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Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 20, 2020 10:00 by Tom Edell
- Pt. Piedras Blancas--elephant seal colony, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.6627706,-121.2567043&ll=35.6627706,-121.2567043 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S63612282 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "continuing first-winter bird with a bicolored bill (mostly pink with dark tip) overall pale plumage and white primaries and retricies. Pale tan tone to underparts and wing coverts and undertails coverts mottled with pale tan markings. Bill marked with blood from recent feeding on Elephant Seal after-birth."
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2020 15:10 by Paul Rasmussen
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.3640786,-120.8658353&ll=35.3640786,-120.8658353 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S63616731 - Comments: "While going through the lists for the day, Fritz spotted this bird standing on the dock below the landing at which we had just arrived and mere meters from where we departed the boat a few minutes earlier. I then walked down onto the dock and took several photos before this bird flew to one of the braces for the building above, where it remained for us to take some more photos. I never heard this bird vocalize and it was rather sedate while under observation apart from it sone short flight. Not only was this bird a year older than the other three Yellow-crowned Night-Herons that were at the state park, but after seeing this bird we drove over to the state park marina and saw all three first-winter birds that have been there.
This was a stocky, medium-sized heron with a rather massive bill, a blocky head, a medium-length neck that was more massive than those of most herons yet slimmer than that of a Black-crowned Night-Heron, short and seemingly rounded wings, a short tail, and medium-length legs that had more mass than those of an egret. I thought the bill was quite deep and that it was about as long as the head was wide, with a culmen that curved subtly yet smoothly downward to the pointed tip of the bill. The forehead was steep but short and the crown was gently rounded back to the more strongly rounded junction of the crown with the nape. When extended, this bird’s neck was both long and slim for a night-heron even though it was both shorter and stouter than that of a egret. The body was plump, full-chested, and with a posture that was more upright than diagonal when the bird was alert. I noted minimal primary projection on short, rounded wings that appeared to fall right at the tip of the short tail, which was obscured by the closed wings.
This bird’s plumage patterns were clearly those of a subadult bird in that they combined a faint suggestion of the pattern of an adult on the head with the generally grayish or brownish body and wings of a young bird. The head was generally a slate-gray in color, but with the forehead and crown brownish centrally yet with a paler and somewhat yellowish frame that extended through the supraloral region and along either side of the crown. I also noted at least some suggestion of a pale gray stripe extending narrowly below the eye before expanding on the auriculars in a faint suggestion of the adult cheek-stripe. The chin and maybe also the upper throat were pale yellow and thus contrasting conspicuously with the more blackish face. I did not see the neck all that well, but it did not appear to contrast obviously with the body. The back and scapulars was a medium to dark gray and each of the larger scapular feathers at least had a relatively broad band of slate gray running down the center that was bordered on either side by lighter gray to create a striped appearance to the generally dark and grayish upperparts. The wings contrasted as lighter and slightly browner than the back, and at least most of the covert feathers had a small, pale spot where the shaft met the tip. The larger greater coverts, and maybe also some of the lesser coverts also had a paler stripe along the leading edge that gave the lower part of the closed wing a striped appearance that was even more conspicuously given the narrow but well-defined fringes on the tertials. I did not see the underparts as well as I did the upperparts and wings, but what I did see appeared to be quite dusky and seemingly not as conspicuously striped as were the first-winter birds seen shortly later.
The bill was a dull, blackish in color, and the irides were orangey and contrasting sharply with the black pupils. The legs appeared to be blackish when seen from the front, but greenish or yellowish-green when seen from behind; however, I cannot now remember the color of the toes."
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2020 15:10 by Devon Bradley
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.3640786,-120.8658353&ll=35.3640786,-120.8658353 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S63616627 - Comments: "While going through the lists for the day, Fritz spotted this bird standing on the dock below the landing at which we had just arrived and mere meters from where we departed the boat a few minutes earlier. I then walked down onto the dock and took several photos before this bird flew to one of the braces for the building above, where it remained for us to take some more photos. I never heard this bird vocalize and it was rather sedate while under observation apart from it sone short flight. Not only was this bird a year older than the other three Yellow-crowned Night-Herons that were at the state park, but after seeing this bird we drove over to the state park marina and saw all three first-winter birds that have been there.
This was a stocky, medium-sized heron with a rather massive bill, a blocky head, a medium-length neck that was more massive than those of most herons yet slimmer than that of a Black-crowned Night-Heron, short and seemingly rounded wings, a short tail, and medium-length legs that had more mass than those of an egret. I thought the bill was quite deep and that it was about as long as the head was wide, with a culmen that curved subtly yet smoothly downward to the pointed tip of the bill. The forehead was steep but short and the crown was gently rounded back to the more strongly rounded junction of the crown with the nape. When extended, this bird’s neck was both long and slim for a night-heron even though it was both shorter and stouter than that of a egret. The body was plump, full-chested, and with a posture that was more upright than diagonal when the bird was alert. I noted minimal primary projection on short, rounded wings that appeared to fall right at the tip of the short tail, which was obscured by the closed wings.
This bird’s plumage patterns were clearly those of a subadult bird in that they combined a faint suggestion of the pattern of an adult on the head with the generally grayish or brownish body and wings of a young bird. The head was generally a slate-gray in color, but with the forehead and crown brownish centrally yet with a paler and somewhat yellowish frame that extended through the supraloral region and along either side of the crown. I also noted at least some suggestion of a pale gray stripe extending narrowly below the eye before expanding on the auriculars in a faint suggestion of the adult cheek-stripe. The chin and maybe also the upper throat were pale yellow and thus contrasting conspicuously with the more blackish face. I did not see the neck all that well, but it did not appear to contrast obviously with the body. The back and scapulars was a medium to dark gray and each of the larger scapular feathers at least had a relatively broad band of slate gray running down the center that was bordered on either side by lighter gray to create a striped appearance to the generally dark and grayish upperparts. The wings contrasted as lighter and slightly browner than the back, and at least most of the covert feathers had a small, pale spot where the shaft met the tip. The larger greater coverts, and maybe also some of the lesser coverts also had a paler stripe along the leading edge that gave the lower part of the closed wing a striped appearance that was even more conspicuously given the narrow but well-defined fringes on the tertials. I did not see the underparts as well as I did the upperparts and wings, but what I did see appeared to be quite dusky and seemingly not as conspicuously striped as were the first-winter birds seen shortly later.
The bill was a dull, blackish in color, and the irides were orangey and contrasting sharply with the black pupils. The legs appeared to be blackish when seen from the front, but greenish or yellowish-green when seen from behind; however, I cannot now remember the color of the toes."
