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Date: 2/8/25 11:56 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Green-winged Teal (Eurasian) (1 report)
- Long-tailed Duck (1 report)
- Barrow's Goldeneye (1 report)
- Costa's Hummingbird (1 report)
- Tropical Kingbird (1 report)
- Chipping Sparrow (5 reports)
- Clay-colored Sparrow (2 reports)
- Green-tailed Towhee (1 report)
- Pine Warbler (1 report)

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NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

eBird encourages our users to bird safely, responsibly, and mindfully. Please follow the recommendations of your local health authorities and respect any active travel restrictions in your area. For more information visit: https://ebird.org/news/please-bird-mindfully

Green-winged Teal (Eurasian) (Anas crecca crecca) (1)
- Reported Feb 08, 2025 11:20 by Carol Comeau
- Cuesta Inlet (previously Doris Ave Marsh), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8493236&<ll...>,-120.8493236
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212501347
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing male. Found by Jim Royer on 2/5/25. We started looking for the Eurasian GWTE in the back part of the inlet. However, there were no teal in the inlet channel. We found the bird looking out from the parking area at the junction of Pecho Road and Binscarth. Was with other GWTE- for a good comparison. The white horizontal line above the flanks was visible. There was no vertical white stripe at the shoulder. The buffy border around the green face mask seemed a little bolder than in the GWTE (American). Photo with a GWTE (American)."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 08, 2025 13:14 by Kerry Ross
- 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/S212505075
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Contineing bird pointed out me by Bob (PEFA observer)."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Feb 08, 2025 09:52 by Norman Pillsbury
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212467380
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing female; photos"

Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae) (1)
- Reported Feb 08, 2025 12:35 by Jean Sutton
- 10100 Santa Ana Rd, Atascadero US-CA 35.48309, -120.69845, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.69845&<ll...>,-120.69845
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212491828
- Comments: "We have identified the Costa hummingbird in our yard more than once and have had it confirmed by an expert. Definitely not an Anna hummingbird."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Feb 08, 2025 09:00 by Roger Hammer
- 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/S212534563
- Comments: "Cont in its usual tree near first dock. As I looked over there from time to time it was mostly not there perhaps due to cold, high winds and people nearby. Bright yellow abdomen/chest kingbird with rather large dark bill."

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (1)
- Reported Feb 08, 2025 11:58 by Mike Bush
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212498473
- Comments: "Rufous cap, flying between trees."

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (2)
- Reported Feb 08, 2025 09:53 by Anne O'Donnell
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212521437
- Comments: "Probably more. Distinct brownish-to brick colored stripes on crown, dark eye-line from beak to back of head. Un-streaked pale breast. Distinct chipping call easily ID’d."

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (8)
- Reported Feb 08, 2025 09:07 by Nick & Jane
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212496902
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing spizellas. Small pink bills, clean grey undersides. Red crowns. Dark eyeline from bases of bills through eyes. Counted by ones. Appeared when the sun came out next to and in dog park. Photos of two individuals."

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (2)
- Reported Feb 08, 2025 08:44 by Kathleen Kent
- Oakview Village, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.660672&<ll...>,-120.660672
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212468254
- Comments: "2 CHSP in their usual spot under oak trees. Prominent white supercillium, unstreaked white chest, belly and flanks."

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (2)
- Reported Feb 07, 2025 08:20 by Kathleen Kent
- Oakview Village, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.660672&<ll...>,-120.660672
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212446906
- Comments: "Two CHSP feeding on the ground under oak trees. Prominent white supercillium, unstreaked white chest, belly and flanks."

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Feb 08, 2025 09:53 by Anne O'Donnell
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212521437
- Comments: "Dark eye-line from eye to back of face, pale lores. Pale breast with bright buff on flanks. Distinct facial pattern with strong lines below eye to beak."

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Feb 08, 2025 09:07 by Nick & Jane
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212496902
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing spizella hanging out with chipper flock. Dark eyeline from eye extending back, white supercilium, plain lores. Brown cheek patch. Longer tail than chippers. Photo."

Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus) (1)
- Reported Feb 08, 2025 17:15 by Mark Mushkat
- Butte Rd. access to estuary, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.856481&<ll...>,-120.856481
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212536085
- Comments: "Well seen first winter bird, prominent rufous cap, white throat, dark moustachial stripe, dark line through eye, plain grayish to creamy chest to belly gradation. Wings and tail more gray than green in western light. No wing bars, back grayish. About same size of nearby WCSP.

No vocalization or photo.

Location in Los Osos next to third hole of Sea Pines golf course:

(35.3158376, -120.8582357)

Accessed via end of Butte drive."

Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) (1)
- Reported Feb 08, 2025 08:10 by Norman Pillsbury
- 16th Street Park, Grover Beach US-CA (35.1145,-120.6102), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.610243&<ll...>,-120.610243
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212468486
- Media: 8 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing; photos"

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Date: 2/7/25 10:45 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Green-winged Teal (Eurasian) (6 reports)
- Redhead (1 report)
- Ruddy Turnstone (1 report)
- Chipping Sparrow (6 reports)
- Clay-colored Sparrow (5 reports)

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Thank you for subscribing to the <daily> San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert. The report below shows observations of rare birds in San Luis Obispo County. View or unsubscribe to this alert at https://ebird.org/alert/summary?sid=SN36231
NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

eBird encourages our users to bird safely, responsibly, and mindfully. Please follow the recommendations of your local health authorities and respect any active travel restrictions in your area. For more information visit: https://ebird.org/news/please-bird-mindfully

Green-winged Teal (Eurasian) (Anas crecca crecca) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 07, 2025 13:48 by Herb Elliott
- Cuesta Inlet (previously Doris Ave Marsh), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8493236&<ll...>,-120.8493236
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212370062
- Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "This bird lacked the vertical white shoulder stripe seen on the nearby American Green-winged Teals and had a horizontal white stripe along its back. First reported by Jim Royer on 5 FEB 2025."

Green-winged Teal (Eurasian) (Anas crecca crecca) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 07, 2025 11:29 by Petra Clayton
- Cuesta Inlet (previously Doris Ave Marsh), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8493236&<ll...>,-120.8493236
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212364686
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing immature male since 2/5/25 ( Jim Royer).

Feeding at receding tide during a downpour with a pair of American Green-winged Teal in the back part of Cuesta Inlet, close to Doris Avenue. --- No vertical white stripe between breast and flank. Instead a horizontal cream-yellow stripe above a black stripe on scapular, the same color combination as the black-bordered cream-colored triangle on each side of the undertail coverts.

Click on the image below for a Flickr video, showing the Eurasian Green-winged Teal foraging with a pair of American Green-winged Teal in pouring rain:
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jack-petra-clayton/54313524111/in/dateposted-public/" title="Teal, Green-winged (Eurasian) Anas crecca crecca, Los Osos, CA"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/54313524111_c6aae11fae_z.jpg" alt="Teal, Green-winged (Eurasian) Anas crecca crecca, Los Osos, CA" /></a>"

Green-winged Teal (Eurasian) (Anas crecca crecca) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 07, 2025 11:15 by Carol Comeau
- Cuesta Inlet (previously Doris Ave Marsh), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8493236&<ll...>,-120.8493236
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212328181
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing male. Found by Jim Royer on 2/5/25. Was seen today foraging in the far back part of Cuesta Inlet channel. Was with other GWTE- for a good comparison. The white horizontal line above the flanks was visible. There was no vertical white stripe at the shoulder. The buffy border around the green face mask seemed a little bolder than in the GWTE (American). Might be best to enter Cuesta Inlet from Doris and Binscarth to see the bird."

Green-winged Teal (Eurasian) (Anas crecca crecca) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 07, 2025 11:15 by Cathy Bonnett
- Cuesta Inlet (previously Doris Ave Marsh), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8493236&<ll...>,-120.8493236
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212330225
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing male. Found by Jim Royer on 2/5/25. Was seen today foraging in the far back part of Cuesta Inlet channel. Was with other GWTE- for a good comparison. The white horizontal line above the flanks was visible. There was no vertical white stripe at the shoulder. The buffy border around the green face mask seemed a little bolder than in the GWTE (American). Might be best to enter Cuesta Inlet from Doris and Binscarth to see the bird."

Green-winged Teal (Eurasian) (Anas crecca crecca) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 07, 2025 09:46 by Jay Carroll
- Cuesta Inlet (previously Doris Ave Marsh), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8493236&<ll...>,-120.8493236
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212356483
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing male reported on 2-5-25 by J. Royer; no vertical white line between breast and flank as in the typical (American) subspecies, instead with a white horizontal line along flanks; also a slightly more pronounced white border between green eye stripe and cinnamon head compared to American; comparison photos."

Green-winged Teal (Eurasian) (Anas crecca crecca) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 06, 2025 13:00 by Kaaren Perry
- Cuesta Inlet (previously Doris Ave Marsh), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8493236&<ll...>,-120.8493236
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212342779
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Seen feeding long muddy channel at low tide with small group of GWTE. First reported by Jim Royer on 2/5/2025. Lacking vertical white stripe on side and presence of a horizontal black and white strip on scapular and showing prominent white border to facial pattern. This individual is being studied in an effort to distinguish between wide spread No American subspecies c. carolinensis and the rare European ssp. c. crecca. Hybridization between the two ssp. is also being considered in this case."

Redhead (Aythya americana) (4) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 07, 2025 10:00 by Kaaren Perry
- Whale Rock Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8708239&<ll...>,-120.8708239
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212347947
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Small group of male and female moving together, seen from Old Creek pullout."

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) (1)
- Reported Feb 07, 2025 09:23 by Joel Dunnette
- 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/S212324703
- Comments: "Orange legs, throat and face pattern"

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (8) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 07, 2025 15:02 by Mike Bush
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212366849
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Hard to get an accurate count as birds were quite active between several trees and the turf. Rufous caps, eyeline just to eye, not lore. Photos."

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (8)
- Reported Feb 07, 2025 13:30 by Roger Hammer
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212374700
- Comments: "cont birds; definitely more birds but saw 8 at once."

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (9) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 07, 2025 13:16 by Barry Langdon-Lassagne
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212349359
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Small flock of tiny sparrows, most of them coming into their striking chestnut & white crown pattern. Dainty pink bill, clear paler-gray chest, white wing bars, dark eye stripe."

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (9) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 07, 2025 13:16 by Virginia Langdon-Lassagne
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212349358
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Small flock of tiny sparrows, most of them coming into their striking chestnut & white crown pattern. Dainty pink bill, clear paler-gray chest, white wing bars, dark eye stripe."

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (8) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 07, 2025 12:43 by Janet Rayner
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212370602
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Counted by ones. Seems to be more common at this location in the winter."

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (8) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 07, 2025 12:43 by Ann Stockert
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212365575
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Counted by ones. Seems to be more common at this location in the winter."

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Feb 07, 2025 13:30 by Roger Hammer
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212374700
- Comments: "cont bird. Barry and Ann got good photos and I got a brief glance through glass. eyeline to back edge of eyering, white throat, cream/white supercilium."

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 07, 2025 13:16 by Barry Langdon-Lassagne
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212349359
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Seen with small flock of chipping sparrows, feeding in the grass beside Cedarwood Dr. between Teak & Beechwood. Complete eye ring, pale lores, buffier wing bars than chippies. Pink bill, small size, stronger mustache, white throat, pale belly. Photos."

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 07, 2025 13:16 by Virginia Langdon-Lassagne
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212349358
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Seen with small flock of chipping sparrows, feeding in the grass beside Cedarwood Dr. between Teak & Beechwood. Complete eye ring, pale lores, buffier wing bars than chippies. Pink bill, small size, stronger mustache, white throat, pale belly. Photos."

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 07, 2025 12:43 by Ann Stockert
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212365575
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing…. Observed near the gate to the dog run. Hanging out with the Chipping Sparrows. Photos"

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (2)
- Reported Feb 07, 2025 12:43 by Janet Rayner
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212370602
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing…. Observed both birds together near the gate to the dog run. Hanging out with the Chipping Sparrows. Photos"

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Date: 2/7/25 4:52 am
From: shawnabw via groups.io <shawnabw...>
Subject: [slocobirding] Bird Watching Boat Tour in Morro Bay on Sunday
Hey all!

Just wanted to give you all a heads up that there are monthly bird watching trips offered with Sub Sea Tours and Morro Bay Whale Watching.

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Sunday, Feb 9 from 2 - 4pm

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Date: 2/6/25 9:33 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Green-winged Teal (Eurasian) (5 reports)
- Chipping Sparrow (1 report)
- Clay-colored Sparrow (1 report)
- Lark Bunting (1 report)

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NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

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Green-winged Teal (Eurasian) (Anas crecca crecca) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 06, 2025 12:16 by Ann Stockert
- Cuesta Inlet (previously Doris Ave Marsh), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8493236&<ll...>,-120.8493236
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212235558
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird originally found by Jim Royer. Male lacking the vertical white breast stripe but showing a bold horizontal white wing stripe. Photos"

Green-winged Teal (Eurasian) (Anas crecca crecca) (1)
- Reported Feb 06, 2025 11:32 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- Cuesta Inlet (previously Doris Ave Marsh), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8493236&<ll...>,-120.8493236
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212255692
- Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird (Jim Royer 2.5.25) observed in muddy main channel with receding tide here: (35°19'13.0"N 120°50'58.0"W).

This bird stayed with a small flock of Green-winged Teal & 2 Cinnamon Teal that relocated once and landed at a closer distance but never left the main channel.

Distinguishing field marks included white horizontal line along scapulars, complete lack of vertical white line behind the breast, golden crown and chestnut lower face separated by green mask with pronounced cream/white outline that wrapped around the mask from the rear crown to front of eye and extended below along the mask nearly to the nape. This bird also displayed beige colored lines on the face that extended upwards from sides of the bill base to the intersection of the mask outline in front of the eye. In flight, the white upper wing coverts above the secondaries were plainly visible and distinctive."

Green-winged Teal (Eurasian) (Anas crecca crecca) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 06, 2025 09:55 by Carol Comeau
- Cuesta Inlet (previously Doris Ave Marsh), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8493236&<ll...>,-120.8493236
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212221989
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing male. Found by Jim Royer on 2/5/25. Was seen today foraging in the back part of Cuesta Inlet channel. It alternated sides for foraging. Was with other GWTE- for a good comparison. The white horizontal line above the flanks stood out at times and was hidden at times. There was no vertical white stripe at the shoulder. The buffy border around the green face mask seemed a little bolder than in the GWTE (American). Might be best to enter Cuesta Inlet from Doris and Binscarth to see the bird."

Green-winged Teal (Eurasian) (Anas crecca crecca) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 06, 2025 09:24 by Jim Royer
- Cuesta Inlet (previously Doris Ave Marsh), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8493236&<ll...>,-120.8493236
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212205632
- Comments: "Continuing bird reported yesterday, in the part of Cuesta Inlet nearest Doris Ave., the teal were flying in as the tide receded."

Green-winged Teal (Eurasian) (Anas crecca crecca) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 05, 2025 10:35 by Jim Royer
- Cuesta Inlet (previously Doris Ave Marsh), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8493236&<ll...>,-120.8493236
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212144133
- Comments: "Tentative ID. This male teal was with very similar American Green-winged Teal and was the same approximate size and shape. It lacked the white vertical stripe on side of breast, and had a white patch on the sides along the edge of the wings. It had a white outline on the bottom side of the dark green facial patch and a light border above the facial patch that ran down to the bill. Since hybrids occur about as often as pure Eurasian form (Sibley), a hybrid needs to be ruled out. It was feeding in the mud at low tide with the other teal."

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (12) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 06, 2025 08:30 by Roger Hammer
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212234443
- Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "cont. birds were nervous as they were right on the corner of Cedarwood and Cottonwood and today was trash day with numerous trucks, a hefty wind, and rain drops. No bothersome dogs though, so counting blessings."

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Feb 06, 2025 08:30 by Roger Hammer
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212234443
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "maybe saw 2 different individuals but didn't get pics of 2 birds so counting only one. distinguished from accompanying CHSP by lack of dark lores, light crown median stripe, no reddishness, cleaner gray nape space, vague moustache and lateral neck line, but not classic marks as perhaps this was a less mature bird."

Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (1)
- Reported Feb 06, 2025 09:30 by Russ Namitz
- 20280–20366 Soda Lake Rd, Santa Margarita US-CA 35.09758, -119.73049, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.730495&<ll...>,-119.730495
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212202548
- Comments: "Quick look at immature/female bird that popped up on the fence. Larger than nearby WCSP with streaked chest, light wing panel on folded wing and silver-blue bill. (35.0975155, -119.7304902)"

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Date: 2/6/25 2:50 pm
From: Kaaren Perry via groups.io <surfbird1...>
Subject: [slocobirding] Green-winged Teal continues at Cuesta Inlet. 1:30
The Green-winged Teal initially reported yesterday by Jim Royer, was seen this afternoon feeding with a small group of Green-winged Teal at low tide.

I have uploaded one photo on flickr which seem to show some of the details being discussed to possibly determine subspecies or hybrid status. Questions I know of currently being tossed around are: is it the expected GWTE ssp? a much rarer Eurasian ssp? a hybrid? an immature bird?. Hopefully some who study these ducks will chime in.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaarenp/

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Date: 2/6/25 11:35 am
From: Jay Carroll via groups.io <macro2953...>
Subject: [slocobirding] Morro Bay CBC Results
The 71st Morro Coast Audubon CBC was held on December 14, 2024 and recorded a total of 187 species, which was 6.4% below the count average of 198.7 since 1980. A rapidly-moving storm front passed over the area in mid-morning bringing gusty winds and rain showers. By noon the rain had cleared out, but the winds persisted into the afternoon. We had a total of 125 participants in 53 parties that spent an aggregate of 230 hours covering 331 miles (walking and driving). Our total of 43,345 birds counted was about average for the previous 10 years (43,831), despite the inclement weather.

Two new species were added to the MB CBC master species list, bringing our total to 323 species seen over all 71 counts since 1948. The new species, documented with photos, were *Least Bittern* ( Ixobrychus exilis ) found in bulrush habitat at Laguna Lake, and *Leach's Storm Petrel* ( Oceanodroma leucorhoa ) observed flying along the Morro Bay sandspit south of Morro Rock. Some other notable Count Day species included *Marbled Murrelet* and *Red Phalarope* (both species offshore from Montana de Oro State Park), *Tennessee Warbler* (Morro Bay State Park campground), *Eastern Phoebe* (Turri Road), *Summer Tanager* (Cal Poly Botanical Garden), *Yellow-headed Blackbird* (Cal Poly/Camp San Luis), and *Bullock's Oriole* (Meadow Park SLO). Two hybrid ducks, a *Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid)* at Sweet Springs Preserve and a *Eurasian Wigeon x American Wigeon (hybrid)* in Morro Bay were interesting additions to the Count Day list, as were two *“Large-billed” Savannah Sparrow* subspecies seen at the Morro Bay State Park Marina boardwalk.

Several species had counts that were notably higher than their long term averages since 1980 (shown in parentheses) including *Greater Yellowlegs* 55 (18.4), *Great Egret* 158 (78.9), *Red-tailed Hawk* 221 (138.3), and *Brown-headed Cowbird* 1,768 (660.2). Count Day “no-shows” that were at least present during Count Week (3 days before and after Count Day) included three species of geese (Snow, Ross’s, and Cackling), Long-tailed Duck, White-winged Dove, Greater Roadrunner, Canyon Wren, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Varied Thrush, and Grasshopper Sparrow.

Additional details on the count results can be accessed on the Morro Coast Audubon CBC webpage ( https://www.morrocoastaudubon.org/p/mcas-christmas-bird-count.html#results ) , and a compilation of the raw data from all submitted eBird lists can be viewed in the Count Day Trip Report ( https://ebird.org/tripreport/301161 ).

Thanks to all of the participants who contributed their time and effort to this year’s successful count!

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Date: 2/6/25 10:30 am
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Subject: [slocobirding] ❗️MCAS Field Trip-Birds of Morro Rock, February 16, 2025
 

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Date: 2/6/25 10:03 am
From: RoserComeau via groups.io <80comros...>
Subject: [slocobirding] GW Teal -Eurasian
Thanks Jim Royer for the find! At 10 AM the bird is foraging in the back
of Cuesta Inlet. Best entrance may be from Doris and Binscarth. Los Osos.
It is raining! Horizontal stripe clearly visible.
Carol Comeau
Los Osos


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Date: 2/5/25 8:18 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Green-winged Teal (Eurasian) (2 reports)
- Tropical Kingbird (1 report)

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Green-winged Teal (Eurasian) (Anas crecca crecca) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 05, 2025 10:49 by Tom Edell
- Cuesta Inlet (previously Doris Ave Marsh), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8493236&<ll...>,-120.8493236
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212123949
- Media: 8 Photos
- Comments: "first winter male found by Jim Royer this morning. The bird was feeding in the Cuesta Inlet channel. It appeared to be in its first winter because of the scattered brown feathers on the underparts, the incomplete black border on the sides of the undertail coverts, and white mottling on the rusty colored forehead and central crown stripe. I'm uncertain that the paleness of the rusty-brown face and crown stripe are not age related, but the colors of these areas are expected to be darker on a male American Green-winged Teal. The pale boarder (not as bold as I would expect on an adult male) to the green mask that extended down to and along the base of the bill, the white horizontal line above the flanks, and the lack of a vertical white stripe at the shoulder all point to this being a male Eurasian Green-winged Teal. As I rarely see this form, comments are welcome on this bird. (photos)"

Green-winged Teal (Eurasian) (Anas crecca crecca) (1)
- Reported Feb 05, 2025 11:11 by Grace Hayes
- Cuesta Inlet, Los Osos US-CA (35.3201,-120.8505), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.850531&<ll...>,-120.850531
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S212104262
- Comments: "No vertical shoulder mark"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Feb 05, 2025 11:06 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/S212113387
- Comments: "Continuing. Large black bill, lemony tum and yellow-green chest, green back, notched tail. Flew in to first dock area, flew from tree to tree."

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Date: 2/5/25 4:26 pm
From: Russell Namitz via groups.io <namitzr...>
Subject: [slocobirding] Carrizo Plain CBC Results 2024-2025
Carrizo Plain CBC 2024-2025 Results

The 54th Carrizo Plain CBC was held on January 5, 2025 and recorded a total of 10,798 individuals of 68 bird species. Historically the Carrizo CBC has averaged 13,000 individual birds of 66 species. We had a total of 33 participants in 12 parties that spent 58.5 hours covering 187 miles (walking and driving).

Count day field conditions were excellent with dry roads, mostly sunny skies, and temperatures ranging from 41 to 51F with calm winds.

The most notable species was Sagebrush Sparrow (Simmler Rd) where up to 3 individuals were found on a scouting trip before the count day. Other notable species detected were Annas Hummingbird (Saucito Ranch), Turkey Vulture (Saucito Ranch), Northern House Wren (California Valley), Chipping Sparrow (Temblors), Brown-headed Cowbird (California Valley), Lesser Goldfinch (Saucito Ranch), and Western Screech-Owl (Hwy 58).

The top 5 species by number were Horned Lark (4373), White-crowned Sparrow (1577), Western Meadowlark (1025), Savannah Sparrow (900) and House Finch (535) which made up 78% of the total individuals.

Count week birds included White-tailed Kite (Saucito Ranch), Sharp-shinned Hawk (McKittrick Peak), & Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Saucito Ranch).

Record high numbers were set for Northern Harrier (72), Western Screech-Owl (3), American Kestrel (63), Says Phoebe (78), Oak Titmouse (9) and Sage Thrasher (26).

Notable misses for the CBC were Rock Pigeon, Greater Yellowlegs, White-breasted Nuthatch, Hermit Thrush, Song Sparrow and Spotted Towhee.

Many thanks to all of the participants who contributed their time and effort to this years count. The overwhelming majority of participants live on or near the coast in San Luis Obispo County and have a minimum of 1.5 hour driving one way to get to the Carrizo Plain National Monument.

