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Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae) (1)
- Reported Dec 19, 2024 15:56 by Jan Bugge
- Private Residence, O'Donovan Road, Creston, California,, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.5000419&<ll...>,-120.5000419 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S206001881 - Comments: "Saw this bird up very close with binoculars. Did not have time to get my camera. Very small with gray underparts, brilliant unmistakable purple gorget with long extensions, small almost straight bill and green back. Costa's is not unusual to see here but not this time of years."
Least Bittern (Botaurus exilis) (1)
- Reported Dec 19, 2024 09:17 by Nick & Jane
- Laguna Lake, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6903817&<ll...>,-120.6903817 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205938748 - Comments: "Continuing bird from CBC count day, and possibly been around for months. Spotted flying from lakeside reeds to another patch of lakeside reeds. Then heard calling every few minutes for about 5-6 calls in total. Each was a sharp, quick, “kak-kak-kak-kak-kak-kak.” I noted right away its overall bright orange coloration: orange-and-brown streaked, and fairly small. No photos or recordings."
Black-throated Gray Warbler (Setophaga nigrescens) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 18, 2024 07:00 by Kevin Zimmer
- KJZ yard, Garcia Rd, Atascadero, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7064838&<ll...>,-120.7064838 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205964111 - Comments: "Assumed to be the same continuing male that was last seen by Susan on 12/2, and last seen by me on 11/30. It came in to the fountain of our pond to drink at 1523h, where it was first spotted by Susan, who alerted me. I ran downstairs, and got a quick look before grabbing my camera, but the bird flew before I could get a photograph, and it did not return, despite me waiting another 45 minutes with camera in hand. Warbler with mostly gray upperparts, black-and-white striped head (black crown, white supercilium, black auriculars and throat patch, separated by white submoustachial stripe) with yellow loral spot; mostly white below with some black streaking on sides; 2 white wingbars."
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Date: 12/20/24 12:20 pm From: RoserComeau via groups.io <80comros...> Subject: [slocobirding] MV Dozer- Morro Strand State Beach
Hello, Penny and I were happy to encounter Dozer (satellite-tagged Long-billed Curlew) this morning on Morro Strand State Beach. He was in his usual spot- the high tide zone on the south side of Alva Paul. The photo I took shows both his leg bands and the nub of his broken antenna. He is tricky to find! If he is resting, the leg bands can be hard to see. Luckily he was moving when we spotted him.
On my last 2 beach walks I have noticed the peeps (Snowy Plovers, Sanderlings, Least Sandpipers, and Semipalmated Plovers) like to congregate in the high tide zone just to the south of the Azure Street entrance.
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Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) (1)
- Reported Dec 18, 2024 13:16 by Alexander Yan
- Bob Jones Trail, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7193907&<ll...>,-120.7193907 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205855242 - Comments: "Candidate, seen in poor lighting briefly around 35.18451° N, 120.73201° W. Brown on top, brown head, yellowish tan belly, straight bill, and a very long brown tail. Jumped out briefly of the scrub before quickly disappearing again. Lighting was really bad so the belly was just washed out into a yellowish tan. Heard some very strange noises before seeing the bird. Later passersby’s also reported strange clunking noises from the scrub but efforts failed to relocate it except some clunky chirps heard from the road."
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Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 17, 2024 08:46 by Tom Edell
- Estero Bluffs SP, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9437799&<ll...>,-120.9437799 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205749014 - Comments: "continuing Female plumaged bird with three Red-breasted Mergansers. It was seen at the up coast end of the main cove (below the fig tree/rock parking area) with a scope from the south end of the cove. Small dark duck with small bill and short upturned tail. Small white spot on the ear coverts and larger white area on the side of the face at the base of the bill. The bird was gone when I got to the up coast end of the cove. Scoping offshore I saw a small looking dark duck offshore of the somewhat large surf that may have been this bird, but the distance and lighting left me less than 100% certain."
White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 17, 2024 08:30 by Nick & Jane
- Bluff Trail--Montana de Oro SP, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8948396&<ll...>,-120.8948396 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205759586 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "I was driving past The entrance to the campground when I spotted a dove along the road on a log. I noted right away a white lower wing edge, then brown upperparts with no spots on back. There was also a single black streak on the side of its neck and blue around its eye. Its underside was greyish. I stopped and snapped a couple pics before heading over to the bluff trail. The dove moved to another log when I snapped pics. I heard it call as I left the area. Photos"
Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) (1)
- Reported Dec 17, 2024 08:10 by Nick & Jane
- 10157–10299 Los Osos Valley Rd, San Luis Obispo US-CA (35.2751,-120.7103), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.710278&<ll...>,-120.710278 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205779109 - Comments: "I was driving past this approximate location this morning when I spotted a big silvery grosbeak bill on a striking blue bird perched on a wire. I didn’t get a good look at its wingbars—I was mostly seeing the chest and belly, head and bill. The blue coloration didnt appear to be the hue of an Indigo Bunting but was a deeper, darker blue. I didn’t turn around or stop for the bird."
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Date: 12/17/24 10:31 am From: Freddy Howell via groups.io <jandfhowellz...> Subject: [slocobirding] ❗️MCAS Field Trip-Cuesta Inlet, Los Osos, December 27, 2024
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Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 15, 2024 14:47 by Alexander Yan
- Sweet Springs Nature Preserve, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8422726&<ll...>,-120.8422726 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205551215 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing bird. Cinnamon warm tones on body with blue-wing like face patch. Dirty face pattern. Found in the creek"
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (2)
- Reported Dec 15, 2024 09:15 by Reef Comer
- Morro Rock, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8670566&<ll...>,-120.8670566 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205549346 - Comments: "Continuing in scoter raft quite far out from Morro creek mouth. Very distant and massive offshore swell didn’t help. Small, mostly white and dark colored sea ducks. One definitely had a dark back, indicating female. The other looked to have a pale back, so probably male. Need to come back with a scope."
Savannah Sparrow (Large-billed) (Passerculus sandwichensis rostratus/atratus) (3) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 15, 2024 08:40 by Nick & Jane
- Morro Bay SP--Marina/Boardwalk Trail, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8418006&<ll...>,-120.8418006 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205536941 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. Two seen together. One seen in pickleweed. Large bills, red-brown chest streaks, streak pattern on backs appeared blurry. More drab brown than other Savannahs, pale superciliums. Photos"
Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii) (1)
- Reported Dec 15, 2024 09:50 by Reef Comer
- Embarcadero Euc’s, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.854766&<ll...>,-120.854766 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205562057 - Comments: "Initially heard multiple chattering calls, then seen feeding in eucs approximately here: (35.3705642, -120.8547247). 1st year male based on blackish throat and eyeline. Pale orange face, breast, undertail coverts, and tail, 2 prominent white wingbars, grayish back with minimal streaking, and whitish belly. Not sure if this was yesterday’s CBC bird."
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 15, 2024 10:37 by Nick & Jane
- Morro Bay SP--Campground, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8387738&<ll...>,-120.8387738 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205532820 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing. Lime green head, back and wings, white undertail coverts, yellowy-green underside, pale supercilium and dark eyeline. This bird only perched briefly and was half hidden when foraging. Seen in bottlebrush and two adjacent trees. Bird also flew eastward out of the area, though presumably will return since it is wintering. Terrible photos reveal white undertail coverts, dark eyeline and supercilium."
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 15, 2024 10:37 by Alexander Yan
- Morro Bay SP--Campground, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8387738&<ll...>,-120.8387738 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205543778 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing. Lime green head, back and wings, white undertail coverts, yellowy-green underside, pale supercilium and dark eyeline. This bird only perched briefly and was half hidden when foraging. Seen in bottlebrush and two adjacent trees. Bird also flew eastward out of the area, though presumably will return since it is wintering. Terrible photos reveal white undertail coverts, dark eyeline and supercilium."
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Date: 12/15/24 3:51 pm From: petra schaaf via groups.io <pcschaaf...> Subject: [slocobirding] Closure of Arroyo Laguna Beach
Today is the first day of the seasonal closure of Arroyo Laguna Beach due to the presence of Northern Elephant Seals. It lasts from December 15th through April 30th. Access is only allowed for ocean/water sports.Hearst San Simeon State Park website
Date: 12/15/24 1:30 pm From: Steve McMasters via groups.io <smcmasters...> Subject: [slocobirding] (Unidentified) Sapsucker in SLO
Late in the day yesterday (count day), I found a sapsucker in the trees on the north side of Pepper (between Pepper and the railroad tracks) between Higuera St. and Monterey St. I had brief views of it as it flew from one of the pepper trees to the adjacent tall pine trees. It worked its way up towards the top of the pines where I lost it. Not good enough looks to estimate species, but this is the same group of trees where I found a Yellow bellied sapsucker on last year's count.