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2020 15:10 by Tom Edell
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.3640786,-120.8658353&ll=35.3640786,-120.8658353 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S63616130 - Comments: "While going through the lists for the day, Fritz spotted this bird standing on the dock below the landing at which we had just arrived and mere meters from where we departed the boat a few minutes earlier. I then walked down onto the dock and took several photos before this bird flew to one of the braces for the building above, where it remained for us to take some more photos. I never heard this bird vocalize and it was rather sedate while under observation apart from it sone short flight. Not only was this bird a year older than the other three Yellow-crowned Night-Herons that were at the state park, but after seeing this bird we drove over to the state park marina and saw all three first-winter birds that have been there.
This was a stocky, medium-sized heron with a rather massive bill, a blocky head, a medium-length neck that was more massive than those of most herons yet slimmer than that of a Black-crowned Night-Heron, short and seemingly rounded wings, a short tail, and medium-length legs that had more mass than those of an egret. I thought the bill was quite deep and that it was about as long as the head was wide, with a culmen that curved subtly yet smoothly downward to the pointed tip of the bill. The forehead was steep but short and the crown was gently rounded back to the more strongly rounded junction of the crown with the nape. When extended, this bird’s neck was both long and slim for a night-heron even though it was both shorter and stouter than that of a egret. The body was plump, full-chested, and with a posture that was more upright than diagonal when the bird was alert. I noted minimal primary projection on short, rounded wings that appeared to fall right at the tip of the short tail, which was obscured by the closed wings.
This bird’s plumage patterns were clearly those of a subadult bird in that they combined a faint suggestion of the pattern of an adult on the head with the generally grayish or brownish body and wings of a young bird. The head was generally a slate-gray in color, but with the forehead and crown brownish centrally yet with a paler and somewhat yellowish frame that extended through the supraloral region and along either side of the crown. I also noted at least some suggestion of a pale gray stripe extending narrowly below the eye before expanding on the auriculars in a faint suggestion of the adult cheek-stripe. The chin and maybe also the upper throat were pale yellow and thus contrasting conspicuously with the more blackish face. I did not see the neck all that well, but it did not appear to contrast obviously with the body. The back and scapulars was a medium to dark gray and each of the larger scapular feathers at least had a relatively broad band of slate gray running down the center that was bordered on either side by lighter gray to create a striped appearance to the generally dark and grayish upperparts. The wings contrasted as lighter and slightly browner than the back, and at least most of the covert feathers had a small, pale spot where the shaft met the tip. The larger greater coverts, and maybe also some of the lesser coverts also had a paler stripe along the leading edge that gave the lower part of the closed wing a striped appearance that was even more conspicuously given the narrow but well-defined fringes on the tertials. I did not see the underparts as well as I did the upperparts and wings, but what I did see appeared to be quite dusky and seemingly not as conspicuously striped as were the first-winter birds seen shortly later.
The bill was a dull, blackish in color, and the irides were orangey and contrasting sharply with the black pupils. The legs appeared to be blackish when seen from the front, but greenish or yellowish-green when seen from behind; however, I cannot now remember the color of the toes."
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2020 15:10 by Curtis Marantz
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.3640786,-120.8658353&ll=35.3640786,-120.8658353 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S63579749 - Comments: "While going through the lists for the day, Fritz spotted this bird standing on the dock below the landing at which we had just arrived and mere meters from where we departed the boat a few minutes earlier. I then walked down onto the dock and took several photos before this bird flew to one of the braces for the building above, where it remained for us to take some more photos. I never heard this bird vocalize and it was rather sedate while under observation apart from it sone short flight. Not only was this bird a year older than the other three Yellow-crowned Night-Herons that were at the state park, but after seeing this bird we drove over to the state park marina and saw all three first-winter birds that have been there.
This was a stocky, medium-sized heron with a rather massive bill, a blocky head, a medium-length neck that was more massive than those of most herons yet slimmer than that of a Black-crowned Night-Heron, short and seemingly rounded wings, a short tail, and medium-length legs that had more mass than those of an egret. I thought the bill was quite deep and that it was about as long as the head was wide, with a culmen that curved subtly yet smoothly downward to the pointed tip of the bill. The forehead was steep but short and the crown was gently rounded back to the more strongly rounded junction of the crown with the nape. When extended, this bird’s neck was both long and slim for a night-heron even though it was both shorter and stouter than that of a egret. The body was plump, full-chested, and with a posture that was more upright than diagonal when the bird was alert. I noted minimal primary projection on short, rounded wings that appeared to fall right at the tip of the short tail, which was obscured by the closed wings.
This bird’s plumage patterns were clearly those of a subadult bird in that they combined a faint suggestion of the pattern of an adult on the head with the generally grayish or brownish body and wings of a young bird. The head was generally a slate-gray in color, but with the forehead and crown brownish centrally yet with a paler and somewhat yellowish frame that extended through the supraloral region and along either side of the crown. I also noted at least some suggestion of a pale gray stripe extending narrowly below the eye before expanding on the auriculars in a faint suggestion of the adult cheek-stripe. The chin and maybe also the upper throat were pale yellow and thus contrasting conspicuously with the more blackish face. I did not see the neck all that well, but it did not appear to contrast obviously with the body. The back and scapulars was a medium to dark gray and each of the larger scapular feathers at least had a relatively broad band of slate gray running down the center that was bordered on either side by lighter gray to create a striped appearance to the generally dark and grayish upperparts. The wings contrasted as lighter and slightly browner than the back, and at least most of the covert feathers had a small, pale spot where the shaft met the tip. The larger greater coverts, and maybe also some of the lesser coverts also had a paler stripe along the leading edge that gave the lower part of the closed wing a striped appearance that was even more conspicuously given the narrow but well-defined fringes on the tertials. I did not see the underparts as well as I did the upperparts and wings, but what I did see appeared to be quite dusky and seemingly not as conspicuously striped as were the first-winter birds seen shortly later.
The bill was a dull, blackish in color, and the irides were orangey and contrasting sharply with the black pupils. The legs appeared to be blackish when seen from the front, but greenish or yellowish-green when seen from behind; however, I cannot now remember the color of the toes."
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2020 15:10 by Josh McLaughlin
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.3640786,-120.8658353&ll=35.3640786,-120.8658353 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S63617090 - Comments: "While going through the lists for the day, Fritz spotted this bird standing on the dock below the landing at which we had just arrived and mere meters from where we departed the boat a few minutes earlier. I then walked down onto the dock and took several photos before this bird flew to one of the braces for the building above, where it remained for us to take some more photos. I never heard this bird vocalize and it was rather sedate while under observation apart from it sone short flight. Not only was this bird a year older than the other three Yellow-crowned Night-Herons that were at the state park, but after seeing this bird we drove over to the state park marina and saw all three first-winter birds that have been there.