Complete count details can be viewed here on the National Audubon Society website. netapp.audubon.org/CBCObservation/CurrentYear/ResultsByCount.aspx<https://netapp.audubon.org/CBCObservation/CurrentYear/ResultsByCount.aspx>


Good birding,
Russ Namitz
CPNM Wildlife Biologist
Carrizo Plain CBC Compiler



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Date: 2/5/25 12:22 pm
From: Jim Royer via groups.io <jrmotmot...>
Subject: [slocobirding] Likely Eurasian Green-winged (Common) Teal at Cuesta Inlet
A likely Eurasian Green-winged Teal is with our normal Green-winged Teal in
Cuesta Inlet, Los Osos, this morning. This male shows no vertical stripe on
the side and has a white horizontal stripe that runs along the side of the
wings when the bird is on the ground. This horizontal stripe shows more or
less, depending on how the bird holds its wings. The light border to the
dark facial is more distinct on this bird than the normal Green-wings. It
has been feeding in the mud at low tide with other teal. It may very well
fly to other parts of the bay at higher tide. Since hybrids are as common
as pure Eurasian Green-winged Teal in North America, this ID is not certain
at this point.

Jim Royer
Los Osos


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Date: 2/4/25 7:01 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- American Bittern (1 report)
- Western Cattle-Egret (2 reports)
- Tropical Kingbird (1 report)
- Chipping Sparrow (2 reports)
- Clay-colored Sparrow (1 report)

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American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 03, 2025 11:35 by Petra Clayton
- 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/S211900822
- Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Observed flying from the south side of the large lake across the board walk and disappearing into the reeds on the north side of the lake.
In flight: Dark flight feathers, pale coverts and trailing yellow legs; thick neck, white throat, heavily streaked face and underparts."

Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 01, 2025 14:51 by Joanna van Dyk
- Cerro San Luis Obispo--Madonna Inn Trail, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6841321&<ll...>,-120.6841321
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211954610
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Small egret with short, yellow bill, seen in horse pasture with great egrets."

Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis) (1)
- Reported Feb 04, 2025 14:37 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/S212015988
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Small, compact, soggy egret flew onto mudflats and stood miserably with mixed gull flock. This bird was so small of a cattle egret that when I noticed it (didn’t see it fly in) that it blended with the gull flock. The egret must have been closeby. I do know there is another mudflat/bank area just west of the vacant lot viewing area but is near impossible to see—wonder if that’s where it was, or maybe just out of sight in the reeds that block some views of mudflats. Stout, shortish orange bill. A yellowy tinge to soaked plumage. Don’t recall leg color—but I think dark—was attempting to digibin a photo since I forgot camera battery. It soon flew off and I also soon left because of downpour. My photos (original and cropped) aren’t identifiable and rate a zero, but will add for fun as you can see a lil egret-shaped sog-blob."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Feb 04, 2025 14:37 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/S212015988
- Comments: "Heard its trill call from creek mouth side and saw it fly after a cassin’s kingbird over a house. Yellowy tum and breast, large black bill. No photo"

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (10) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 02, 2025 09:39 by Kevin Zimmer
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211905119
- Media: 12 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. Difficult to count precisely, because the feeding flock was restless and individuals kept leapfrogging one another and flying from the ground up into shrubs and overhanging tree limbs. The most Spizella sparrows that I could count at one time was 12, and 2 of them were Clay-colored Sparrows. Chipping were separated by presence of rufous in the crown, a black eyeline that extended through the lores, gray rump that contrasted with the brown back, less boldly patterned face, and lack of buff tones to the auriculars. Photos to follow."

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (7)
- Reported Jan 29, 2025 11:51 by Jeanette Stone
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211228774
- Comments: "Continuing at this location"

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 02, 2025 09:39 by Kevin Zimmer
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211905119
- Media: 17 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing; 2 individuals associated with flock of at least 10 Chipping Sparrows. Separated from latter by combination of pale lores, buff auricular patch bordered by dark post ocular streak and dark moustachial stripe, obvious pale median crown stripe, broader and paler supercilium and submoustachial stripe, broader and more contrasting gray nuchal collar, and rump concolorous with back. Photos to follow."

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Date: 2/4/25 4:27 am
From: Rubba Johanna via groups.io <jer72701...>
Subject: [slocobirding] Cassin’s Kingbird, Oceano
Kingbird with dark gray head, white chin, dark gray wash on chest. Much darker than other kingbirds. Teed up on naked treetop; viewed from bench near entrance to peninsula

A birdy Sunday morning at the lagoon! Saw 18 common species walking from visitor’s center to top of north campground. Even more heard by Merlin. A notable lack of ducks—one Mallard pair and a lone (!) male Ruddy Duck asleep on the water.

Luxuriated in my new Opticon 8x42s.

Johanna Rubba
Grover Beach


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Date: 2/3/25 9:33 pm
From: Max T via groups.io <mwilmoretaylor...>
Subject: [slocobirding] Upcoming SLO Breeding Seabird and Marine Mammal Surveys (MCAS)
Hi everyone! If it interests you, Morro Coast Audubon is looking for new
volunteers in our Breeding Seabird and Marine Mammal surveys conducted at
several different sites throughout the county(Pismo Beach/Estero
Bluffs/Montana de Oro). Participation level is flexible and up to you. I
sent a similar email out a year ago and had the pleasure of meeting some
awesome citizen scientists as a result! Please contact the listed email if
interested.
Our poster is attached below.
Happy Birding!
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Date: 2/3/25 5:55 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (1 report)
- Redhead (3 reports)
- Tropical Kingbird (1 report)
- Grasshopper Sparrow (1 report)
- Chipping Sparrow (2 reports)
- Yellow-headed Blackbird (4 reports)
- Hooded Oriole (1 report)

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Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (2)
- Reported Feb 03, 2025 12:17 by Andrew Fleming
- 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/S211871717
- Comments: "Continuing. Cinnamon body with blue grey head. Resting with other teals."

Redhead (Aythya americana) (8)
- Reported Feb 03, 2025 11:00 by Roger Hammer
- Whale Rock Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8708239&<ll...>,-120.8708239
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211894501
- Comments: "cont. birds all on Old Ck arm, decent lighting with overcast sky to see contrasting body and reddish brown head w/ light or blueish bill. Thought Canvasback was in Cottontail Ck arm, but when switching from field glasses to scope, bird was not relocated."

Redhead (Aythya americana) (4) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 02, 2025 10:27 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- Whale Rock Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8708239&<ll...>,-120.8708239
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211777556
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "West Arm location - 1 adult male with all red head, blue bill with dark tip, black breast, grayish/white back, lighter sides, dark tail coverts and white tail tips. 3 females with blue bill with dark tip, brown head with eye-ring, dark back and buffy brown breast and grayish brown sides."

Redhead (Aythya americana) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 02, 2025 08:47 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- Whale Rock Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8708239&<ll...>,-120.8708239
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211776159
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "East arm pair - Adult male with all red head, blue bill with dark tip, black breast, grayish/white back, lighter sides, dark tail coverts and white tail tips. Adult female with blue bill with dark tip, brown head with eye-ring, dark back and brown sides."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Feb 03, 2025 09:55 by Tom Edell
- 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/S211878681
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "continuing bird in the lawn/BBQ area by eastern most floating dock. Seen flycatching from high perches and once gave its trill call when it landed. Bright yellow belly through breast, though yellow muted with gray or green on breast. Large and stout black bill, pale gray head and face with dark mask through the eyes and a white throat. The back was green and brown tail appeared notched. Poor cell phone photos."

Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 02, 2025 07:20 by Max Roberts
- Carrizo Plain National Monument, Santa Margarita US-CA (35.1354,-119.8385), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.838541&<ll...>,-119.838541
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211839835
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Seen flocking with Savannah and White-crowned Sparrows"

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (6)
- Reported Feb 03, 2025 13:31 by Jan Bugge
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211890869
- Comments: "continuing birds in SE corner of park near dog park; sparrow with central rufous crown and plain grayish breast"

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (6)
- Reported Feb 03, 2025 13:31 by Lisa Gattuso
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211886642
- Comments: "continuing birds in SE corner of park near dog park; sparrow with central rufous crown and plain grayish breast"

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (1)
- Reported Feb 03, 2025 12:00 by Tom Edell
- Cal Poly--Mt Bishop Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6777764&<ll...>,-120.6777764
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211878660
- Comments: "Female/immature. Brown body with yellow chest and yellow and brown face. Did not see the other two birds. This was not a careful check of all the blackbirds present."

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (3) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 02, 2025 16:00 by Melissa Steinberg
- Cal Poly--Mt Bishop Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6777764&<ll...>,-120.6777764
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211768035
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Distinct yellow head on Two adults also was one juvenile. See photos.

appended 2/3 for more detail: Observed through swaro 8.5/42 ELs. There were three yellow headed black birds sitting on a fence wire, two were side by side, and the third was two birds to the right (my right not theirs). The two side by side had the distinct yellow coloration on the head and neck, bright and vibrant. The bird on the left appeared to be a male juvenile coming into full color as there were black splotches of feather on the head. The middle bird had more yellow coloration and a few remnant black spots on the head, a male almost in full mature color. The third bird was brown with pale yellow splotching on the chest up to the face, the juvenile indicated in my initial description. I only have an iPhone and did my best to photograph the birds, so the photos are not great. The immature is circled in the third photo uploaded, the two males are more visible in the photos. I called my husband and son, who are also birders and talked through the ID of the juvenile. In Florida, we have yellow-headed blackbirds pop up in flocks of cowbirds and I have seen variations of these birds in large flocks before which also assisted in my ID of the three birds."

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 02, 2025 15:31 by Marissa Benavente
- Cal Poly--Mt Bishop Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6777764&<ll...>,-120.6777764
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211778722
- Comments: "Large brown blackbird with yellow face and chest."

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 02, 2025 15:31 by Jim Flynn
- Cal Poly--Mt Bishop Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6777764&<ll...>,-120.6777764
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211778723
- Comments: "Large brown blackbird with yellow face and chest."

Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus) (1)
- Reported Feb 02, 2025 14:30 by Ashley Grupenhoff
- 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/S211771316
- Comments: "ASY male foraging in eucalyptus"

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Date: 2/2/25 4:46 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (2 reports)
- Redhead (2 reports)
- Black Scoter (1 report)
- Barrow's Goldeneye (2 reports)
- Marbled Murrelet (1 report)
- Western Cattle-Egret (3 reports)
- Rough-legged Hawk (1 report)
- Tropical Kingbird (1 report)
- Chipping Sparrow (3 reports)
- Clay-colored Sparrow (2 reports)
- Yellow-headed Blackbird (1 report)

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Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1)
- Reported Feb 02, 2025 12:00 by Marissa Benavente
- 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/S211734715
- Comments: "Photo later."

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1)
- Reported Feb 02, 2025 12:00 by Jim Flynn
- 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/S211734714
- Comments: "Photo later."

Redhead (Aythya americana) (7)
- Reported Feb 02, 2025 08:55 by Tom Edell
- Whale Rock Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8708239&<ll...>,-120.8708239
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211738966
- Comments: "2 male, 5 female plumaged, all on Old Creek arm of reservoir. These birds were backlit when in view making the males most recognizable by the reddish head, black chest and vent, and otherwise pale bodies. I was unable to see the bill color though it looked pale. The females were identified by brown heads, and upper plumage and comparable in size and shape to the males."

Redhead (Aythya americana) (8) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 01, 2025 15:01 by The Spotting Twohees
- Whale Rock Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8708239&<ll...>,-120.8708239
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211577959
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "4M 4F swimming and diving in the Old Creek arm on the south side. Redhead with blue bill. Dark breast and tail. Gray body. Photo"

Black Scoter (Melanitta americana) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 01, 2025 10:14 by Tom Edell
- Little Cayucos Creek Mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9039301&<ll...>,-120.9039301
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211581537
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "immature male in Surf Scoter flock off Little Cayucos Creek. Stood out from Surf Scoters because of its different head and bill profile. It had a rounded head with a rounded forehead and a smaller bill than the Surf Scoters with a yellow base on the upper mandible that extended to barely in front of the nostrils. No obvious knob on bill as profile continued smoothly from the tip to the forehead. Faint remnant of juvenile pale face and neck visible. Body appeared dark brown under overcast sky. (Photos)"

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Feb 01, 2025 07:19 by Andrew Fleming
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211533043
- Comments: "Continuing female. Seen just downstream from the 2nd bridge. Short yellow bill. Steep forehead."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 29, 2025 09:19 by John Fields
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211201026
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird"

Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) (3) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 01, 2025 10:14 by Tom Edell
- Little Cayucos Creek Mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9039301&<ll...>,-120.9039301
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211581537
- Comments: "Scanning offshore from left to right with a scope I spotted a smaller murrelet size bird that was inside a Western/Clark's Grebe flock. It appeared tiny compared to the grebes even though it was closer. I was able to note the dark crown that appeared to end at the eye, a white collar that did not wrap completely across the nape as there was a thin dark line connecting the crown to the back, a white face, white underparts, dark back and wings with a white scapular bar, followed by a dark area and then a white patch. I did not note the tail or the bill other than they were difficult to see at distance. It looked like the the black cap did not extend down and around/below the eye. I continued scanning to the right and came across two more closer to the Cayucos Pier. They essentially looked similar to the one I had seen previously though I did not study them as carefully as the first more distant bird. I then looked back to the left and saw the original bird in about the same location."

Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis) (1)
- Reported Feb 02, 2025 12:37 by Barry Langdon-Lassagne
- 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/S211734345
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Small white egret, found originally by Mike Bush at 10:30am today in this location. Yellow beak lores, black legs & feet. Photos in flight. Flew off into suburbia to the southwest, near Laguna Middle School."

Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis) (1)
- Reported Feb 02, 2025 12:37 by Virginia Langdon-Lassagne
- 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/S211734342
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Small white egret, found originally by Mike Bush at 10:30am today in this location. Yellow beak lores, black legs & feet. Photos in flight. Flew off into suburbia to the southwest, near Laguna Middle School."

Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis) (1)
- Reported Feb 02, 2025 10:05 by Mike Bush
- 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/S211708568
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "White egret, much smaller than adjacent Great Egret with a yellow bill and tan smudge on crown. Distant view, perched in deciduous willow across Laguna Lake as seen from Prefumo Creek Outlet. Last seen flying west and dropping at the remote western end of the Lake.

Poor distant ID photo with Great Egret"

Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) (1)
- Reported Jan 31, 2025 13:29 by Kevin Zimmer
- Carrizo Plain NM--Panorama Rd., San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7734642&<ll...>,-119.7734642
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211602442
- Comments: "Large, long-winged Buteo with white base to tail and clearly demarcated, broad black band near tip; broad dark belly band contrasting with otherwise pale underparts; underwings showed bold dark blotches at carpals, and when the bird banked, I could see what looked like whitish patches on the upper surface of the primaries, similar to the white flash on a Ferruginous Hawk’s upper wing. The bird was soaring too distantly for documentary photos, but the contrast of the tail pattern, belly band, and wing pattern were all apparent."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Feb 02, 2025 11:05 by Mike Bush
- 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/S211715454
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Yellow from bill through belly. Large bill. Brief look before it flew west from area of first dock. Photos"

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (2)
- Reported Feb 01, 2025 10:36 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/S211662712
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Small sparrows with bright rufous crown, white median stripe, bisected eye-ring by dark lores and eye-line, mostly pale small bill, unstreaked nape and unmarked grayish underneath with long, forked tail."

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (9)
- Reported Feb 01, 2025 14:38 by Ben Kolstad
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211585017
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Several rufous headed crowns and a few brown crowns. All with dark eye line and pale supercilium. Unstreaked breast. Buffy backs. One white wing bar. Pale bills."

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (1)
- Reported Feb 01, 2025 09:32 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211597878
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Recent flock of small sparrows first reported by Petra & Jack Clayton (1.27.25). These birds had rufous/brown crowns white median stripe, buffy supercilium, pinkish bill, broken eye-ring from dark lores and dark eye-line, gray un-streaked nape, were mostly brown on back and unmarked grayish below. Flock of 8 birds observed in several areas of Oak Creek Park during our visit. One solo bird also observed several times was associating with 4-5 Yellow-rumped Warblers away from the main flock."

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Feb 01, 2025 14:38 by Ben Kolstad
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211585017
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Small sparrow with notched tail. Brown-tan crown has a cream-colored median stripe and several dark brown stripes. Broad pale buff supercilium. Complete eye ring. Unstreaked breast. In flock with 8 or 9 Chipping Sparrows."

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Feb 01, 2025 09:32 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211597878
- Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Based on comparative photos, one of two Clay-colored Sparrows observed is likely a continuing bird also first reported by Petra & Jack Clayton (1.27.25). Both birds were the same size as nearby Chipping Sparrows. The two birds appeared long-tailed and displayed non-breeding plumage with brown streaked crown, white median crown stripe, buffy white supercilium, complete eye-ring , narrow brown eye-line, pale bill and lores, gray un-streaked nape, lateral throat stripe, white throat, unmarked buffy breast area and slightly forked tail. Both birds observed associating closely with main Chipping Sparrow flock."

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (2)
- Reported Feb 01, 2025 12:38 by Jeanette Stone
- Cal Poly--Mt Bishop Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6777764&<ll...>,-120.6777764
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211753519
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Previously reported. Stocky Blackbird (larger than nearby blackbirds). Complete yellow head (male) and female with yellow throat and patchy yellow head."

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Subject: [slocobirding] Snowy Plovers
Snowy Plovers are now protected by signs at the Pismo Beach Grand entrance.
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Date: 2/1/25 3:36 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Long-tailed Duck (1 report)
- Barrow's Goldeneye (2 reports)
- Tropical Kingbird (1 report)
- Chipping Sparrow (2 reports)
- Clay-colored Sparrow (2 reports)
- Yellow-headed Blackbird (1 report)
- Pine Warbler (1 report)

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Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 31, 2025 13:30 by The Spotting Twohees
- 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/S211421718
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. Actively diving across the bay from the T Pier. Photos"

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Feb 01, 2025 10:06 by John Sterling
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211523947
- Comments: "Continuing. Small all yellow bill, steep forehead."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 31, 2025 15:52 by Jay Carroll
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211534586
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing since 1-13-25 (Langdon-Lassagne); female type with mostly yellow-orange bill, but dusky at base, and steep forehead angle differentiate from very similar Common Goldeneye."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Feb 01, 2025 08:43 by Andrew Fleming
- 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/S211533155
- Comments: "Continuing bird in the same area by first dock. Trilled often."

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (14) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 01, 2025 10:58 by Gabriel Rudy
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211554434
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing. Seen here: 35.607929, -120.6553689"

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (14)
- Reported Feb 01, 2025 10:41 by The Spotting Twohees
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211542737
- Comments: "Moving around the park as a flock along Cottonwood St. Feeding on the ground. Near the location found on 1/27 by Petra Clayton . Rufous crown. Dark eyeline. Light supercilium. Pale unmarked breast. Photos."

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Feb 01, 2025 10:58 by Gabriel Rudy
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211554434
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing. Seen here: 35.607929, -120.6553689"

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Feb 01, 2025 10:41 by The Spotting Twohees
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211542737
- Comments: "Seen with the Chipping Sparrow flock. Very active flock mocing around the park. Lots of people and a few dogs.
Crown more brown than rufous with white stripes. Pale eye ring with less defined eye stripe than the CHSP. Photos"

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (2)
- Reported Feb 01, 2025 14:44 by Andrew Fleming
- Cal Poly--Mt Bishop Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6777764&<ll...>,-120.6777764
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211574583
- Comments: "Continuing birds. Seen at beef cattle evaluation center amongst hundreds of other blackbirds and starlings. 1 adult male with distinctive yellow head. Other was female with yellow breast and brown head."

Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) (1)
- Reported Feb 01, 2025 11:03 by John Sterling
- 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/S211533916
- Comments: "Continuing adult male. Photo to be added"

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Date: 1/31/25 2:27 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Redhead (1 report)
- Long-tailed Duck (3 reports)
- Tropical Kingbird (2 reports)
- Chipping Sparrow (1 report)
- Lark Bunting (3 reports)
- Savannah Sparrow (Large-billed) (1 report)

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Redhead (Aythya americana) (1)
- Reported Jan 30, 2025 11:30 by Roger Hammer
- Whale Rock Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8708239&<ll...>,-120.8708239
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211311191
- Comments: "poor lighting but saw one bird thru scope clearly enough to recognize 2 toned dark/light gray body with reddish head and bluish bill, distinguishing it from Canvasback which I could not find. Located in Old Ck arm."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 31, 2025 08:53 by Bob Pape
- 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/S211374518
- Comments: "Finally after 4 days. Plumage gave me impression of 1st winter male. Between harbor bend and prior location near T dock. Sorry, camera didn’t reach that far."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 30, 2025 12:37 by Mike Bush
- 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/S211290832
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Small duck with dark short bill; brownish bird overall with white patches. Continuing. Photos."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 29, 2025 15:16 by Kevin Zimmer
- 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/S211277963
- Comments: "Distant but identifiable photos."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 31, 2025 11:48 by Mike Bush
- 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/S211396987
- Comments: "Continuing large kingbird, large Bill, yellow throat and belly. All brown tail feathers. Seen at paved loop."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 30, 2025 12:15 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/S211285789
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing. The bird moved across the road to the pine that is sometimes occupied by a Red Shouldered Hawk. Actively feeding. Seemed to have some sap on the upper chest feathers. Plump Kingbird with yellow belly and chest. Thick bill."

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (8)
- Reported Jan 30, 2025 17:00 by Roger Hammer
- Sherwood Dog Park, Paso Robles US-CA 35.60777, -120.65497, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.654972&<ll...>,-120.654972
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211311857
- Comments: "post sunset found these birds roosting in tree above paved walkway just east of dog park. exactly same spot as last year. was keenly searching for the CCSP but couldn't confidently discern in fading light. also searched where TE and PC got ccsp a couple days ago, but dipped there."

Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (1)
- Reported Jan 30, 2025 12:47 by Joan Parker
- Carrizo Plain NM--Soda Lake Rd. at Simler Rd., San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8577928&<ll...>,-119.8577928
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211377057
- Comments: "We first noticed this bird perched on a barbed wire fence near other sparrows. It was noticeably larger with a bulky head and neck and stouter bill. When it flew we saw white patches on its wings and white tips on its tail. We ruled out Lark Sparrow because we had already seen quite a few and this bird lacked the colorful face pattern and was much more bulky in the head and neck."

Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (1)
- Reported Jan 30, 2025 12:47 by Nancy Bruce
- Carrizo Plain NM--Soda Lake Rd. at Simler Rd., San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8577928&<ll...>,-119.8577928
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211369089
- Comments: "We first noticed this bird perched on a barbed wire fence near other sparrows. It was noticeably larger with a bulky head and neck and stouter bill. When it flew we saw white patches on its wings and white tips on its tail. We ruled out Lark Sparrow because we had already seen quite a few and this bird lacked the colorful face pattern and was much more bulky in the head and neck."

Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (1)
- Reported Jan 30, 2025 12:47 by Barbara Brydolf
- Carrizo Plain NM--Soda Lake Rd. at Simler Rd., San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8577928&<ll...>,-119.8577928
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211386044
- Comments: "We first noticed this bird perched on a barbed wire fence near other sparrows. It was noticeably larger with a bulky head and neck and stouter bill. When it flew we saw white patches on its wings and white tips on its tail. We ruled out Lark Sparrow because we had already seen quite a few and this bird lacked the colorful face pattern and was much more bulky in the head and neck."

Savannah Sparrow (Large-billed) (Passerculus sandwichensis rostratus/atratus) (1)
- Reported Jan 30, 2025 08:44 by Bob Pape
- 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/S211311662
- Comments: "Oversized bill. No yellow visible on face. South end of boardwalk in turn. With other SASP."