I checked the area this morning, but no luck in finding the bird. Just in case others want to check it out...
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Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 14, 2024 16:27 by Reef Comer
- 2599 Koa Ave, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8527658&<ll...>,-120.8527658 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205428806 - Comments: "Continuing adult male bird. Green back and crown, ruby red throat, and white breast against otherwise coppery orange plumage. High-pitched buzzy trill in flight. Aggressively defending cape honeysuckle."
Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 13, 2024 15:13 by Tom Edell
- Old Creek--Cayucos, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8875608&<ll...>,-120.8875608 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205423192 - Comments: "Seen well with scope, but too far offshore for photos, especially given the sun position a little to the bird's right and the low angle. Small alcid with short upturned tail and elongated white bar in scapulars. Otherwise, dark above and white below with dark center nape and crown that extended down around the eye.white fane and neck extended to behind dark plumage around eye, creating a white collar look. Short dark bill. Bird looked alert with short neck extended."
Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 14, 2024 11:26 by Tom Edell
- Spooner's Cove Point, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8948421&<ll...>,-120.8948421 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205423154 - Comments: "2 to 4 birds (two seen twice?). Small alcids showing white in scapulars on otherwise dark wings. Back, back of neck, and crown dark. White face, throat and underparts (above water line anyway), small dark bill. I watched these birds for several minutes as they went in and out of view on the choppy sea. The second sighting of two was much shorter, though same features were seen."
Leach's Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 14, 2024 10:56 by Jessie Altstatt
- Morro Bay Sandspit, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8670158&<ll...>,-120.8670158 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205414904 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "All dark with striking white rump. Seen at close range as it was flying right above water in swash zone a few feet from shore. Bird was practically on wet sand as waves receded. Characteristic petrel flight, flew off along shore. Dan got a few photos from the back, but we got a good look at its bat-like flight as it disappeared to the north."
Leach's Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 14, 2024 10:56 by Daniel Richards
- Morro Bay Sandspit, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8670158&<ll...>,-120.8670158 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205414906 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "All dark with striking white rump. Seen at close range as it was flying right above water in swash zone a few feet from shore. Bird was practically on wet sand as waves receded. Characteristic petrel flight, flew off along shore. Dan got a few photos from the back, but we got a good look at its bat-like flight as it disappeared to the north."
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) (1)
- Reported Dec 13, 2024 10:30 by Ann Stockert
- Biddle Regional Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.5179596&<ll...>,-120.5179596 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205393644 - Comments: "Continuing female. Showing more red in the crown than on 11/28. White throat with a complete black boarder, extensive messy baring on back, long white wing patch. No photos today."
Savannah Sparrow (Large-billed) (Passerculus sandwichensis rostratus/atratus) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 14, 2024 07:22 by Kevin Zimmer
- Morro Bay SP--Marina/Boardwalk Trail, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8418006&<ll...>,-120.8418006 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205442115 - Comments: "Feeding in mats of exposed vegetation right next to the boardwalk at high tide. Bill was both long and thick compared to the bills of other nearby SASPs, and the plumage was particularly dull, with very muted streaking on the upper parts, and a less contrastingly patterned face. I tried for photos, but the combination of rain and strong winds made it almost impossible to use the camera without getting it soaked."
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (1)
- Reported Dec 14, 2024 16:21 by Sheila Brown
- Chorro Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.687894&<ll...>,-120.687894 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205431936 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Black bird with yellow head on a wire in a mix of other blackbirds such as brown-headed cowbirds, starlings, red-winged blackbirds. Will provide photo. Seen as part of the Morro Coast Audubon Society's Christmas Bird Count."
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1)
- Reported Dec 14, 2024 11:30 by Kevin Zimmer
- Morro Bay SP--Campground, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8387738&<ll...>,-120.8387738 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205442142 - Comments: "Continuing bird, seen and documented by various observers over the past few weeks. Found in the same spot, coming in to nectar in flowering Bottle Brush near the maintenance yard and ranger residences. Similar to nearby Orange-crowned Warbler, but brighter green above and brighter pale yellow below, lacking any obvious flammulation across the chest, and with a more distinctive supercilium, and with a distinctly whitish vent and under tail coverts. Bill was thin and sharply pointed. No obvious wingbars, no streaking below, and lacked the yellow crescents above and below the eye, unlike Orange-crowned Warbler. I managed a few poor photos, which are at least identifiable, and will upload those tomorrow."
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Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla) (1)
- Reported Dec 13, 2024 13:24 by Alexander Yan
- Laguna Lake, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6903817&<ll...>,-120.6903817 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205300168 - Comments: "35.26663° N, 120.68676° W. Grey head, strong eye ring, greenish back, yellow underparts extending onto the throat. Hang out with other tiny birds in the dead plants. Will pop up when playback but didn’t vocalize back."
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) (1)
- Reported Dec 12, 2024 10:35 by Roger Hammer
- Biddle Regional Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.5179596&<ll...>,-120.5179596 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205204713 - Comments: "Cont. bird. Heard calling upon arrival at south end of park in sycamores. Also i.d. by Merlin. Thick leaves. Caught a brief glance when in pepper trees as more drabby than rbsa when it flushed from tree as I raised my camera."
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Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 11, 2024 08:20 by Carol Comeau
- Turri Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7948498&<ll...>,-120.7948498 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205092815 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Photo. Seen exactly where Jim R. described. About 1 mile from Los Osos Valley Road there is a small gully on left. The EAPH was perching along the fence row (which is close to the road) and along tall dried up vegetation along the edge of the gully. There is enough room to park along the edge of the road in that area."
Bold face pattern, conical bill, rufous greater coverts. Mixed in with flock of Horned Larks and House Finches."
Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii) (1)
- Reported Dec 11, 2024 07:50 by Steven McMasters
- Meadow Park--San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6606531&<ll...>,-120.6606531 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205091969 - Comments: "The bird vocalized with a characteristic dry "chatter" as it stayed in the tops of the furthest east group of bottle brush trees. I could clearly see the silhouette as it worked the flowers of the bottle brush. Distinctly larger than the numerous yellow rumped warblers also flitting around the canopy. Black throat was visible at times when not completely back lit."
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Date: 12/11/24 5:57 pm From: Kaaren Perry via groups.io <surfbird1...> Subject: [slocobirding] Osprey - courtship display???
I have been noticing some apparent courtship displaying of Red-tailed Hawks in the area recently…. calling, circling in pairs etc. Today while driving north on Turri Road near the junction of State Park Drive I notice 2 Ospreys soaring and circling together over the fields on the east side of the South Bay Blvd. It was the second time I have witnessed this in the past 2 days in the same area. I know very little about Osprey courtship behavior dates in CA other than what I can read about on line, most suggest early January.
Wondering if it is possible that this behavior may be an indication that we might, just might, have a pair that finally decides to confirm nesting in SLO county this upcoming season.
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Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) (1)
- Reported Dec 09, 2024 11:40 by Jim Royer
- Turri Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7948498&<ll...>,-120.7948498 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205018481 - Comments: "A continuing bird, tail pumping actively flycatching Phoebe with off white underparts and gray upper parts, darker on the upper part of the head. It’s call was similar to a Black Phoebe, it didn’t sing. It was moving around from bar wire fences along the road to the tops of weeds, on both sides of the road, approx. 1 mile from LOVR, all around the gully that crosses the road."
Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii) (1)
- Reported Dec 10, 2024 10:02 by Phil Dunn
- Meadow Park--San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6606531&<ll...>,-120.6606531 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S205023749 - Comments: "Female. White wing bar. Dullish orange head and breast. Light gray above. Black rear eye line. Sharp oriole bill. East side of park where small stream crosses paved trail where eucalyptus are and tons of YRWA."
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Date: 12/10/24 4:47 pm From: Eric Wier via groups.io <franknwier...> Subject: [slocobirding] Summer tanager in SLO
A Summer Tanager was calling just after 4:30 this afternoon from the lot next door. I am very close to San Luis Obispo High School. I will try to keep checking for it leading up to Saturday’s CBC.
Eric Wier
San Luis Obispo
Date: 12/10/24 4:19 am From: ChicoBill via groups.io <w.e.haas2...> Subject: Re: [slocobirding] Painted Bunting in Morro Bay
Hi Kaaren,
Your question (re: Painted Bunting provenance) is not only appropriate but a "must ask" for any species for which an alternative is possible (or probable); for example, any bird found in SoCal that may be sold at or near the U.S./Mexico border.
