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Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 30, 2026 10:44 by Bob McCay
- Whale Rock Reservoir, Cottontail Creek arm., San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.870151&<ll...>,-120.870151 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S365909417 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Diving duck, black back with gray sides, peaked head, gray bill with a white band near the tip. With Mallards and Coots and near the reeds, sometimes would return to the reeds. On the far side of the arm about across from where the arm fades into the greater reservoir, near a small reed covered point with a small bay."
King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 30, 2026 08:05 by Alexander Yan
- 1137 Pasadena Dr, Los Osos US-CA (35.3313,-120.8432), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.843218&<ll...>,-120.843218 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S365824053 - Comments: "Continuing female on mud flats. Initially closer to the broadwalk before relocating further west. Large, brown diving duck. Distinctive face patterns visible in scope. Sat still for the most part before it started to swimming and foraging in the bay loosely associated with cormorants."
Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 29, 2026 06:10 by Christine Hogue
- 701 Myrtle St, Arroyo Grande US-CA (35.1241,-120.5690), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.569014&<ll...>,-120.569014 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S365583179 - Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "Singing in the willows near the creek where Stillwell Drive meets Myrtle Street. It was early, so there wasn’t enough light to see the bird. I did not see or hear it the rest of the day or the following day. Recording."
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