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Date: 1/30/25 1:14 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Long-tailed Duck (1 report)
- California Condor (3 reports)
- Chipping Sparrow (1 report)
- Clay-colored Sparrow (1 report)
- Savannah Sparrow (Large-billed) (1 report)
- Yellow-headed Blackbird (1 report)

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Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 29, 2025 09:52 by Petra Clayton
- Port San Luis, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7562256&<ll...>,-120.7562256
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211191481
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Most recent eBird report of this species at this eBird hotspot: 2/21/2024
(Most recent eBird report of this species at Cal Poly Pier: 3/26/2024)

Observed from the end of Harford Pier. White face, dark cheek patch, small bill, dark wings and dark back with white sides on the rump as the duck was flying out to the ocean."

California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 29, 2025 08:28 by Carol Comeau
- Harmony Headlands State Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.0018122&<ll...>,-121.0018122
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211180181
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "2 soaring together. First seen over, and likely beyond, the northern canyon ridge and then soaring in the distance, possibly over town of Harmony or possibly a little inland of town. Broad wings with white underwing coverts, short tail, reddish head. Too distant to make out wing tag details. (photo)"

California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 29, 2025 08:28 by Tom Edell
- Harmony Headlands State Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.0018122&<ll...>,-121.0018122
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211169222
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "2 soaring together. First seen over, and likely beyond, the northern canyon ridge and then soaring in the distance, possibly over town of Harmony or possibly a little inland of town. Broad wings with white underwing coverts, short tail, reddish head. Too distant to make out wing tag details. (photo)"

California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 29, 2025 08:28 by Ronald Beck
- Harmony Headlands State Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.0018122&<ll...>,-121.0018122
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211180835
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "2 soaring together. First seen over, and likely beyond, the northern canyon ridge and then soaring in the distance, possibly over town of Harmony or possibly a little inland of town. Broad wings with white underwing coverts, short tail, reddish head. Too distant to make out wing tag details. (photo)"

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (6)
- Reported Jan 29, 2025 11:51 by Jeanette Stone
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211228774
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Plain grayish breast, rusty cap, and black eyeline extending through the eye. Photos"

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1)
- Reported Jan 29, 2025 11:51 by Jeanette Stone
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211228774
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Similar to nearby Chipping Sparrows but lacked rusty cap. Whitish supercilium, plain lores and grey collar. Photos."

Savannah Sparrow (Large-billed) (Passerculus sandwichensis rostratus/atratus) (1)
- Reported Jan 29, 2025 10:08 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/S211195859
- Comments: "Continuing bird, one of 2-3 present since December. Seen just feet from the boardwalk when the tide was very high. Large (both long and thick) bill was slightly pinkish; overall plumage was more pallid brown than is typical of other SASPs. I will add photos tomorrow."

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 29, 2025 15:59 by The Spotting Twohees
- Cal Poly--Mt Bishop Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6777764&<ll...>,-120.6777764
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211177514
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "1 M 1 F. Continuing at the cattle feed lot. Photos of the male."

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Date: 1/29/25 12:04 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Redhead (1 report)
- Chipping Sparrow (2 reports)
- Clay-colored Sparrow (2 reports)
- Bullock's Oriole (1 report)

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Redhead (Aythya americana) (8)
- Reported Jan 28, 2025 09:14 by Paul Rasmussen
- Whale Rock Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8708239&<ll...>,-120.8708239
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211040048
- Comments: "Male with red head, gray back, blue bill, and females"

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (12) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 28, 2025 09:16 by Tom Edell
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211065403
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Counted by ones (photos)"

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (12) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 27, 2025 10:25 by Petra Clayton
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210969318
- Media: 8 Photos
- Comments: "Most recent eBird report of this species at this location: 11/9/2024

Counted one-by-one as they were foraging in the grass along Cedarwood Drive, across from the intersection of Cedarwood Drive and Beechwood Drive.

Some individuals with rufous, others with finely streaked brown crown stripes; all with pale median crown stripe; gray face with pale supercilium; black line through the eye; light brown cheeks; pale eye arcs; pale throat; faint dark malar stripe; pale unstreaked breast and belly; brown upper back with dark streaks; two very thin pale wing bars; pink bill with a dark tip; pink legs and feet.

Click on the image below for a Flickr video, which includes a Clay-colored Sparrow:
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jack-petra-clayton/54294119058/in/dateposted/" title="Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina), Paso Robles, CA"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/54294119058_31897cbc52_z.jpg" alt="Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina), Paso Robles, CA" /></a>"

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 28, 2025 09:16 by Tom Edell
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211065403
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird photographed yesterday by the Clayton's seen here today: 35.607673, -120.656297. This was a small sparrow that was similar in size to adjacent Chipping Sparrows, but with a dark line behind the eye did not extend into the lores, a buffy cheek outlined in brown, a buffy breast, a gray, unstreaked neck, and a striped crown. (Photos)"

Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 27, 2025 10:25 by Petra Clayton
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210969318
- Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "First-ever eBird report of this species at this location. --- Observed with Chipping Sparrows.
Brown finely streaked crown; broad pale supercilium; pale lores; complete eye-ring not bisected by an eye-line; small pink bill; pale malar stripe bordered by a thin dark stripe; pale underparts; buffy breast-band with dark center spot; gray nape; buffy rump; brown streaks on upper back; pink legs and feet."

Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 28, 2025 09:16 by Tom Edell
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S211065403
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Immature male seen here: 35.607874, -120.652954. First eBird entry east of the Santa Lucia Range in January. (photo)"

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Date: 1/28/25 10:53 am
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Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Long-tailed Duck (2 reports)
- Barrow's Goldeneye (3 reports)
- Common Gallinule (1 report)
- Red-necked Grebe (1 report)
- Least Bittern (1 report)
- Tropical Kingbird (2 reports)
- Chipping Sparrow (2 reports)
- Savannah Sparrow (Large-billed) (1 report)

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Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 27, 2025 11:54 by James Sparks
- 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/S210951539
- Comments: "Female, in flight, white neck"

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 27, 2025 11:30 by Roger Hammer
- 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/S210952594
- Comments: "Diving female seen across from the T pier then flew west toward the Rock in flight, white neck and body, brown colored back and upper breast along side profile."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 27, 2025 12:20 by Reef Comer
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210957236
- Comments: "Continuing female. Took a bit longer to find than expected, but eventually found it just past the last bridge. Slightly larger than surrounding common’s with distinctive low, flat shaped top head, steep forehead, richer brown head coloration, and all orangish bill."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 27, 2025 10:00 by Tom Edell
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210951440
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "continuing female on the down creek side of the western most golf cart bridge over San Luis Obispo Creek. Larger headed goldeneye than Common with a mostly yellow bill except for the base which was mottled dark at the base. The bill was shorter and small than adjacent Common Goldeneyes. The brown head had an obvious peak at the front of the crown and looked wider from front to back. I never saw the wing panel. (photos)"

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 23, 2025 13:30 by Jeanette Stone
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210917591
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing.... Photo comparing female Barrows to Common Goldeneye. Barrow's bill mostly yellowish orange and shorter with black nail."

Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) (1)
- Reported Jan 27, 2025 13:43 by Jeanette Stone
- Cypress Ridge Golf Course, Arroyo Grande US-CA 35.06590, -120.57366, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.573656&<ll...>,-120.573656
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210948576
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing since fall of 2024. Smaller than nearby coots. Reddish bill with yellow tip."

Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) (1)
- Reported Jan 27, 2025 11:54 by James Sparks
- 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/S210951539
- Comments: "Male"

Least Bittern (Botaurus exilis) (1)
- Reported Jan 27, 2025 07:37 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/S210930134
- Comments: "Calling from reeds, angry at two racoons at creek mouth. Call and flight call. Heard only."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 27, 2025 09:05 by Paul Rasmussen
- 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/S210923685
- Comments: "Very yellow belly extending far up to pale gray throat"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 27, 2025 07:37 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/S210930134
- Comments: "Continuing in small, bare tree at first dock. Lemony tum and yellow-green breast. Green back, notched tail, large black bill. Flycatching. Didn’t take pics today."

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 27, 2025 10:07 by Kathleen Kent
- Oakview Village, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.660672&<ll...>,-120.660672
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210930928
- Comments: "Bright rufous crown, clear white unstreaked breast, belly and flanks, prominent white supercillium."

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (14)
- Reported Jan 27, 2025 10:25 by Petra Clayton
- Paso Robles: Sherwood Dog Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6543784&<ll...>,-120.6543784
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210969318
- Media: 12 Photos
- Comments: "Most recent eBird report of this species at this location: 11/9/2024

Counted one-by-one as they were foraging in the grass along Cedarwood Drive, across from the intersection of Cedarwood Drive and Beechwood Drive.

Some individuals with rufous, others with finely streaked brown crown stripes; all with pale median crown stripe; gray face with pale supercilium; black line through the eye; light brown cheeks; pale eye arcs; pale throat; faint dark malar stripe; pale unstreaked breast and belly; brown upper back with dark streaks; two very thin pale wing bars; pink bill with a dark tip; pink legs and feet.

Click on the image below for a Flickr video:
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jack-petra-clayton/54292578603/in/dateposted-public/" title="Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina), Paso Robles, CA"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/54292578603_902d83313c_z.jpg" alt="Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina), Paso Robles, CA" /></a>"

Savannah Sparrow (Large-billed) (Passerculus sandwichensis rostratus/atratus) (2)
- Reported Jan 27, 2025 08:39 by Ronald Beck
- 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/S211011202
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing rarity, as many as three individuals seen at the same time, today I had two together, only one in the photo."

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Date: 1/27/25 9:46 am
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Long-tailed Duck (5 reports)
- Barrow's Goldeneye (1 report)
- American Bittern (1 report)
- Yellow-headed Blackbird (1 report)

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Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 26, 2025 13:47 by Yamina Pressler
- Morro Bay Estuary (use more specific location(s) when possible), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8501072&<ll...>,-120.8501072
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210843508
- Comments: "Continuing; same location reported earlier 35.36928° N, 120.86000° W"

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 26, 2025 13:47 by Alexander Yan
- Morro Bay Estuary (use more specific location(s) when possible), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8501072&<ll...>,-120.8501072
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210843231
- Comments: "Continuing; same location reported earlier 35.36928° N, 120.86000° W"

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 26, 2025 13:47 by Ashley Grupenhoff
- Morro Bay Estuary (use more specific location(s) when possible), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8501072&<ll...>,-120.8501072
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210845377
- Comments: "Continuing; same location reported earlier 35.36928° N, 120.86000° W"

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 26, 2025 09:20 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- 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/S210855903
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing small diving duck with mostly brown back, white throat collar (front and sides), brown neck collar (back and sides of neck), dark eye highlighted by white face and cheeks and brown crown and nape. Observed on feeding on opposite side of channel from USCG T-Pier. The bird was foraging alone away from Buffleheads and Eared Grebes in the area."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 22, 2025 14:03 by Petra Clayton
- 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/S210334170
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing since 1/17/2025 (Jeff Bouton, Eric Boenzli)
Round white head; dark cheek patch; small bill.
Click on the image below for a Flickr video clip, showing a distant view of the Long-tailed Duck swimming from left to right before coming ashore and preening in proximity of a Red-breasted Merganser:
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jack-petra-clayton/54282629368/in/dateposted-public/" title="Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis), Morro Bay, CA"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/54282629368_ea1957a8ee_z.jpg" alt="Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis), Morro Bay, CA" /></a>"

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 26, 2025 08:36 by Nick & Jane
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210801623
- Comments: "Continuing female. Mostly orange bill, steep forehead. Nearby Common Goldeneye females had dark bills, some with only orange tips. Swimming in lagoon—seen from bridge across from ball courts/restroom. Photo"

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Jan 25, 2025 10:36 by Wanda Lo
- 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/S210685797
- Comments: "large bird, flying near the lagoon north of boardwalk beginning, thick neck with stripes"

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 12:50 by Lou McGonagill
- Cal Poly--Mt Bishop Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6777764&<ll...>,-120.6777764
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210798607
- Comments: "Continuing in massive starling/cowbird/blackbird flock in and around cow corrals. One adult male with gorgeous, almost orange-tinged yellow head and breast, black around eye, all black body, and white primary coverts. The second individual was smaller, had considerable less yellow on the face and breast, and appeared browner overall, possibly indicating either female or immature male. Don’t recall seeing much if any white on wings."

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Date: 1/26/25 8:22 am
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Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (3 reports)
- Long-tailed Duck (2 reports)
- Barrow's Goldeneye (2 reports)
- Ruddy Turnstone (2 reports)
- American Bittern (1 report)
- Tropical Kingbird (1 report)

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Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 25, 2025 10:22 by Robbie & Bob Revel
- Cuesta Inlet, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.85222&<ll...>,-120.85222
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210665056
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Broken white mark on side of head, cinnamon-colored body. Photo"

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 25, 2025 10:22 by Michelle Saling
- Cuesta Inlet, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.85222&<ll...>,-120.85222
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210655687
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Broken white mark on side of head, cinnamon-colored body. Photo"

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 25, 2025 10:22 by Mike Bush
- Cuesta Inlet, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.85222&<ll...>,-120.85222
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210637403
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Broken white mark on side of head, cinnamon-colored body. Photo"

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 25, 2025 09:00 by Reef Comer
- 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/S210635852
- Comments: "Continuing directly out from T pier. Small diving duck, just bigger than the buffleheads it was associating with. White face surrounding dark eye, small dark bill, white throat and undertail coverts, dark brown back and sides of neck."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 25, 2025 08:15 by Melanie Barnett
- 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/S210696720
- Comments: "Continuing. Seen from the Coast Guard T-dock. By itself. Dark on top. White face with dark cheek and cap. Short, dark bill"

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 25, 2025 08:12 by Gary Clayton
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210703754
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Female with yellow beak. Found between the bridge by the golf course and the outlet from the river. With other goldeneyes and seems to be swimming with one male. Photo to follow."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 25, 2025 08:12 by Janine Choi
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210626181
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Female with yellow beak. Found between the bridge by the golf course and the outlet from the river. With other goldeneyes and seems to be swimming with one male. Photo to follow."

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 25, 2025 08:38 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/S210657371
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "continuing bird, today at the down coast end of the main cove; poor photo"

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 25, 2025 08:38 by Ronald Beck
- 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/S210698528
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "continuing bird, today at the down coast end of the main cove; poor photo"

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Jan 25, 2025 07:12 by Maggie Smith
- 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/S210684086
- Comments: "large bird flew low and direct from small lake to behind large island. Dark flight feathers; darkm longitudinal stripes on front,; long neck and pointed bill"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 25, 2025 15:18 by Jake Hager
- 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/S210694332
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing near first boat dock"

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Date: 1/25/25 10:31 am
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Subject: [slocobirding] ❗️MCAS Field Trip-Pines and Oak Woodland, Black Hill, February 4, 2025
 

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Date: 1/25/25 6:55 am
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (1 report)
- Long-tailed Duck (4 reports)
- Barrow's Goldeneye (5 reports)
- American Bittern (1 report)
- Tropical Kingbird (2 reports)
- Chipping Sparrow (1 report)
- Sagebrush Sparrow (2 reports)
- Yellow-headed Blackbird (2 reports)
- Pine Warbler (1 report)
- Western Tanager (1 report)

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Thank you for subscribing to the <daily> San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert. The report below shows observations of rare birds in San Luis Obispo County. View or unsubscribe to this alert at https://ebird.org/alert/summary?sid=SN36231
NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

eBird encourages our users to bird safely, responsibly, and mindfully. Please follow the recommendations of your local health authorities and respect any active travel restrictions in your area. For more information visit: https://ebird.org/news/please-bird-mindfully

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 23, 2025 10:00 by Mary DeWire
- Morro coast Audubon society sweet sprins, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8420281&<ll...>,-120.8420281
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210544538
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "See photo"

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 24, 2025 10:05 by Jeanette Stone
- Morro Bay Estuary (use more specific location(s) when possible), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8501072&<ll...>,-120.8501072
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210541973
- Comments: "Continuing small dark and white duck across from the North T-Pier. large black cheek patch, black on top of crown, and a white head and short bill. Otherwise, appeared dark above and white below. Photos?"

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 24, 2025 10:05 by Tom Edell
- Morro Bay Estuary (use more specific location(s) when possible), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8501072&<ll...>,-120.8501072
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210530714
- Comments: "Continuing small dark and white duck across from the North T-Pier. large black cheek patch, black on top of crown, and a white head and short bill. Otherwise, appeared dark above and white below. Photos?"

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 24, 2025 10:05 by Petra Clayton
- Morro Bay Estuary (use more specific location(s) when possible), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8501072&<ll...>,-120.8501072
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210542091
- Comments: "Continuing small dark and white duck across from the North T-Pier. large black cheek patch, black on top of crown, and a white head and short bill. Otherwise, appeared dark above and white below. Photos?"

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 24, 2025 10:05 by Ronald Beck
- Morro Bay Estuary (use more specific location(s) when possible), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8501072&<ll...>,-120.8501072
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210543968
- Comments: "Continuing small dark and white duck across from the North T-Pier. large black cheek patch, black on top of crown, and a white head and short bill. Otherwise, appeared dark above and white below. Photos?"

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 24, 2025 15:51 by Barry Langdon-Lassagne
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210532943
- Comments: "Continuing female, yellow bill w. darker nail, steep forehead, photos"

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 24, 2025 15:51 by Virginia Langdon-Lassagne
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210532942
- Comments: "Continuing female, yellow bill w. darker nail, steep forehead, photos"

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 24, 2025 15:37 by Isaiah Woodard
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210535171
- Comments: "Continuing. In the same spot reported previously, just SW of the golf course bridge, between the bridge and the creek outflow. Nearly all orange yellow bill, rather than the black bill tipped with orange shown on nearby COGO."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 24, 2025 13:30 by Kevin Zimmer
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210552047
- Comments: "Continuing female. When relaxed and not constantly diving, it showed the characteristic steep rise to the forehead and puffy rear crest, relative to nearby female Common Goldeneye (which looked bigger-billed, with a lower, more triangular profile), and with an almost entirely yellow bill. All of the many Commons there had either entirely black bills, or, a mostly black bill with a yellow tip. Photos to follow."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 23, 2025 15:48 by Rochelle Colestock
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210482072
- Comments: "Continuing. Female diving with COGOs on south side of bridge. 35.18198 -120.73638. All yellow/orange bill. No photo."

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 08:29 by Debbie Jo Bird
- 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/S210542297
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Eating a large fish"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 24, 2025 08:55 by Kevin Zimmer
- 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/S210550265
- Comments: "Continuing. Diagnostic twittering songs/calls confirmed ID before we were even close enough to check morphological characters. The bill was distinctly longer than in Cassin’s or Western kingbirds; the yellow of the belly extended clear to the throat, lacking the contrasting white chin and darker gray chest and sides of the head; and the tail, which was forked, was browner than in WEKI, and lacked the white outer rectrices of that species, as well as the Buffy-white terminal fringes of Cassin’s. Definitive photos to follow."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 21, 2025 09:31 by Marc Fenner
- 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/S210551547
- Comments: "Continuing rarity"

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (2)
- Reported Jan 24, 2025 09:59 by Kathleen Kent
- Oakview Village, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.660672&<ll...>,-120.660672
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210536520
- Comments: "Prominent white supercillium, white, unmarked chest, belly and flanks , rufous crown."

Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (1)
- Reported Jan 23, 2025 14:56 by Barry Langdon-Lassagne
- Calhoun, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.724767&<ll...>,-119.724767
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210432741
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "We originally marked this bird as a Bell's Sparrow, but upon viewing photos taken in the field, and consulting with some experts, are now convinced the identification of Sagebrush Sparrow for this bird. The significant streaking on the back, lack of strong malar, and paler gray cap all point to Sagebrush Sparrow."

Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (1)
- Reported Jan 23, 2025 14:56 by Virginia Langdon-Lassagne
- Calhoun, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.724767&<ll...>,-119.724767
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210430676
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "We originally marked this bird as a Bell's Sparrow, but upon viewing photos taken in the field, and consulting with some experts, are now convinced the identification of Sagebrush Sparrow for this bird. The significant streaking on the back, lack of strong malar, and paler gray cap all point to Sagebrush Sparrow."

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (1)
- Reported Jan 24, 2025 12:45 by Carolyn Krueger
- Cal Poly--Mt Bishop Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6777764&<ll...>,-120.6777764
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210531251
- Comments: "Continuing male with bright yellow head and nape. He was wedged between blackbirds and a fence post for a couple of minutes before the entire flock left the location—he with it."

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (1)
- Reported Jan 24, 2025 11:14 by Melanie Barnett
- Cal Poly--Mt Bishop Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6777764&<ll...>,-120.6777764
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210548115
- Comments: "Continuing male, several decent views through scope while it was on the ground and during lift off. Tried, but unable to digiscope a photo"

Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) (1)
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 11:28 by Marc Fenner
- 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/S210551159
- Comments: "Continuing rarity. Photos to follow."

Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) (1)
- Reported Jan 24, 2025 07:46 by Mark Hays
- St. Patrick’s Church, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.583657&<ll...>,-120.583657
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210491806
- Comments: "Female bird. Seen on Colima Street off James Way. Noticed it because of its large size and the yellow belly. It had a large heavy bill like a teenager not an Oreo. The bill was dark, not light or white. No vocalizations to help identify it But the coloration size and Bill. I need the bird as a female and a teenager. No camera was available to take a picture."

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Date: 1/24/25 5:45 am
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (1 report)
- Long-tailed Duck (1 report)
- Barrow's Goldeneye (4 reports)
- Black Skimmer (1 report)
- Least Bittern (1 report)
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (2 reports)
- Tropical Kingbird (4 reports)
- Western Kingbird (1 report)
- Chipping Sparrow (1 report)
- Sagebrush Sparrow (1 report)
- Yellow-headed Blackbird (1 report)
- Pine Warbler (1 report)

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Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 14:30 by Southwest Bird Study Club
- 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/S210388805
- Comments: "Cinnamon teal coloring on body with white crescent on face. Continuing."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 11:41 by Nancy Hedgespeth
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8658353&<ll...>,-120.8658353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210375069
- Comments: "Continuing bird first reported on yesterday's afternoon bay cruise. Poorly seen because of lighting, but it was a small duck that rode low in the water with a rounded head and small bill. Sex not determined. Poor photo will be added to the checklist."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 23, 2025 15:48 by Elias Aristides Elias
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210420418
- Comments: "Continuing. Female diving with COGOs on south side of bridge. 35.18198 -120.73638. All yellow/orange bill. No photo."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 23, 2025 15:48 by Kaia Colestock
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210420414
- Comments: "Continuing. Female diving with COGOs on south side of bridge. 35.18198 -120.73638. All yellow/orange bill. No photo."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 23, 2025 15:48 by Lorraine Colestock
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210420415
- Comments: "Continuing. Female diving with COGOs on south side of bridge. 35.18198 -120.73638. All yellow/orange bill. No photo."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 23, 2025 15:48 by Harry Colestock
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210420417
- Comments: "Continuing. Female diving with COGOs on south side of bridge. 35.18198 -120.73638. All yellow/orange bill. No photo."

Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) (1)
- Reported Jan 21, 2025 11:05 by Petra Clayton
- Santa Rosa Creek mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.1102353&<ll...>,-121.1102353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210219309
- Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing since 1/20/25 (Janine Choi, Gary Clayton - no relations :)
Click on the image below for a Flickr video:
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jack-petra-clayton/54284129501/in/dateposted-public/" title="Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger), Cambria, CA"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/54284129501_c71c7fa7cf_z.jpg" alt="Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger), Cambria, CA" /></a>"

Least Bittern (Botaurus exilis) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 09:56 by Roger Wieck
- Cloisters Community Park (not for beach and ocean), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8609828&<ll...>,-120.8609828
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210328161
- Comments: "Guide heard bird"

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) (1)
- Reported Jan 23, 2025 09:58 by Jacqueline Knowlton
- 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/S210429906
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Photos coming"

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) (1)
- Reported Jan 23, 2025 09:58 by Kathanne Lynch
- 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/S210394473
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Photos coming"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 23, 2025 12:24 by Bob McCay
- 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/S210413627
- Comments: "On small dead tree in grassy area near west parking."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 23, 2025 10:36 by Kaia Colestock
- 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/S210389605
- Comments: "Continuing. 35.26462 -120.68576. Perched on small, defoliated tree in picnic area."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 23, 2025 10:36 by Elias Aristides Elias
- 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/S210389607
- Comments: "Continuing. 35.26462 -120.68576. Perched on small, defoliated tree in picnic area."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 08:30 by Chris Bockmon
- 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/S210401001
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird on the small dead tree by the first dock"

Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) (2)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 09:56 by Roger Wieck
- Cloisters Community Park (not for beach and ocean), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8609828&<ll...>,-120.8609828
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210328161
- Comments: "Guide thinks it's a couch'es kingbird"

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (14) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 09:15 by Bill Bowman
- 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/S210433645
- Comments: "Continuing sparrows reported recently; pinkish bill; rufous crown; whitish throat; feeding in thick grass near artificial lake"

Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 13:35 by Nancy Hedgespeth
- stakeout Sagebrush Sparrow -- Elkhorn/Simmler Rd Intersection (2025), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8400327&<ll...>,-119.8400327
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210373857
- Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing; photos. Pale gray head and nape, thin dark malar. Dark streaking on a pale gray back, with streaks extending across the center. Both actively feeding on the ground together."

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (1)
- Reported Jan 23, 2025 15:32 by Mike Bush
- Cal Poly--Mt Bishop Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6777764&<ll...>,-120.6777764
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210423360
- Comments: "Full male with bright yellow head throat and nape. Continuing. Occluded views, poor photo."

Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) (1)
- Reported Jan 21, 2025 09:10 by Curtis Marantz
- Grover Beach, Sixteenth Street Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6102284&<ll...>,-120.6102284
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210326719
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "I initially saw this bird foraging on the lawn in the northern part of the park, but it soon flew up to a fence, and then one of the two pines located in the middle of the park, in which it foraged for a short time and called several times before flying across the baseball field to the northwestern corner of the park. I managed to relocate this bird while it foraged at eye-level in a broadleaf tree, where it spent a short time providing good views and photo opportunities. I then saw the bird fly into a nearby tree before it flew diagonally across the intersection to the southeastern corner of the Mentone Basin Park. Over this time, I was able to get good views and photos of this bird while it foraged on the lawn and in various trees, both a pine and amid deciduous trees, often fully in the open. The calls that I heard were soft, "sweet" chips that were reminiscent of the calls of a Yellow Warbler, and unlike the calls of the other species found in the park.
This was a medium-sized warbler that appeared to be maybe slightly smaller than a Yellow-rumped Warbler, yet I suspect it was a bit larger, or at least plumper overall than a Townsend's Warbler. The bill was short, in that it would have extended backward on the face to a point just behind the eye, and stouter than those of some warblers, tapering from a base of medium depth to what appeared to be a moderately pointed tip along a culmen that was straight, if not ever so slightly decurved. The forehead was sloping and the crown was rounded, both on a head that was unremarkable in size for a warbler. The neck was short and inconspicuous, and the body was plump, full-chested, and with a posture when on the lawn that appeared to be approximately midway between horizontal and diagonal. The wings were of medium length, with a primary projection that was between one-half and two-thirds the length of the exposed secondaries, but I was unable to discern the number of primary tips extending beyond the longest secondary in the tapered wingtip, and I failed to note in the field the placement of the wingtips relative to the uppertail or undertail coverts. The tail was relatively long, probably about the length of the body without the head and neck, though I estimated this only roughly in the field. I note more specifically that the tail flared from a relatively slim base to a conspicuously, though not deeply, notched tip. The legs and feet appeared unremarkable for an arboreal warbler in both their length and mass.
This was a colorful and well-marked warbler with the plumage patterns typical of a male Pine Warbler, yet somewhat muted, suggesting that it was a first-winter bird. The forehead, crown, and nape were unmarked and a lime-green color, though seemingly with a yellowish or bronzy cast as opposed to being purely green. I further noted that the face, auriculars, and the back and sides of the neck were similarly colored. The face pattern was relatively muted, and dominated by a short, yellow supercilium that extended from the base of the upper mandible narrowly through the supraloral region, and over the eye, but seemingly only a short way back along the upper edge of the auriculars before tapering to a point and fading out. The supercilium was narrow, yet well-defined, before the eye, broader over the eye, which it almost appeared like a crescent, and narrow again behind the eye. Complementing the supercilium was a yellow crescent below each eye that was demarcated below by a narrow band of green that extended forward from the auriculars into the moustachial region and continuing to the lores. The lores were certainly dark, and although I was unsure if they were the same shade of green as the crown and auriculars, or instead a bit darker, I am confident that they were demarcated sharply above by the supercilium and below by the yellow throat. The lower edge of the dark mask was sharply demarcated as it extended backward from near the gape along the lower edges of the moustachial and auricular regions to the rear terminus of the latter, which was further demarcated by an extension of the yellow as a narrow and possibly somewhat diffuse, band of yellow that extended upward form the outer corner of the throat up toward the nape. The throat was bright yellow from the chin down to its junction with the upper breast, which was similarly colored down to the junction of the lower breast and the upper belly, below which the belly was a dingy, whitish color that appeared to continue through the undertail coverts. The yellow throat extended right up to the gape and the lower edge of the mask through the malar and submoustachial regions without any indication of a darker malar-stripe, and it also continued backward to the corners of the throat, and as noted above, with a narrow continuation upward behind the auriculars. Although the throat and the center of the breast and belly were unmarked, the sides of the breast had two or three rows and rather conspicuous, though somewhat diffuse streaks that appeared to be dark green. The flanks were washed with buff, and although I did not see obvious streaks on the flanks, it is possible that they had some narrow streaks that were inconspicuous and easily overlooked. The undertail coverts were whitish, but I failed to notice in the field their precise length or pattern. I was able to see that the underside of the tail was dull whitish centrally, but with dark, and possibly blackish, borders that extended the length of the outer edges of the outer feathers, but also expanding somewhat distally despite not curving around the tips of the feathers. Returning to the upperparts, the more purely green color of the head and neck appeared to blend into a more bronzy-green color on the mantle and scapulars, which appeared to have a brownish or olive cast, but seemingly no streaking. I am not sure I ever clearly saw the rump, and my views of the upperside of the tail were sufficient only to notice that it was mostly dark, but I think with a striped pattern that presumably reflected pale edges to the rectrices, the finer details of which I failed to notice in the field. The wings contrasted as a bit darker than the body, with the background color being a sooty-brown as opposed to black or gray. Both the greater and median coverts had white tips that produced two relatively bold wingbars. Further apparent was that the shorter, upper wingbar weas shifted forward on the wing a bit relative to the lower wingbar, and that neither wingbar appeared strikingly white. I was unable to see clearly the lesser coverts or the bases of the median coverts, but the greater coverts had sooty centers that contrasted not only with the rather broad, white tips, but also with narrow edges of gray that produced a row of narrow stripes between the wingbars. I was unable to discern the primary coverts in the field, but the remiges were the same sooty color as the coverts, but with each feather having a narrow, but well-defined, edge of medium-gray that produced a series of fine stripes on the rear part of the wing that appeared similar in both color and character on the primaries and secondaries, and even the innermost secondaries had similarly colored edges that were equally well-defined, but just a bit wider than those on the other feathers. The exposed primary tips appeared to be sooty-brown and without obvious fringes, so it was impossible for me to discern the various feathers in the wingtip.
The bill was at least mostly dark, yet I thought the lower mandible, and possibly also the cutting edge of the upper, were noticeably pale, and possibly a pale flesh in color. The eyes were dark, and even though I could not see the color of the irides in the field, my photos show them to be dark brown. The legs and feet were both quite dark, and I saw no distinction in the color of the legs and toes, but I was unsure if they were blackish, or instead dusky with paler tones."

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Date: 1/23/25 4:36 am
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Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (1 report)
- Redhead (2 reports)
- Long-tailed Duck (8 reports)
- Ruddy Turnstone (1 report)
- Manx Shearwater (1 report)
- Least Bittern (2 reports)
- Red-naped Sapsucker (1 report)
- Tropical Kingbird (7 reports)
- Bullock's Oriole (1 report)
- Western Tanager (1 report)

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Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 14:30 by julie rush
- 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/S210257181
- Comments: "Cinnamon teal coloring on body with white crescent on face. Continuing."

Redhead (Aythya americana) (4)
- Reported Jan 22, 2025 14:30 by Jeanette Stone
- Whale Rock Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8708239&<ll...>,-120.8708239
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210323760
- Comments: "Continuing ducks. 3 Males with bright reddish heads. Seen with spotting scope."

Redhead (Aythya americana) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 11:35 by Jocele Capaldo
- Whale Rock Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8708239&<ll...>,-120.8708239
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210335502
- Comments: "Continuing"

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 15:06 by Renee Reijo Pera
- Morro Bay Estuary (use more specific location(s) when possible), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8501072&<ll...>,-120.8501072
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210257572
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Reported by the trip before us. We observed it with a group of Bufflehead south of Coleman Park. Small duck, slightly larger than nearby Buffelhead, small dark bill with large white patch around the eye and smudgy dark on the top of the head and neck. On water, darkish back and white along the flanks. In flight, belly was whitish. Top was dark in coloration."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 22, 2025 10:28 by Virginia Langdon-Lassagne
- 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/S210287962
- Media: 8 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing, Photos."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 22, 2025 10:28 by Barry Langdon-Lassagne
- 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/S210287963
- Media: 8 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing, Photos."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 12:53 by Elaine Ramos Doyle
- 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/S210332837
- Comments: "Small pale gray and blackish duck with dusky head and diamond-shaped patch of white surrounding the eye. Stocky, powerful dark bill. Swimming with the Bufflehead, roughly same size as them."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 12:53 by Karl Weis
- 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/S210317069
- Comments: "Small pale gray and blackish duck with dusky head and diamond-shaped patch of white surrounding the eye. Stocky, powerful dark bill. Swimming with the Bufflehead, roughly same size as them."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 14:40 by Amanda Preece
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8658353&<ll...>,-120.8658353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210312647
- Comments: "Continuing bird on the sandspit side of the harbor across from the north T-Pier (Coast Guard dock). This small lone duck was backlit when in view and was primarily identified by its shape and size. It was a small duck that rode low in the water, was larger than the nearby Bufflehead and had a small short bill. The crown appeared somewhat flat. Someone may have gotten photos. No idea on the age or sex based on the view."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 11:41 by Lisa Gattuso
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8658353&<ll...>,-120.8658353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210304507
- Comments: "Continuing bird first reported on yesterday's afternoon bay cruise. Poorly seen because of lighting, but it was a small duck that rode low in the water with a rounded head and small bill. Sex not determined. Poor photo will be added to the checklist."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 22, 2025 10:06 by Tom Edell
- South T-Pier (35.369, -120.856), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8559085&<ll...>,-120.8559085
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210310787
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "continuing bird across the harbor from the North T-Pier (Coast Guard Pier). This was a small duck with a smallish bill that lacked the long pale scapulars (there does appear to be some gray in the scapulars) and any pink on the bill. It had a white head with a big black cheek patch and a partially dark crown. The back was dark and the underparts white except for the dark band across the upper chest. (Photos)"

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 14:12 by Peter Staple
- 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/S210322632
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Orange legs. Brown back."Necklace" band. Distinct facial pattern.

Photo by Alice Cahill"

Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 09:41 by Amanda Preece
- The Gully to Point Piedras Blancas and back, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.2284087&<ll...>,-121.2284087
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210312650
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "briefly seen on the water and then flying away. This was a small shearwater that was very dark above and white below. The white below wrapped up onto the rear flanks, the undertail coverts were white, and the white underwing appeared unmarked other than outlined in black and with black in the primaries. A few poor photos were taken and at least one will be added to the checklist."

Least Bittern (Botaurus exilis) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 08:02 by Roger Wieck
- 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/S210250622
- Comments: "Leader saw the Bittern fly about 1.5 ft over the water across from one bullrush clump to another disappearing into the vegetation on the other side. It was a smaller (than green heron or night heron ) brownish bird with black primaries and reddish brown just in from the primaries. Also visible was the black on the crown of its head."

Least Bittern (Botaurus exilis) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 08:02 by Amy Nichols
- 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/S210257037
- Comments: "Leader saw the Bittern fly about 1.5 ft over the water across from one bullrush clump to another disappearing into the vegetation on the other side. It was a smaller (than green heron or night heron ) brownish bird with black primaries and reddish brown just in from the primaries. Also visible was the black on the crown of its head."

Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 22, 2025 09:19 by Nick & Jane
- 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/S210298668
- Comments: "My guess is the same female I spotted last October, or a similar female. Seen flying from this tree where I saw a female Red-naped last year: (35.2679489, -120.6638104). This tree has lots of sapsucker holes and is from where it flew over my head fairly low, eastward into a short tree where it clung to a trunk at about eye height and gave a profile view. At first while flying I assumed the resident Red-breasted, but the bird was too pale, didnt have a bright red breast, or bright red head. The bird’s chin, while I can’t say how much red, wasn’t bordered fully by any thick black lines. If there was red on top of its head, I couldn’t fully tell how much though I believe there was red. Went to take a photo and the bird flew east into a tree, or through mid-park trees (where there is a bench). I checked that tree (a downy and nuttalls were in it) and every tree to the bridge, and circled the western area twice. Couldn’t refind. Other field marks include possible red crown, separated from its nape by a black bar. Its cheek was part of a thick black bar that extended from the lower crown through the eye and then became a black bar. It had a yellowy-brownish supercilium bar bordered both above and below by black, and below the eyeline bar had a thick yellowy-brownish-and white bar that curved inward toward the chest. The bottom black bar that extended at a downward angle from the lower mandible was also blackish. It had a large, thick white wingbar surrounded by black, though its primaries had black-and-white mottling. Its underside was yellowy-and-white along with black-mottling. The back was black-and-yellowy brown mottled. No vocalizations or drumming. No photo."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 14:06 by Marc Fenner
- 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/S210339546
- Comments: "Continuing rarity."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 08:02 by Amy Nichols
- 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/S210257037
- Comments: "We saw the greenish back, large bill, bright lemon yellow belly and forked tail. Additionally, we heard the bird make the “treeip” call several times when a Say’s Phoebe approached. Photos will be added to the checklist."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 08:02 by Roger Wieck
- 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/S210250622
- Comments: "We saw the greenish back, large bill, bright lemon yellow belly and forked tail. Additionally, we heard the bird make the “treeip” call several times when a Say’s Phoebe approached. Photos will be added to the checklist."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 13:31 by Lisa Gattuso
- 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/S210305212
- Comments: "Distinctive vocalization, lemon-yellow belly extending into breast, larger bill than Cassin’s kingbird"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 13:31 by Roger Wieck
- 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/S210328215
- Comments: "Distinctive vocalization, lemon-yellow belly extending into breast, larger bill than Cassin’s kingbird"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:30 by Barry Borne
- 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/S210286499
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing by first dock (35.2646755, -120.6857133). Long bill, green back, dark mask. Light grey above, green turning into lemon yellow below. Seen well by all."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 09:07 by E Summers
- 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/S210301812
- Comments: "In the meadow near the stump. See our route map. At 35.26461, -120.68575"

Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 22, 2025 09:19 by Nick & Jane
- 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/S210298668
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Maybe first-year male. Likely a wintering neighborhood oriole that was seen near the Baltimore Oriole last fall. Was in southwest corner of the park approximately here: (35.2674655, -120.6626108). Large orange, white and black oriole. Weak black chin, eyeline and crown on otherwise orange head. White belly on orange underside. Black wings with messy white wingbars. Couldn’t see its back. No vocalizations. Photos. Didn’t see it again when I was circling west end of park for sapsucker."

Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 22, 2025 09:19 by Nick & Jane
- 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/S210298668
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing female since January 15 (https://ebird.org/checklist/S209431725). Yellowy-green head, green-and-black wings and tail. Double wingbars. The bottom wingbar was white while the top wingbar was greenish-yellow and white. Yellow-orange lower mandible and a more gunmetal grey upper bill. Greyish lores. Dark legs and feet. Couldn’t see its back. Was in tree adjacent to tree with Bullock’s Oriole. High in canopy. When I was leaving it was calling from creek trees apprx here: (35.2680415, -120.6637940). One photo."

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Date: 1/22/25 3:35 am
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Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (5 reports)
- Redhead (1 report)
- Long-tailed Duck (2 reports)
- Barrow's Goldeneye (4 reports)
- Common Gallinule (1 report)
- Ruddy Turnstone (2 reports)
- Manx Shearwater (2 reports)
- American Bittern (2 reports)
- Western Barn Owl (1 report)
- Western Flycatcher (1 report)
- Tropical Kingbird (3 reports)
- Chipping Sparrow (1 report)
- Sagebrush Sparrow (3 reports)
- Savannah Sparrow (Large-billed) (2 reports)
- Yellow-headed Blackbird (1 report)

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Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 14:30 by Jim Moore
- 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/S210117629
- Comments: "Cinnamon teal coloring on body with white crescent on face. Continuing."

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 14:30 by Judy Matsuoka
- 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/S210211276
- Comments: "Cinnamon teal coloring on body with white crescent on face. Continuing."

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 14:30 by Anonymous eBirder
- 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/S210215009
- Comments: "Cinnamon teal coloring on body with white crescent on face. Continuing."

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 14:30 by Rose Leibowitz
- 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/S210209061
- Comments: "Cinnamon teal coloring on body with white crescent on face. Continuing."

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 10:05 by Nelle Lyons
- 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/S210226730
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Will upload pics soon."

Redhead (Aythya americana) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 11:35 by Erica Whitfield
- Whale Rock Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8708239&<ll...>,-120.8708239
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210188494
- Comments: "Continuing"

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 12:53 by Jody Hollier
- 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/S210220209
- Comments: "Small pale gray and blackish duck with dusky head and diamond-shaped patch of white surrounding the eye. Stocky, powerful dark bill. Swimming with the Bufflehead, roughly same size as them."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 14:40 by Jeanette Pettibone
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8658353&<ll...>,-120.8658353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210159335
- Comments: "Continuing bird on the sandspit side of the harbor across from the north T-Pier (Coast Guard dock). This small lone duck was backlit when in view and was primarily identified by its shape and size. It was a small duck that rode low in the water, was larger than the nearby Bufflehead and had a small short bill. The crown appeared somewhat flat. Someone may have gotten photos. No idea on the age or sex based on the view."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 21, 2025 13:59 by Doug Drynan
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210208332
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "continuing with group of common goldeneye. bill was distinctly more yellow than the adjacent common with their limited yellow tips. Bird consistently stayed close to the small golf course bridge that is off-limits to the general public. I was able to see the bird from the south west, but it was very far and I wasn't able to get great pictures. luckily there was a couple who had a scope and they let me look through it and then I could clearly see the extensive yellow on the Bill and the steep forehead of this bird. And particularly when it was side-by-side with a common, it really stood out. overall, the brown head seemed darker and more evenly brown than common."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 21, 2025 13:04 by Scott Parsons
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210224995
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Female. With a group of 3 Common Goldeneyes. Has a mostly yellow bill. Darker head than Common Goldeneye."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 12:55 by Anonymous eBirder
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210220633
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. More details to follow."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 12:55 by Joni Ciarletta
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210200342
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. Female, in a group of Common Goldeneyes. What stood out was yellow bill and head shape. Near golf course bridge. Photos."

Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) (1)
- Reported Jan 21, 2025 14:55 by Nick & Jane
- Cypress Ridge Golf Course, Arroyo Grande US-CA 35.06590, -120.57366, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.573656&<ll...>,-120.573656
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210222121
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird found last year. At least its second winter here? Gun-metal grey body with brown-and-grey back, horizontal white dashes on sides, red bill and shield with yellow tips, white patch under tail, drab yellow legs. Photo"

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 11:16 by Gary Clayton
- San Geronimo Ck--Estero Bluffs SP, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9338218&<ll...>,-120.9338218
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210008309
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Seen on the shoreline going north on the bluffs past the windmill between the two parking areas. Photo to follow."

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 11:16 by Janine Choi
- San Geronimo Ck--Estero Bluffs SP, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9338218&<ll...>,-120.9338218
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210008308
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Seen on the shoreline going north on the bluffs past the windmill between the two parking areas. Photo to follow."

Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 09:41 by Jeanette Pettibone
- The Gully to Point Piedras Blancas and back, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.2284087&<ll...>,-121.2284087
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210159356
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "briefly seen on the water and then flying away. This was a small shearwater that was very dark above and white below. The white below wrapped up onto the rear flanks, the undertail coverts were white, and the white underwing appeared unmarked other than outlined in black and with black in the primaries. A few poor photos were taken and at least one will be added to the checklist."

Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 09:41 by Sarah Spotten
- The Gully to Point Piedras Blancas and back, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.2284087&<ll...>,-121.2284087
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210147634
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "briefly seen on the water and then flying away. This was a small shearwater that was very dark above and white below. The white below wrapped up onto the rear flanks, the undertail coverts were white, and the white underwing appeared unmarked other than outlined in black and with black in the primaries. A few poor photos were taken and at least one will be added to the checklist."

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 08:30 by Catherine Steinberg
- 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/S210153618
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Adult/immature. Pale coloring. Large bittern. Striped neck and stomach. Long strong bill. Flew past us and then perched in open for 5 minutes. Glorious! See photo."

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 08:30 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- 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/S210161209
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Adult/immature. Pale coloring. Large bittern. Striped neck and stomach. Long strong bill. Flew past us and then perched in open for 5 minutes. Glorious! See photo."

Western Barn Owl (Tyto alba) (1)
- Reported Jan 21, 2025 20:43 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/S210225633
- Comments: "Very common here. Occupies the huge Valley Oak near our house off and on during the year."

Western Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 11:45 by Tiffany Hale
- 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/S210157574
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "35.59524834950765, -121.12180833021799

Olive yellow, teardrop eyering. Photos"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 13:31 by Jody Hollier
- 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/S210220364
- Comments: "Distinctive vocalization, lemon-yellow belly extending into breast, larger bill than Cassin’s kingbird"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:30 by Susan Sauvain
- 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/S210223401
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing by first dock (35.2646755, -120.6857133). Long bill, green back, dark mask. Light grey above, green turning into lemon yellow below. Seen well by all."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:30 by Larry Sauvain
- 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/S210222993
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing by first dock (35.2646755, -120.6857133). Long bill, green back, dark mask. Light grey above, green turning into lemon yellow below. Seen well by all."

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (14) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 09:15 by Michael Putnam
- 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/S210209456
- Comments: "Continuing sparrows reported recently; pinkish bill; rufous crown; whitish throat; feeding in thick grass near artificial lake"

Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 13:35 by Jennifer Stock
- stakeout Sagebrush Sparrow -- Elkhorn/Simmler Rd Intersection (2025), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8400327&<ll...>,-119.8400327
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210218205
- Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing; photos. Pale gray head and nape, thin dark malar. Dark streaking on a pale gray back, with streaks extending across the center. Both actively feeding on the ground together."

Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 13:35 by Nelle Lyons
- stakeout Sagebrush Sparrow -- Elkhorn/Simmler Rd Intersection (2025), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8400327&<ll...>,-119.8400327
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210227431
- Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing; photos. Pale gray head and nape, thin dark malar. Dark streaking on a pale gray back, with streaks extending across the center. Both actively feeding on the ground together."

Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 13:35 by Linda McFarlane
- stakeout Sagebrush Sparrow -- Elkhorn/Simmler Rd Intersection (2025), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8400327&<ll...>,-119.8400327
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210225891
- Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing; photos. Pale gray head and nape, thin dark malar. Dark streaking on a pale gray back, with streaks extending across the center. Both actively feeding on the ground together."

