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Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (5)
- Reported Oct 27, 2026 10:00 by Petra Clayton
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S405968720 - Media: 2 Videos, 10 Photos
- Comments: "Most recent eBird report of this species at this eBire hotspot: 3/7/2026.
Foraging in the grass along Cedarwood Drive, between the intersections with Beechwood Drive and Tulipwood Drive and also flying into the near-by trees.
Some individuals were darker than others. All had a finely streaked brown crown with pale median crown stripe; gray face with pale supercilium; black line through the eye; light brown cheeks; pale eye arcs; pale throat; faint dark malar stripe; pale unstreaked breast and belly; brown upper back with dark streaks; two very thin pale wing bars; pink bill; pink legs and feet.
Click on the image below for a Flickr video, showing five Chipping Sparrows foraging:
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jack-petra-clayton/55617389355/in/dateposted-public/" title="Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina), Paso Robles, CA"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/55617389355_5e9ecc84f8.jpg" alt="Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina), Paso Robles, CA" /></a>"
Orange-crowned Warbler (Channel Is.) (Leiothlypis celata sordida) (2)
- Reported Oct 28, 2026 07:50 by Kilian Hampl
- Mentone Basin Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6132531&<ll...>,-120.6132531 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S406168813 - Comments: "*Expected, both continuing. Large dull OCWAs with large bills, greener supraloral, variably greener upper and paler lower eye arcs, a slightly large-headed appearance, diffusely streaked breast, a slight vested appearance, and slightly brighter undertail coverts extensively streaked olive. At least one bird heard calling. Photos tba."
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