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Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (6) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 20, 2024 13:40 by Caleb Stuckey
- Morro Bay Harbor, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.857&<ll...>,-120.857 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S169809476 - Comments: "Swimming in the water south of Morro Rock. Small ducks with white underside, white on sides of face with black patches. Upper body was various patterns of white, black and brown, likely in the process of molting."
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 22, 2024 09:38 by Tom Edell
- Doris Street Coastal Access, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.848252&<ll...>,-120.848252 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S169850676 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Singing, immature male moving between trees by Doris Ave bay access road and west end of Mitchell Drive. Eventually flew across Cuesta Inlet toward Garden Street. When first seen it was singing in a small acacia next to the bay access but also spent time in another Acacia and a tall eucalyptus tree. This was a small oriole with a relatively short tail. When perched near a White-crowned Sparrow it's body appeared about the same length but slimmer, though the tail was longer than the sparrow's. It had a fairly small blue-gray bill (photos show black marks at the base of the lower mandible) and a slight droop starting near the tip. In the overcast sky, the bird mostly looked lemony yellow below and on the head, though the photos show some green on the head, nape, and back, and dark wings with weak wingbars and dark tertials with pale edges. The black throat was wide and the sides extended up into the lores. In addition to singing the bird was heard giving chatter calls."
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