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Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) (1)
- Reported Oct 30, 2025 08:55 by Petra Clayton
- Lopez Lake, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.4758081&<ll...>,-120.4758081 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S282112461 - Media: 18 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing since 10/29/25 (Dave Lawrence) (Possibly since 10/28/25 according to Park Rangers)
Overall white; black bill with a small yellow line extending from the front of the eye into the black exposed skin of the lores; feathering between the eyes makes the border of black lores U-shaped (as opposed to V-shaped on a Trumpeter Swan).
Click on the image below for a YouTube video:
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Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) (1)
- Reported Nov 02, 2025 08:53 by Ariela Gottschalk
- Halcyon Farms, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.5976963&<ll...>,-120.5976963 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S282803007 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Male feeding on island mallow flowers. Rufous belly, white crescent below gorget, some green on head and back. Photo shows pointy tail feathers, lacking notch on R2 and narrow outer tail feathers."
Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) (1)
- Reported Nov 02, 2025 08:53 by Devon Bradley
- Halcyon Farms, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.5976963&<ll...>,-120.5976963 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S282796790 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Male feeding on island mallow flowers. Rufous belly, white crescent below gorget, some green on head and back. Photo shows pointy tail feathers, lacking notch on R2 and narrow outer tail feathers."
Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) (1)
- Reported Nov 02, 2025 08:53 by James Colgan
- Halcyon Farms, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.5976963&<ll...>,-120.5976963 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S282796792 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Male feeding on island mallow flowers. Rufous belly, white crescent below gorget, some green on head and back. Photo shows pointy tail feathers, lacking notch on R2 and narrow outer tail feathers."
Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) (1)
- Reported Nov 02, 2025 08:53 by Carly Boyd-Dovideo
- Halcyon Farms, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.5976963&<ll...>,-120.5976963 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S282796793 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Male feeding on island mallow flowers. Rufous belly, white crescent below gorget, some green on head and back. Photo shows pointy tail feathers, lacking notch on R2 and narrow outer tail feathers."
Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) (1)
- Reported Nov 02, 2025 08:53 by Trisha Coffey
- Halcyon Farms, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.5976963&<ll...>,-120.5976963 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S282797811 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Male feeding on island mallow flowers. Rufous belly, white crescent below gorget, some green on head and back. Photo shows pointy tail feathers, lacking notch on R2 and narrow outer tail feathers."
Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) (1)
- Reported Nov 02, 2025 08:53 by Katrine Bryan
- Halcyon Farms, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.5976963&<ll...>,-120.5976963 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S282798728 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Male feeding on island mallow flowers. Rufous belly, white crescent below gorget, some green on head and back. Photo shows pointy tail feathers, lacking notch on R2 and narrow outer tail feathers."
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1)
- Reported Nov 03, 2025 15:30 by Terri Osborn
- Morro Bay SP--Campground, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8387738&<ll...>,-120.8387738 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S282811748 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Found earlier today by K. Zimmer. It was seen in the Bottlebrush Tree by the park plant nursery and park ranger residence. I saw the TEWA at the top of the tree when I arrived but it immediately dropped down into the tree. Olive-green above, pale supercilium, dark eye line, yellow chin and chest, whitish belly and undertail coverts. It was about an hour before I had another good view of it."
Lucy's Warbler (Leiothlypis luciae) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 03, 2025 14:05 by marlin harms
- 563 Estero Avenue, Morro Bay, CA, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8446035&<ll...>,-120.8446035 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S282781069 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Smaller than nearby Orange-crowned Warbler. I watched it briefly, then ran to get camera. Got a couple photos before it flew out of the yard. Very pale, nearly whitish below and gray above; with white from bill to eye and continuing to form ring around back of eye; rusty colored patch on upper tail coverts (more visible in the otherwise out of focus photo), and less distinct rusty patch on crown."
Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca) (1)
- Reported Nov 02, 2025 11:55 by Petra Clayton
- 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/S282645590 - Media: 12 Photos
- Comments: "Possibly continuing since 9/26/25 (Nick Belardes/Brian O'Kelly).
Female/hatch year male.
Dark crown with pale median stripe; dark and pale stripes on the back; dark wings with two bright white wingbars; yellow chin, breast and belly fading to white on the lower belly; dark streaking along the flanks; broad pale supercilium; dark "cheeks;" lower white eye arcs; pinkish feet. --- Foraging in the shrubbery behind campsite #48.
Click on the image below for a Flickr video:
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