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Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) (1)
- Reported Apr 11, 2026 11:14 by Michael Moss
- Cuesta Inlet (previously Doris Ave Marsh), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8493236&<ll...>,-120.8493236 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S320268882 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing found by Jim Royer this morning black bill, partial eye ring forming, patch grey mottling on back of neck and head, black wing terminals pic tba"
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) (1)
- Reported Apr 11, 2026 11:11 by Mark Mushkat
- Cuesta Inlet (previously Doris Ave Marsh), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8493236&<ll...>,-120.8493236 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S320255930 - Comments: "Reported by Jim R. Small immature gull, solid black bill, straight lower mandible, broken eye ring, dark legs, smudge behind eye, white crown, gray nape. Prominent white rump with wide black terminal band."
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) (1)
- Reported Apr 11, 2026 10:08 by Jim Royer
- Cuesta Inlet (previously Doris Ave Marsh), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8493236&<ll...>,-120.8493236 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S320425576 - Comments: "This gull was with a noticeably larger Western Gull on the exposed shore along the edge of the bay at Cuesta Inlet Mouth. It was superficially like a large Bonaparte’s or Franklins gull, but it had a larger black bill, mottled dark gray underwings, a wide black terminal tail band across the entire tail, a blackish smudge behind the dark eye, with gray back of neck and breast. Several other birders confirmed the sighting."
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1)
- Reported Apr 11, 2026 16:15 by Jim Royer
- My House, 337 Henrietta Ave., Los Osos US-CA (35.3172,-120.8507), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8507143&<ll...>,-120.8507143 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S320425819 - Comments: "First spring male. Large tanager with no obvious wingbars on olive wings, redial in chest, and head, and upper back. Pinkish wash below chest. Olive nape and undertail."
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