This was a stocky, medium-sized heron with a rather massive bill, a blocky head, a medium-length neck that was more massive than those of most herons yet slimmer than that of a Black-crowned Night-Heron, short and seemingly rounded wings, a short tail, and medium-length legs that had more mass than those of an egret. I thought the bill was quite deep and that it was about as long as the head was wide, with a culmen that curved subtly yet smoothly downward to the pointed tip of the bill. The forehead was steep but short and the crown was gently rounded back to the more strongly rounded junction of the crown with the nape. When extended, this bird’s neck was both long and slim for a night-heron even though it was both shorter and stouter than that of a egret. The body was plump, full-chested, and with a posture that was more upright than diagonal when the bird was alert. I noted minimal primary projection on short, rounded wings that appeared to fall right at the tip of the short tail, which was obscured by the closed wings.
This bird’s plumage patterns were clearly those of a subadult bird in that they combined a faint suggestion of the pattern of an adult on the head with the generally grayish or brownish body and wings of a young bird. The head was generally a slate-gray in color, but with the forehead and crown brownish centrally yet with a paler and somewhat yellowish frame that extended through the supraloral region and along either side of the crown. I also noted at least some suggestion of a pale gray stripe extending narrowly below the eye before expanding on the auriculars in a faint suggestion of the adult cheek-stripe. The chin and maybe also the upper throat were pale yellow and thus contrasting conspicuously with the more blackish face. I did not see the neck all that well, but it did not appear to contrast obviously with the body. The back and scapulars was a medium to dark gray and each of the larger scapular feathers at least had a relatively broad band of slate gray running down the center that was bordered on either side by lighter gray to create a striped appearance to the generally dark and grayish upperparts. The wings contrasted as lighter and slightly browner than the back, and at least most of the covert feathers had a small, pale spot where the shaft met the tip. The larger greater coverts, and maybe also some of the lesser coverts also had a paler stripe along the leading edge that gave the lower part of the closed wing a striped appearance that was even more conspicuously given the narrow but well-defined fringes on the tertials. I did not see the underparts as well as I did the upperparts and wings, but what I did see appeared to be quite dusky and seemingly not as conspicuously striped as were the first-winter birds seen shortly later.
The bill was a dull, blackish in color, and the irides were orangey and contrasting sharply with the black pupils. The legs appeared to be blackish when seen from the front, but greenish or yellowish-green when seen from behind; however, I cannot now remember the color of the toes."
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2020 08:25 by John Harris
- Cuesta College Campus, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.3299016,-120.7414627&ll=35.3299016,-120.7414627 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S63616097 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. I initially saw the bird in one of the pepper trees on the east side of the administration building, but it flew from there to a Casuarina tree not far away, next to the building just east of the administration building. Photos taken on the Casuarina tree"
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2020 09:12 by John Harris
- Laguna Lake Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.2656069,-120.6903817&ll=35.2656069,-120.6903817 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S63616317 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing. I did not see this bird when I walked the length of the road and lakeshore trail, nor when I returned along the same route, but when I returned to my car, then drove back to the boat launch area, it was there. Yellow underparts, with yellow extending far up on the breast. Some greenish tones visible on the back. Robust bill compared to the Cassin's that was also present (but more in the frisbee golf area about halfway along the section of road that goes along the lakeshore)."
Today’s bird festival rarities trip first stopped at the floating dock near
the Morro Bay power plant, finding the male Long-tailed Duck (later seen
between the Coast Guard boats and the shore). A scruffy looking Osprey
perched on top of a nearby building. (Later an immature Y-c Night Heron,
showing a suggestion of the adult head pattern, was seen inside the shelter
of the Coast Guard Pier feeding on crabs). We found the immature Snow Goose
and a relatively dull male Eurasian Wigeon from South Bay Blvd. at high
tide (scoping from the bayside grassy spot which is a short walk from the
Cerro Romauldo Trail parking lot). On Foothill Blvd. (on the San Luis side
of LOVR), we saw a second differently marked immature Snow Goose and three
young White-fronted Geese in a low wet area on the Laguna Lake side of the
road. At Cuesta College we saw the adult male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in
the Horsetail Tree closest to the campus police station, and the very tame
Red-naped Sapsucker (some traits of Red-breasted?) in front of the
cafetaria in the very small pepper trees in the grassy area. In Avila, we
saw the adult male Harlequin Duck on the Hartford Pier side of the Cal Poly
Pier and two White-winged Scoters near the end of the Cal Poly pier. From
the nearby golf cart/Bob Jones Trail bridge over San Luis Obispo Creek we
saw two female Hooded Mergansers and many Common Goldeneye). The continuing
adult Red-naped Sapsucker was in a tree next to the golf cart path which
parallels the creek near the bridge, and it flew across the fairway to the
pepper trees between the maintenance building and the Bob Jones Trail.
Jim Royer
Los Osos
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Date: 1/20/20 1:01 pm From: Thomas Slater via Groups.Io <tomslaterphotography=<yahoo.com...> Subject: [slocobirding] Oso Flaco fieldtrip Jan 20
We had 47 species and a great group. If you were on the trip you can email me and I can send you the list.
Highlights were a Burrowing Owl, Black Scoter flying past on the beach, and a American Bittern on the walk back that was skulking near the boardwalk in the reeds (Owen ran into his guidance counselor from high school on the boardwalk and she said... Owen, what is that weird looking bird right there? Ha ha, thank you guidance counselor!). A few participants got Horned Lark on the beach for a life bird. Always makes me happy!
Bird on,
Tom and Owen Slater
Nipomo
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Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (2)
- Reported Jan 19, 2020 15:30 by Linda Dalton
- Morro Bay SP--Marina/Boardwalk Trail, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.3445235,-120.8418006&ll=35.3445235,-120.8418006 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S63572240 - Comments: "One on rocks between eastern dock and next dock; the other on the stern of the third boat from shore on the second dock from the east. I am listing one as juvenile and the other (on the rocks) as immature, as the latter had a distinct light yellow patch on its head. See photos."
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2020 11:50 by Jeri Edwards
- Cuesta College Campus, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.3299016,-120.7414627&ll=35.3299016,-120.7414627 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S63562806 - Comments: "Continuing. I found it in the mature pepper tree hugging the west side of the 8100 building. Red crown, black and white striped face and distinct white shoulder patch. It flew off just as I was trying to get my camera on it."
Date: 1/19/20 6:50 pm From: Will Knowlton <willknowlton...> Subject: [slocobirding] Carrizo Plain Winter Bird Festival Trip
Peter Gaede and I led a great group of participants out to the Carrizo Plain to look for wildlife. We ended up having great weather and an overall fantastic day.
Avian highlights included the following: Rough-legged Hawk, Mountain Plover, Long-eared Owl, Vesper Sparrow, Golden Eagle, Merlin, Prairie Falcon, Great Horned Owl, Barn Owl, Greater Roadrunner, Mountain Bluebird, Bell's Sparrow and many others.
Mammalian highlights included the following: two San Joaquin kit fox snoozing outside their dens, a large herd of Tule elk, a small group of Pronghorn antelope, many San Joaquin antelope squirrels, and about eight coyotes.
