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Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 05, 2025 14:58 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- San Simeon Creek Mouth/Beach, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.1267052&<ll...>,-121.1267052 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S287507504 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing female/immature (Reef Comer 12/01/25) observed feeding in creek mouth below Hwy 1 Bridge was mostly dark brown on back with white neck and face with mottled brown patches on side of neck, throat and crown. Eye was brown and upper mandible was grayish blue towards tip and dull turquoise green at the base."
Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) (1)
- Reported Dec 08, 2025 11:55 by Terri Osborn
- Cypress Ridge Golf Course, Arroyo Grande US-CA, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.5771915&<ll...>,-120.5771915 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S287880202 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird foraging in the pond, slightly smaller than nearby American Coots, gray body and head with a brown back, white markings on the side and rump, and a reddish orange beak with a yellow tip."
Ancient Murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus) (2)
- Reported Dec 08, 2025 08:18 by Nick & Jane
- Bluff Trail--Montana de Oro SP, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8948396&<ll...>,-120.8948396 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S287868395 - Comments: "Distant tiny seabirds seen together in a large mixed flock of floating, diving and flying gulls, cormorants and murres. Both were dwarfed by a nearby Western Gull, which made for a great size comparison. Both birds took flight, one after the other—and were tiny footballs with wide rounded wings. I took a distant video from a few hundred yards away and in it could see upper dark wings and white underwings with black trailing edges. The backs were dark grey and tails dark. Their heads were black with white collars. Couldn’t make out the bill colors or bill-tip colors."
Savannah Sparrow (Large-billed) (Passerculus sandwichensis rostratus/atratus) (2)
- Reported Dec 07, 2025 11:20 by Moses Lopez
- Morro Bay Estuary (use more specific location(s) when possible), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8501072&<ll...>,-120.8501072 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S287720095 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Two individuals, known to winter in this area. Obviously large bill compared to typical savannah sparrows. Photos depict the same individual but there was another with it but it hid in a bush before I could photograph it"
Northern Yellow Warbler (Setophaga aestiva) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 08, 2025 15:12 by Jay Carroll
- 1092 Vista del Collados, San Luis Obispo US-CA (35.2654,-120.6963), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.696278&<ll...>,-120.696278 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S287872265 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Mostly pale yellow warbler with plain face and prominent dark eyes; weirdly in the same eucalyptus tree where I saw another Yellow Warbler exactly six years ago; calling sweet chip notes; Photos."
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