I doubt we'll ever know (i.e., for certain) the provenance of either the current SLO County or the SBA County birds - each of which may have a different origin - as nothing definitively (e.g., bands or a microchip) supports they are either escapees or of a natural occurrence. I mention this having last week (how timely!) read your note when I was in SoCal and Baja California (for bird and bat surveys) where in Tijuana I saw for sale at outdoor markets the following (among others): Black-throated Magpie-jays ( Cyanocorax colliei ), Northern Cardinals ( Cardinalis cardinalis, a really popular choice from the number I saw being purchased - a great, seasonal, appropriately-colored "stocking stuffer"?), Varied Buntings ( Passerina versicolor ), and Painted Buntings ( P. ciris ).
In 2001, Robb (Hamilton 2001) also had a paper published on birds he observed in shops and at zoological parks in different cities of Baja California during the period 1999 – 2000. Among the most frequently observed were Ruddy Ground Dove ( Columbina talpacoti ), Northern Cardinal, and a host of buntings: Passerina amoena, P. cyanea, P. versicolor, P. leclancherii, and P. ciris. Not much has changed since.
And on one additional note - and why this topic is near and dear to my heart - you also might enjoy the account of the Black-throated Magpie-jay that I wrote for the San Diego Bird Atlas. In it, I mention not only the probable origin of the species' occurrence but evidence of something that might be suspected but extremely difficult to document: that there are numerous breeders/collectors throughout the region who choose not to make public their collections (obviously). I derived my BTMJ information from a "veterinarian to the miscreants" under cover of anonymity, who, BTW, claimed he made a far greater income tending to Ocelots, primates, Australian Pythons, coatis (the animal he most feared when handling), and exotic birds (including the wonderful BTMJ) than he ever could in a legitimate practice. He knew of four (!) BTMJ breeders in SD County alone. It is impossible for me to think that such collectors wouldn't be interested in a cage or two full of Painted Buntings!
My BTMJ account is likewise dated (but still accurate, including its current locations). In it I predicted that these "sprung from the mind of Dr. Seuss" exotics would not become a pest species in SD County. So far, . . .
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Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 09, 2024 10:03 by The Spotting Twohees
- North Point Natural Area--Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8717568&<ll...>,-120.8717568 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204942046 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing. The waves were big today in sets and making the turnstones move around a lot. The RUTU moved about 50 yards to the north while we watched it. Photos"
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Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 08, 2024 11:10 by Kaaren Perry
- Turri Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7948498&<ll...>,-120.7948498 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204858303 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing in same area as previously reported. Moving back and forth along the barbed wire fencing, tail flicking and calling frequently. Interacted once with BLPH. Occasionally flew out over the fields before returning to roadside lines."
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Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii) (1)
- Reported Dec 07, 2024 15:40 by Christine Hogue
- Backfence, Arroyo Grande US-CA, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.569998&<ll...>,-120.569998 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204767822 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Yellowish orange face and chest. Brownish black lores and faint eyeline. Sharply pointed silvery beak. Medium sized bird perching in a cottonwood near the creek behind Paulding Middle School’s field. Photos."
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Red-breasted Sapsucker (ruber) (Sphyrapicus ruber ruber) (1)
- Reported Dec 06, 2024 12:28 by Herb Elliott
- Biddle Regional Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.5179596&<ll...>,-120.5179596 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204650916 - Media: 14 Photos
- Comments: "**Very rare might be underreported. Continuing bird found somewhat recently by Reef Comer. Gorgeous bright sapsucker with bright red head and bright yellow belly, more limited white on face, and weaker, more yellowish streaking on back."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 06, 2024 14:03 by Terri Osborn
- Laguna Lake, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6903817&<ll...>,-120.6903817 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204662600 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird near first dock, gray above and gray head, white chin, larger bill than Cassin's Kingbird, bright yellow belly and lighter yellow chest and under tail. Frequently catching insects over the lawn area."
Nashville Warbler (ridgwayi) (Leiothlypis ruficapilla ridgwayi) (1)
- Reported Dec 06, 2024 08:18 by Herb Elliott
- Elm Street Park/Soto Sports Complex, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.604586&<ll...>,-120.604586 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204650755 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "*Rare but regular winter. Continuing. Expected western “Calaveras”-type (ssp ridgwayi) by constant tail twitching, grayish back, and extensive pale vent."
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) (1)
- Reported Dec 06, 2024 10:28 by Herb Elliott
- Cypress Ridge Golf Course Pavilion (Private access), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.577564&<ll...>,-120.577564 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204650832 - Comments: "*Rare but regular winter. One h/o unfortunately giving short lispy sweet chip calls in parking lot, sweeter-sounding than CSWA. Calling sporadically unable able to get audio"
Wilson's Warbler (pileolata) (Cardellina pusilla pileolata) (1)
- Reported Dec 06, 2024 08:18 by Herb Elliott
- Elm Street Park/Soto Sports Complex, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.604586&<ll...>,-120.604586 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204650755 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing…
**Presumably very rare winter. Assuming that this is likely to be the much much more expected pileolata over the very unlikely eastern ssp. pusilla. Continuing. HY-type WIWA with entirely green cap which, at this date, completely rules out expected chryseola (HY chryseolas should by now be in 2nd-basic and have at least some black in the crown). Also much duller overall than expected for chryseola and lores and forehead dusky without any orange as expected in chryseola. Yellow eyering stands out on face and contrasts with greenish cheek patch. Overall a paler yellow than chryseola. This subspecies is probably regular as an interior fall migrant but is not expected in winter in SLO county, I think.
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Date: 12/6/24 10:31 am From: Freddy Howell via groups.io <jandfhowellz...> Subject: [slocobirding] ❗️MCAS Field Trip-Bay Birding Cruise, December 21, 2024
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Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) (1)
- Reported Dec 05, 2024 13:44 by The Spotting Twohees
- Turri Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7948498&<ll...>,-120.7948498 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204561966 - Comments: "Continuing in the same location. Just did a slow drive by without stopping so not to disturb the area and BUOW. Small phoebe with pale yellow belly and light breast. Light chin. Darker head and back, weak wing bars. Lots of tail bobbing."
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 04, 2024 15:30 by Terri Osborn
- 2940 Dogwood Avenue, Morro Bay (Private Residence), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8586747&<ll...>,-120.8586747 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204495824 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing colorful adult male Painted Bunting visiting a seed feeder with a flock of House Sparrows. Blue head, greenish yellow back, and reddish rump, chin, belly and under tail coverts."
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 04, 2024 11:06 by Dawn Beattie
- 2940 Dogwood Avenue, Morro Bay, California, US (35.395, -120.859), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8585187&<ll...>,-120.8585187 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204502436 - Comments: "Adult male in breeding plumage, seen on seed feeders, several birders in attendance. Yellow-green back, blue head and red throat and belly.
Plan to go back for photos as I was only able to see the bird with my bins."
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 04, 2024 09:33 by Nick & Jane
- Painted Bunting, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.858631&<ll...>,-120.858631 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204497910 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing male at green-topped and flat bird feeders easily seen from across street where a small group of 4-5 birders gathered. The bunting wasn’t viewable when I arrived, birders saying they’d been observing for about half an hour already. The bird had made an appearance for at least one other birder earlier.
Sparrows in the meantime were flying in and out of the area and swarming the feeders and adjacent trees. Soonafter, I spotted a passerine fly in with a red underside and blue hood. At the same moment, the ornithologist in the group noted passerine flight calls. The suspected bird hid in a tree above and to the north of the feeders for several minutes before making another appearance and perching momentarily in an adjacent tree. While it was heard a few more times, several minutes soon passed with no sighting or sound. This was similar in behavior to my sighting a few days ago of the continuing male Painted Bunting at the Sanitary District Offices in Carpenteria—skulky for many minutes in fenceline foliage—then finally eating seed that White-crowned Sparrows had come to snack on.
Finally, our bird darted quickly to a green-topped feeder where it chowed briefly, then flew up into a tree. It soon came down again, then flapped over to a flat feeder. I think we had one more sighting before everyone called it quits.
The bird’s red underside included its throat and a substantial lime patch on its right flank. Its blue hood bled into its upper flanks, and it had grey lores and nasal tufts, and grey tufts just below its bill. Its back was green, and that bright lime was also especially noticeable on its scapulars and greater coverts. Some green and red extended onto the edges of its tertials, secondaries and primaries, though those otherwise were grey. I did notice the front of its scapulars had purplish tones, and its wingbar?/median coverts were mostly red and partly purplish. Its bill was thick and grey, pinkish at the mouth and orangy around the gape. Oh, and it had mostly red eyerings—some bits of blue orbital feathering at the tops of both eyerings (more on the right than the left), and the front of the eyerings toward the lores was broken with a bit of red-blue coloration. I never had any great looks at its tail. I remember mostly dark grey tones similar to the grey tones I mentioned on its wings and head. Photos a mix of vid stills and camera pics."