Savannah Sparrow (Large-billed) (Passerculus sandwichensis rostratus/atratus) (1)
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 16:45 by Max Roberts
- Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6456667&<ll...>,-120.6456667
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210180220
- Comments: "Continuing since at least December, foraging for sand crab shells on the beach with sanderlings and snowy plovers. Quite distinct from nominate Savannah sparrow, looking browner overall with large, less contrasting dark streaks, less yellow on forehead, and a very large orange-pink bill. Photos. Initially seen in SB county, crossing north into SLO county"

Savannah Sparrow (Large-billed) (Passerculus sandwichensis rostratus/atratus) (1)
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 16:45 by Grigory Heaton
- Santa Maria River Estuary (SLO Co.), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6456667&<ll...>,-120.6456667
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210178382
- Comments: "Continuing since at least December, foraging for sand crab shells on the beach with sanderlings and snowy plovers. Quite distinct from nominate Savannah sparrow, looking browner overall with large, less contrasting dark streaks, less yellow on forehead, and a very large orange-pink bill. Photos on the SB list. Initially seen in SB county, crossing north into SLO county"

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (1)
- Reported Jan 21, 2025 14:27 by Tom Edell
- Cal Poly--Mt Bishop Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6777764&<ll...>,-120.6777764
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210223946
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "continuing adult male (photo)"

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Date: 1/21/25 10:26 am
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Subject: [slocobirding] Phainopepla in Atascadero
My son, Dan, had a Phainopepla at his home adjacent to Paloma Creek Park in Atascadero. The bird is a female, evidenced by the brown color.


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Date: 1/21/25 2:16 am
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (5 reports)
- Redhead (7 reports)
- Long-tailed Duck (12 reports)
- Barrow's Goldeneye (3 reports)
- Lesser Yellowlegs (6 reports)
- Ruddy Turnstone (6 reports)
- Ancient Murrelet (1 report)
- American Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) (3 reports)
- Black Skimmer (2 reports)
- Manx Shearwater (9 reports)
- Cocos Booby (3 reports)
- American Bittern (9 reports)
- Least Bittern (4 reports)
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (1 report)
- Western Flycatcher (2 reports)
- Tropical Kingbird (13 reports)
- Grasshopper Sparrow (1 report)
- White-crowned x Golden-crowned Sparrow (hybrid) (1 report)
- Sagebrush Sparrow (2 reports)
- Yellow-headed Blackbird (4 reports)
- Black-and-white Warbler (1 report)

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Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 13:05 by julie rush
- 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/S210126089
- Comments: "Cinnamon teal coloring on body with white crescent on face. Continuing."

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 13:05 by Judy Howell
- 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/S210117391
- Comments: "Cinnamon teal coloring on body with white crescent on face. Continuing."

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:30 by Ed Harper
- 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/S210040244
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Like cinnamon teal with obvious white face crescent. Continuing bird"

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:30 by Judith Newton
- 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/S210081060
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Like cinnamon teal with obvious white face crescent. Continuing bird"

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:30 by Cheryl Jordan
- 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/S210090067
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Like cinnamon teal with obvious white face crescent. Continuing bird"

Redhead (Aythya americana) (6)
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 12:50 by Chip Clouse
- Whale Rock Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8708239&<ll...>,-120.8708239
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210098060
- Comments: "Red heads, gray flanks (not white like on CANV), and steep, not sloping (like on CANV) foreheads"

Redhead (Aythya americana) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 08:51 by Gabriel Rudy
- Whale Rock Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8708239&<ll...>,-120.8708239
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210082559
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. Red head with black chest and grey body. Seen here: 35.469827, -120.865128. Photos."

Redhead (Aythya americana) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 11:35 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- Whale Rock Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8708239&<ll...>,-120.8708239
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210023191
- Comments: "Continuing"

Redhead (Aythya americana) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 11:35 by Sheryl Ferguson
- Whale Rock Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8708239&<ll...>,-120.8708239
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210118700
- Comments: "Continuing"

Redhead (Aythya americana) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 11:35 by Kathy Dale
- Whale Rock Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8708239&<ll...>,-120.8708239
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210105843
- Comments: "Continuing"

Redhead (Aythya americana) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 11:35 by Kim Kattari
- Whale Rock Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8708239&<ll...>,-120.8708239
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210044522
- Comments: "Continuing"

Redhead (Aythya americana) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 11:35 by Catherine Steinberg
- Whale Rock Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8708239&<ll...>,-120.8708239
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210038330
- Comments: "Continuing"

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 15:06 by sharon tolby
- Morro Bay Estuary (use more specific location(s) when possible), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8501072&<ll...>,-120.8501072
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210115196
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Reported by the trip before us. We observed it with a group of Bufflehead south of Coleman Park. Small duck, slightly larger than nearby Buffelhead, small dark bill with large white patch around the eye and smudgy dark on the top of the head and neck. On water, darkish back and white along the flanks. In flight, belly was whitish. Top was dark in coloration."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 14:40 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8658353&<ll...>,-120.8658353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210115131
- Comments: "Continuing bird on the sandspit side of the harbor across from the north T-Pier (Coast Guard dock). This small lone duck was backlit when in view and was primarily identified by its shape and size. It was a small duck that rode low in the water, was larger than the nearby Bufflehead and had a small short bill. The crown appeared somewhat flat. Someone may have gotten photos. No idea on the age or sex based on the view."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 14:40 by Frederic Leist
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8658353&<ll...>,-120.8658353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210111875
- Comments: "Continuing bird on the sandspit side of the harbor across from the north T-Pier (Coast Guard dock). This small lone duck was backlit when in view and was primarily identified by its shape and size. It was a small duck that rode low in the water, was larger than the nearby Bufflehead and had a small short bill. The crown appeared somewhat flat. Someone may have gotten photos. No idea on the age or sex based on the view."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 14:40 by Josh McLaughlin
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8658353&<ll...>,-120.8658353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210116608
- Comments: "Continuing bird on the sandspit side of the harbor across from the north T-Pier (Coast Guard dock). This small lone duck was backlit when in view and was primarily identified by its shape and size. It was a small duck that rode low in the water, was larger than the nearby Bufflehead and had a small short bill. The crown appeared somewhat flat. Someone may have gotten photos. No idea on the age or sex based on the view."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 14:40 by Alexander Yan
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8658353&<ll...>,-120.8658353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210117154
- Comments: "Continuing bird on the sandspit side of the harbor across from the north T-Pier (Coast Guard dock). This small lone duck was backlit when in view and was primarily identified by its shape and size. It was a small duck that rode low in the water, was larger than the nearby Bufflehead and had a small short bill. The crown appeared somewhat flat. Someone may have gotten photos. No idea on the age or sex based on the view."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 14:40 by David Pryor
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8658353&<ll...>,-120.8658353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210106466
- Comments: "Continuing bird on the sandspit side of the harbor across from the north T-Pier (Coast Guard dock). This small lone duck was backlit when in view and was primarily identified by its shape and size. It was a small duck that rode low in the water, was larger than the nearby Bufflehead and had a small short bill. The crown appeared somewhat flat. Someone may have gotten photos. No idea on the age or sex based on the view."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 14:40 by Tom Edell
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8658353&<ll...>,-120.8658353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209980809
- Comments: "Continuing bird on the sandspit side of the harbor across from the north T-Pier (Coast Guard dock). This small lone duck was backlit when in view and was primarily identified by its shape and size. It was a small duck that rode low in the water, was larger than the nearby Bufflehead and had a small short bill. The crown appeared somewhat flat. Someone may have gotten photos. No idea on the age or sex based on the view."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 14:40 by Matthew Schreiner
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8658353&<ll...>,-120.8658353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210105078
- Comments: "Continuing bird on the sandspit side of the harbor across from the north T-Pier (Coast Guard dock). This small lone duck was backlit when in view and was primarily identified by its shape and size. It was a small duck that rode low in the water, was larger than the nearby Bufflehead and had a small short bill. The crown appeared somewhat flat. Someone may have gotten photos. No idea on the age or sex based on the view."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 14:40 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8658353&<ll...>,-120.8658353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210099681
- Comments: "Continuing bird on the sandspit side of the harbor across from the north T-Pier (Coast Guard dock). This small lone duck was backlit when in view and was primarily identified by its shape and size. It was a small duck that rode low in the water, was larger than the nearby Bufflehead and had a small short bill. The crown appeared somewhat flat. Someone may have gotten photos. No idea on the age or sex based on the view."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 14:40 by Nick & Jane
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8658353&<ll...>,-120.8658353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210102435
- Comments: "Continuing bird on the sandspit side of the harbor across from the north T-Pier (Coast Guard dock). This small lone duck was backlit when in view and was primarily identified by its shape and size. It was a small duck that rode low in the water, was larger than the nearby Bufflehead and had a small short bill. The crown appeared somewhat flat. Someone may have gotten photos. No idea on the age or sex based on the view."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 11:41 by Nolan Bollinger
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8658353&<ll...>,-120.8658353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210113791
- Comments: "Continuing bird first reported on yesterday's afternoon bay cruise. Poorly seen because of lighting, but it was a small duck that rode low in the water with a rounded head and small bill. Sex not determined. Poor photo will be added to the checklist."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 11:41 by Jan Bugge
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8658353&<ll...>,-120.8658353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210096849
- Comments: "Continuing bird first reported on yesterday's afternoon bay cruise. Poorly seen because of lighting, but it was a small duck that rode low in the water with a rounded head and small bill. Sex not determined. Poor photo will be added to the checklist."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 08:25 by Jessica Paquelier
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210119457
- Comments: "Female brown head. “Cute” appearance rounder head than a common with a more defined stop. Orange bill. Pale mottled body. Darker on back. Continuing."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 12:55 by David Pryor
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210106289
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. More details to follow."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 07:10 by Ed Harper
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210040260
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing female…steeper forehead and a puffy nape, along with a shorter bill that is mostly yellow/orange. Observed associating with 5 common down stream from the golf cart bridge close to the creek mouth."

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) (1)
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 11:42 by Kate Reed
- 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/S210079768
- Comments: "The wings extended past the tail and a picture will be submitted. Mark Mushkat was leading our Morro Bay field trip."

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) (1)
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 11:42 by Kathy Dale
- 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/S210105366
- Comments: "The wings extended past the tail and a picture will be submitted. Mark Mushkat was leading our Morro Bay field trip."

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) (1)
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 11:42 by Mark Mushkat
- 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/S210091229
- Comments: "The wings extended past the tail and a picture will be submitted. Mark Mushkat was leading our Morro Bay field trip."

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) (1)
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 11:42 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- 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/S210095585
- Comments: "The wings extended past the tail and a picture will be submitted. Mark Mushkat was leading our Morro Bay field trip."

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) (1)
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 11:42 by Erin Schweng
- 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/S210079770
- Comments: "The wings extended past the tail and a picture will be submitted. Mark Mushkat was leading our Morro Bay field trip."

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) (1)
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 11:42 by Loretta Matty
- 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/S210079767
- Comments: "The wings extended past the tail and a picture will be submitted. Mark Mushkat was leading our Morro Bay field trip."

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 14:12 by Kevin Enns-Rempel
- 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/S210042198
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Orange legs. Brown back."Necklace" band. Distinct facial pattern.

Photo by Alice Cahill"

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 14:12 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- 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/S210027899
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Orange legs. Brown back."Necklace" band. Distinct facial pattern.

Photo by Alice Cahill"

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 14:12 by Kathy Dale
- 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/S210031516
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Orange legs. Brown back."Necklace" band. Distinct facial pattern.

Photo by Alice Cahill"

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 14:12 by William Koole
- 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/S210040361
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Orange legs. Brown back."Necklace" band. Distinct facial pattern.

Photo by Alice Cahill"

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 14:12 by Suzanne Naone
- 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/S210108696
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Orange legs. Brown back."Necklace" band. Distinct facial pattern.

Photo by Alice Cahill"

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 14:12 by Susi Diallo
- 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/S210116992
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Orange legs. Brown back."Necklace" band. Distinct facial pattern.

Photo by Alice Cahill"

Ancient Murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 09:41 by Chris Henry
- The Gully to Point Piedras Blancas and back, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.2284087&<ll...>,-121.2284087
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210111362
- Comments: "small murrelet only seen well by Chris H. initial field marks noticed was the size, very small, white sides, and the most noticeable feature being the black on the head and face that went slightly below the eye, like a cap."

American Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) (Larus smithsonianus x glaucescens) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:37 by William Koole
- West of Pt Buchon (35.259, -120.998), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9976402&<ll...>,-120.9976402
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210039626
- Comments: "First cycle"

American Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) (Larus smithsonianus x glaucescens) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:37 by Alison Hazel
- West of Pt Buchon (35.259, -120.998), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9976402&<ll...>,-120.9976402
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210039521
- Comments: "First cycle"

American Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) (Larus smithsonianus x glaucescens) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:37 by Kim Kattari
- West of Pt Buchon (35.259, -120.998), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9976402&<ll...>,-120.9976402
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210043373
- Comments: "First cycle"

Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) (1)
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 09:46 by Gary Clayton
- Santa Rosa Creek mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.1102353&<ll...>,-121.1102353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210065378
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Found him on the beach with a big group of Sanderlings. He would fly out over the ocean circle back and land with the Sanderings. Very dark orange and black bill. Photos to follow."

Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) (1)
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 09:46 by Janine Choi
- Santa Rosa Creek mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.1102353&<ll...>,-121.1102353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210065377
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Found him on the beach with a big group of Sanderlings. He would fly out over the ocean circle back and land with the Sanderings. Very dark orange and black bill. Photos to follow."

Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 09:41 by Alexander Yan
- The Gully to Point Piedras Blancas and back, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.2284087&<ll...>,-121.2284087
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210116960
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "briefly seen on the water and then flying away. This was a small shearwater that was very dark above and white below. The white below wrapped up onto the rear flanks, the undertail coverts were white, and the white underwing appeared unmarked other than outlined in black and with black in the primaries. A few poor photos were taken and at least one will be added to the checklist."

Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 09:41 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- The Gully to Point Piedras Blancas and back, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.2284087&<ll...>,-121.2284087
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210099373
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "briefly seen on the water and then flying away. This was a small shearwater that was very dark above and white below. The white below wrapped up onto the rear flanks, the undertail coverts were white, and the white underwing appeared unmarked other than outlined in black and with black in the primaries. A few poor photos were taken and at least one will be added to the checklist."

Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 09:41 by Nick & Jane
- The Gully to Point Piedras Blancas and back, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.2284087&<ll...>,-121.2284087
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210102134
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "briefly seen on the water and then flying away. This was a small shearwater that was very dark above and white below. The white below wrapped up onto the rear flanks, the undertail coverts were white, and the white underwing appeared unmarked other than outlined in black and with black in the primaries. A few poor photos were taken and at least one will be added to the checklist.

*In addition, I think I was the first to spot this low-flying bird while I was standing in the middle, port side. I saw it flying just above the waves, maybe having even just taken flight, and was at about our ten o'clock (in relation to the boat with the bow being twelve). I instantly thought alcid because of its rapid wingbeats, black upperparts and white lowerparts--there had been so many dozens and dozens of rhinos with similar flight behavior. I quickly realized its wings were far too long for an alcid, and its body, while moving in the same direction as us, was narrower than I thought. It was then I yelled out "Shearwater!" Photographers at the bow snapped some blurry pics that were never shown to me. In fact, no one actually asked what I'd seen as the experts debated among themselves. I also noted its bright undertail and belly, and white up its rear flank area. I never got a good look at its head. The bird was clearly smaller than a Black-vented Shearwater, had faster wingbeats than one, and rapidly cut across the bow, though was distant."

Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 09:41 by Matthew Schreiner
- The Gully to Point Piedras Blancas and back, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.2284087&<ll...>,-121.2284087
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210105138
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "briefly seen on the water and then flying away. This was a small shearwater that was very dark above and white below. The white below wrapped up onto the rear flanks, the undertail coverts were white, and the white underwing appeared unmarked other than outlined in black and with black in the primaries. A few poor photos were taken and at least one will be added to the checklist."

Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 09:41 by David Pryor
- The Gully to Point Piedras Blancas and back, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.2284087&<ll...>,-121.2284087
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210106348
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "briefly seen on the water and then flying away. This was a small shearwater that was very dark above and white below. The white below wrapped up onto the rear flanks, the undertail coverts were white, and the white underwing appeared unmarked other than outlined in black and with black in the primaries. A few poor photos were taken and at least one will be added to the checklist."

Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 09:41 by Tom Edell
- The Gully to Point Piedras Blancas and back, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.2284087&<ll...>,-121.2284087
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209981352
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "briefly seen on the water and then flying away. This was a small shearwater that was very dark above and white below. The white below wrapped up onto the rear flanks, the undertail coverts were white, and the white underwing appeared unmarked other than outlined in black and with black in the primaries. A few poor photos were taken and at least one will be added to the checklist."

Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 09:41 by Chris Henry
- The Gully to Point Piedras Blancas and back, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.2284087&<ll...>,-121.2284087
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210111362
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "briefly seen on the water and then flying away. This was a small shearwater that was very dark above and white below. The white below wrapped up onto the rear flanks, the undertail coverts were white, and the white underwing appeared unmarked other than outlined in black and with black in the primaries. A few poor photos were taken and at least one will be added to the checklist."

Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 09:41 by Frederic Leist
- The Gully to Point Piedras Blancas and back, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.2284087&<ll...>,-121.2284087
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210111657
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "briefly seen on the water and then flying away. This was a small shearwater that was very dark above and white below. The white below wrapped up onto the rear flanks, the undertail coverts were white, and the white underwing appeared unmarked other than outlined in black and with black in the primaries. A few poor photos were taken and at least one will be added to the checklist."

Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 09:41 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- The Gully to Point Piedras Blancas and back, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.2284087&<ll...>,-121.2284087
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210115134
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Small shearwater briefly seen on water before flying off was all dark above and nearly all white below except for thin, dark wing edges, deep, black wingtips and tail. This bird showed distinctive inverted white saddle that wrapped from the belly up the near flanks behind long, narrow, sharply-pointed wings."

Cocos Booby (Sula brewsteri) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:37 by Alison Hazel
- West of Pt Buchon (35.259, -120.998), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9976402&<ll...>,-120.9976402
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210039521
- Media: 9 Photos
- Comments: "Adult female first seen in flight. Bird landed on a kelp pad, flew, and then landed on another kelp pad where it remained for close views. This is a recent split from Brown Booby. (photos, hopefully including flight shots to be added)"

Cocos Booby (Sula brewsteri) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:37 by William Koole
- West of Pt Buchon (35.259, -120.998), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9976402&<ll...>,-120.9976402
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210039626
- Media: 9 Photos
- Comments: "Adult female first seen in flight. Bird landed on a kelp pad, flew, and then landed on another kelp pad where it remained for close views. This is a recent split from Brown Booby. (photos, hopefully including flight shots to be added)"

Cocos Booby (Sula brewsteri) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:37 by Kim Kattari
- West of Pt Buchon (35.259, -120.998), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9976402&<ll...>,-120.9976402
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210043373
- Media: 9 Photos
- Comments: "Adult female first seen in flight. Bird landed on a kelp pad, flew, and then landed on another kelp pad where it remained for close views. This is a recent split from Brown Booby. (photos, hopefully including flight shots to be added)"

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 08:30 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- 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/S210114249
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Adult/immature. Pale coloring. Large bittern. Striped neck and stomach. Long strong bill. Flew past us and then perched in open for 5 minutes. Glorious! See photo."

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 08:30 by Susanne Ferrull
- 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/S210122111
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Adult/immature. Pale coloring. Large bittern. Striped neck and stomach. Long strong bill. Flew past us and then perched in open for 5 minutes. Glorious! See photo."

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 08:30 by owen 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/S210113475
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Adult/immature. Pale coloring. Large bittern. Striped neck and stomach. Long strong bill. Flew past us and then perched in open for 5 minutes. Glorious! See photo."

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 08:30 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/S210113096
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Adult/immature. Pale coloring. Large bittern. Striped neck and stomach. Long strong bill. Flew past us and then perched in open for 5 minutes. Glorious! See photo."

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 08:29 by Holly Middlekauff
- 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/S210106788
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Eating a large fish"

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 08:29 by Jane Hetherington-Rauth
- 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/S210129965
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Eating a large fish"

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 08:29 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- 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/S210024589
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Eating a large fish"

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 08:29 by Wendy A McKeown
- 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/S210114536
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Eating a large fish"

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 08:29 by Tara Hempstead
- 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/S210107065
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Eating a large fish"

Least Bittern (Botaurus exilis) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 08:02 by AJ Almeda
- 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/S210086135
- Comments: "Leader saw the Bittern fly about 1.5 ft over the water across from one bullrush clump to another disappearing into the vegetation on the other side. It was a smaller (than green heron or night heron ) brownish bird with black primaries and reddish brown just in from the primaries. Also visible was the black on the crown of its head."

Least Bittern (Botaurus exilis) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 08:02 by Jordan Almeda
- 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/S210044789
- Comments: "Leader saw the Bittern fly about 1.5 ft over the water across from one bullrush clump to another disappearing into the vegetation on the other side. It was a smaller (than green heron or night heron ) brownish bird with black primaries and reddish brown just in from the primaries. Also visible was the black on the crown of its head."

Least Bittern (Botaurus exilis) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 08:02 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- 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/S210024979
- Comments: "Leader saw the Bittern fly about 1.5 ft over the water across from one bullrush clump to another disappearing into the vegetation on the other side. It was a smaller (than green heron or night heron ) brownish bird with black primaries and reddish brown just in from the primaries. Also visible was the black on the crown of its head."

Least Bittern (Botaurus exilis) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 08:02 by JP Almeda
- 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/S210044707
- Comments: "Leader saw the Bittern fly about 1.5 ft over the water across from one bullrush clump to another disappearing into the vegetation on the other side. It was a smaller (than green heron or night heron ) brownish bird with black primaries and reddish brown just in from the primaries. Also visible was the black on the crown of its head."

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) (1)
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 09:20 by Trisha Coffey
- 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/S210107318
- Comments: "2nd Pepper tree from the end. No red, mostly black with defined v on chest"

Western Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 11:45 by Jeffrey Hale
- 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/S210119769
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "35.59524834950765, -121.12180833021799

Olive yellow, teardrop eyering. Photos"

Western Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 11:45 by Leeann Hale
- 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/S210119914
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "35.59524834950765, -121.12180833021799

Olive yellow, teardrop eyering. Photos"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 11:33 by Kaiting H
- 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/S210081155
- Comments: "Continuing bird, here: 35.264640,-120.685907. kingbird with yellow belly, much more than a cassins thicker bill and brownish tail. Pics to come. Lifer and state bird 295!"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 09:08 by Christine Hogue
- 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/S210121056
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing bird with bright yellow underside, large bill, forked tail. Seen near the picnic tables close to the water on the s/e side of the lake. Photo"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 08:49 by David Amamoto
- 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/S210108421
- Comments: "Continuing bird."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 07:30 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/S210106926
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. Large black bill, green back, lemony yellow tum and greenish-yellow chest. Trilly call. Photo"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 08:02 by Jordan Almeda
- 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/S210044789
- Comments: "We saw the greenish back, large bill, bright lemon yellow belly and forked tail. Additionally, we heard the bird make the “treeip” call several times when a Say’s Phoebe approached. Photos will be added to the checklist."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 08:02 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- 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/S210024979
- Comments: "We saw the greenish back, large bill, bright lemon yellow belly and forked tail. Additionally, we heard the bird make the “treeip” call several times when a Say’s Phoebe approached. Photos will be added to the checklist."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 08:02 by JP Almeda
- 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/S210044707
- Comments: "We saw the greenish back, large bill, bright lemon yellow belly and forked tail. Additionally, we heard the bird make the “treeip” call several times when a Say’s Phoebe approached. Photos will be added to the checklist."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 08:02 by AJ Almeda
- 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/S210086135
- Comments: "We saw the greenish back, large bill, bright lemon yellow belly and forked tail. Additionally, we heard the bird make the “treeip” call several times when a Say’s Phoebe approached. Photos will be added to the checklist."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 13:31 by Allison Pengilley-Wimmer
- 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/S210101583
- Comments: "Distinctive vocalization, lemon-yellow belly extending into breast, larger bill than Cassin’s kingbird"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 13:31 by Jan Bugge
- 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/S210097613
- Comments: "Distinctive vocalization, lemon-yellow belly extending into breast, larger bill than Cassin’s kingbird"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 08:30 by Susanne Ferrull
- 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/S210021291
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird on the small dead tree by the first dock"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:30 by Cheryl Jordan
- 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/S210090026
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing by first dock (35.2646755, -120.6857133). Long bill, green back, dark mask. Light grey above, green turning into lemon yellow below. Seen well by all."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 09:07 by Anonymous eBirder
- 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/S210123486
- Comments: "In the meadow near the stump. See our route map. At 35.26461, -120.68575"

Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) (2)
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 07:30 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/S210106926
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Short-tailed, bright-colored Ammodramus. A nice surprise while looking at Rufous-crowned Sparrows. Two popped out of grass below a rocky hillside, calling. This was west of the dog park along Laguna Lake Upper Loop trail looking northward. Took photos of one on a rock and studied that bird and not the other. Buffy to yellow throat, cheeks, chest, flanks, and undertail. Also flanks had some rufousy streaking, which was interesting. And its upper flanks seemed to have few brown spots compared to others in my eBird archive. The flank streak patterns and white belly remind me more of the Florida subspecies rather than the more general adult Northern (not saying it is the Florida subspecies—just having fun here writing about this bird’s fieldmarks), though its back patterns seem different altogether with more brown and less rufous. My archives show much variability in flank streaking. A.s perpallidus appears to be the expected subspecies, which means these birds perhaps should be wintering somewhere else, or else maybe it is common for this species to have most of its flock winter elsewhere while some stragglers stay behind because of a fixed home range (I usually find one in nearby South Hills Open Space this time of year). Or maybe some are merely nomadic. Either way, most here at Laguna are gone in winter, and I do wonder to where they migrate—Mexico or Texas or elsewhere. Some other notable fieldmarks: bright yellow patch above pale supercilium/lore area. Pale eyering. Brown crown bisected by pale stripe. Also, brown eyeline leading back from eye into brown auricular patch. And brown, rufous and gray-patterned back. Pink legs. Large pink-tinged bill. Photos of one specimen."

