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Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) (1)
- Reported Oct 24, 2025 16:07 by James Hinshaw-Zingo
- 1617 5th Street, Los Osos, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.837752&<ll...>,-120.837752 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281155546 - Comments: "Thrush with warm brown upperparts, grayish underparts, with black speckled throat and upper breast, and a heavy buffy wash on the throat. Sitting in a short tree and flew to a fence post, seen from the backyard."
Lucy's Warbler (Leiothlypis luciae) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 23, 2025 10:04 by Jacqueline Knowlton
- Morro Creek mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8624411&<ll...>,-120.8624411 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281129232 - Comments: "Continuing bird originally found by Tom Edell and Mike Bush and kindly pointed out today by Jack Clayton. Small passerine with pale bluish gray upper parts and white breast, pale eye rings foraging on and around fennel."
Lucy's Warbler (Leiothlypis luciae) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 23, 2025 09:05 by Petra Clayton
- Morro Creek mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8624411&<ll...>,-120.8624411 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S281007297 - Media: 11 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing since 10/22/25 (Tom Edell)
Small bird with light gray head, back and wings; darker gray tail and wing tips; no wingbars; pale throat and belly with light greenish wash on the flanks; white eye ring; when wings did not cover the rump, rufous-red rump patch was visible; no rufous seen on the crown.
Very actively foraging in the fennel and adjacent vegetation along the northern bank of the creek, up-creek from the pedestrian bridge and across from the the six-sided concrete piling by the fence, which made a good seat.
Click on the image below for a Flickr video, which includes an Orange-crowned Warbler and Bushtit:
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jack-petra-clayton/54876424199/in/dateposted-public/" title="Lucy's Warbler (Oreothlypis luciae), Morro Bay, CA"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/54876424199_f252789b06_z.jpg" alt="Lucy's Warbler (Oreothlypis luciae), Morro Bay, CA" /></a>"
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