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Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 04, 2026 12:35 by Ming Samuel
- Tidelands Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8514118&<ll...>,-120.8514118 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S368043110 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. Medium-sized overall brown and pale duck with greenish on bill. Brown on crown and cheek patch. Observed standing and sittingon sandspit with WEGUs, then swimming off into the bay.See photos."
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 05, 2026 09:16 by Kathi Marston
- Morro Strand State Beach, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8678892&<ll...>,-120.8678892 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S368167558 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Female. Same area as yesterday, but further from shore. Wispy 2-point head feathers. Grey bodied. Shorter, very pointy Merganser bill. Saw clearly with scope, but badly photographed."
Pacific Wren (Troglodytes pacificus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 05, 2026 10:57 by Michael Moss
- Coon Creek Trail--Montana de Oro SP, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8808124&<ll...>,-120.8808124 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S368298391 - Comments: "Continuing I presume from Jay Carrol’s sighting observed and heard at bridge labeled 5 past rattlesnake flats trail junction skulky little short, tailed wren, calling periodically briefly seen with tail upright recording tba"
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