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Date: 12/5/24 10:31 am From: Freddy Howell via groups.io <jandfhowellz...> Subject: [slocobirding] ❗️MCAS Field Trip-Stop and Scope King Tide at Morro Bay State Park Marina Boardwalk, December 15, 2024
Date: 12/5/24 9:52 am From: Mike Bush via groups.io <mbushii...> Subject: Re: [slocobirding] Painted Bunting in Morro Bay
Good speculation, Karen -
I found this bird to be very shy and skittish as was the adult male Painted Bunting I saw in Carpinteria on Thanksgiving. While skittish alone would surely not rule out an escaped bird, the fact that there are two birds simultaneously in adjacent counties is also something to ponder.
On Thu, Dec 5, 2024, 09:04 Kaaren Perry via groups.io <surfbird1= <att.net...> wrote:
> I hope that by now most have gotten over to view, photograph and ooh and > aah over the beautiful adult male Painted Bunting in Morro Bay. Quite a > treat! > > I am wondering if, with many photographs being now available, there is any > thought sharing regarding it's origin going on. I know that with such a > beauty there is often some discussion of the possibility of it being an > escaped caged bird when considering plumage condition, distribution and > various other aspects of the particular individual. > > Any thoughts from those experienced with this issue? > > Painted Bunting 12/2: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaarenp/ > > Kaaren Perry > Morro Bay > > > > > > >
Date: 12/5/24 9:05 am From: Kaaren Perry via groups.io <surfbird1...> Subject: [slocobirding] Painted Bunting in Morro Bay
I hope that by now most have gotten over to view, photograph and ooh and aah over the beautiful adult male Painted Bunting in Morro Bay. Quite a treat!
I am wondering if, with many photographs being now available, there is any thought sharing regarding it's origin going on. I know that with such a beauty there is often some discussion of the possibility of it being an escaped caged bird when considering plumage condition, distribution and various other aspects of the particular individual.
Any thoughts from those experienced with this issue?
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 03, 2024 11:05 by Petra Clayton
- Biddle Regional Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.5179596&<ll...>,-120.5179596 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204424400 - Media: 9 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing since 11/26/2024 (Tom Slater)
Flew from the last pepper tree by the fence line to a near-by sycamore tree, where it foraged.
Black back, wings and tail with white splotches and spots; vertical white stripe along the leading edge of the closed wing; red crown; broad black stripe through the eye bordered above and below by a white stripe; white throat with black border all around; yellowish nape; mottled underparts with yellowish wash.
Click on the image below for a Flickr video clip;
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jack-petra-clayton/54182612498/in/dateposted-public/" title="Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius), Arroyo Grande, CA"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/54182612498_585c6292e1_z.jpg" alt="Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius), Arroyo Grande, CA" /></a>"
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) (1)
- Reported Dec 04, 2024 10:07 by Francis Toldi
- 3515 Turri Rd, San Luis Obispo US-CA 35.31509, -120.77619, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.776191&<ll...>,-120.776191 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204464515 - Comments: "Continuing, perched on a weed in the drainage ditch. Phoebe with gray-brown back, black on cap, white chin and throat, hint of yellowish on belly. Wags tail."
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) (1)
- Reported Dec 04, 2024 10:23 by Nick & Jane
- Turri Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7948498&<ll...>,-120.7948498 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204474671 - Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "Continuing rare phoebe at same ravine location about a mile northwest of Los Osos Valley Road. Sharp chip call, lots of tail pumping. Brownish upperparts, pale yellow underparts, including throat. Photo/recording."
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 04, 2024 11:10 by Mike Bush
- 2940 Dogwood Avenue, Morro Bay, California, US (35.395, -120.859), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8587047&<ll...>,-120.8587047 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204469911 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Adult male in breeding plumage, seen on seed feeders, several birders in attendance. Yellow-green back, blue head and red throat and belly."
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 04, 2024 10:20 by Carol Comeau
- Dogwood Ave, Morro Bay US-CA 35.39482, -120.85868, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.85868&<ll...>,-120.85868 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204482373 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing male. Came in to feeders twice during observation period. Did not have to wait very long. Other birders present."
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 04, 2024 11:15 by Roger Hammer
- Dogwood Painted Bunting stake out, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8586797&<ll...>,-120.8586797 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204492778 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "cont. bird. viewed by at least 10 birders simultaneously with more arriving at climax moment. total wait time was about half hour or so between feedings."
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 03, 2024 07:58 by Herb Elliott
- Painted Bunting, Morro Bay US-CA 35.39516, -120.85902, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.859022&<ll...>,-120.859022 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204389587 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "… continuing bird; this morning the bird first appeared with 15 minutes of our (Reef, and K.H) arrival, and returned about hour later; blue head, red throat, chest, and rump with bright green back."
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 03, 2024 07:58 by Reef Comer
- Painted Bunting, Morro Bay US-CA 35.39516, -120.85902, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.859022&<ll...>,-120.859022 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204424394 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "… continuing bird; this morning the bird first appeared with 15 minutes of our (Reef, and K.H) arrival, and returned about hour later; blue head, red throat, chest, and rump with bright green back."
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Date: 12/4/24 10:31 am From: Freddy Howell via groups.io <jandfhowellz...> Subject: [slocobirding] ❗️MCAS Field Trip-Habitat: Sweet Springs, December 15, 2024
Date: 12/3/24 7:48 pm From: William Bouton via groups.io <boutonbill...> Subject: [slocobirding] Bunting Photos
A couple of images resulted from my two visits to the Painted Bunting site on Dogwood Ave., in Morro Bay. The bird preferred to feed at a feeder that was tucked way back up under heavy landscape vegetation.
While I visited, I saw no one try to get too close to the yard. Rather all birders stayed on the opposite side of the street from the feeder array. And the householders were welcoming to birders, and also made sure to attend to the seed levels in the feeders.
Two images can be viewed, if interested, by clicking on the thumbnails at:
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Merlin (Black) (Falco columbarius suckleyi) (1)
- Reported Dec 02, 2024 16:15 by Herb Elliott
- Carrisa Hwy, Santa Margarita US-CA 35.38934, -120.17126, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.171257&<ll...>,-120.171257 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204400365 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "... upperparts are very dark slate grayish, the supercillium and malar streak are very indistinct, the breast streaking is extensive and blobby, with limited tail bands. Overall a very cold gray (blackish) and white bird."
Merlin (Black) (Falco columbarius suckleyi) (1)
- Reported Dec 02, 2024 16:15 by Reef Comer
- Carrisa Hwy, Santa Margarita US-CA 35.38934, -120.17126, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.171257&<ll...>,-120.171257 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204411292 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "... upperparts are very dark slate grayish, the supercillium and malar streak are very indistinct, the breast streaking is extensive and blobby, with limited tail bands. Overall a very cold gray (blackish) and white bird."
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 02, 2024 10:30 by Roger Hammer
- Turri Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7948498&<ll...>,-120.7948498 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204342584 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "cont bird seen by many, pics verify; target was on the fence wire upon arrival but was almost immediately spooked by a car passing and did not return the 30 min I was there, so be patient if you have the time. I didn't get it on Sat after at least a half hour of waiting."
Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla) (1)
- Reported Dec 03, 2024 12:30 by Roger Hammer
- Del Mar Park--Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8586752&<ll...>,-120.8586752 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204416703 - Comments: "Infrequent visitor here and especially unusual for this late. Dec sightings at nearby Lila Keiser have occurred quite a few times, however. Bright adult male white abdomen and vivid yellow breast and throat. Complete white eye ring. Gray Head clearly demarcated from body and olive green back. Came in with about 10 other birds to a mob call. Observed through binoculars up close within 12’. Refound a second time five minutes later."
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 02, 2024 11:15 by Kaaren Perry
- Dogwood Avenue, Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8580153&<ll...>,-120.8580153 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204341789 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Rarity reported yesterday at the residential feeder. The feeders were active with multiple HOSP and WCSP and then finally...the brilliantly colored adult male PABU arrived. First seen moving in the adjacent willow tree, then a little lower deep in the hedge before feeding briefly at the hanging feeder. See photo for plumage color particulars!"
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris) (1)
- Reported Dec 03, 2024 11:20 by Roger Hammer
- Dogwood Painted Bunting stake out, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8586797&<ll...>,-120.8586797 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204415711 - Comments: "Cont. Beautiful male with vibrant colors. Long wait. Jeanette came and found the bird upon arrival while I was looking elsewhere in the neighborhood. I returned and bird had suddenly vanished, something about my empty karma. After visiting and looking intently, gorgeous bird gradually drops down on the feeder, karma restored. Jeanette took pics and got a good one."
