.m. at Tidelands Park in Morro Bay.
<a href="https://ebird.org/checklist/S275460180">ebird.org/checklist/S275460180</a> That would make four juvenile Yellow-crowned Night Herons currently in the county."
Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (3)
- Reported Sep 25, 2025 09:00 by Petra Clayton
- Tidelands Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8514118&<ll...>,-120.8514118 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S275460180 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing two juveniles, plus a third juvenile today, all perched on vessel "CF 2078 KC," two on crab pots on the back of the boat and one standing on the boat rail.
Presumably two of them are the ones we observed at this location in the morning of 9/6/25 and again on 9/7/25, 9/8/25 and 9/12/25. One juvenile was first present here on 9/4/25 and could have been the same individual reported on 9/3/25 at the Morro Bay SP Marina.
All three have a dark, stout bill with yellow feathers at the base of the lower mandible; small white triangular spots on the covert feathers.
Please note, that another juvenile was still present this morning at 10:20 a.m. at San Geronimo Creek.
<a href="https://ebird.org/checklist/S275455920">ebird.org/checklist/S275455920</a> That would make four juvenile Yellow-crowned Night Herons currently in the county."
Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 19, 2025 16:50 by marlin harms
- Tidelands Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8514118&<ll...>,-120.8514118 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S274343735 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "When I first arrived I saw 2 Yellow-crowned Night-heron juveniles perched on the fishing boat Rose Lynn, which was docked near the large parking lot. As I started to walk, one of them, then the other flew down from the boat to dock, then across the small amount of water to the rocky shore of boulders just down from the parking lot and below the sidewalk where I was. As I concentrated on one, I lost track of the other. The one I watched did some patient standing, then some side-to-side swaying of head, neck and sometimes body as it seemed to home in on its prey. I tried to get some video (links below) and witnessed the night-heron gradually stretch its neck forward and dart its bill at prey at the edges of these large rocks several times. It caught something quite small that I could not identify; missed on another attempt; caught, but then immediately lost a crab with large pinchers; then finally was successful at catching another crab. The heron briefly tried to orient the crab such that it could get it down its bill without removing any appendages and, while still holding the crab in its bill, flew to the nearest part of the dock where it continued trying to align the crab in its bill. After most of a minute it successfully swallowed the crab. Videos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/marlinharms/54811476588/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/marlinharms/54810327476/"
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1)
- Reported Sep 25, 2025 08:09 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/S275442606 - Comments: "Continuing female. She was in three-four different trees in the northeast area of park crawing on tree limbs 35.26811° N, 120.65976° W. Dark spots on white undertail, pale throat and underside. Black streaks on flanks. Double-white wingbars. Black-and-white stripes on head, back and wings. Photo."
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) (1)
- Reported Sep 25, 2025 10:52 by Peter Robertshaw
- Del Mar Park--Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8586752&<ll...>,-120.8586752 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S275441175 - Comments: "Vivid darkish green upperparts, white eye ring, light gray underparts, two prominent white wing bars tinged with yellow. I will add a couple of photos next week. Seen in the dense woodland at the NW corner of the park."
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