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Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 23, 2026 15:47 by Michael Moss
- Villa Creek--Estero Bluffs State Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9688341&<ll...>,-120.9688341 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S404859476 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing individual speckled golden pattern on head and back wings extended essentially to the tip of the tail maybe a little beyond smaller beak, smaller size than nearby black bellied plovers pictures to be attached"
Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 23, 2026 08:59 by Sue Palmer
- Villa Creek--Estero Bluffs State Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9688341&<ll...>,-120.9688341 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S404780854 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Ben put me on the bird when it flew in. Smaller bill than BBPL and a daintier bird. Golden flecks on neck and back. No dark "armpit" like BBPL. Bird was very skittish."
Mountain Plover (Anarhynchus montanus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 23, 2026 07:53 by Liz Cordoba
- Villa Creek--Estero Bluffs State Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9688341&<ll...>,-120.9688341 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S404790888 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "The mountain plover had the big round black eye like other plovers but it had a light golden hue on its back and head. The stomach was white."
Mountain Plover (Anarhynchus montanus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 23, 2026 07:53 by Maggie Smith
- Villa Creek--Estero Bluffs State Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9688341&<ll...>,-120.9688341 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S404836014 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "The mountain plover had the big round black eye like other plovers but it had a light golden hue on its back and head. The stomach was white."
Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) (18) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 23, 2026 17:46 by Andrew Fleming🦉
- AG Cemetary, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.594734&<ll...>,-120.594734 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S404864172 - Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "Was on an evening walk and didn’t have my binoculars on hand (, but I heard the distinctive flight calls from up in a tall pine tree around here (35.1219977, -120.5942979). Saw the flock take off and fly around the cemetery a few times, making constant calls. Large finch sized. At least 18 but there may have been more. The second time they seemed to fly off out of the cemetery and towards AG village. Recording attached but not great quality due to proximity to US101."
Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 23, 2026 13:35 by Russ Namitz
- KCL Metal Trough-Carrizo Plain National Monument, Santa Margarita US-CA 35.11563, -119.72688, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.726879&<ll...>,-119.726879 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S404810701 - Media: 3 Audio
- Comments: "Heard “teeoo” call a couple of times and the dry rattle. In with HOLA flock flying over. Could never really pin down on the ground, but the flock was loosely associating with the green water tank and metal trough."
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