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Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1)
- Reported Dec 02, 2024 10:45 by Jay Carroll
- Sweet Springs Nature Preserve, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8422726&<ll...>,-120.8422726 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204311893 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing in pickleweed marsh just beyond the main footbridge; male with orange-cinnamon flanks with dark spots and barring, red eyes, and messy white face crescent partly obscured by cinnamon face patch; photos."
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 01, 2024 16:23 by Elena Oey
- Turri Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7948498&<ll...>,-120.7948498 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204249267 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. Was perched on the fence along the north side of the road at first, then made its way to the south side of the road and interacted with a Say’s Phoebe while foraging. Exact coordinates 35°18'53.9"N 120°46'33.9"W. Photos to come."
Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Dec 02, 2024 07:35 by Sachi Snively
- 1140 Trail View Pl, Nipomo US-CA (35.0245,-120.5464), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.546395&<ll...>,-120.546395 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204333134 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "In a flock with ORJU. Petite cute spizella with more contrast than a BRSP, rusty cheek, grey nape, white supercillium and plain lores."
Savannah Sparrow (Large-billed) (Passerculus sandwichensis rostratus/atratus) (3)
- Reported Dec 02, 2024 08:02 by Nick & Jane
- Morro Bay SP--Marina/Boardwalk Trail, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8418006&<ll...>,-120.8418006 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204313370 - Comments: "Continuing large dark Savannah with fine streaking on chest. Seen together in same bush. Large bill, blurry striped back, pale supercilium. Photos"
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Dec 01, 2024 07:00 by Kevin Zimmer
- KJZ yard, Garcia Rd, Atascadero, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7064838&<ll...>,-120.7064838 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204265557 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "A female that dropped into the fountain of our backyard pond to bathe and drink, was, presumably, the same individual that I saw and photographed on 11/22. Photos to follow."
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Black Scoter (Melanitta americana) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 30, 2024 11:29 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- North Point Natural Area--Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8717568&<ll...>,-120.8717568 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204173218 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Female plumaged bird with all dark body, white face and cheeks, dark capand nape and steep forehead to nearly straight, thin bill. Observed with feeding flocks of Surf Scoters."
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 30, 2024 10:39 by Tom Edell
- Morro Creek mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8624411&<ll...>,-120.8624411 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204124162 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Two offshore of Morro Creek mouth remained too far offshore for good photos. I could certainly see them better with a scope and noted a male with a the paler face and crown, dark cheek patch, dark chest, and had long gray scapular feathers laying over the otherwise dark back. I could not make out the bill color on either bird. Both showed white along the water line, but the other was like the male except that there was more black on the face and crown, and the dark back lacked the long gray scapulars."
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 30, 2024 10:17 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- Morro Rock, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8670566&<ll...>,-120.8670566 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204170442 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Small ducks compared to Surf Scoters with white face, dark cheek patch, steep forehead, dark crown, back and breast and white sides. Observed appx. 500-600 yards off-shore due north of the rock loosely associating with small, roaming flocks of Surf Scoters."
Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba) (1)
- Reported Nov 30, 2024 09:04 by Tom Edell
- North Point Natural Area--Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8717568&<ll...>,-120.8717568 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204124177 - Comments: "Distant bird showing a large white wing panel, dark crown, hind neck, back and wings, white below through throat, all dark under underwings seen. Intermediate size with obvious shortish neck and small head. Difficult to make out bill size and length. Too distant for photos."
Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini) (1)
- Reported Nov 30, 2024 08:46 by Nick & Jane
- Bluff Trail--Montana de Oro SP, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8948396&<ll...>,-120.8948396 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204118059 - Comments: "Juvenile small gull sitting in distant water. Could see white underside flanks which contrasted with brownish upper parts—made for a white border that matched that of a Sabine’s indenting into dark wings. White upper covert area patch (may have terminology wrong—behind lower dark neck) connected to light underside. Brown sides of neck and crown and brownish back. Also, thin medium length black bill. The head appeared brownish with a pale forehead. Also pale were its lower cheeks, throat, and front of neck. Black pointy primaries and black tail tip protruded outward above water at a steep angle. Could see a bit of scaling on back. Photos prolly too distant to use—will check."
Western Flycatcher (Pacific-slope) (Empidonax difficilis [difficilis Group]) (1)
- Reported Dec 01, 2024 09:24 by Alexander Yan
- Meadow Park--San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6606531&<ll...>,-120.6606531 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204210493 - Comments: "Heard making it’s high pitched psssss call near the northwestern corner of the park, around the bridge area. Probably one of the few wintering ones we got here!"
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 30, 2024 07:55 by Nick & Jane
- Turri Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7948498&<ll...>,-120.7948498 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204125751 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing for a few days now. Same area as initially reported, flying in ravine, as well as darting back and forth across road. The bird, sometimes skittish, called and perched often on fences and brush, always moving its tail. Brownish above and pale yellowy below, its throat was also pale yellowy. It had dullish wingbars, a black bill and black legs, and a brownish wash on its flanks. The tail had a prominent notch and its head appeared long and rounded toward its forehead with a slight peak at the top back of its head. Its sporadic "chip" was high, clear, but not as soft as that of a Black Phoebe."
Black-throated Gray Warbler (Setophaga nigrescens) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 30, 2024 07:00 by Kevin Zimmer
- KJZ yard, Garcia Rd, Atascadero, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7064838&<ll...>,-120.7064838 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204143584 - Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "1 immature female that visited the fountain of our pond to drink and bathe, and 1 male that responded to mobbing calls while I was sitting on our observation bench overlooking Duck Cove at the north end of our property. The latter appeared to be a different individual from the one that I photographed last week -- that bird had a very large, solidly black throat patch, and a mostly black crown, whereas today's male had gray tips to many of the black throat feathers (lending a slightly frosted look), and also had a mostly gray crown that blended to blackish at the borders. I photographed both individuals (photos to follow)."
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Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1)
- Reported Nov 30, 2024 07:55 by Amanda Gaskin
- Sweet Springs Nature Preserve, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8422726&<ll...>,-120.8422726 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204112508 - Comments: "Finally spotted this bird again and got some camera photos. Will add later. Cinnamon red body with dappling on breast, blue speculum, vertical creamy white to buffy vertical markings on either side of bill"
Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) (1)
- Reported Nov 30, 2024 09:37 by Cedrik von Briel
- Stakeout Broad-billed Hummingbird, Cypress Ave, Cayucos (2024), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.902987&<ll...>,-120.902987 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204095397 - Comments: "Continuing young male. Selasphorus hummer with a green back coming in, thin outer tail feathers, and only a slight notch in the R2 feathers. Tail shots acquired. Seemed to trail the BBHU by 2-3 minutes every time"
Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) (1)
- Reported Nov 30, 2024 09:37 by Clare Dooley
- Stakeout Broad-billed Hummingbird, Cypress Ave, Cayucos (2024), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.902987&<ll...>,-120.902987 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204095497 - Comments: "Continuing young male. Selasphorus hummer with a green back coming in, thin outer tail feathers, and only a slight notch in the R2 feathers. Tail shots acquired. Seemed to trail the BBHU by 2-3 minutes every time"
Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) (1)
- Reported Nov 30, 2024 09:37 by Collin Silva
- Stakeout Broad-billed Hummingbird, Cypress Ave, Cayucos (2024), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.902987&<ll...>,-120.902987 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204095453 - Comments: "Continuing young male. Selasphorus hummer with a green back coming in, thin outer tail feathers, and only a slight notch in the R2 feathers. Tail shots acquired. Seemed to trail the BBHU by 2-3 minutes every time"
Broad-billed Hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 29, 2024 14:55 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- Cypress Avenue, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9031737&<ll...>,-120.9031737 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204027749 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing male (Bill Standley 11.14.24) was green on back with slate blueish/black tail and wing-tips, bright blue/green below with conspicuous bill that was red half-way from base with dark tip."
