Date: 10/17/25 10:20 am From: Christopher Hayward via groups.io <p_t_nymph...> Subject: [pen-bird] Tropical Kingbird and Clay-colored Sparrow, /10/17/25
Hi All,
Yesterday morning Malia spotted a Clay-colored Sparrow in our Half Moon Bay backyard, it is still here this morning. This prompted us to check records for the yard, quite remarkably this is the fifth different one we have seen in the yard, including one individual in 2017 that spent the winter here and stayed until mid April.
Also yesterday on my way back from birding the south coast there was a Tropical Kingbird on utility wires along Highway 1, about half a mile south of Bean Hollow State Beach, this area has had Tropical Kingbirds before, a couple of years ago I remember seeing two together at the same spot, the exact location is on my checklist.
Photos of both birds on the eBird lists, Link below.
