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Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) (1)
- Reported Sep 26, 2025 12:55 by Leisyka Parrott
- 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/S275678067 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Immature type based on brownish edging to mantle & head feathers. Head slightly browner than back with light dingy brownish sides. Tail also seemed to have reduced amount of white compared to adult female. Lacked Rufous of RUHU/ALHU and did not have greenish sides of ANHU. Did not seem white enough below for COHU. Tail tip extended just beyond primaries on perched bird."
Wilson's Storm-Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 27, 2025 09:58 by Ann Stockert
- North Pacific Ocean US (35.2023,-121.1367), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.136656&<ll...>,-121.136656 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S275926609 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Small dark white-rumped storm-petrel with short squarish (not forked) tail. White on rumped wrapped around to undertail coverts and feet extended past tail in flight. Lacked forked tail of Leach’s SP. Photos by some."
Wilson's Storm-Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 27, 2025 09:58 by Alexander Yan
- North Pacific Ocean US (35.2023,-121.1367), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.136656&<ll...>,-121.136656 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S275926025 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Small dark white-rumped storm-petrel with short squarish (not forked) tail. White on rumped wrapped around to undertail coverts and feet extended past tail in flight. Lacked forked tail of Leach’s SP. Photos by some."
Wilson's Storm-Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 27, 2025 09:58 by Ben Kolstad
- North Pacific Ocean US (35.2023,-121.1367), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.136656&<ll...>,-121.136656 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S275922005 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Small dark white-rumped storm-petrel with short squarish (not forked) tail. White on rumped wrapped around to undertail coverts and feet extended past tail in flight. Lacked forked tail of Leach’s SP. Photos by some."
Wilson's Storm-Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 27, 2025 09:58 by The Spotting Twohees
- North Pacific Ocean US (35.2023,-121.1367), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.136656&<ll...>,-121.136656 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S275922113 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Small dark white-rumped storm-petrel with short squarish (not forked) tail. White on rumped wrapped around to undertail coverts and feet extended past tail in flight. Lacked forked tail of Leach’s SP. Photos by some."
Wilson's Storm-Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 27, 2025 09:58 by Leisyka Parrott
- North Pacific Ocean US (35.2023,-121.1367), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.136656&<ll...>,-121.136656 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S275922719 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Small dark white-rumped storm-petrel with short squarish (not forked) tail. White on rumped wrapped around to undertail coverts and feet extended past tail in flight. Lacked forked tail of Leach’s SP. Photos by some."
Wilson's Storm-Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 27, 2025 09:58 by Long-eared Owl
- North Pacific Ocean US (35.2023,-121.1367), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.136656&<ll...>,-121.136656 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S275924612 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Small dark white-rumped storm-petrel with short squarish (not forked) tail. White on rumped wrapped around to undertail coverts and feet extended past tail in flight. Lacked forked tail of Leach’s SP. Photos by some."
Wilson's Storm-Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 27, 2025 09:58 by Morro Coast Audubon
- North Pacific Ocean US (35.2023,-121.1367), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.136656&<ll...>,-121.136656 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S275918287 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Small dark white-rumped storm-petrel with short squarish (not forked) tail. White on rumped wrapped around to undertail coverts and feet extended past tail in flight. Lacked forked tail of Leach’s SP. Photos by some."
Wilson's Storm-Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 27, 2025 09:58 by Russ Namitz
- North Pacific Ocean US (35.2023,-121.1367), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.136656&<ll...>,-121.136656 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S275910500 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Small dark white-rumped storm-petrel with short squarish (not forked) tail. White on rumped wrapped around to undertail coverts and feet extended past tail in flight. Lacked forked tail of Leach’s SP. Photos by some."
Wilson's Storm-Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 27, 2025 09:58 by Marcella Munson
- North Pacific Ocean US (35.2023,-121.1367), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.136656&<ll...>,-121.136656 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S275922699 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Small dark white-rumped storm-petrel with short squarish (not forked) tail. White on rumped wrapped around to undertail coverts and feet extended past tail in flight. Lacked forked tail of Leach’s SP. Photos by some."
Wilson's Storm-Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 27, 2025 09:58 by Rick Grijalva
- North Pacific Ocean US (35.2023,-121.1367), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.136656&<ll...>,-121.136656 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S275921348 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Small dark white-rumped storm-petrel with short squarish (not forked) tail. White on rumped wrapped around to undertail coverts and feet extended past tail in flight. Lacked forked tail of Leach’s SP. Photos by some."
Wilson's Storm-Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) (1)
- Reported Sep 27, 2025 09:58 by Nick & Jane
- North Pacific Ocean US (35.2023,-121.1367), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.136656&<ll...>,-121.136656 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S275924623 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Small dark white-rumped storm-petrel with short squarish (not forked) tail. White on rumped wrapped around to undertail coverts and feet extended past tail in flight. Lacked forked tail of Leach’s SP. Photos by some."
Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum) (1)
- Reported Sep 26, 2025 11:55 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/S275675232 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "White sitting in my car I spotted a rather slim and long tailed cormorant fly into the eucalyptus tree closest to the creek mouth. I set up my scope and confirmed my initial impression that the bird was a Neotropic Cormorant. Curtis and I walked out to the bluff and then beach for better looks and photos. The relatively small pointed gular patch and lack of yellow in the lores along with the slim build and long tail all pointed to Neotropic Cormorant. Before we left the parking area a Double-crested Cormorant perched in the same tree and was noticeable bigger and shorter tails. (Photos)"
Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (2)
- Reported Sep 27, 2025 15:45 by Leisyka Parrott
- 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/S275895116 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing juveniles. White-edged greater wing coverts, small white, spotting, to wing panel and all dark pill. (35.3576598, -120.8506021). Near the boat Kai Honi II"
Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (2)
- Reported Sep 27, 2025 15:45 by Russ Namitz
- 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/S275895115 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing juveniles. White-edged greater wing coverts, small white spotting to wing panel and all dark bill. (35.3576598, -120.8506021). Near the boat Kai Honi II"
Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (3)
- Reported Sep 26, 2025 09:25 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/S275675056 - Media: 12 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing three juveniles, just as yesterday (9/25/25). Today one was on the on-shore rocks (photos #1 - #4) across from the boat ramp and the two others were perched on different vessels: "Janice R" (photos #5 - #7) and "CF 8668 TA" (photos #8 - #12).
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, 9/12/25 and 9/25/25. 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 varying amounts of yellow feathers at the base of the lower mandible; small white triangular spots on the covert feathers."
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Sep 27, 2025 09:38 by Petra Clayton
- 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/S275923069 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "First-ever eBird report of this species at this eBird hotspot.
Foraging on the ground across from the first picnic table before the bridge, coming from the Island Street park entrance.
Brown finely streaked crown; prominent gray nape; broad cream-colored supercilium and lores; complete eye-ring not bisected by an eye-line; small pink bill with a dark tip; cream-colored malar stripe bordered by a thin dark stripe; light gray underparts; brown streaks on upper back; pink legs and feet.
Click on the image below for a Flickr video clip:
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jack-petra-clayton/54816530336/in/dateposted-public/" title="Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida), Morro Bay, CA"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/54816530336_a9d5741f03_z.jpg" alt="Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida), Morro Bay, CA" /></a>"
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) (1)
- Reported Sep 27, 2025 08:23 by Doug Drynan
- 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/S275907883 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "High up in a pine tree in the first campground loop. small female type oriole. Not much larger than the purple finches it was next to. short pale bill with a slight downward curve. The yellow was quite bright below even in the overcast light. I mostly saw the underside, but had brief views of the back that looked more olive green, and I saw faint wing bars. there appeared to be a slightly dark line through the eye. silent."
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) (2)
- Reported Sep 26, 2025 10:21 by The Spotting Twohees
- 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/S275814594 - Media: 11 Photos
- Comments: "Foy for me. Appeared to be multiples. Both were seen foraging high in pines around campsites 16-17. Once the sun popped out around noon I returned to this area hoping warblers would be more active, which they were. Took quite a while to ID these birds. Most notable were the triangular grey-brown cheek patches and black-and-grey striped backs. Also, white undertails, yellowy throats and chests, dark streaks on flanks, double-white wingbars, and a black outer-tail swoosh that distinguishes this species when observing from below. Two other birders helped in observations. Photos"
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) (1)
- Reported Sep 27, 2025 16:25 by Russ Namitz
- 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/S275905563 - Comments: "Continuing rarity. Downstream of bridge about 30-40 yards. Lime green back and white eyering. Bird was extremely backlit and we did not see the chestnut sides of present."
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) (1)
- Reported Sep 27, 2025 16:25 by Leisyka Parrott
- 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/S275905564 - Comments: "Continuing rarity. Downstream of bridge about 30-40 yards. Lime green back and white eyering. Bird was extremely backlit and we did not see the chestnut sides of present."
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) (1)
- Reported Sep 27, 2025 15:35 by Alexander Yan
- 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/S275904732 - Comments: "Continuing in the willows around 35.39916° N, 120.85891° W. Seen with Russ et al. Vocalized briefly near the bridge, then near the dog park area, then resighted around 4:45 inside the willows."
Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) (1)
- Reported Sep 26, 2025 10:21 by The Spotting Twohees
- 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/S275814594 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Possibly continuing from yesterday evening when one was found at the creek mouth. In pines at campsites 16 and 17. I first heard this bird chipping, so came to the area and saw a small drab warbler with yellow undertail coverts bobbing its tail. The bird was sometimes flying out of a pine to shrubs, but preferred to forage up in pine. I waved a birder over pointed out the bird. I didnt recognize the birder. I later brought two other birders to the area to observe the warbler. The bird was very brown-streaky on its chest, had a red-brown crown and dark eyeline. Photos"
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