Broad-billed Hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris) (1)
- Reported Nov 30, 2024 09:37 by Cedrik von Briel
- Stakeout Broad-billed Hummingbird, Cypress Ave, Cayucos (2024), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.902987&<ll...>,-120.902987 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204095397 - Comments: "Continuing male. Came in around 10:05, then came back twice for two more great showings every 20 minutes or so (10:24 and 10:39), starting off every round by perching on top of the propped stick over the bottom feeder. Blue-breasted hummer with a bright red bill and an exciting tail shape. Did an excellent job defending his feeder"
Broad-billed Hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris) (1)
- Reported Nov 30, 2024 09:37 by Clare Dooley
- Stakeout Broad-billed Hummingbird, Cypress Ave, Cayucos (2024), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.902987&<ll...>,-120.902987 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204095497 - Comments: "Continuing male. Came in around 10:05, then came back twice for two more great showings every 20 minutes or so (10:24 and 10:39), starting off every round by perching on top of the propped stick over the bottom feeder. Blue-breasted hummer with a bright red bill and an exciting tail shape. Did an excellent job defending his feeder"
Broad-billed Hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris) (1)
- Reported Nov 30, 2024 09:37 by Collin Silva
- Stakeout Broad-billed Hummingbird, Cypress Ave, Cayucos (2024), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.902987&<ll...>,-120.902987 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204095453 - Comments: "Continuing male. Came in around 10:05, then came back twice for two more great showings every 20 minutes or so (10:24 and 10:39), starting off every round by perching on top of the propped stick over the bottom feeder. Blue-breasted hummer with a bright red bill and an exciting tail shape. Did an excellent job defending his feeder"
Ancient Murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus) (2)
- Reported Nov 29, 2024 07:20 by Reef Comer
- Bluff Trail--Montana de Oro SP, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8948396&<ll...>,-120.8948396 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204003721 - Comments: "One on the water just outside Spooner’s cove and the other a solitary flyby going south. Small, chunky alcids with black head, throat, and nape, white sides of neck/cheek, pale bill, gray back, smudgy darkish flanks, and black wingtips. White underwings seen well on flying bird. Shaping up to be another good winter for this more northern species!"
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) (1)
- Reported Nov 29, 2024 10:55 by marlin harms
- Turri Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7948498&<ll...>,-120.7948498 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204078227 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Small phoebe without notable markings--no distinct wingbar or eyering. Head darker than rest of plumage. Upper parts mostly gray-brown. Under parts off-white, with belly area showing slight hint of yellow which is visible in some photos, but not others."
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 29, 2024 10:54 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- Turri Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7948498&<ll...>,-120.7948498 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S204026008 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing bird (Petra & Jack Clayton 11.27.24) was observed fly-catching on both sides of the road along drainage corridor about 1mile west of Los Osos Valley Road. This bird was the same size as Black Phoebe also fly-catching nearby and was brownish above with dark bill, dark eye lacking an eye-ring, yellowish/cream color below from throat to undertail with cream-colored leading wing edge, moderate/long wing-projection and slender, forked tail, The bird vocalized single pip note several times and exhibited tail-wagging behavior while perched."
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 26, 2024 14:30 by Kaaren Perry
- Morro Bay yard, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.844846&<ll...>,-120.844846 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203722888 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "This bird had been briefly appearing for the pasts 6 days allowing only incomplete views and photos. Discussion followed with Tom Edell and others as I attempted to sort out HOOR vs OROR in winter. Finally the pieces fell into place for me. Small, slightly curved bill, greenish yellow uppper parts, solid yellow underparts with an apparent faint olive wash on upper breast.dark wings with 2 wing bars, short squared off tail in comparison to HOOR and quite small in comparison to HOSP seen in two photos."
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Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) (1)
- Reported Nov 28, 2024 15:24 by Collin Silva
- 131 Cypress Ave, Cayucos US-CA (35.4519,-120.9030), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.902952&<ll...>,-120.902952 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203912214 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Rufous and green hummingbird. Seen perched then chased around the neighborhood. Ended up at the feeder with the Anna’s hummingbirds."
Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) (1)
- Reported Nov 28, 2024 15:24 by Clare Dooley
- 131 Cypress Ave, Cayucos US-CA (35.4519,-120.9030), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.902952&<ll...>,-120.902952 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203912213 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Rufous and green hummingbird. Seen perched then chased around the neighborhood. Ended up at the feeder with the Anna’s hummingbirds."
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 28, 2024 12:43 by Amanda Gaskin
- 3515 Turri Rd, San Luis Obispo US-CA 35.31445, -120.77588, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.775884&<ll...>,-120.775884 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203906091 - Comments: "First reported by Petra Clayton last night and refound today with help from some local birders. Brownish-grey upperparts with white underparts with a yellowish cast. Seen being chased by a Say’s Phoebe and in vicinity of a Black Phoebe"
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 28, 2024 12:06 by Joseph Atkinson
- Turri Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7948498&<ll...>,-120.7948498 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203919508 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. Seen with others looking northeast on Turri Road from (35.3143471, -120.7757447). Generally along the fence lines on either side of the road. A passing car pushed it southeast and then another pushed it further southeast onto a fence dividing two fields where it perched with a Black Phoebe."
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 28, 2024 11:50 by Max Taylor
- Turri Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7948498&<ll...>,-120.7948498 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203926877 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Wow! Continuing bird seen about a mile in from the Turri Road - Los Osos Valley Road intersection. Seen with several other birders near a small gully that had some fennel vegetation surrounding it. Forgot my camera but got a few crappy phone- binocular pics."
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 28, 2024 11:33 by Doug Drynan
- Turri Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7948498&<ll...>,-120.7948498 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203917730 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "continuing bird first observed by Petra at this location. hanging out with the "phoebe gang", both black phoebe and says phoebe nearby. overall brownish on back and top of head. white throat and undersides. undertail with slight yellow tinge. faint wing bars. did the phoebe tail pump."
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) (1)
- Reported Nov 28, 2024 10:28 by Jeanette Stone
- Turri Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7948498&<ll...>,-120.7948498 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203959648 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird first found by Jack and Petra Clayton. Medium size flycatcher similar to Black Phoebe except lighter in color above and more extensive white below with a yellowish wash on the belly. Constant flicking of tail. Photos"
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 28, 2024 09:30 by Kaaren Perry
- Turri Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7948498&<ll...>,-120.7948498 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203899170 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Dark brownish gray upper parts, darkest on head, slight grayish wash on sides of breast. Throat and upper breast white, yellow wash below. All dark bill. Frequent close flights along the barbed wire fencing. Tail flicking also typical of BLPH observed."
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 28, 2024 07:40 by Reef Comer
- Turri Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7948498&<ll...>,-120.7948498 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203895019 - Comments: "Continuing bird found by the Clayton’s in previously mentioned area. Initially detected by its rough, whistly, two-phrase song. Darkest gray on head and tail with paler gray on back, wings, and nape. Some smudgy gray on sides of breast. Whitish throat and underside, showing just faintest hint of yellow on belly. Constantly wagging tail. Phoebe trifecta!"
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 28, 2024 08:02 by Tom Edell
- Turri Road--South Of Summit, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7759332&<ll...>,-120.7759332 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203894374 - Media: 1 Video, 2 Photos, 1 Audio
- Comments: "Bird found yesterday by the Clayton's, was at the same location along Turri Road, about 1 mile from Los Osos Valley Road. It foraged from the roadway fenceline and plant stalks, almost constantly dipping its tail when perched. It also called when perched. It was a dull dark brownish or grayish-brown bird on its upper parts and head and was pale below from the throat to the undertail coverts. There were some faint grayish streaks on the side of the throat and gray along the sides/flanks that expanded out onto the upper breast at the shoulder. The coverts, secondaries, and tertials showed pale leading edges, the tips of which gave the impression of a weak wingbar along the tips of the coverts. The bill was black, it had dark feet and eyes, and had a very inconspicuous pale eyering. Photos"
Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 28, 2024 07:40 by Reef Comer
- Turri Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7948498&<ll...>,-120.7948498 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203895019 - Comments: "Associating with savanna flock. Perched up on fence for nice looks. Overall buffy sparrow with complex gray and rich brown back patterning, prominent eyering, large bill, and short tail. Rare, but probably regular here in winter."
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 28, 2024 15:00 by Anonymous eBirder
- Centennial Park/Trail--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6695153&<ll...>,-120.6695153 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203929890 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "It seemed different and smaller than the White-crowned Sparrow that was with them. I also entered different pictures in Merlin Bird ID and all came out Chipping Sparrow"
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 28, 2024 10:18 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- Commerce Way Industrial Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6523214&<ll...>,-120.6523214 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203923267 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Small sparrows observed loosely associating with White-crowned Sparrows. Two non-breeding adults had brown crown stripes. white median stripe, with faint, pale streaking, pale to buff supercilium, dull brownish cheeks, dark lores, brown eye-line extending to unbroken, gray nape, whitish eye arcs, with pink bill, faint mustache bordering pale throat and gray underneath from breast to undertail, streaked brown above with pink legs and feet."