White-crowned x Golden-crowned Sparrow (hybrid) (Zonotrichia leucophrys x atricapilla) (1)
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 11:59 by Linus Blomqvist
- Washburn Campground, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.1120697&<ll...>,-121.1120697
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210091672
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Original photos and description coming. Patterning similar to Golden-crowned, but the median crown stripe was pure white. There are some other examples of this variant of the hybrid taxon on Macaulay Library, eg https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/626064991."

Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (2)
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 11:10 by Petra Clayton
- stakeout Sagebrush Sparrow -- Elkhorn/Simmler Rd Intersection (2025), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8400327&<ll...>,-119.8400327
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210114934
- Media: 14 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing species since 1/2/25 (Tom Edell, Roger Zachary)
Foraging at the intersection of Simmler and Elkhorn Road.
Gray head and nape; white throat wrapping around with faint dark malar stripe; conspicuous white eyering; white spot over black lores; thin black line extending past the eye with a dark spot on the back of the white eyering; thin white line in the center of the forehead; white breast, belly and undertail with faint streaking on the flanks and a dark spot in the center of the breast; medium brown back with dark streaks; brown mantle and dark brown tail; upper mandible gun-metal gray, lower mandible blue. --- Hopping and scratching the ground with both feet simultaneously while foraging.

Click on the image below for a YouTube video, showing two Sagebrush Sparrow actively foraging:
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Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 13:35 by Ally Romanow
- stakeout Sagebrush Sparrow -- Elkhorn/Simmler Rd Intersection (2025), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8400327&<ll...>,-119.8400327
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210117349
- Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing; photos. Pale gray head and nape, thin dark malar. Dark streaking on a pale gray back, with streaks extending across the center. Both actively feeding on the ground together."

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (1)
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 13:48 by Benny Jacobs-Schwartz
- Cal Poly--Mt Bishop Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6777764&<ll...>,-120.6777764
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210093336
- Comments: "Adult male mixed in with the BHCO & EUST 35.3073620, -120.6732028"

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (2)
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 12:50 by Reef Comer
- Cal Poly--Mt Bishop Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6777764&<ll...>,-120.6777764
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210123219
- Comments: "Continuing in massive starling/cowbird/blackbird flock in and around cow corrals. One adult male with gorgeous, almost orange-tinged yellow head and breast, black around eye, all black body, and white primary coverts. The second individual was smaller, had considerable less yellow on the face and breast, and appeared browner overall, possibly indicating either female or immature male. Don’t recall seeing much if any white on wings."

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (1)
- Reported Jan 20, 2025 08:38 by Max Roberts
- Cal Poly--Mt Bishop Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6777764&<ll...>,-120.6777764
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210055125
- Comments: "Continuing male. Saw the yellow head as it was perched on a cattle fence. Flew off with a subset of the other blackbirds before I could get a picture."

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 14:44 by Van Pierszalowski
- Cal Poly--Mt Bishop Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6777764&<ll...>,-120.6777764
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210014163
- Comments: "One of the continuing birds, this one was an adult male - a black bird with a yellow head and some white on the primary coverts."

Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 14:00 by Judith Newton
- 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/S210074405
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Warbler behaving similarly to a nuthatch, foraging methodically along the trunks of several Arroyo Willow trees. Striking black and white plumage with a boldly striped head and a solid black cheek, identifying it as a male. Mostly white undertail was accented by black-spotted undertail coverts. Observed along the west side of Van Gordon Creek Road, just north of the creek, approximately here: (35.5950398, -121.1219937)."

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Date: 1/20/25 6:08 pm
From: Thomas Slater via groups.io <tomslaterphotography...>
Subject: [slocobirding] Oso Flaco MBWBF field trip January 20
We had about 15 people participating. The weather was spectacular and the crowds were light. We had a total of 53 species. The highlight was an American Bittern that flew right past the Group while out on the boardwalk and perched in the reeds in the open for five minutes. 
For anyone interested, there is a giant dead gray whale beached about .5 mi south of the rivermouth. 
Bird on, Tom and Owen Slater


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Date: 1/20/25 1:09 am
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Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (6 reports)
- Redhead (1 report)
- Black Scoter (3 reports)
- Long-tailed Duck (6 reports)
- Barrow's Goldeneye (9 reports)
- Common Gallinule (2 reports)
- American Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) (1 report)
- Cocos Booby (1 report)
- American Bittern (5 reports)
- Least Bittern (1 report)
- Tropical Kingbird (6 reports)
- Chipping Sparrow (2 reports)
- Sagebrush Sparrow (4 reports)
- Yellow-headed Blackbird (1 report)
- Black-and-white Warbler (1 report)

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Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 10:25 by Scott Callow
- Pecho Road Willows, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.85271&<ll...>,-120.85271
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209946238
- Comments: "One example ID by many birders during the Morro Bay Bird Fest (leader Dean) including great views using spotting scopes."

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:30 by Dave Turner
- 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/S209985468
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Like cinnamon teal with obvious white face crescent. Continuing bird"

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:30 by Julia Jackson
- 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/S209961854
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Like cinnamon teal with obvious white face crescent. Continuing bird"

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 10:37 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- 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/S209994030
- Comments: "Cinnamon teal background body color with crescent on face and other blue-wing teal markings. Associated with blue-wing teals."

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 10:05 by Marilyn Pabros
- 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/S210002992
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Will upload pics soon."

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 10:05 by Danni Smith
- 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/S209997317
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Will upload pics soon."

Redhead (Aythya americana) (2)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 11:35 by Benny Jacobs-Schwartz
- Whale Rock Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8708239&<ll...>,-120.8708239
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209962227
- Comments: "Continuing"

Black Scoter (Melanitta americana) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 07:52 by Luke Safford
- Morro Strand State Beach, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8678892&<ll...>,-120.8678892
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209897665
- Comments: "Male. Yellow bulbous at base of bill. Far out with raft of Surf."

Black Scoter (Melanitta americana) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 07:52 by Rob Ripma
- Morro Strand State Beach, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8678892&<ll...>,-120.8678892
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209916248
- Comments: "Male. Yellow bulbous at base of bill. Far out with raft of Surf."

Black Scoter (Melanitta americana) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 07:52 by Whitney Lanfranco
- Morro Strand State Beach, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8678892&<ll...>,-120.8678892
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209920133
- Comments: "Male. Yellow bulbous at base of bill. Far out with raft of Surf."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 12:53 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- 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/S209876186
- Comments: "Small pale gray and blackish duck with dusky head and diamond-shaped patch of white surrounding the eye. Stocky, powerful dark bill. Swimming with the Bufflehead, roughly same size as them."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 11:41 by Teresa Griffin
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8658353&<ll...>,-120.8658353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209960146
- Comments: "Continuing bird first reported on yesterday's afternoon bay cruise. Poorly seen because of lighting, but it was a small duck that rode low in the water with a rounded head and small bill. Sex not determined. Poor photo will be added to the checklist."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 11:41 by Benny Jacobs-Schwartz
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8658353&<ll...>,-120.8658353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209989282
- Comments: "Continuing bird first reported on yesterday's afternoon bay cruise. Poorly seen because of lighting, but it was a small duck that rode low in the water with a rounded head and small bill. Sex not determined. Poor photo will be added to the checklist."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 11:41 by Kathy Dale
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8658353&<ll...>,-120.8658353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209885389
- Comments: "Continuing bird first reported on yesterday's afternoon bay cruise. Poorly seen because of lighting, but it was a small duck that rode low in the water with a rounded head and small bill. Sex not determined. Poor photo will be added to the checklist."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 11:41 by Alexander Yan
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8658353&<ll...>,-120.8658353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209982568
- Comments: "Continuing bird first reported on yesterday's afternoon bay cruise. Poorly seen because of lighting, but it was a small duck that rode low in the water with a rounded head and small bill. Sex not determined. Poor photo will be added to the checklist."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 11:41 by Leisyka Parrott
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8658353&<ll...>,-120.8658353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209887408
- Comments: "Continuing bird first reported on yesterday's afternoon bay cruise. Poorly seen because of lighting, but it was a small duck that rode low in the water with a rounded head and small bill. Sex not determined. Poor photo will be added to the checklist."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 16:34 by Tracey Krill
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210001626
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing"

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 16:34 by Jim Krill
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209988443
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing"

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 15:11 by Devon Bradley
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209998441
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing female, hanging out with a group of Common Goldeneye. Told apart from Common Goldeneyes by almost entirely yellow/orange bill and steep forehead. Observed just down stream of lower bridge."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 15:11 by Carly Boyd-Dovideo
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209998442
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing female, hanging out with a group of Common Goldeneye. Told apart from Common Goldeneyes by almost entirely yellow/orange bill and steep forehead. Observed just down stream of lower bridge."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 07:16 by Gabriel Rudy
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209937004
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing. Seen here 35.1815695, -120.7370525. Female with full yellow bill. Photo."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 12:55 by Loretta Matty
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209992608
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. More details to follow."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 12:55 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209882167
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. More details to follow."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 12:55 by Erin Schweng
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209897611
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. More details to follow."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 12:55 by Richard Yuill
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209985698
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. More details to follow."

Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 13:38 by Virginia Langdon-Lassagne
- Gallinule stakeout, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.577843&<ll...>,-120.577843
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209966494
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "White stripe along side of body, red bill, approximately the size and shape of a Coot. Photos- continuing bird, most recently reported by Roger Hammer"

Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 13:38 by Barry Langdon-Lassagne
- Gallinule stakeout, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.577843&<ll...>,-120.577843
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209966495
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "White stripe along side of body, red bill, approximately the size and shape of a Coot. Photos- continuing bird, most recently reported by Roger Hammer"

American Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) (Larus smithsonianus x glaucescens) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:37 by Eric Wier
- West of Pt Buchon (35.259, -120.998), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9976402&<ll...>,-120.9976402
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209975425
- Comments: "First cycle"

Cocos Booby (Sula brewsteri) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:37 by Eric Wier
- West of Pt Buchon (35.259, -120.998), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9976402&<ll...>,-120.9976402
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209975425
- Media: 9 Photos
- Comments: "Adult female first seen in flight. Bird landed on a kelp pad, flew, and then landed on another kelp pad where it remained for close views. This is a recent split from Brown Booby. (photos, hopefully including flight shots to be added)"

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 07:25 by Roger Wieck
- 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/S209895704
- Comments: "Our tour guide saw this bird"

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 09:34 by Trisha Coffey
- 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/S209943758
- Comments: "Seen eating fish"

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 08:29 by Russell Scalf
- 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/S209992600
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Eating a large fish"

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 08:29 by Doug Henderson
- 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/S209945297
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Eating a large fish"

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 08:29 by Joe Flynn
- 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/S209994824
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Eating a large fish"

Least Bittern (Botaurus exilis) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 08:02 by Bettina Eastman
- 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/S209951569
- Comments: "Leader saw the Bittern fly about 1.5 ft over the water across from one bullrush clump to another disappearing into the vegetation on the other side. It was a smaller (than green heron or night heron ) brownish bird with black primaries and reddish brown just in from the primaries. Also visible was the black on the crown of its head."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 10:38 by Jake Hager
- 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/S209943749
- Comments: "Continuing near first boat dock"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 09:16 by Andrew Fleming
- 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/S209936504
- Comments: "Continuing bird hanging around the small picnic area by the first boat dock. Sitting in and flycatching from the small center tree as well as flying to other trees in the area. Light grey head with white throat extending to green-yellow breast. Thick bill."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 08:02 by Bettina Eastman
- 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/S209951569
- Comments: "We saw the greenish back, large bill, bright lemon yellow belly and forked tail. Additionally, we heard the bird make the “treeip” call several times when a Say’s Phoebe approached. Photos will be added to the checklist."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 13:31 by Scott Parsons
- 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/S209971450
- Comments: "Distinctive vocalization, lemon-yellow belly extending into breast, larger bill than Cassin’s kingbird"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 08:30 by Elizabeth Adan
- 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/S209980530
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird on the small dead tree by the first dock"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 08:30 by Judy B
- 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/S209989606
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird on the small dead tree by the first dock"

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (14)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 09:15 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- 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/S209983894
- Comments: "Continuing sparrows reported recently; pinkish bill; rufous crown; whitish throat; feeding in thick grass near artificial lake"

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (14)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 09:15 by Roger Zachary
- 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/S209952401
- Comments: "Continuing sparrows reported recently; pinkish bill; rufous crown; whitish throat; feeding in thick grass near artificial lake"

Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 13:35 by Amanda Gaskin
- stakeout Sagebrush Sparrow -- Elkhorn/Simmler Rd Intersection (2025), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8400327&<ll...>,-119.8400327
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209885875
- Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing; photos. Pale gray head and nape, thin dark malar. Dark streaking on a pale gray back, with streaks extending across the center. Both actively feeding on the ground together."

Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 13:35 by Marilyn Pabros
- stakeout Sagebrush Sparrow -- Elkhorn/Simmler Rd Intersection (2025), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8400327&<ll...>,-119.8400327
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S210003233
- Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing; photos. Pale gray head and nape, thin dark malar. Dark streaking on a pale gray back, with streaks extending across the center. Both actively feeding on the ground together."

Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 13:35 by Joe Flynn
- stakeout Sagebrush Sparrow -- Elkhorn/Simmler Rd Intersection (2025), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8400327&<ll...>,-119.8400327
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209994931
- Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing; photos. Pale gray head and nape, thin dark malar. Dark streaking on a pale gray back, with streaks extending across the center. Both actively feeding on the ground together."

Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 13:35 by Catherine Steinberg
- stakeout Sagebrush Sparrow -- Elkhorn/Simmler Rd Intersection (2025), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8400327&<ll...>,-119.8400327
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209983165
- Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing; photos. Pale gray head and nape, thin dark malar. Dark streaking on a pale gray back, with streaks extending across the center. Both actively feeding on the ground together."

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (1)
- Reported Jan 19, 2025 12:49 by Ben Kolstad
- Cal Poly--Mt Bishop Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6777764&<ll...>,-120.6777764
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209958597
- Comments: "Yellow head black body in with flock of rwbl and a couple tricolors."

Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 14:00 by Virginia Howard
- 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/S209991722
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Warbler behaving similarly to a nuthatch, foraging methodically along the trunks of several Arroyo Willow trees. Striking black and white plumage with a boldly striped head and a solid black cheek, identifying it as a male. Mostly white undertail was accented by black-spotted undertail coverts. Observed along the west side of Van Gordon Creek Road, just north of the creek, approximately here: (35.5950398, -121.1219937). Distinct individual from the bird I found at Santa Rosa Creek Mouth last weekend."

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Date: 1/18/25 11:44 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (4 reports)
- Redhead (5 reports)
- Long-tailed Duck (12 reports)
- Barrow's Goldeneye (14 reports)
- Vaux's Swift (1 report)
- Common Gallinule (1 report)
- Lesser Yellowlegs (1 report)
- Ruddy Turnstone (1 report)
- American Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) (5 reports)
- Cocos Booby (5 reports)
- Swainson's Hawk (1 report)
- Tropical Kingbird (17 reports)
- Western Kingbird (1 report)
- Sagebrush Sparrow (7 reports)
- Yellow-headed Blackbird (2 reports)

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NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

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Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 12:44 by Kaiting H
- 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/S209811767
- Comments: "Continuing bird, viewed from the bridge. Cinnamon body pointing towards cinnamon, with blueish head and a crescent indicating blue winged. Pics coming."

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 10:45 by Roger Wieck
- 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/S209772213
- Comments: "Swimming next to walk bridge"

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 10:30 by Nick & Jane
- 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/S209816645
- Comments: "Continuing weirdo duck with coloration of a cinnamon and features of a blue-winged. Photo"

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 10:05 by Lynda Reed
- 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/S209760706
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Will upload pics soon."

Redhead (Aythya americana) (2)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 11:18 by Ryan Gillis
- Whale Rock Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8708239&<ll...>,-120.8708239
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209829864
- Comments: "Well seen. Red head, not canvasback. continuing."

Redhead (Aythya americana) (2)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 11:18 by Iris Schumacher
- Whale Rock Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8708239&<ll...>,-120.8708239
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209735241
- Comments: "Well seen. Red head, not canvasback. continuing."

Redhead (Aythya americana) (2)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 11:18 by Katie Thoma
- Whale Rock Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8708239&<ll...>,-120.8708239
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209823377
- Comments: "Well seen. Red head, not canvasback. continuing."

Redhead (Aythya americana) (2)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 11:18 by Nancy Vimla
- Whale Rock Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8708239&<ll...>,-120.8708239
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209764442
- Comments: "Well seen. Red head, not canvasback. continuing."

Redhead (Aythya americana) (2)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 11:18 by Betsy Bechtel
- Whale Rock Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8708239&<ll...>,-120.8708239
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209686485
- Comments: "Well seen. Red head, not canvasback. continuing."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 15:06 by Carmen Galaz García
- Morro Bay Estuary (use more specific location(s) when possible), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8501072&<ll...>,-120.8501072
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209686263
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Reported by the trip before us. We observed it with a group of Bufflehead south of Coleman Park. Small duck, slightly larger than nearby Buffelhead, small dark bill with large white patch around the eye and smudgy dark on the top of the head and neck. On water, darkish back and white along the flanks. In flight, belly was whitish. Top was dark in coloration."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 07:38 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- 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/S209836055
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing small diving duck with mostly brown back, white throat collar (front and sides), brown neck collar (back and sides of neck), dark eye highlighted by white face and cheeks and brown crown and nape. Observed on feeding on opposite side of channel from USCG T-Pier. The bird was foraging alone away from Buffleheads and Eared Grebes in the area."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 12:53 by Teodelina Martelli
- 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/S209843722
- Comments: "Small pale gray and blackish duck with dusky head and diamond-shaped patch of white surrounding the eye. Stocky, powerful dark bill. Swimming with the Bufflehead, roughly same size as them."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 09:50 by Jeff Bouton
- 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/S209833695
- Comments: "Images taken"

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 09:50 by Erich Boenzli
- 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/S209796258
- Comments: "Images taken"

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 11:46 by Jeff Miller
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8658353&<ll...>,-120.8658353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209784120
- Comments: "Brown back, brown and white with white face patch, blocky head and small bill. Curtis took photos."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 11:41 by Tom Edell
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8658353&<ll...>,-120.8658353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209811807
- Comments: "Continuing bird first reported on yesterday's afternoon bay cruise. Poorly seen because of lighting, but it was a small duck that rode low in the water with a rounded head and small bill. Sex not determined. Poor photo will be added to the checklist."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 11:41 by Russ Namitz
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8658353&<ll...>,-120.8658353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209838963
- Comments: "Continuing bird first reported on yesterday's afternoon bay cruise. Poorly seen because of lighting, but it was a small duck that rode low in the water with a rounded head and small bill. Sex not determined. Poor photo will be added to the checklist."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 11:41 by Eve Meier
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8658353&<ll...>,-120.8658353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209835131
- Comments: "Continuing bird first reported on yesterday's afternoon bay cruise. Poorly seen because of lighting, but it was a small duck that rode low in the water with a rounded head and small bill. Sex not determined. Poor photo will be added to the checklist."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 11:41 by Robbie & Bob Revel
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8658353&<ll...>,-120.8658353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209816342
- Comments: "Continuing bird first reported on yesterday's afternoon bay cruise. Poorly seen because of lighting, but it was a small duck that rode low in the water with a rounded head and small bill. Sex not determined. Poor photo will be added to the checklist."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 11:41 by Michael Moss
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8658353&<ll...>,-120.8658353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209842340
- Comments: "Continuing bird first reported on yesterday's afternoon bay cruise. Poorly seen because of lighting, but it was a small duck that rode low in the water with a rounded head and small bill. Sex not determined. Poor photo will be added to the checklist."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 11:41 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- Morro Bay harbor mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8658353&<ll...>,-120.8658353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209820189
- Comments: "Continuing bird first reported on yesterday's afternoon bay cruise. Poorly seen because of lighting, but it was a small duck that rode low in the water with a rounded head and small bill. Sex not determined. Poor photo will be added to the checklist."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 12:55 by Carmen Galaz García
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209844309
- Comments: "Continuing. More details to follow."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 12:55 by Torrey Gage-Tomlinson
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209816259
- Comments: "Continuing. More details to follow."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 12:55 by Rick Grijalva
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209826772
- Comments: "Continuing. More details to follow."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 12:55 by Robbie & Bob Revel
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209826741
- Comments: "Continuing. More details to follow."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 12:55 by Matthew Schreiner
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209828988
- Comments: "Continuing. More details to follow."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 12:55 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209831382
- Comments: "Continuing. More details to follow."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 12:55 by Joni Ciarletta
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209834630
- Comments: "Continuing. More details to follow."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 12:55 by Anonymous eBirder
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209834729
- Comments: "Continuing. More details to follow."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 12:55 by Kate Reed
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209842385
- Comments: "Continuing. More details to follow."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 12:50 by Michael Moss
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209822842
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing female steep forehead orange beak with COGO photo tba"

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 12:28 by Peter Gaede
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209818982
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing; photos. Female with peaked forehead, and steep slope from bill to top of forehead. Small mostly yellow bill with some dusky coloration visible at the base of the upper mandible. Good comparison with female common's swimming with it."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 07:10 by Ann Stockert
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209733350
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing female…steeper forehead and a puffy nape, along with a shorter bill that is mostly yellow/orange. Observed associating with 5 common down stream from the golf cart bridge close to the creek mouth."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 07:10 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209802688
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing female…steeper forehead and a puffy nape, along with a shorter bill that is mostly yellow/orange. Observed associating with 5 common down stream from the golf cart bridge close to the creek mouth."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 15, 2025 10:23 by Zane Warsen
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209786254
- Comments: "Continuing female. Will attach photos"

Vaux's Swift (Chaetura vauxi) (8)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 16:19 by Van Pierszalowski
- San Simeon Creek Road--6.5 miles east of Hwy 1, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.050108&<ll...>,-121.050108
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209687066
- Comments: "While scoping a perched Red-tailed Hawk in a distant Gray Pine, I noticed a swirling flock of swifts high above and just behind Rocky Butte. The flock numbered at least 25 birds. Remarkably, at least 8 of them were Vaux’s Swifts, unmistakable with their streamlined, cigar-shaped bodies, all-dark plumage, and short tails.