Will Knowlton
San Luis Obispo, CA
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Vaux's Swift (Chaetura vauxi) (4) - Reported Jan 18, 2020 13:22 by Jim Royer - Sweet Springs Nature Preserve, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.3217375,-120.8422726&ll=35.3217375,-120.8422726 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S63528324 - Comments: "4 smaller swifts in with White-throated Swifts. They were all dark with dry short tails. The throat was very slightly paler in one bird that I could see well enough. The flock was moving through and hard to keep up with before I finally lost it."
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (2) - Reported Jan 18, 2020 14:00 by Nick Belardes - Meadow Park, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.2675798,-120.6606531&ll=35.2675798,-120.6606531 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S63530203 - Media: 2 Photos - Comments: "Continuing for about two months. After circling baseball field twice, searching among Yellow-rumped Warblers on grass, heard sparrows call, fly past into pine (NE corner of baseball field). Photographed birds then after crossing toward horseshoe pit, birds were at playground, then flew into tree adjacent to horseshoe pit."
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1) - Reported Jan 18, 2020 14:00 by Nick Belardes - Meadow Park, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.2675798,-120.6606531&ll=35.2675798,-120.6606531 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S63530203 - Comments: "Continuing. First reported Jan. 9, 2020. Adult female. Lime green upperside. Pale yellow throat. Whitish belly. White undertail covert. Pale supercilium. Dark eyeline. No eyering. Bird in trees along fence where creek crosses path in east end of park (find house with feeders, and feeders in trees on park side). Closer this time to bird. About ten feet away. Lost bird in foliage. Tried to locate again."
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Date: 1/18/20 7:57 pm From: Tom Edell via Groups.Io <TEdell=<aol.com...> Subject: [slocobirding] Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival All-Day Boat Trip, 1/18
The highlight of today's boat trip was an abundance of adult and first-winter Black-legged Kittiwakes with approximately 150 seen during the day. Shearwaters were scarce with a single Short-tailed, Sooty, and Black-vented seen, plus a single Northern Fulmar. Rhinoceros Auklets were widespread offshore with 350 seen during the day. A first-winter Iceland Gull (Thayer's), a first-winter Bonaparte's Gull, and two adult Herring Gulls were seen.
In the harbor we saw both the female and male Long-tailed Ducks. We were surprised to find a second-winter Yellow-crowned Night-Heron on the dock after everyone had disembarked. A quick check of the Morro Bay State Park Marina confirmed the three continuing first-winter Yellow-crowned Night-Herons were still present there.
Tom Edell
Cayucos, CA
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White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) (2) - Reported Jan 17, 2020 09:48 by Jeremy Bryan - Santa Rosa Creek-below Windsor, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.5677012,-121.1064448&ll=35.5677012,-121.1064448 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S63482400 - Comments: "Foraging along bank of stream near sea shore with other shorebirds. Larger than accompanying LESAs with yellow legs, long, faiy slim bodies/long wings and black slightly downcurved bills. White rumps observed when preening."
Date: 1/17/20 8:56 pm From: Jeff Miller <jmiller...> Subject: [slocobirding] Big Day for Bird Festival
Rich Cimino and I, along with the Pair of Wingnuts, led an enthusiastic group of birders today on a merry chase through Morro Bay, Atascadero and SLO birding hotspots as part of the Morro Bay Bird festival.
Highlights of our big day were: Long-tailed Duck, Surfbird, Rock Wren, Canyon Wren at Morro Rock; Snow Goose, Yellow-crowned Night-herons at Morro Bay SP Marina & Boardwalk; Golden Eagle, Yellow-billed Magpies, Phainopepla at Atascadero Wastewater Treatment Ponds; Sharp-shinned Hawk, Common Mergansers, Pine Siskins, Chipping Sparrows at Atascadero Lake; and Eurasian Wigeon at Elfin Forest Overlook. 121 species for the day, and most importantly, everyone had a great time!
Jeff Miller
Los Osos
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Date: 1/17/20 8:34 pm From: Rubba Johanna <jer72701...> Subject: [slocobirding] Oso Flaco public comment deadline nearing
NOTE: THIS IS NOT THE START OF A THREAD. IF YOU WISH TO COMMENT, PLEASE SEND COMMENTS TO ME ( <jer72701...> ). If folks want to have a discussion about this topic, we can do so elsewhere. Thank you!
Greetings!
As most of you know, State Parks is proposing development of Oso Flaco Lake to compensate for losses to the OHV riding area due to the problems with airborne particulates. The plans include a large campground of around 200 sites to accommodate large RVs as well as tents and cabins; day use and group use areas; extension of the bridge over the lake to form a loop trail; a new 40-acre OHV trail north of the Lake; extensive hiking trails on the east side of the preserve; and a possible southern entry point into the OHV area with an OHV staging area. Needless to stay, this will drastically alter the preserve--for instance, the proposed campground is nearly twice the size of the lake.
State Parks is gathering public input on this plan, but it must be submitted by Jan. 24, 2020--a week from today. Submit comments via e-mail to <oceanodunespwp.com>.
Images showing the dramatic changes this plan would bring about can be seen online. Go to < https://oceanodunespwp.com/en >, then click on on "Document Library," then on "Presentation from December 2019 Public Meetings." Scroll down to p.8 to see a map of the area marked up to show the planned "improvements." Or I can e-mail you a clip showing just this map.
I am eager to work with like-minded folks on preserving Oso Flaco in its present state. PLEASE E-MAIL ME IF YOU ARE INTERESTED.
Thank you.
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Date: 1/17/20 5:20 pm From: Karen Clarke <seachest1975...> Subject: [slocobirding] North Coast birding festival birds
There are interesting gulls at the Elephant Seal Rookery, near Piedras Blancas. Yesterday I saw 2 Iceland/Thayer Gulls at the north end of the parking lot. Today the Rugged North Coast group saw at least 2 Glaucous-winged Gulls and a Snow White Glaucous Gull.
Two Ferruginous Hawks perched and soared at the Hearst Ranch pasture just north of the Hearst Castle entrance.
I spotted 2 Common Ravens along Hwy 1 approximately 1/2 mile south of the Harmony Headlands parking area.
Karen Clarke
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Date: 1/17/20 3:11 pm From: Brad Schram <gonebrdn...> Subject: [slocobirding] Flock with 3 Species of Geese, SLO
Passing along a message from Nancy Mann who is on the road at the moment. She reports three GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE and one imm. SNOW GOOSE with a flock of Canadas. The location is in marshy grasses on the Laguna Lake side of Foothill Road between Los Osos Valley Road and O'Connor Way in San Luis Obispo.
Just the messenger.....
Brad Schram (for Nancy) Arroyo Grande
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Date: 1/17/20 3:09 pm From: Jim Royer <jrmotmot...> Subject: [slocobirding] Friday Local Birds of Possible Interest
I pre-fielded for Morro Bay festival field trips today and had the
continuing 2 Long-tailed Ducks (one in the bay near Morro Rock and the
other between the Coast Guard Pier and the floating dock). Two
Yellow-crowned Night Herons stood on boats near the east end of the Morro
Bay State Park Marina. I couldn’t find the Summer Tanager in the nearby
campground (please let me know if you’ve seen it recently and exactly
where). I saw the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in the Horsetail tree next to
the police station at Cuesta College, but could not re-find the Red-naped.