Savannah Sparrow (Large-billed) (Passerculus sandwichensis rostratus/atratus) (1)
- Reported Nov 29, 2024 07:31 by Cedrik von Briel
- Morro Bay SP--Marina/Boardwalk Trail, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8418006&<ll...>,-120.8418006 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203995158 - Comments: "Rare but regular ssp at this spot. Seen fairly well at the bushes and grasses here (35.3441299, -120.8388383), and here (35.3439844, -120.8398331), always with the SAVS flock. Probably two"
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 28, 2024 07:40 by Reef Comer
- Turri Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7948498&<ll...>,-120.7948498 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203895019 - Comments: "Blackbird flock had moved away from the road, but still picked out one bird. Larger than other blackbirds with bright yellow head and breast, white primary coverts, and all black body and tail."
Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii) (1)
- Reported Nov 29, 2024 07:30 by Steven McMasters
- Meadow Park--San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6606531&<ll...>,-120.6606531 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203968987 - Comments: "Heard distinctive "chatter " of a Bullock's oriole. I only caught glimpses of the bird in the eastern most bottle brush where the paths converge. I heard it in the same general area several days last week with only getting brief back lit views as it tends to stay in the tops of the trees."
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Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 27, 2024 09:34 by Tom Edell
- San Simeon Creek Mouth/Beach, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.1267052&<ll...>,-121.1267052 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203799266 - Comments: "I found this bird while scoping through the loons and gulls off San Simeon Creek mouth. I noticed this bird's stout yellow bill held below horizontal while I was counting offshore loons. It was smaller than the loons with a mostly pale face and dark reddish tinge on the side of the neck. I saw no stripes on the face that would suggest a hatch year bird. Otherwise the dark crown and back and pale sides were seen before I moved closer hoping for better view and photo.
It was a good distance away from where I was scoping at the first ocean side pullout south of the Hwy 1 Bridge, so I drove to the overlook on the southwest side of the Hwy 1 San Simeon Bridge for a better view. Unfortunately, I could not find the bird from there or from the beach despite a lot of scoping and scanning."
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) (1)
- Reported Nov 27, 2024 11:15 by Reef Comer
- Biddle Regional Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.5179596&<ll...>,-120.5179596 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203831573 - Comments: "Continuing imm female found yesterday by Tom Slater. With a female RBSA, one tree down from the ruber. Extensive white barring on back, well defined black eye stripe and malar, white throat, black bib, darkish gray flanks, and yellowish belly all noted. Small red crown indicates this is probably a different individual than last year’s bird."
Red-breasted Sapsucker (ruber) (Sphyrapicus ruber ruber) (1)
- Reported Nov 27, 2024 11:15 by Reef Comer
- Biddle Regional Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.5179596&<ll...>,-120.5179596 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203831573 - Comments: "Good, extended looks at this bird in nice light. Very bright, crimson red head and breast with practically no white on head or face. Minimal, narrow yellow (not white) spotting on otherwise solid black back. Also in pepper tree past the ball field, but not with other sapsuckers."
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) (1)
- Reported Nov 28, 2024 07:18 by The Spotting Twohees
- Turri Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7948498&<ll...>,-120.7948498 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203876625 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing from 11/27 Jack and Petra Clayton. Photos Thanks to Reef Comer who heard it and helped locate. Stayed mostly on the south side and worked this drainage area. 35.315059, -120.776231"
Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 27, 2024 08:20 by Petra Clayton
- Turri Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7948498&<ll...>,-120.7948498 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203823858 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Black head; dark gray back, wings and tail; two faint wingbars; light leading edges on the secondaries and tertials; notched tail; white throat wrapping around the neck; pale breast with a light brownish wash; light yellowish wash on the belly; black eyes; black bill. --- Observed along the road one mile from the intersection with Los Osos Valley Road.
First-ever eBird report of this species using this eBird hotspot. In September 2010 this species was reported along Turri Road (using personal locations "Turri Road Willows"/"Turri Road Ponds").
Most recent eBird report in SLO County: 2/21/2021 (San Simeon Creek Road)."
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Date: 11/28/24 10:21 am From: Kaaren Perry via groups.io <surfbird1...> Subject: [slocobirding] Eastern Phoebe - Turri Rd.
The Eastern Phoebe, first reported on ebird last evening by Petra Clayton, continued to be seen this morning on Turri Rd. It was seen at approximately the same location, about 1 mile from the intersection of Los Osos Valley Rd. and Turri. It was flying along the barbed wire fence line, often perching on wires near the road. A Black Phoebe was seen nearby. Considered a very rare eastern migrant in winter to this area.
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 26, 2024 12:30 by Tom Slater
- Biddle Regional Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.5179596&<ll...>,-120.5179596 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203720000 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Spotted black and white back. Yellow belly, white throat bordered by black leads to black bib, black eye line. Dark wing with white wing bar. Some red on forehead. See photos"
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California Gull (albertaensis) (Larus californicus albertaensis) (7)
- Reported Nov 25, 2024 08:48 by Herb Elliott
- Arroyo Grande Creek mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6287241&<ll...>,-120.6287241 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203628424 - Comments: "Conservative count x1s of albertaensis-types, all adults. Larger, lankier CAGUs with paler mantles (closer to AHGUs and GWGUs), longer heftier bills, dull paler bare parts, longer legs, and longer wings than nominate. These guys generally give off a certain vibe to me (KH, after studying CAGUs for several years) that makes them easier to pick out in the crowd. Unfortunately between the rains and near constant flushing of the flocks we were not able to get any pics of these guys today."
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Date: 11/25/24 10:47 pm From: Thomas Slater via groups.io <tomslaterphotography...> Subject: [slocobirding] Oso Flaco and Jack O’Connell Park
Owen and I spent a rainy afternoon searching for the Oso Pacific Golden plover without any luck. There was a peregrine falcon perched in the field as well as 20 or so black bellied plovers. We moved over to Jack O’Connell Park because it’s close and we know it tends to have a lot of Wilsons snipes when it rains. However, we were startled to find over 100 Wilson snipes (we counted them) out on the grass. If you want to see a spectacle, go check it out tomorrow if it’s raining. Probably 70 Killdeer as well, and a few tricolored blackbirds mixed in with a Brewers flock.
Bird on,Tom Slater
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Western Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 19, 2024 12:26 by Avo Stilt
- 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/S203035568 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Forgot to add. Continuing in northeast corner of park. Bright yellow empid with teardrop eyering, yellowy wingbars, uneven spacing between three outermost primaries (when at rest). Photos to add."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 24, 2024 13:49 by Alexander Yan
- Laguna Lake, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6903817&<ll...>,-120.6903817 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203520605 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing, first seen around the lawn across the road from the first dock, then it got flushed by a drone and people & flew across the dock area and hid for 5-10 minutes. Then it vocalized and started chasing a black phoebe. Flew across the lake around 2:17pm."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 24, 2024 09:27 by The Spotting Twohees
- Laguna Lake, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6903817&<ll...>,-120.6903817 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203500182 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. Seen perched and sallying on bare tree in lawn near first dock. Kingbird with large bill. Greenish back. Bright yellow belly extending to to breast. Photos."
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 24, 2024 12:57 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- Morro Bay SP--Campground, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8387738&<ll...>,-120.8387738 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203564959 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird (11.14.24 - Herb Elliot, Reef Comer, Tom Edell) - Actively feeding (and territorial) bird with pale yellow supercilium, grayish lores and eye-line, greenish-gray auriculars and crown, pale yellow breast, light yellow (almost white) belly, white undertail and greenish back with short tail."
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Date: 11/24/24 10:05 am From: Thomas Slater via groups.io <tomslaterphotography...> Subject: [slocobirding] Oso Flaco
Yesterday, Herb Elliott and I went back to get even more ridiculous Looks at the Pacific Golden plover that seemed to want to get into the car with me. After that, we explored the Willows and the lake and then Herb suggested we go out to the beach to see what we could see. I was skeptical, but considering the unprecedented nature of the Pacific Ocean the last five days with a bomb cyclone and a tropical river headed straight for us, I agreed to go see what we could see.
For the most part we saw the regulars until two juvenile masked boobies flying about 30 feet off the water just above the Surfline flew past us. It took a moment to get a grip on what I was seeing since it seemed so out of place. But boobies are pretty unmistakable. I’ve seen them in the Galapagos, Costa Rica, and on our local pelagics. Considering the nature of the Pacific Ocean right now, it might be wise to keep a close eye on our local offshore Waters. You never know.
