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Redhead (Aythya americana) (2)
- Reported Feb 14, 2026 14:55 by Yamina Pressler
- Whale Rock Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8708239&<ll...>,-120.8708239 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S300750841 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Duck with rusty red rounded head, yellowish eye, grayish back, and black chest. Seen first through binoculars then observed for a while with spotting scope. I saw one male at first, and then another male appeared nearby shortly after. Continuing in this location. Low resolution photos through scope."
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 14, 2026 11:13 by Nick & Jane
- 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/S300721162 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing in surf west of creek mouth lagoon. Scoped from road pullout with nikon p950. Marshmallowy duck with white-based, burnt mallow head with dark cheek patch that appeared connected to a dark nape and crown, or partially dark crown. The rest of head was white, as was a portion of its neck. A lot of dark burnt smokey plumage otherwise. The bird was bobbing in surf, sometimes preening. Maybe fifty yards from shore. Photos."
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Feb 14, 2026 08:43 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/S300741726 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing non-breeding female that was all brown on back, cheeks, throat and crown stripe that extended from upper mandible to nape, mostly white below with brown flecks, brown eye and mostly dull blue/gray bill with with faint greenish base to upper mandible and dark, black nail on bill tip."
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Feb 14, 2026 07:55 by Yamina Pressler
- 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/S300748847 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing female sea duck in creek below highway 1. Mostly brown with white patch on cheek and neck. First spotted this bird on the west side of the bridge near some mallards. Then eventually moved over to east side of the bridge. Seen repeatedly diving for duration of our visit. Photos."
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored/cismontanus) (Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis/cismontanus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 14, 2026 16:55 by Tom Edell
- Home, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8953657&<ll...>,-120.8953657 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S300718064 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "After this bird's visit this morning, I put some seed out hoping it would come back since any junco is unusual in the yard. It finally did in the late afternoon. Better views showed the bird has a brown back and wings and a little brown at the bottom of each side of the hood. Photos taken in low light."
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored/cismontanus) (Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis/cismontanus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 14, 2026 10:26 by Tom Edell
- Home, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8953657&<ll...>,-120.8953657 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S300581169 - Comments: "Brief view without bins of a pink billed junco at the backyard feeder. Back and flanks appeared to be the same slate-gray color as the head and chest. View too brief to determine whether bird had any brown on back hence the slash entry. Any type of junco is unusual at this location."
Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 14, 2026 09:08 by Nick & Jane
- Harris’s hangout, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.844431&<ll...>,-120.844431 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S300721105 - Comments: "Continuing. Not seen in yard where reported (not even really sure where that is). Spotted in yard of home on Olive St where we were seeing/hearing a sparrow flock at feeders. Saw its head, pink bill (base outlined with dark brown or black), dark crown, and dark throat (dark and also white and bordered by brown) and upper chest streaks. Appeared to be the same large sparrow in recent photos. I was getting camera ready when walkers came over, scaring away all the birds, and talked to us. Gave up after that as we had circled the block and walked down Olive where a sparrow flock first was heard/seen. We had followed the flock to a couple of yards before finally seeing the Harris’s. Poor timing with the walkers. Nice folks though. Can’t fault them for talking to us since it’s their neighborhood, which is super lovely."
Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 14, 2026 13:40 by Kaaren Perry
- Morro Bay yard, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.844846&<ll...>,-120.844846 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S300679687 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing at this location. Seen foraging for seed, drinking from water feature. Often chasing off other zonotrichias from its foraging immediate area."
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1)
- Reported Feb 14, 2026 12:11 by RJ Free
- Meadow Park--San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6606531&<ll...>,-120.6606531 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S300694054 - Comments: "Continuing bird. Small completely black-and-white striped bird with long thin beak. Popping around in small oak grove west of playground, mostly crawling on trunks and branches."
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