I could not find the Tropical Kingbird at Laguna Lake (please let me know
if you know where it goes when it’s not near the end of the lakeside road).
I found two Cackling Geese and re-found the White-fronted Goose on the golf
course near the golf course pedestrian bridge over the creek in Avila. I
could not find the Harlequin Duck, thanks the the jet ski racing around
offshore north of the Avila Beach Pier. (Does anyone know this bird’s
habits?) Thanks.
Jim Royer
Los Osos
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Date: 1/17/20 12:30 pm From: Ron Ruppert <rruppert...> Subject: [slocobirding] Sapsuckers continue at Cuesta College
The Yellow-bellied and red-napped sapsuckers both continue at Cuesta College. The yellow-bellied spends time between the original pepper tree (building 8000) and the large Casaurina tree to the east.
Ron Ruppert
Los Osos
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Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 13, 2020 14:15 by Petra Clayton
- Morro Bay Harbor, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.3699,-120.857&ll=35.3699,-120.857 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S63375264 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing male (first ebird report with photo on 1/3/20 by Manuel Duran/Alejandra Cedillo): Light brown cheek patch; pink bill with dark base and dark tip and obvious whitish scapulars draped over the black folded wings.--- Today seen from the south end of Coleman beach, at first swimming off the Morro Bay Oyster Company, in front of the Coast Guard's boats, and then moving toward the sand spit.--- The raw area on the forehead observed on January 9, 2020 was not obvious today.
Click on the image below for a Flickr video:
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jack-petra-clayton/49382478012/in/dateposted-public/" title="Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis), Morro Bay, CA"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/49382478012_9340cdb1ce_o.jpg" alt="Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis), Morro Bay, CA" /></a>"
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 13, 2020 13:51 by Nick Belardes
- Meadow Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.2675798,-120.6606531&ll=35.2675798,-120.6606531 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S63371271 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing pair. In pine closest to South Street near community garden (baseball field side high up amid pine cones). Jay Carroll spotted the birds fly into the tree from ground level. Birds weren’t with juncos or Yellow-rumped Warblers as previously seen. Jay took photos of the pair."
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I made a quick scouting trip out to the Carrizo Plain today in preparation for my upcoming winter bird festival trip next Sunday. Highlights included a pair of Long-eared Owls, many Vesper Sparrows, and a small flock of Mountain Plover along Soda Lake Road about three miles north of KCL campground. This is a species that has been very difficult to find the past three years, so it was nice to locate this flock. Another highlight was the continuing Rough-legged Hawk that was originally found during the Carrizo CBC. Today the Rough-legged was found along Soda Lake Road just past the overlook hill for Soda Lake. Pictures of it can be found here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S63337371
Will Knowlton
San Luis Obispo, CA
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Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 11, 2020 15:54 by Nick Belardes
- Laguna Lake Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.2656069,-120.6903817&ll=35.2656069,-120.6903817 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S63295610 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "In tree with Cassin’s Kingbird and Red-shouldered Hawk. Easy to compare with Cassin’s (yellow part way up breast and dark grey) as yellow went further up breast and faded to light grey. Slight notch in tail. Larger bill too. Will upload photo."
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Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (2)
- Reported Jan 10, 2020 14:28 by Carol Comeau
- Morro Bay Harbor, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.3699,-120.857&ll=35.3699,-120.857 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S63257837 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing birds. The bird with less striking facial features continues to forage in the Coleman Beach area staying fairly close to the floating dock. The bird with more distinct facial features was found foraging with 4 Surf Scooters near the Morro Rock jetty close to the exposed beach."
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 09, 2020 15:55 by Petra Clayton
- Morro Bay Harbor, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.3699,-120.857&ll=35.3699,-120.857 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S63257661 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing male (first ebird report with photo on 1/3/20 by Manuel Duran/Alejandra Cedillo): Light brown cheek patch; pink bill with dark base and dark tip and obvious whitish scapulars draped over the black folded wings.--- Seen today with a raw area on the forehead, which was not observed on Jan 5, 2020 (ebird photos/video). --- Different bird from the one observed today, as well, from Morro Rock (see separate ebird checklist for "Morro Rock" ebird hot spot), which has a dark brown cheek patch, an all dark bill and no scapulars. ---
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) (1)
- Reported Jan 10, 2020 11:45 by Petra Clayton
- Pt. Piedras Blancas--elephant seal colony, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.6627706,-121.2567043&ll=35.6627706,-121.2567043 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S63258066 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing first winter bird, first reported on ebird 1/9/20 (Tom Edell/Kaaren Perry).--- Seen from the southern end of the board walk. --- White overall with faint brown mottling on the back and in the face (unless the latter stems from blood from feeding on Elephant Seal afterbirth); white wings when stretched; pink legs; pink bill with black tip; dark eye.
Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus) (1)
- Reported Jan 10, 2020 12:00 by Jeri Edwards
- stagecoach property, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.1387443,-120.5614262&ll=35.1387443,-120.5614262 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S63245704 - Comments: "Continuing since 11/11/19. Didn't see him yesterday, though I looked all day for him. Already have sighted him several times today so he hasn't left . . . yet. He stays hunkered down when feeding and pushes away the White-Crowned Sparrows. The Cooper's Hawk and Merlin are very frequent visitors so the GTTO is remaining very cautious."
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Date: 1/10/20 11:50 pm From: Chris Van Beveren via Groups.Io <becktravel=<yahoo.com...> Subject: [slocobirding] Bonus bird near Long-tailed Duck
A few days ago when I made the drive over to Morro Bay to see the Long-tailed Duck, which was cooperative, a woman came by and noticing I was watching birds, she called to me that the small tree at the south end of the little parking strip, not 15 feet away, had several White-crowned Night Herons roosting in it. She was right. The tree is about 15 feet tall. We are also seeing a Great Blue Heron roosting in the large tree in my front yard often this year. Sometimes more than one.
Chris Van Beveren
Beck Travel
565 Baywood Way
Los Osos CA 93402
Phone: 805 439-2023
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Date: 1/10/20 11:18 pm From: Rubba Johanna <jer72701...> Subject: [slocobirding] Rte. 1 north
Fri., Jan. 10
Ventured up to the elephant seal rookery in search of Emperor Geese. No luck. There was, however, a GLAUCOUS GULL resting on the beach. Viewable from the end of the walkway to the left of the rookery parking lot.
I stopped at every pullout between the rookery and San Simeon Creek; checked also Morro Strand, the vicinity of Lila Keiser Park, and the MB SP Marina. No Emperors.