Bird on, Tom Slater
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American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 23, 2024 10:27 by Nick & Jane
- Laguna Lake, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6903817&<ll...>,-120.6903817 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203406107 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "This was a surprising find. While looking at a shoveler I saw in island reeds some kind of heron-like bird eating a fish behind the duck. My first thought was possible American Bittern, though Green Herons have fooled me more than once in this area when standing with their bills skyward. The crown on this bird however appeared brown and I saw no purple-red in its cheeks, shoulders, or upper streaking. Still, hard to tell at first. The bird was bent over trying to swallow a massive fish, and after several minutes, and me being impatient, it did gulp down its prize and stand up. This was when I could see the brown crown, white supercilium, white throat bisected by a single dark streak, pale yellow and dark brown-grey bill, and long, thick reddish-brown streaks on its white underside. The bird’s cheeks and sides of its long throat were brown to reddish brown. Its lower belly was white and I could see thick, pale yellowy legs. The bird’s wings and back were brown and reddish brown, a streaky combination of the two on its back, the wings being more mottled. The bird was massive while standing, great blue heron sized, and easily seen from Prefumo Creek mouth in distant reeds. Photos."
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 23, 2024 10:27 by Nick & Jane
- Laguna Lake, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6903817&<ll...>,-120.6903817 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203406107 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing at first dock area since Nov. 17 (https://ebird.org/checklist/S202905095). Large black bill, white chin, green back, slight fork in tail, lemony tum and yellow-green chest. This bird was in the same area the entire time I was in the park. Both times I saw it today, it was in the same small tree in the open. No vocalizations. Photo."
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 23, 2024 09:31 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- San Simeon SP, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.1235286&<ll...>,-121.1235286 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203425463 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Male with bold black and patterning above, white supercilum, dark lores, back auriculars, lower white eye-arcs, long, slightly curved, sharp-tipped bill, streaked/black throat patch, black streaking on sides, white belly, and black-spotted under-tail."
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 23, 2024 13:00 by Terri Osborn
- Morro Bay SP--Campground, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8387738&<ll...>,-120.8387738 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203428890 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird found in the bottlebrush tree near the nursery building. Greenish yellow above with lighter yellow on chest, pale eyebrow with dark eye line, whitish belly and white undertail coverts. Very active but staying mostly hidden in foliage. Was able to get a few quick views and eventually a few poor photos for ID. Third photo shows white undertail coverts."
Black-throated Gray Warbler (Setophaga nigrescens) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 23, 2024 07:00 by Kevin Zimmer
- KJZ yard, Garcia Rd, Atascadero, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7064838&<ll...>,-120.7064838 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203428867 - Media: 8 Photos
- Comments: "A male bird that came to the fountain of our pond to drink & bathe in the afternoon. This looks to be a different individual from the one that was visiting our suet and seed feeders a couple of weeks ago -- the throat patch is larger and blacker, and the crown appears more solidly black, without obvious gray in the center. Photos to follow."
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 22, 2024 06:30 by Kevin Zimmer
- KJZ yard, Garcia Rd, Atascadero, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7064838&<ll...>,-120.7064838 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203422150 - Media: 9 Photos
- Comments: "Female-plumaged bird that dropped down to the fountain of our pond to bathe, late in the afternoon. Ochre-yellow tanager without obvious wingbars, wings same color as the body, and bill distinctly large. The lack of contrast between the wings and body ruled out female Scarlet Tanager, and the absence of distinct wingbars ruled out female Western Tanager, and the size of the bill ruled out both of these smaller-billed species. Female Hepatic Tanager was eliminated from consideration by the bill color, which, although darker on this individual (particularly on the culmen) than in many Summer Tanagers, was still paler than would be normal for a Hepatic Tanager, as well as by the absence of an obvious dusky cheek patch and grayish flanks, and by the forehead being concolor with the crown (not brighter yellow). This individual did have a pretty distinctive whitish orbital ring, which I'm not used to seeing, but was otherwise pretty typical. I believe this represents my 4th yard record of this species in 38 years -- all of the previous records were male birds."
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Date: 11/23/24 11:03 am From: Thomas Slater via groups.io <tomslaterphotography...> Subject: [slocobirding] Oso Flaco rarities
The Pacific Golden plover was still very cooperative this morning at Oso Flaco along the ag field to the north. There were also two masked/Nazca boobies seem flying south just off the beach at Oso Flaco.
Bird on,Tom Slater
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Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 22, 2024 13:30 by Roger Hammer
- The Lakes--Private Property, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.67129&<ll...>,-120.67129 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203309495 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "cont bird, pics shot on iPhone; came in to hand-held feeder while enroute back out to the yard, cooperative delightful little male bird with extended purple gorget."
Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva) (1)
- Reported Nov 22, 2024 04:00 by Tom Slater
- Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6207848&<ll...>,-120.6207848 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203313349 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "Slender/slight plover, not bulky, primaries barely extended past the tail, dark brown, and light brown pattern on wings/back, with golden flecks. Solitary bird, foraging in the first furrow off the road on the northern side of the road."
Glaucous x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) (Larus hyperboreus x glaucescens) (1)
- Reported Nov 22, 2024 08:06 by Nick & Jane
- Bluff Trail--Montana de Oro SP, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8948396&<ll...>,-120.8948396 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203295841 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Appeared to have blocky Glaucous-winged head and dark tertials, but also had the fawn spots and bi-colored bill of a Glaucous, as well as lacked the dark greater coverts of a Glaucous-winged. Poor photos in hazy light. Tried to get a better pic but gull flew before I could re-position."
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 21, 2024 11:49 by Reef Comer
- 310–330 Bitterwater Road, Shandon US-CA 35.70066, -120.27316, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.273159&<ll...>,-120.273159 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203284599 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "*Rare but regular. Another great spot by Reef! Sitting on the fence and foraging in the field with mixed species sparrow flock here: (35.643600, -120.209660). Decent-sized Calamospiza with thick grayish bill, brownish back and head, white throat, whitish breast and tummy with fine streaking, Ill-defined pale supercillium, etc. Pics."
Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) (2)
- Reported Nov 20, 2024 11:00 by Roger Hammer
- 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/S203128252 - Comments: "cont. saw 2/3 known birds, the 2 drabbier birds. neither one cooperated for pics. intermediate bird was located from the basin looking north, just east of the entrance; white undertail coverts and belly visible with distinct white wing bars, yellowish face and throat, duller back and wings; orange-crowned, yellow-rumped and Townsend's warblers all immediately in the vicinity for comparison."
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Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 21, 2024 11:49 by Herb Elliott
- 310–330 Bitterwater Valley Rd, Shandon US-CA 35.70066, -120.27316, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.273159&<ll...>,-120.273159 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203223694 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "*Rare but regular. Another great spot by Reef! Sitting on the fence and foraging in the field with mixed species sparrow flock here: (35.643600, -120.209660). Decent-sized Calamospiza with thick grayish bill, brownish back and head, white throat, whitish breast and tummy with fine streaking, Ill-defined pale supercillium, etc. Pics."
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 21, 2024 11:49 by Reef Comer
- 310–330 Bitterwater Valley Rd, Shandon US-CA 35.70066, -120.27316, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.273159&<ll...>,-120.273159 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203224551 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "*Rare but regular. Another great spot by Reef! Sitting on the fence and foraging in the field with mixed species sparrow flock here: (35.643600, -120.209660). Decent-sized Calamospiza with thick grayish bill, brownish back and head, white throat, whitish breast and tummy with fine streaking, Ill-defined pale supercillium, etc. Pics."
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 21, 2024 10:23 by John Sayers
- 1 State Park Road, Morro Bay, California, US (35.347, -120.837), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.83682&<ll...>,-120.83682 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203185257 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Yellowish bird overall with more green grey back and nice white eyeline. Similar to warbling vireo but call and coloration different. Very nervous movement throughout the bottlebrush. It was present all day yesterday as well."
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Date: 11/21/24 5:05 pm From: marlin harms via groups.io <marlin93442...> Subject: [slocobirding] condor overnight in the county
Richard Neidhardt, who is a volunteer for the Pinnacles Condor Fund and a seasoned condor tracker, got a message yesterday morning that a condor had roosted overnight along Pennington Creek Rd. He checked during the morning and saw no sign of it--could have been anywhere by then. I'm just saying . . . they are occasionally in our area, and above our area.
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Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 20, 2024 07:45 by Nick & Jane
- Laguna Lake, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6903817&<ll...>,-120.6903817 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203126756 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing from my discovery a few days ago. Same location at first dock tree by picnic table. Large black bill, green back, slight fork in tail, bright lemony tum, yellow-green chest. No vocalizations today. Scared away by dog. Photo"
Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus) (1)
- Reported Nov 20, 2024 12:45 by Kaaren Perry
- Morro Bay yard, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.844846&<ll...>,-120.844846 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S203123533 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Long slightly decurved bill, pure yellow underparts, olive back, Darker wings with white edged coverts, long darkish tail. This bird has been frequenting the garden for the past few weeks. Today was the first photo op as it feed high up in the honey suckle thenapproached the bird bath and stopped to bathe."
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