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King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 14, 2026 19:42 by Fox Vasquez
- 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/S372228238 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing female enjoying her spot on the wooden platform of the southern oyster farm. Bulky brown duck with diagnostic white patch and bar under wing. Good viewpoint from (35.3319864, -120.8425659)."
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 10, 2026 09:20 by Petra Clayton
- 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/S370449195 - Media: 1 Video, 8 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing female on the sandspit beach, mostly preening.
Overall brown and whitish. Round head; whitish face and neck; light brown crown; very dark dark cheek patch; dark bill."
Vaux's Swift (Chaetura vauxi) (3)
- Reported Jul 15, 2026 05:51 by Ben Kolstad
- Atascadero Lake, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6667256&<ll...>,-120.6667256 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S372374920 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Small brown swifts all over in the very dark morning light. Could easily have been 6 or 7 of them but I’m sure of at minimum 3. Easy to pick out from the purple martins and violet greens."
American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 14, 2026 17:30 by Fox Vasquez
- West Hazard Canyon--Montana de Oro SP, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8812916&<ll...>,-120.8812916 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S372218650 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing oystercatcher, observed foraging around (35.2876722, -120.8833207) for about 5 minutes before flying a few hundred yards south. Dark brown mantle, black head and clean white belly."
Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini) (1)
- Reported Jul 12, 2026 12:39 by Kevin Zimmer
- North Pacific Ocean, 35.20743, -121.20529, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.205288&<ll...>,-121.205288 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S372263932 - Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "First spotted sitting in the water. Small compared to two adjacent western gulls floating nearby. Striking black, white, gray wing pattern seen in flight. Photos to be added"
Nazca Booby (Sula granti) (1)
- Reported Jul 12, 2026 13:38 by Kevin Zimmer
- North Pacific Ocean, 35.21777, -121.09886, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.098864&<ll...>,-121.098864 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S372263939 - Media: 23 Photos
- Comments: "Large white seabird sitting in water. “Messy” plummage. Orangish bill. Suspected to be a different individual than the Booby we saw on an earlier list today. Photos to be added."
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) (1)
- Reported Jul 13, 2026 18:00 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/S372446415 - Comments: "A compact accipiter that circled around near the house before disappearing to the northwest. The wing flapping was sharp and quick in little or no wind. There was very little head projection, the tail was squared off with little noticeable light terminal tail band. Cooper’s is definitely the expected accipiter now, but this looked to be a Sharp-shinned. We have no known Cooper’s or Sharp-shunned nesting nearby this year, although in recent last years Cooper’s have nested nearby. It was an adult."
Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) (1)
- Reported Jul 14, 2026 07:24 by Will Knowlton
- Cholame Valley (SLO Co.), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.3057475&<ll...>,-120.3057475 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S372457774 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing individual near the county line that has been previously observed at this location on May 28, June 4, and July 9, 2026. It's continued presence in this area makes me think it likely nested nearby, possibly just north of the county border in Monterey County."
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