Other birds seen:
-Northern Harrier along the coast
-5 Western Grebes from San Simeon pier
-24 Surf Scoters " "
-2 Long-billed Curlew San Simeon State Beach (at pier)
-10 Marbled Godwits " "
Johanna Rubba
Grover Beach
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Date: 1/10/20 3:01 pm From: Tom Edell via Groups.Io <TEdell=<aol.com...> Subject: Re: [slocobirding] Emperor Geese
These birds were looked for this morning from north of the Piedras Blancas Lighthouse to Morro Bay Estuary without luck.
Tom Edell
Cayucos, CA
From: <slocobirding...> <slocobirding...> On Behalf Of Tom Edell via Groups.Io Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2020 6:17 PM To: 'San Luis Obispo County Listserv' <slocobirding...> Cc: <slocobirding...> Subject: Re: [slocobirding] Emperor Geese
Up date on this post.
Several people looked for these birds this afternoon without luck. Apparently (and according to information extracted from the jpg file) the birds were seen this morning (1/9) at 0930. They were on the beach at the north end of the unpaved parking lot for the Point Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal rookery. This was just after this morning's 6.3 high tide. We were there in the afternoon before and during the -1.1 tide at 1535 when there was endless exposed rocky shoreline for the birds to get lost in.
Tomorrow the high is 6.5 at 0847. That would be a good time to search for the birds. Hopefully they are still in that area.
Emperor Geese also like to forage in short grassland habitat. Most of the coastal area around Point Piedras Blancas is grassland, though the shorter grasses are primarily near the creek mouths and there is a lot of it in the restoration areas for the Hwy 1 realignment.
The last county record for this species is from Morro Bay over the winter of 1966-67. If gone from the North Coast that would be another location to check.
Just received this photo of two Emperor Geese taken by a docent at "Elephant Seals". I am assuming the photo was taken today at the Piedras Blancas rookery, but as of yet have been unable to get more information.
Tom Edell
Cayucos, CA
This shot is from docent at E Seals; can you ID ; sorry no front view
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Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 09, 2020 14:20 by Petra Clayton
- Morro Rock, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.3693972,-120.8670566&ll=35.3693972,-120.8670566 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S63226876 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing individual, first observed in December 2019 at the Morro Harbor Mouth. --- Dark brown cheek patch, an all dark bill and no scapulars. --- Different from the one observed today, as well in the Morro Bay Harbor (by the floating dock off Coleman Beach), which has a light brown cheek patch; pink bill with dark base and dark tip and obvious whitish scapulars draped over the black folded wings. (see separate ebird checklist for "Morro Bay Harbor" hot spot.)
Date: 1/9/20 6:17 pm From: Tom Edell via Groups.Io <TEdell=<aol.com...> Subject: Re: [slocobirding] Emperor Geese
Up date on this post.
Several people looked for these birds this afternoon without luck. Apparently (and according to information extracted from the jpg file) the birds were seen this morning (1/9) at 0930. They were on the beach at the north end of the unpaved parking lot for the Point Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal rookery. This was just after this morning's 6.3 high tide. We were there in the afternoon before and during the -1.1 tide at 1535 when there was endless exposed rocky shoreline for the birds to get lost in.
Tomorrow the high is 6.5 at 0847. That would be a good time to search for the birds. Hopefully they are still in that area.
Emperor Geese also like to forage in short grassland habitat. Most of the coastal area around Point Piedras Blancas is grassland, though the shorter grasses are primarily near the creek mouths and there is a lot of it in the restoration areas for the Hwy 1 realignment.
The last county record for this species is from Morro Bay over the winter of 1966-67. If gone from the North Coast that would be another location to check.
Tom Edell
Cayucos, CA
From: <slocobirding...> <slocobirding...> On Behalf Of Tom Edell via Groups.Io Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2020 1:04 PM To: San Luis Obispo County Listserv <slocobirding...> Cc: <slocobirding...> Subject: [slocobirding] Emperor Geese
Just received this photo of two Emperor Geese taken by a docent at "Elephant Seals". I am assuming the photo was taken today at the Piedras Blancas rookery, but as of yet have been unable to get more information.
Tom Edell
Cayucos, CA
This shot is from docent at E Seals; can you ID ; sorry no front view
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Date: 1/9/20 1:04 pm From: Tom Edell via Groups.Io <TEdell=<aol.com...> Subject: [slocobirding] Emperor Geese
Just received this photo of two Emperor Geese taken by a docent at "Elephant Seals". I am assuming the photo was taken today at the Piedras Blancas rookery, but as of yet have been unable to get more information.
Tom Edell
Cayucos, CA
This shot is from docent at E Seals; can you ID ; sorry no front view
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Date: 1/8/20 7:38 pm From: Jim Royer <jrmotmot...> Subject: [slocobirding] Long-tailed Ducks, Canyon Wrens, etc.
This morning, 2 Long-tailed Ducks were in Morro Bay - one was with Bufflehead next to the beach (on the south side of the Rock next to the jetty that joins the Rock), and another was between the floating wooden platform and the Coast Guard pier. They had different facial patterns. 2 Canyon Wrens were singing on Morro Rock (one on the south side - along paved Coleman Drive that is closed to car traffic, and another on the east side of the rock - next to the parking lot with the bathroom). They seem to be more vocal in the morning. 2 Black-vented Shearwaters flew north by the Rock, as seen from the high observation spot on the south west side of the Rock.
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Date: 1/7/20 4:55 pm From: Jay Carroll via Groups.Io <macro2953=<yahoo.com...> Subject: [slocobirding] Y-B Sapsucker at Cuesta Park
There is now a different Yellow-bellied Sapsucker at Cuesta Park (not College) than the one recorded here during the CBC on Dec 14. This individual appears to be an adult female with a white throat, whereas the previous sightings were of a red-throated male, based on comparative photos. I initially assumed it was the same “continuing” bird. Some i.d. quality photos at https://ebird.org/checklist/S63147721. ( https://ebird.org/checklist/S63147721 )
Jay Carroll
Los Osos
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Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 05, 2020 09:55 by Petra Clayton
- Morro Bay Harbor, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.3699,-120.857&ll=35.3699,-120.857 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S63073634 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Light brown cheek patch; bill half dark (at the base) and half pink (at the front) with a small dark tip. When preening two long whitish scapulars are seen draped over the black folded wings. --- Possibly a different individual than the one observed at the Morro Harbor Mouth in December 2019, which had a dark brown cheek patch and and an all dark bill.
Click on the image below for a Flickr video, which includes a Common Loon and a Horned Grebe and a lot of human and canine activity, which did not seem to faze the bird, while swimming and preening:
Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) (1)
- Reported Jan 05, 2020 16:25 by Nick Belardes
- South Hills Open Space, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.2625489,-120.6626067&ll=35.2625489,-120.6626067 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S63074115 - Comments: "I’d been seeing sparrows flit through the tall grasses on the saddle area of South Hills Open Space off Exposition Drive trailhead. Had only chased a few to no avail. This time I went just before sunset. A bird leapt from the grass along the trail. It stopped in a break in the grass and I got a clear look at the white eyering, yellow arc patch on supraloral. Streaked wings. Buffy sides. Appeared to be an adult. I followed bird as it hopped through the grasses and stood on a low rock. Got another clear profile view. Wasn’t quick enough with iPhone/binoc photo. Bird flew a few dozen yards away into deep grasses. Looked up Grasshopper Sparrows seen in SLO County. Bird matched. Excited to try to find another soon."
Date: 1/5/20 9:43 pm From: Jim Royer <jrmotmot...> Subject: [slocobirding] MDO Ancient Murrelet, etc.
This morning I scoped for 2 1/2 hours from the bluffs to the north of
Spooner’s Cove (from an Overlook off the Dune Trail). There was a moderate
onshore breeze when I started. I saw one Ancient Murrelet fly by, a
Parasitic Jaeger fly around offshore for awhile, and 2 Common Murres shot
by. The rest of my sightings can by found at
https://ebird.org/checklist/S63075203.
Jim Royer
Los Osos
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Date: 1/5/20 3:04 pm From: Tom Edell via Groups.Io <TEdell=<aol.com...> Subject: [slocobirding] Long-tailed Duck, Morro Bay
Just an FYI, that the Long-tailed Duck currently in the Morro Bay Harbor Mouth area is a male. The last photo taken on December 19th (distant) showed a bird with an all dark bill, a clear dark cheek patch, and no white in the scapulars. The bird photographed there yesterday and today has a pink bill with a dark tip and base, a faint cheek patch, and at least one long gray scapular. This seems like a quick change for two weeks, but perhaps it was an immature male all along that is now molting into its first alternate plumage. It would be good to note the bill, cheek and scapular colors/markings on future sightings. There has been more than one at the harbor mouth before.
Tom Edell
Cayucos, CA
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Date: 1/5/20 1:41 pm From: RoserComeau <rosercomeau...> Subject: [slocobirding] Common Goldeneye Morro Bay
Penny Principe and I birded the Morro Bay State Park Marina/Boardwalk this morning. While scoping the bay from the west end of the boardwalk, Penny found a male Common Goldeneye. We had nice views through the scope, but he was too distant for a photo. The continuing three Yellow-crowned Night-Herons were perched on the sterns of boats in the marina. Thank you, Maggie Smith, for pointing them out. A bald eagle flew directly overhead. Ebird List:https://ebird.org/checklist/S63060817
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Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) - Reported Jan 04, 2020 12:41 by Jane Hawley - Morro Bay Harbor, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.3699,-120.857&ll=35.3699,-120.857 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S63012552 - Media: 1 Photo - Comments: "Continuing duck with white face and dark cheek. Seen through scope (birders Pat and his wife on hand). Bird in harbor next to floating dock. Swimming alone. Uploading photo taken through scope."
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) - Reported Jan 04, 2020 12:41 by Nick Belardes - Morro Bay Harbor, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.3699,-120.857&ll=35.3699,-120.857 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S63012551 - Media: 1 Photo - Comments: "Continuing duck with white face and dark cheek. Seen through scope (birders Pat and his wife on hand). Bird in harbor next to floating dock. Swimming alone. Uploading photo taken through scope."
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Date: 1/3/20 2:53 pm From: RoserComeau <rosercomeau...> Subject: [slocobirding] Snow Goose from Los Osos Sweet Springs Preserve
This morning Penny Principe, Dean Thompson and I observed a Snow Goose with a flock of about 50 Brant on the bay from the old observation deck at Sweet Springs . The group eventually flushed and flew towards the west side of the bay. Carol ComeauLos Osos, CA
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Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 02, 2020 09:51 by Eric Wier
- El Chorro Regional Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.3331074,-120.7291947&ll=35.3331074,-120.7291947 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S62930780 - Comments: "Woodpecker with broad, white lateral body stripe, angled stripe from base of upper mandible to mid-neck, then angling back toward upper breast; red limited to throat (not in breast); red on top of head into nape; black back with generous white barring; silent"
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Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (3)
- Reported Jan 01, 2020 08:30 by Petra Clayton
- Morro Bay SP--Marina/Boardwalk Trail, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.3445235,-120.8418006&ll=35.3445235,-120.8418006 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S62897280 - Comments: "Continuing juveniles perched on boats in the marina. --- At 8:30 a.m. two were sitting on boats in dock 6 and one on a boat in dock 5. --- Also observed at 2:35 p.m.: Two were sitting on boats on dock 5 and one on dock 6."
I've written some observations about my 2019 Five-mile Radius local birding, about 2500 words including a list of birds I expected to see contrasted with the list of birds I actually did see. If you have insomnia and would like to receive a copy by return email, just let me know and I'll send you a Word document by email.
I was often alerted to the presence of local rarities by San Luis Obispo County birders, and I thank you all for sharing your information in a timely manner, and for your interest in my 5MR project.
Here's the Reader's Digest version summarizing my birding within five miles of the house last year:
·Number of days birding in the 5MR:194, probably averaging two and a half hours a day when birding;
·Gallons of gasoline consumed in the 194 days: about two (I drove the 5MR in my Chevy Volt, averaging about 28 miles a day when birding away from Deer Canyon.The Volt is nuclear-powered thanks to Diablo Canyon, with an effective electric range of 36 miles.);
·Number of species seen: 224 (I set par at 221 in January 2019);
·Number of target list species missed:19;
·Number of species seen not on the target list:22;
·Number of species represented by only one individual seen:34;
·Number of species reported by others within the 5MR but missed: 4 (Red-necked Grebe, Franklin’s Gull, Black-legged Kittiwake, and Nashville Warbler);
·Number of species heard only: 1 (Western Screech Owl).
Brad Schram
Arroyo Grande
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Date: 1/1/20 9:11 am From: Kaaren Perry <surfbird1...> Subject: [slocobirding] MCAS Youth Scholarship – Apply NOW!
Applications Open: January 1, 2020
Submission Deadline: March 1, 2020
Morro Coast Audubon Society is pleased to announce a youth scholarship for up to two selected students, 13-18 years of age who reside in San Luis Obispo County, to attend the American Birding Association’s Camp Colorado (www.aba.org/camp-colorado/ <http://www.aba.org/camp-colorado/>) that is being held July 18-24, 2020. This scholarship will encourage youth, who have already begun developing their birding skills, to pursue their interests in birds, the natural world, conservation, and education.
This scholarship will cover the cost of registration for the American Birding Association’s Camp Colorado ($1449), ABA student membership ($25), and travel costs to/from Colorado (up to $350). Scholarship recipients will also receive a year’s membership in the Morro Coast Audubon Society.
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Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) (1) - Reported Dec 31, 2019 09:10 by marlin harms - Morro Bay State Park Boardwalk, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.3440101,-120.8410048&ll=35.3440101,-120.8410048 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S62815823 - Media: 1 Photo - Comments: "Among many shorebirds, especially Marbled Godwits, at a sandy point at the edge of the bay (at a mid-tide) was a turnstone with pink legs and with dark/blackish plumage of upper breast forming a thick band curved up from both shoulders so that the white of belly peaked up into near the throat. There were also some less-defined white blotches on throat and sides of neck. Wing covert feathers mostly browns with some scalloped edges. Very distant photo."
A Great Egret just landed in the field behind my house, about 40 ft from me. As I looked up it was likely downing a lizard.
There’s something hanging from its throat but appears to be sticking out through the skin just under its bill. I couldn’t confirm the object as plant or animal. It was a few inches long, sort of orange and yellow.
The feathers in that area and lower down on the front of its neck are in poor condition. Many are missing.
The bird is flight capable and is still able to eat.
I had to encourage it to leave when it headed for my house, likely for more lizards.
There was a Great Egret next to my house a few days ago that flew when I stepped out the back door.
New yard bird.
Cheryl Lish Arroyo Grande
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Date: 12/30/19 2:56 pm From: Brad Schram <gonebrdn...> Subject: [slocobirding] Pismo Black Scoter
An adult female BLACK SCOTER in a small flock of SURF SCOTERS just outside the surf zone off the Pismo Creek outfall this morning was a welcome surprise. She actively preened with the loafing scoters before something spooked them, the whole flock flying past Pismo pier toward the Shell Beach cliffs.
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Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (3) - Reported Dec 29, 2019 13:20 by Petra Clayton - Morro Bay SP--Marina/Boardwalk Trail, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.3445235,-120.8418006&ll=35.3445235,-120.8418006 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S62763760 - Media: 2 Photos - Comments: "Continuing juveniles. --- This afternoon all three were observed on dock 6, on the "Elizabeth Marie" and on the two adjacent vessels. --- Also observed at 9 a.m. : One on dock 6, two on dock 5."
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) (Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis) (1) - Reported Dec 29, 2019 09:04 by Nick Belardes - Laguna Lake Park, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.2656069,-120.6903817&ll=35.2656069,-120.6903817 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S62750375 - Media: 2 Photos - Comments: "Spotted adult female among several dozen juncos and sparrows on lakeside road. Dark-colored junco had dark brown back and dark brown on portions of wings. Bird bathed in roadside puddle. Will upload terrible iPhone/binoc pics."
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) (1) - Reported Dec 28, 2019 12:10 by Petra Clayton - Cuesta College Campus, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.3299016,-120.7414627&ll=35.3299016,-120.7414627 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S62724285 - Media: 1 Photo - Comments: "Continuing since first sighting on November 23, 2019. --- Today first observed in one of the American Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) trees on the south side of building 4100 (Business / Engineering). Then it flew to various other trees in the area."
Date: 12/28/19 11:01 pm From: Jim Royer <jrmotmot...> Subject: [slocobirding] Continuing Y-c Night Heron, E. Wigeon and L-tailed Duck
Today, a single Yellow-crowned Heron continued at the Morro Bay State Park Marina (perched on a boat in the second row from the east end of the docks), a male Eurasian Wigeon continued in the bay near South Bay Blvd. (across from Cabrillo Peak trailhead parking) at high tide, and the Long-tailed Duck was still near the Morro Bay Harbor Mouth (with scoters near a green buoy).
Jim Royer Los Osos
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Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (1) CONFIRMED - Reported Dec 27, 2019 08:23 by Jim Royer - Sea Pines Golf Course, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.3153586,-120.8574414&ll=35.3153586,-120.8574414 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S62673194 - Comments: "Probably one of the Chipping Sparrows reported by Jay Carroll previously, but on a different part of the golf course (on the fence and ground even with the front pond). This was a small sparrow with a small bill; warm brown crown; unstreaked gray belly, throat and collar; and blackish line from the bill to well behind the eye."
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2 adult, non-breeding Glaucous-winged Gulls were at the N. Elephant Seal
rookery, south end of the boardwalk today near Piedras Blancas.
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Nancy Jean Mann
San Luis Obispo
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"A duck a day!!!!" William Henry "Hank" Deveraux, Jr.'
Inbox (72) <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox> “On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach
their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a
downright moron.” H.L. Mencken
'I've seen so much stupid in my years that I can't remember all of it,'
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Date: 12/26/19 1:17 pm From: docentjoyce via Groups.Io <docentjoyce=<yahoo.com...> Subject: Re: [slocobirding] NYTimes: A Trump Policy ‘Clarification’ All but Ends Punishment for Bird Deaths
Thank you Claudia for posting this NYTimes article. Joyce Cory
> On Dec 26, 2019, at 9:56 AM, Claudia Freitas <cfreitas365...> wrote:
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> A Trump Policy ‘Clarification’ All but Ends Punishment for Bird Deaths
> https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/24/climate/trump-bird-deaths.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share >
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Date: 12/26/19 11:06 am From: Mike Stiles <mstiles...> Subject: <>Re: [slocobirding] NYTimes: A Trump Policy ‘Clarification’ All but Ends Punishment for Bird Deaths
Please, this is not a forum for politics, or non-San Luis Obispo related birding. This could quickly devolve into ugliness.
Date: 12/26/19 9:56 am From: Claudia Freitas <cfreitas365...> Subject: [slocobirding] NYTimes: A Trump Policy ‘Clarification’ All but Ends Punishment for Bird Deaths
FYI
This is *NOT* a political statement. ------All birds are the "canaries in
the mine" of our existance.
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Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (3) - Reported Dec 25, 2019 08:40 by Petra Clayton - Morro Bay SP--Marina/Boardwalk Trail, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=35.3445235,-120.8418006&ll=35.3445235,-120.8418006 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S62627858 - Media: 6 Photos - Comments: "Continuing juveniles perched on boats in the marina. Today seen on boats at the second and third dock from the eastern end: One next to the "Miss Behaven," one on and one next to the "Elizabeth Marie."
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Birding Pismo Creek mouth this morning, in hopes of something new blown in during the storm, proved disappointing because nothing seems to have changed since last week.
Following the creek mouth prowl I was pleasantly surprised to find a PACIFIC WREN in a willow and German Ivy tangle along Pismo Creek behind the Pismo water treatment facility. Many tries along AG Creek, and at the same location last winter, didn't produce one, and I was resigned to missing it on my 2019 5 Mile Radius list.
Moving on to the Pismo State Beach Golf Course at the end of Grand Ave I found the wintering juv. GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE & CACKLING GOOSE to be still working the grass in loose association with the CANADA GOOSE flock. Young birders Liam and Kilian Hampl happened by, telling me that they'd found a WHITE-FACED IBIS on the course earlier this morning! I was delighted to hear this, another bird missing from the 5MR thus far this year. This bird proved a little difficult, feeding in the tules in a course pond, but finally revealed itself.
A surprising morning, two new birds for the 5MR this late in the year.
Brad Schram Arroyo Grande
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