I believe this marks only the 5th eBird record ever for this species in SLO County during January. Interestingly, all prior January records have come from this specific region - from San Simeon Creek Road to Hearst Castle - hinting at a potentially localized pattern.

Notably, this winter has brought a mini-irruption of Vaux’s Swifts along the west coast, including unprecedented winter records as far north as Washington. It will be interesting to see whether this is part of a northerly shift in this bird's wintering range, or just a weird outlier year. Either way - pretty amazing to watch these birds swirl high above the Santa Lucia Mountains, in mid-January."

Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 09:50 by Roger Hammer
- Cypress Ridge pond, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.5779982&<ll...>,-120.5779982
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209833527
- Comments: "cont. overwintering bird, muted orange w/ yellow tipped candy corn bill with gray head and brown wings. resisted coming out for the first 40 min, KH was last to see it and coaxed me to persist a little longer, got it. county bird.i had been spending a lot of time glassing the bigger pond looking at each coot trying to find the gallinule, which tends to hang only in the small pond behind the gym."

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 12:57 by Betsy Bechtel
- 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/S209686362
- Comments: "Photos, very short beak."

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 14:12 by Steven McMasters
- 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/S209822521
- Comments: "Orange legs. Brown back."Necklace" band. Distinctly facial pattern."

American Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) (Larus smithsonianus x glaucescens) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:37 by Reef Comer
- West of Pt Buchon (35.259, -120.998), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9976402&<ll...>,-120.9976402
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209745218
- Comments: "First cycle"

American Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) (Larus smithsonianus x glaucescens) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:37 by August Hazel
- West of Pt Buchon (35.259, -120.998), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9976402&<ll...>,-120.9976402
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209803379
- Comments: "First cycle"

American Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) (Larus smithsonianus x glaucescens) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:37 by John Hiebert
- West of Pt Buchon (35.259, -120.998), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9976402&<ll...>,-120.9976402
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209694085
- Comments: "First cycle"

American Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) (Larus smithsonianus x glaucescens) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:37 by Mike Bush
- West of Pt Buchon (35.259, -120.998), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9976402&<ll...>,-120.9976402
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209692059
- Comments: "First cycle"

American Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) (Larus smithsonianus x glaucescens) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:37 by Curtis Marantz
- West of Pt Buchon (35.259, -120.998), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9976402&<ll...>,-120.9976402
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209688726
- Comments: "First cycle"

Cocos Booby (Sula brewsteri) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:37 by August Hazel
- West of Pt Buchon (35.259, -120.998), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9976402&<ll...>,-120.9976402
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209803379
- Media: 9 Photos
- Comments: "Adult female first seen in flight. Bird landed on a kelp pad, flew, and then landed on another kelp pad where it remained for close views. This is a recent split from Brown Booby. (photos, hopefully including flight shots to be added)"

Cocos Booby (Sula brewsteri) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:37 by Curtis Marantz
- West of Pt Buchon (35.259, -120.998), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9976402&<ll...>,-120.9976402
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209688726
- Media: 9 Photos
- Comments: "My understanding is that Edell was the first person to recognize this bird as a booby when it came up from behind the boat, but given that I was on the bow at the time, I saw it some time after it was initially spotted, and only briefly when it made its first pass by the boat before flying off. Fortunately, others spotted it after it landed on a kelp patty, where it remained until we were able to motor right up to it for good views and many photos. Eventually, we got a bit too close and it flew off. It may have landed again, but we did not linger in the area to be sure. My views of this bird in flight were okay, but not great; however, when perched, myself and everybody else on the boat were able to get amazing views from close range in good, subdued light resulting from the overcast skies.
This was a medium-sized seabird that appeared to be roughly similar in size to nearby Western Gulls despite its very different shape. The bill was quite long and it tapered from a relatively deep base to a pointed tip along a culmen that curved downward at the midway point, so the distal half was really rather slim. I suspect the bill was as long as the head, if not slightly longer, but I did not notice the details in the field, nor did I attempt to compare the length of the bill relative to the depth at the base. The forehead was shore and gently sloping, and the crown was smoothly rounded on a head that was larger than that of a cormorant, and probably also a gull. The neck was longer than that of a gull, yet stouter than that of a cormorant, and intermediate between the two in both respects. The body was plump, full-chested, and with a posture while standing that was probably a little closer to horizontal than diagonal. The wings were quite long, with the narrowly tapered wingtips reaching to the tip of the tail, if my memory is correct. I also thought the primary projection was quite long, but I cannot recall noting it in the field. The tail was also relatively long, in that it was over half as long as the body without the head and neck, and seemingly slim when closed, but I cannot now recall the details of its shape when perched. The legs were relatively short and stockier than those of a gull, but not excessively so. The feet were relatively large and mostly, if not entirely, webbed. When seen in flight, this bird had notably long, slim wings that tapered to pointed tips that were held straight out from the body. The head and neck extended before the leading edge of the wings a moderate distance, and the long bill was held forward and possibly slightly downward. The tail extended beyond the trailing edges of the wings a similar distance, and I thought the tail tapered distally, though I did not see this overly well.
This was a well-marked bird with sharply contrasting plumage, but the coloration was limited to snowy white and a dark, chocolate-brown. The forehead, crown, nape, auriculars, and the back, sides, and front of the neck were chocolate-brown with no internal markings or unevenness. I noted no paling on the forehead, which appeared identical in color to the crown and the feathered parts of the face. The brown on the underparts extended from the base of the lower mandible on the chin down across the throat, foreneck, breast, and sides before ending abruptly at the junction of the lower breast and the belly along a line that extended straight across the body. Below this line, the belly, flanks, and undertail coverts were snowy-white and unmarked. I think the underside of the tail was dark, but I did not see it overly well. Returning to the upperparts, the dark, chocolate-brown of the neck continued down across the mantle, scapulars, wing coverts, and remiges with no obvious contrast or internal markings on what appeared to be uniformly marked upperparts. I also thought the wingtips and the upperside of the tail were similarly marked, but I cannot discount the possibly of their being slightly darker. I saw the underwings only briefly and at a distance, when I noted that there was some white centrally and some dark around the edges, at least in part, but apart from this, I am unsure about the pattern.
Rather striking was the contrast between the dark brown of the forehead and face with the light, lemon-yellow color that characterized the facial skin and the basal third to half of the bill. Quite obvious, however, was a blackish wedge in the loral skin just behind the eye that was sharply demarcated, and I think separated from the eye by a narrow region of yellow. The yellow on the basal part of the bill blended into a flesh to pinkish-flesh color distally. I cannot now recall the precise color of the eye, but I think they were dark. The legs, toes, and webbing between the toes were a light lemon-yellow, possibly with a trace of greenish."

Cocos Booby (Sula brewsteri) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:37 by John Hiebert
- West of Pt Buchon (35.259, -120.998), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9976402&<ll...>,-120.9976402
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209694085
- Media: 9 Photos
- Comments: "Adult female first seen in flight. Bird landed on a kelp pad, flew, and then landed on another kelp pad where it remained for close views. This is a recent split from Brown Booby. (photos, hopefully including flight shots to be added)"

Cocos Booby (Sula brewsteri) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:37 by Mike Bush
- West of Pt Buchon (35.259, -120.998), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9976402&<ll...>,-120.9976402
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209692059
- Media: 9 Photos
- Comments: "Adult female first seen in flight. Bird landed on a kelp pad, flew, and then landed on another kelp pad where it remained for close views. This is a recent split from Brown Booby. (photos, hopefully including flight shots to be added)"

Cocos Booby (Sula brewsteri) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:37 by Reef Comer
- West of Pt Buchon (35.259, -120.998), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9976402&<ll...>,-120.9976402
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209745218
- Media: 9 Photos
- Comments: "Adult female first seen in flight. Bird landed on a kelp pad, flew, and then landed on another kelp pad where it remained for close views. This is a recent split from Brown Booby. (photos, hopefully including flight shots to be added)"

Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 07:40 by Nick & Jane
- Swainson's Hawk Stateout--Los Osos Valley Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7295938&<ll...>,-120.7295938
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209818994
- Comments: "Continuing—seen while driving slowly with no traffic behind me. I last saw this bird Jan. 4 (https://ebird.org/checklist/S208023655). The bird was on a roadside fence—noted a hawk with a lot of white around eyes. Seen about 30-50 yards west of roadside shack. Heavy brown streaking on its underparts. Noticeable yellow legs. Also noted yellow base on its bill. Yellow cere, dark mustache. No photo. Just wanted to note this bird in case anyone wanted to search for it while visiting for the bird festival."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 14:57 by Luke Passey
- 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/S209828757
- Comments: "Containing light gray headed yellow kingbird species. Thick darker line across eye to beak to a greater extent than a Western Kingbird; thicker bill. Seen fluttering about in bare tree at edge of reeds about 0.1 miles back from the most northwest parking lot."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 13:31 by Michael Mulroy
- 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/S209820997
- Comments: "Distinctive vocalization, lemon-yellow belly extending into breast, larger bill than Cassin’s kingbird"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 13:31 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- 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/S209821176
- Comments: "Distinctive vocalization, lemon-yellow belly extending into breast, larger bill than Cassin’s kingbird"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 13:31 by Scott Inman
- 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/S209823230
- Comments: "Distinctive vocalization, lemon-yellow belly extending into breast, larger bill than Cassin’s kingbird"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 13:31 by Angela Li
- 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/S209846621
- Comments: "Distinctive vocalization, lemon-yellow belly extending into breast, larger bill than Cassin’s kingbird"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 13:31 by Robbie & Bob Revel
- 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/S209821084
- Comments: "Distinctive vocalization, lemon-yellow belly extending into breast, larger bill than Cassin’s kingbird"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 13:25 by Trevor Wimmer
- 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/S209830920
- Comments: "Continuing bird at first parking lot near restrooms and playground."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 13:25 by Allison Pengilley-Wimmer
- 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/S209830957
- Comments: "Continuing bird at first parking lot near restrooms and playground."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 12:21 by John Hiebert
- 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/S209798147
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "ONGOING NEAR PICNIC AREA ADD PHOTO"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 08:30 by Robbie & Bob Revel
- 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/S209826267
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird on the small dead tree by the first dock"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 08:30 by Tiffany Abeloe
- 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/S209833563
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird on the small dead tree by the first dock"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 08:30 by Kristina Van Wert
- 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/S209783607
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird on the small dead tree by the first dock"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 08:30 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- 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/S209830944
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird on the small dead tree by the first dock"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:30 by Cheryl Wood
- 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/S209816614
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing by first dock (35.2646755, -120.6857133). Long bill, green back, dark mask. Light grey above, green turning into lemon yellow below. Seen well by all."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:30 by Kathy Kuyper
- 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/S209831298
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing by first dock (35.2646755, -120.6857133). Long bill, green back, dark mask. Light grey above, green turning into lemon yellow below. Seen well by all."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 15, 2025 13:08 by Kathy Kuyper
- 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/S209430577
- Comments: "Continuing rarity"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 14, 2025 12:44 by Kathy Kuyper
- 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/S209313497
- Comments: "Continuing rarity"

Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 08:43 by Anonymous eBirder
- 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/S209567875
- Comments: "Confirmed when reviewing photos from the day."

Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (2)
- Reported Jan 18, 2025 10:50 by John Luther
- stakeout Sagebrush Sparrow -- Elkhorn/Simmler Rd Intersection (2025), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8400327&<ll...>,-119.8400327
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209834463
- Comments: "Continuing here"

Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 13:35 by Joan Ling-Zwissler
- stakeout Sagebrush Sparrow -- Elkhorn/Simmler Rd Intersection (2025), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8400327&<ll...>,-119.8400327
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209844792
- Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing; photos. Pale gray head and nape, thin dark malar. Dark streaking on a pale gray back, with streaks extending across the center. Both actively feeding on the ground together."

Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 13:35 by Russ Namitz
- stakeout Sagebrush Sparrow -- Elkhorn/Simmler Rd Intersection (2025), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8400327&<ll...>,-119.8400327
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209686383
- Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing; photos. Pale gray head and nape, thin dark malar. Dark streaking on a pale gray back, with streaks extending across the center. Both actively feeding on the ground together."

Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 13:35 by Paul Rasmussen
- stakeout Sagebrush Sparrow -- Elkhorn/Simmler Rd Intersection (2025), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8400327&<ll...>,-119.8400327
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209799351
- Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing; photos. Pale gray head and nape, thin dark malar. Dark streaking on a pale gray back, with streaks extending across the center. Both actively feeding on the ground together."

Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 13:35 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- stakeout Sagebrush Sparrow -- Elkhorn/Simmler Rd Intersection (2025), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8400327&<ll...>,-119.8400327
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209718717
- Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing; photos. Pale gray head and nape, thin dark malar. Dark streaking on a pale gray back, with streaks extending across the center. Both actively feeding on the ground together."

Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 13:35 by Angela Li
- stakeout Sagebrush Sparrow -- Elkhorn/Simmler Rd Intersection (2025), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8400327&<ll...>,-119.8400327
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209846390
- Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing; photos. Pale gray head and nape, thin dark malar. Dark streaking on a pale gray back, with streaks extending across the center. Both actively feeding on the ground together."

Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 13:35 by Lola Ross
- stakeout Sagebrush Sparrow -- Elkhorn/Simmler Rd Intersection (2025), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8400327&<ll...>,-119.8400327
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209843006
- Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing; photos. Pale gray head and nape, thin dark malar. Dark streaking on a pale gray back, with streaks extending across the center. Both actively feeding on the ground together."

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (2)
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 15:45 by Roger Hammer
- Cal Poly--Mt Bishop Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6777764&<ll...>,-120.6777764
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209845332
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "saw 2, maybe 3 birds; 1 mature male and 1-2 immature or female birds in the Beef Eval pens."

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 15:50 by Terri Osborn
- Cal Poly--San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6608403&<ll...>,-120.6608403
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209691949
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "One with a partial yellow head and one with yellow upper chest and head with a bit of rust on the crown. Continuing birds seen at the cattle pens with a mixed flock of blackbirds, cowbirds and starlings."

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Date: 1/17/25 10:11 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (9 reports)
- Redhead (4 reports)
- Long-tailed Duck (8 reports)
- Barrow's Goldeneye (5 reports)
- Lesser Yellowlegs (4 reports)
- American Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) (5 reports)
- Cocos Booby (6 reports)
- Tropical Kingbird (7 reports)
- Sagebrush Sparrow (1 report)
- Yellow-headed Blackbird (3 reports)
- Black-and-white Warbler (5 reports)

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NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

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Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 09:10 by Rick Grijalva
- 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/S209639454
- Comments: "Cinnamon teal with facial pattern similar to BWTE"

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 09:10 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- 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/S209640125
- Comments: "Cinnamon teal with facial pattern similar to BWTE"

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 09:10 by John Lowry
- 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/S209638780
- Comments: "Cinnamon teal with facial pattern similar to BWTE"

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:30 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- 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/S209638904
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Like cinnamon teal with obvious white face crescent. Continuing bird"

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:30 by John McDaniel
- 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/S209630126
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Like cinnamon teal with obvious white face crescent. Continuing bird"

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:30 by Kathy Dale
- 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/S209680211
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Like cinnamon teal with obvious white face crescent. Continuing bird"

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 10:05 by Reef Comer
- 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/S209566614
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Will upload pics soon."

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 10:05 by Amy Nichols
- 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/S209681717
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Will upload pics soon."

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 10:05 by Paul Rasmussen
- 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/S209683525
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Will upload pics soon."

Redhead (Aythya americana) (2)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 11:18 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- Whale Rock Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8708239&<ll...>,-120.8708239
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209673866
- Comments: "Well seen. Red head, not canvasback. continuing."

Redhead (Aythya americana) (2)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 11:18 by Leigh Fletcher
- Whale Rock Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8708239&<ll...>,-120.8708239
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209675946
- Comments: "Well seen. Red head, not canvasback. continuing."

Redhead (Aythya americana) (2)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 11:18 by Benny Jacobs-Schwartz
- Whale Rock Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8708239&<ll...>,-120.8708239
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209649226
- Comments: "Well seen. Red head, not canvasback. continuing."

Redhead (Aythya americana) (2)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 11:18 by Lesley Boncich
- Whale Rock Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8708239&<ll...>,-120.8708239
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209684903
- Comments: "Well seen. Red head, not canvasback. continuing."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 15:06 by Will Knowlton
- Morro Bay Estuary (use more specific location(s) when possible), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8501072&<ll...>,-120.8501072
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209678231
- Comments: "Reported by the trip before us. We observed it with a group of Bufflehead south of Coleman Park. Small duck, slightly larger than nearby Buffelhead, small dark bill with large white patch around the eye and smudgy dark on the top of the head and neck. On water, darkish back and white along the flanks. In flight, belly was whitish. Top was dark in coloration."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 15:06 by S Striffler
- Morro Bay Estuary (use more specific location(s) when possible), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8501072&<ll...>,-120.8501072
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209684939
- Comments: "Reported by the trip before us. We observed it with a group of Bufflehead south of Coleman Park. Small duck, slightly larger than nearby Buffelhead, small dark bill with large white patch around the eye and smudgy dark on the top of the head and neck. On water, darkish back and white along the flanks. In flight, belly was whitish. Top was dark in coloration."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 15:06 by Erin Schweng
- Morro Bay Estuary (use more specific location(s) when possible), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8501072&<ll...>,-120.8501072
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209684271
- Comments: "Reported by the trip before us. We observed it with a group of Bufflehead south of Coleman Park. Small duck, slightly larger than nearby Buffelhead, small dark bill with large white patch around the eye and smudgy dark on the top of the head and neck. On water, darkish back and white along the flanks. In flight, belly was whitish. Top was dark in coloration."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 15:06 by Brad Bogus
- Morro Bay Estuary (use more specific location(s) when possible), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8501072&<ll...>,-120.8501072
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209681656
- Comments: "Reported by the trip before us. We observed it with a group of Bufflehead south of Coleman Park. Small duck, slightly larger than nearby Buffelhead, small dark bill with large white patch around the eye and smudgy dark on the top of the head and neck. On water, darkish back and white along the flanks. In flight, belly was whitish. Top was dark in coloration."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 15:06 by Morgan Bing
- Morro Bay Estuary (use more specific location(s) when possible), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8501072&<ll...>,-120.8501072
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209678883
- Comments: "Reported by the trip before us. We observed it with a group of Bufflehead south of Coleman Park. Small duck, slightly larger than nearby Buffelhead, small dark bill with large white patch around the eye and smudgy dark on the top of the head and neck. On water, darkish back and white along the flanks. In flight, belly was whitish. Top was dark in coloration."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 15:06 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- Morro Bay Estuary (use more specific location(s) when possible), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8501072&<ll...>,-120.8501072
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209680543
- Comments: "Reported by the trip before us. We observed it with a group of Bufflehead south of Coleman Park. Small duck, slightly larger than nearby Buffelhead, small dark bill with large white patch around the eye and smudgy dark on the top of the head and neck. On water, darkish back and white along the flanks. In flight, belly was whitish. Top was dark in coloration."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 15:06 by Loretta Matty
- Morro Bay Estuary (use more specific location(s) when possible), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8501072&<ll...>,-120.8501072
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209679748
- Comments: "Reported by the trip before us. We observed it with a group of Bufflehead south of Coleman Park. Small duck, slightly larger than nearby Buffelhead, small dark bill with large white patch around the eye and smudgy dark on the top of the head and neck. On water, darkish back and white along the flanks. In flight, belly was whitish. Top was dark in coloration."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 15:06 by Kate Reed
- Morro Bay Estuary (use more specific location(s) when possible), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8501072&<ll...>,-120.8501072
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209679064
- Comments: "Reported by the trip before us. We observed it with a group of Bufflehead south of Coleman Park. Small duck, slightly larger than nearby Buffelhead, small dark bill with large white patch around the eye and smudgy dark on the top of the head and neck. On water, darkish back and white along the flanks. In flight, belly was whitish. Top was dark in coloration."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 13:59 by John Lowry
- Avila Beach Golf Resort, Avila Beach US-CA 35.18176, -120.73766, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.737658&<ll...>,-120.737658
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209663438
- Comments: "Continuing female. Yellow stubby bill. Pale front to breast."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 13:59 by Rick Grijalva
- Avila Beach Golf Resort, Avila Beach US-CA 35.18176, -120.73766, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.737658&<ll...>,-120.737658
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209663706
- Comments: "Continuing female. Yellow stubby bill. Pale front to breast."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 16:55 by Russ Namitz
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209672677
- Comments: "Continuing female found by Barry and Ginger! Female goldeneye with steep forehead and almost entirely orange bill. Associating with Maine golden eye flock upstream of the bridge."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 13:27 by Mark Hays
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209655167
- Comments: "In the large lagoon at moderately high tide. With a group of common golden eyes. Previously reported in the past week. All almost all yellow bill. large round head. Photos taken of the group"

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 12:51 by Kelly Krechmer
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209673206
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing photo"

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 12:57 by Leigh Fletcher
- 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/S209675941
- Comments: "Photos, very short beak."

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 12:57 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- 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/S209674000
- Comments: "Photos, very short beak."

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 12:57 by Lesley Boncich
- 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/S209684877
- Comments: "Photos, very short beak."

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 12:57 by Benny Jacobs-Schwartz
- 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/S209649370
- Comments: "Photos, very short beak."

American Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) (Larus smithsonianus x glaucescens) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:37 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- West of Pt Buchon (35.259, -120.998), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9976402&<ll...>,-120.9976402
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209679233
- Comments: "First cycle"

American Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) (Larus smithsonianus x glaucescens) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:37 by Tom Edell
- West of Pt Buchon (35.259, -120.998), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9976402&<ll...>,-120.9976402
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209674116
- Comments: "First cycle"

American Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) (Larus smithsonianus x glaucescens) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:37 by Emma Cox
- West of Pt Buchon (35.259, -120.998), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9976402&<ll...>,-120.9976402
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209683104
- Comments: "First cycle"

American Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) (Larus smithsonianus x glaucescens) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:37 by Max Roberts
- West of Pt Buchon (35.259, -120.998), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9976402&<ll...>,-120.9976402
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209683786
- Comments: "First cycle"

American Herring x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) (Larus smithsonianus x glaucescens) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:37 by Griffin Davies
- West of Pt Buchon (35.259, -120.998), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9976402&<ll...>,-120.9976402
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209685212
- Comments: "First cycle"

Cocos Booby (Sula brewsteri) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:37 by Max Roberts
- West of Pt Buchon (35.259, -120.998), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9976402&<ll...>,-120.9976402
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209683786
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Adult female first seen in flight. Bird landed on a kelp pad, flew, and then landed on another kelp pad where it remained for close views. This is a recent split from Brown Booby. (photos, hopefully including flight shots to be added)"

Cocos Booby (Sula brewsteri) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:37 by Emma Cox
- West of Pt Buchon (35.259, -120.998), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9976402&<ll...>,-120.9976402
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209683104
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Adult female first seen in flight. Bird landed on a kelp pad, flew, and then landed on another kelp pad where it remained for close views. This is a recent split from Brown Booby. (photos, hopefully including flight shots to be added)"

Cocos Booby (Sula brewsteri) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:37 by Mark Holmgren
- West of Pt Buchon (35.259, -120.998), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9976402&<ll...>,-120.9976402
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209684608
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Adult female first seen in flight. Bird landed on a kelp pad, flew, and then landed on another kelp pad where it remained for close views. This is a recent split from Brown Booby. (photos, hopefully including flight shots to be added)"

Cocos Booby (Sula brewsteri) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:37 by Griffin Davies
- West of Pt Buchon (35.259, -120.998), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9976402&<ll...>,-120.9976402
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209685212
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Adult female first seen in flight. Bird landed on a kelp pad, flew, and then landed on another kelp pad where it remained for close views. This is a recent split from Brown Booby. (photos, hopefully including flight shots to be added)"

Cocos Booby (Sula brewsteri) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:37 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- West of Pt Buchon (35.259, -120.998), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9976402&<ll...>,-120.9976402
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209679233
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Adult female first seen in flight. Bird landed on a kelp pad, flew, and then landed on another kelp pad where it remained for close views. This is a recent split from Brown Booby. (photos, hopefully including flight shots to be added)"

Cocos Booby (Sula brewsteri) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:37 by Tom Edell
- West of Pt Buchon (35.259, -120.998), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9976402&<ll...>,-120.9976402
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209674116
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Adult female first seen in flight. Bird landed on a kelp pad, flew, and then landed on another kelp pad where it remained for close views. This is a recent split from Brown Booby. (photos, hopefully including flight shots to be added)"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:30 by Kenn Kaufman
- 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/S209662426
- Comments: "Continuing by first dock (35.2646755, -120.6857133). Long bill, green back, dark mask. Light grey above, green turning into lemon yellow below. Seen well by all."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:30 by Michael Moss
- 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/S209651874
- Comments: "Continuing by first dock (35.2646755, -120.6857133). Long bill, green back, dark mask. Light grey above, green turning into lemon yellow below. Seen well by all."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:30 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- 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/S209662255
- Comments: "Continuing by first dock (35.2646755, -120.6857133). Long bill, green back, dark mask. Light grey above, green turning into lemon yellow below. Seen well by all."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:30 by Della Bossart
- 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/S209678819
- Comments: "Continuing by first dock (35.2646755, -120.6857133). Long bill, green back, dark mask. Light grey above, green turning into lemon yellow below. Seen well by all."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 08:30 by Torrey Gage-Tomlinson
- 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/S209651643
- Comments: "Continuing by first dock (35.2646755, -120.6857133). Long bill, green back, dark mask. Light grey above, green turning into lemon yellow below. Seen well by all."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 07:42 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/S209664800
- Comments: "Continuing wintering kingbird friend. Lemony tum and chest, green back, large black bill, notched tail. It trilled at a man for leaning against its favorite tree at the first dock. Afterward, it was seen in a pine, then a deciduous tree, both in same area. Finally, the man left and the bird returned to its perch to flycatch. It trilled twice altogether. Photo"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 09:07 by Terry Bevirt
- 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/S209596941
- Comments: "In the meadow near the stump. See our route map. At 35.26461, -120.68575"

Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (2)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 13:35 by Peter Gaede
- stakeout Sagebrush Sparrow -- Elkhorn/Simmler Rd Intersection (2025), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8400327&<ll...>,-119.8400327
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209685291
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing; photos. Pale gray head and nape, thin dark malar. Dark streaking on a pale gray back, with streaks extending across the center. Both actively feeding on the ground together."

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 14:07 by Kelly Krechmer
- Cal Poly--Mt Bishop Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6777764&<ll...>,-120.6777764
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209668186
- Comments: "This was my second attempt. It didn’t look good at first as there weren’t many birds around when I arrived, but then a big group of cowbirds and starlings appeared in the field, where the grazing cattle are. I watched for about 20 minutes and finally spotted the brightly yellow head foraging on the ground by a fence behind and to the left of the cattle. I switched from my bins to camera, but lost him when they all flushed and flew over the road to the cattle lot. I tried to find him at the lot unsuccessfully. Unmistakably for species - black bird with bright yellow head and chest. Definitely better going later in afternoon as there are less cars going up/down the road."

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (2)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 07:15 by Chip Clouse
- Cal Poly--Mt Bishop Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6777764&<ll...>,-120.6777764
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209609496
- Comments: "Unmistakable with yellow heads. With mixed flock of BRBL, EUST, BHCO and RWBL/TRBLs. Reported by another eBirder yesterday with photos."

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (1)
- Reported Jan 17, 2025 07:42 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/S209664800
- Comments: "Calling from reeds. Turned on Merlin but must not have shut it off correctly—recording not accessible. Repeating buzz song/call note. Prefumo Creek Mouth area."

Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 14:00 by Anonymous eBirder
- 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/S209600224
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Warbler behaving similarly to a nuthatch, foraging methodically along the trunks of several Arroyo Willow trees. Striking black and white plumage with a boldly striped head and a solid black cheek, identifying it as a male. Mostly white undertail was accented by black-spotted undertail coverts. Observed along the west side of Van Gordon Creek Road, just north of the creek, approximately here: (35.5950398, -121.1219937)."

Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 14:00 by Pamela Llewellyn
- 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/S209571853
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Warbler behaving similarly to a nuthatch, foraging methodically along the trunks of several Arroyo Willow trees. Striking black and white plumage with a boldly striped head and a solid black cheek, identifying it as a male. Mostly white undertail was accented by black-spotted undertail coverts. Observed along the west side of Van Gordon Creek Road, just north of the creek, approximately here: (35.5950398, -121.1219937). Distinct individual from the bird I found at Santa Rosa Creek Mouth last weekend."

Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 14:00 by Eric Iannone
- 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/S209677081
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Warbler behaving similarly to a nuthatch, foraging methodically along the trunks of several Arroyo Willow trees. Striking black and white plumage with a boldly striped head and a solid black cheek, identifying it as a male. Mostly white undertail was accented by black-spotted undertail coverts. Observed along the west side of Van Gordon Creek Road, just north of the creek, approximately here: (35.5950398, -121.1219937). Distinct individual from the bird I found at Santa Rosa Creek Mouth last weekend."

Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 14:00 by Arthur Mitchell
- 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/S209591180
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Warbler behaving similarly to a nuthatch, foraging methodically along the trunks of several Arroyo Willow trees. Striking black and white plumage with a boldly striped head and a solid black cheek, identifying it as a male. Mostly white undertail was accented by black-spotted undertail coverts. Observed along the west side of Van Gordon Creek Road, just north of the creek, approximately here: (35.5950398, -121.1219937)."

Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 14:00 by Tara Hempstead
- 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/S209640219
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Warbler behaving similarly to a nuthatch, foraging methodically along the trunks of several Arroyo Willow trees. Striking black and white plumage with a boldly striped head and a solid black cheek, identifying it as a male. Mostly white undertail was accented by black-spotted undertail coverts. Observed along the west side of Van Gordon Creek Road, just north of the creek, approximately here: (35.5950398, -121.1219937). Distinct individual from the bird I found at Santa Rosa Creek Mouth last weekend."

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Date: 1/16/25 9:04 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (7 reports)
- Redhead (1 report)
- Barrow's Goldeneye (8 reports)
- Tropical Kingbird (7 reports)
- Grasshopper Sparrow (1 report)
- Sagebrush Sparrow (2 reports)
- Yellow-headed Blackbird (2 reports)
- Black-and-white Warbler (2 reports)
- Palm Warbler (Western) (2 reports)

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NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

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Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1)
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 10:37 by Grace Hayes
- 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/S209532747
- Comments: "Cinnamon teal background body color with crescent on face and other blue-wing teal markings. Associated with blue-wing teals."

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1)
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 10:37 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- 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/S209532920
- Comments: "Cinnamon teal background body color with crescent on face and other blue-wing teal markings. Associated with blue-wing teals."

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1)
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 10:05 by Max Roberts
- 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/S209518733
- Comments: "Will upload pics soon."

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1)
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 10:05 by Celia Elsberry
- 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/S209563798
- Comments: "Will upload pics soon."

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1)
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 10:05 by Jessica Paquelier
- 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/S209563404
- Comments: "Will upload pics soon."

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1)
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 10:05 by Emma Cox
- 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/S209549211
- Comments: "Will upload pics soon."

Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1)
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 10:05 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- 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/S209524720
- Comments: "Will upload pics soon."

Redhead (Aythya americana) (1)
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 13:26 by Nick & Jane
- Whale Rock Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8708239&<ll...>,-120.8708239
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209550457
- Comments: "Male. Red head, black chest, grey flanks and back. Photo"

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 13:11 by Jeff Miller
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209536720
- Comments: "Female; dark brown head, yellow bill with black tip. Will add photos"

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 10:05 by John Deacon
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209556798
- Comments: "By cart bridge from #10 tee box to #10 fairway. Brown head, bright yellow eyes, mostly yellow beak with black tip."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 07:04 by Ed Harper
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209525149
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Female; noted all yellow bill and steep forehead; photo"

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 15, 2025 13:50 by Terri Osborn
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209458688
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Seen with the Common Goldeneyes just downstream of the golf cart bridge. Similar to the Common Goldeneye but with a yellow bill with a dark base instead of the black bill with a yellow tip like the Common Goldeneye. Continuing bird found 1/13/2025 by Barry and Ginger Langdon-Lassagne. (Poor long distance photo from across the golf course)"

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 15, 2025 13:41 by Tom Edell
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209454356
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "continuing female in San Luis Obispo Creek lagoon spotted from the Avila Bay Drive Bridge. The lightening was not great, but compared to Common Goldeneyes, this bird had a smaller, mostly yellow bill with a black nail and a mottled dark base. The head peaked at the front of the crown which gave the impression of a forward lean as is swam. The dark brown color of the head abruptly ended at the bottom of the neck and the breast and body were mostly gray. My photos gave the impression of barring on the sides. I never saw the upper wing coverts. Photos"

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 15, 2025 12:01 by Roger Hammer
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209512146
- Comments: "cont bird seen in flock of COGOs, pics didn't turn out again due to -5 aperture setting (fixed now); found at three (from beach side trail 80 yds from bridge; from golf course bridge; from Mulligans trail above on opposite side of ck) different vantage pts, all bad as sun was mostly overhead and lighting birds w lots of shadows. had views thru binocs of a bird w/ definitely more yellow on bill and looked shorter; it sometimes appeared larger than other f and sometimes didn't."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 15, 2025 09:35 by Petra Clayton
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209449847
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing female since 1/13/25 (Barry/Virginia Langdon-Lassagne)

Swimming, preening and occasionally diving down-creek from the last golf cart bridge in the company of five female-plumaged Common Goldeneyes and some American Coots. - She appeared larger than the Common Goldeneyes, probably because the neck was mostly stretched and the head was shaped differently. --- Another difference was the yellow bill with a dark base and a black tip whereas most of the Common Goldeneyes had dark bills with a yellow tip. --- Head and neck were chocolate brown with a white band at the end of the stretched neck. The head appeared larger because of the feathering at the back of the head and the peaked front-crown, giving it a steep-forehead-look. The crown was slicked back when she was ready to dive.

Click on the image below for a Flickr video, showing the Barrow's Goldeneye with Common Goldeneyes:
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jack-petra-clayton/54269313226/in/photolist-jgydMP-qDQez5-vLHBPb-woB6Fs-wr87aE-wr8mYN-wFBwf6-wHHxhX-2kgHckv-2kgLewN-2kgLYVW-2kgLZ6L-2kgLZ8K-2kgMoDd-2kgMoEF-2kgMoHb-2kgMoKv-2kpMCDR-2kpMDig-2kpMDjd-2kpMDBC-2kpS3Sr-2mW1UeT-2qFAq7f" title="Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica), Avila Beach, CA"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/54269313226_f461b3e4a0_z.jpg" alt="Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica), Avila Beach, CA" /></a>"

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 15, 2025 07:18 by Herb Elliott
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209448109
- Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "… continuing at location previously reported; at the time of my viewing the bird was associating with a flock of four Commons between the golf cart bridge and the creek mouth. Unlike the nearby Commons with a yellow band (a few with little to none visible) at the base end of bill, this bird’s bill had some dusky area at its base but was almost entirely mustard colored with a dark nail. First reported by Barry & Virginia Langdon-Lassange on 13 JAN 25."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 09:10 by Peggy Burhenn
- 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/S209523434
- Comments: "White throat. Compared to Cassins nearby"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 09:07 by Mark Holmgren
- 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/S209531966
- Comments: "In the meadow near the stump. See our route map. At 35.26461, -120.68575"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 09:07 by Roberta Shanman
- 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/S209538946
- Comments: "In the meadow near the stump. See our route map. At 35.26461, -120.68575"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 09:07 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- 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/S209556057
- Comments: "In the meadow near the stump. See our route map. At 35.26461, -120.68575"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 09:07 by Terry Bevirt
- 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/S209543698
- Comments: "In the meadow near the stump. See our route map. At 35.26461, -120.68575"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 09:07 by Mark Mushkat
- 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/S209547713
- Comments: "In the meadow near the stump. See our route map. At 35.26461, -120.68575"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 09:07 by Eve Meier
- 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/S209562485
- Comments: "In the meadow near the stump. See our route map. At 35.26461, -120.68575"

Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) (4) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 15, 2025 08:02 by Tom Edell
- Sprague Hill Rd, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.95216&<ll...>,-119.95216
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209454375
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Four in view at once along road fenceline"

Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (2)
- Reported Jan 14, 2025 12:05 by Roger Hammer
- stakeout Sagebrush Sparrow -- Elkhorn/Simmler Rd Intersection (2025), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8400327&<ll...>,-119.8400327
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209458038
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "cont. looks similar to BESP but has weak/incomplete malar line; and back striping; photos rendered nearly useless due to camera setting phantom set 5 clicks underexposed-they are therefore heavily edited with lightening"

Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (2)
- Reported Jan 14, 2025 12:05 by James Sparks
- stakeout Sagebrush Sparrow -- Elkhorn/Simmler Rd Intersection (2025), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8400327&<ll...>,-119.8400327
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209522481
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "cont. looks similar to BESP but has weak/incomplete malar line; and back striping; photos rendered nearly useless due to camera setting phantom set 5 clicks underexposed-they are therefore heavily edited with lightening"

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (2)
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 08:56 by Jeff Miller
- Cal Poly--Mt Bishop Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6777764&<ll...>,-120.6777764
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209504394
- Comments: "Photos"

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 15, 2025 13:00 by Terri Osborn
- Cal Poly--Mt Bishop Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6777764&<ll...>,-120.6777764
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209458042
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Adult male with bright yellow head seen on a fence with a mixed flock of Red-winged Blackbirds, Brewer's Blackbirds, European Starlings and Brown-headed Cowbirds. (Poor long distance photo for ID.)"

Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1)
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 14:00 by Van Pierszalowski
- 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/S209562647
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Warbler behaving similarly to a nuthatch, foraging methodically along the trunks of several Arroyo Willow trees. Striking black and white plumage with a boldly striped head and a solid black cheek, identifying it as a male. Mostly white undertail was accented by black-spotted undertail coverts. Observed along the west side of Van Gordon Creek Road, just north of the creek, approximately here: (35.5950398, -121.1219937). Distinct individual from the bird I found at Santa Rosa Creek Mouth last weekend."

Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1)
- Reported Jan 16, 2025 14:00 by Morro Bay Bird Festival
- 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/S209563093
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Warbler behaving similarly to a nuthatch, foraging methodically along the trunks of several Arroyo Willow trees. Striking black and white plumage with a boldly striped head and a solid black cheek, identifying it as a male. Mostly white undertail was accented by black-spotted undertail coverts. Observed along the west side of Van Gordon Creek Road, just north of the creek, approximately here: (35.5950398, -121.1219937)."

Palm Warbler (Western) (Setophaga palmarum palmarum) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 15, 2025 14:46 by Sarah Spotten
- Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6328654&<ll...>,-120.6328654
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209459012
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Western form in nonbreeding plumage, dull overall with yellow undertail coverts. Photos."

Palm Warbler (Western) (Setophaga palmarum palmarum) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 15, 2025 14:46 by Jamie Simo
- Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6328654&<ll...>,-120.6328654
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209459013
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Western form in nonbreeding plumage, dull overall with yellow undertail coverts. Photos."

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Date: 1/15/25 8:50 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (1 report)
- Barrow's Goldeneye (2 reports)
- American Bittern (1 report)
- Tropical Kingbird (3 reports)
- Western Kingbird (1 report)
- Black-throated Gray Warbler (2 reports)
- Western Tanager (1 report)

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NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

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Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1)
- Reported Jan 15, 2025 12:29 by Andrew Fleming
- 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/S209427714
- Comments: "Continuing bird. Cinnamon body with dark head and vertical white stripe in front of eye on both sides of head. In a group of blue wing teals in the marsh area."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 15, 2025 13:37 by John Hiebert
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209428416
- Media: 8 Photos
- Comments: "Ongoing sighting, female swimming just on the ocean side of the golf course Bridge with other common golden eyes,bright yellow bill"

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 15, 2025 07:23 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209452397
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing female (Virginia and Barry Langdon-Lassange 1-13-25) was darker gray on back with lighter gray sides and breast, dark brown head with thick, fluffy nape feathering, striking yellow eye, steep forehead to yellow bill that was blotchy brown at the base with a dark tip. Initially difficult to locate due to high tide conditions that allowed seals access to hunt up and down the creek and cause the goldeneye flocks to frequently relocate. The bird was ultimately observed swimming from west lagoon to the east towards western-most golf cart only bridge with mixed flock of Common Goldeneyes and American Coots."

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Jan 15, 2025 08:26 by Judy G
- 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/S209443471
- Comments: "Photos to be attached (though not very clear)"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 15, 2025 11:50 by Steven McMasters
- 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/S209426915
- Comments: "Continuing bird. At the grassy area with picnic tables by 1st boat dock. Yellow belly and chest. Large bill. Vocalized frequently, especially when chasing or being chased by nearby Western bluebirds or Cassin's kingbird.

WARNING: There is an active ground dwelling hornet nest in the same area near the old stump. These can be more aggressive and more painful than our usual late summer "meat bees". It is advisable not to step on or too near their hole (in my experience). I did not have anything to mark the hole but will try and relocate if I have time and mark with a pin flag. Otherwise...give the stump area a wide berth and keep your eyes open...especially if leading a group."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 15, 2025 09:09 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- 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/S209454157
- Media: 1 Photo, 1 Audio
- Comments: "Striking, large kingbird bright yellow from upper breast to undertail coverts with greenish back, gray head, dark mask, white throat and large beak. Observed fly-catching and vocalizing in picnic area adjacent to canoe launch south of parking area at north end of road."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 14, 2025 09:20 by Petra Clayton
- 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/S209331256
- Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "Olive-gray back; notched tail; medium gray head with a dark mask; white chin and throat; bright yellow breast and belly; large, stout black bill. --- Observed perched on the bare tree by the first boat dock/ BBQ area, from which it was flycatching.
Click on the image below for a Flickr video, showing the Tropical Kingbird perched and flycatching:
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jack-petra-clayton/54267865550/in/dateposted-public/" title="Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus), Laguna Lake, San Luis Obispo, CA"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/54267865550_32b4a48bf7_z.jpg" alt="Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus), Laguna Lake, San Luis Obispo, CA" /></a>"

Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) (1)
- Reported Jan 15, 2025 13:08 by Kathy Kuyper
- 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/S209430577
- Comments: "White along tips of tail feathers. Smaller bill than tropical. Light breast w very yellow belly."

Black-throated Gray Warbler (Setophaga nigrescens) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 15, 2025 11:09 by Nick & Jane
- 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/S209431725
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Male. Black throat bordered by white, yellow lores, black mask, white underside with black streaking on flanks, double white wingbars, grey back with faint black marks, black crown. In western park pines. Photos"

Black-throated Gray Warbler (Setophaga nigrescens) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 15, 2025 15:07 by Roger Zachary
- Zachary's Property, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6933761&<ll...>,-120.6933761
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209438826
- Comments: "Black streaks on the flanks; yellow lores; black mask through the eye ; small black patches on each side of the throat, but white underneath the beak; white underneath and above the black eyepatch; reported recently at this location"

Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 15, 2025 11:09 by Nick & Jane
- 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/S209431725
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Female. Yellowy-green head, mottled grey back, green-and-black wings and tail. Double wingbars. The bottom wingbar was white while the top wingbar was greenish and white. Yellow-orange lower mandible and a more gunmetal grey upper bill. Greyish lores. Dark legs and feet. Far western area of park, west of Exposition, in creek trees. Photos"

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Date: 1/14/25 8:50 pm
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Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Canada Goose (canadensis Group) (1 report)
- Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) (1 report)
- Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid) (2 reports)
- Barrow's Goldeneye (6 reports)
- Black Skimmer (5 reports)
- American Bittern (1 report)
- Black Vulture (1 report)
- Tropical Kingbird (4 reports)
- Sagebrush Sparrow (1 report)
- Savannah Sparrow (Large-billed) (1 report)

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Canada Goose (canadensis Group) (Branta canadensis [canadensis Group]) (1)
- Reported Jan 14, 2025 15:22 by Ann Stockert
- Avila Beach Golf Course Clubhouse/Pavilion and Mulligan’s Bar and Grill, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.736888&<ll...>,-120.736888
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209323407
- Comments: "*Rare. Only the 2nd I’ve (KH) seen in SLO county. One parvipes-type seen in large flock of CANGs here: (35.185567, -120.739274). Small pale-breasted CANG, about 1/2 the size of the moff/max feral stock. Bill smaller than moff/max stock as well, but very much a CANG (as opposed to CAGO) bill. Bill shape slightly more sloped than moff/max stock, like Lesser, so not a runt moff/max. Distant pics tba eventually."

Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) (Branta canadensis moffitti/maxima) (68)
- Reported Jan 14, 2025 15:22 by Ann Stockert
- Avila Beach Golf Course Clubhouse/Pavilion and Mulligan’s Bar and Grill, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.736888&<ll...>,-120.736888
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209323407
- Comments: "*Expected. The feral genetically-murky moff/max CANG found widely across CA. In large goose flock."

Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid) (Mareca penelope x americana) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 14, 2025 10:00 by Nick & Jane
- Morro Bay Estuary (35.347, -120.826), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8259092&<ll...>,-120.8259092
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209329407
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Continued male with red head and cream colored crown stripe. Cream coloration continued into lores a below front of eye and reddish-pink breast extended back into flanks. Presuming this is a hybrid and not an abnormal plumaged first winter male Eurasian Wigeon. (Photos)"

Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid) (Mareca penelope x americana) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 14, 2025 10:00 by Tom Edell
- Morro Bay Estuary (35.347, -120.826), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8259092&<ll...>,-120.8259092
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209309718
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Continued male with red head and cream colored crown stripe. Cream coloration continued into lores a below front of eye and reddish-pink breast extended back into flanks. Presuming this is a hybrid and not an abnormal plumaged first winter male Eurasian Wigeon. (Photos)"

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 14, 2025 15:22 by Ann Stockert
- Avila Beach Golf Course Clubhouse/Pavilion and Mulligan’s Bar and Grill, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.736888&<ll...>,-120.736888
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209323407
- Comments: "Continuing f assosciating with COGOs. Pics."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 14, 2025 14:35 by Nick & Jane
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209326203
- Media: 8 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. Found yesterday by two birders. Went to the lagoon and spotted several goldeneyes diving out near golf bridge (viewed from street bridge at south end of lagoon). The duck had a small yellow-orange bill with a dark brownish tip and light brown wash on base of bill. Its head was steeper than surrounding goldeneyes. Photos."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1)
- Reported Jan 14, 2025 12:40 by Mike Bush
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209301186
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Seen from the roadway bridge with two Common Goldeneyes in the distance under the golf cart bridge.
All-yellow bill differed from yellow tip and black bill of the two Common Goldeneyes nearby. Poor distant photos."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 14, 2025 12:35 by The Spotting Twohees
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209310446
- Media: 8 Photos
- Comments: "Seen just downstream from the golfcart only bridge. This bird was diving and in a smaller looser goldeneye group of 4 than the main group of 11 that stayed together. Mostly yellow bill, steep forehead. Photos taken from the grassy area behind Mulligans along creek."

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 13, 2025 08:53 by Virginia Langdon-Lassagne
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209308642
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Steep forehead, short bill all yellow. Hanging out with Common Goldeneyes. I believe all these photos are of the same individual. Photos taken from the bridge on Avila Beach Drive, 35.179889, -120.737167"

Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 13, 2025 08:53 by Barry Langdon-Lassagne
- San Luis Obispo Creek Lagoon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7364416&<ll...>,-120.7364416
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209165363
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Steep forehead, short bill all yellow. Hanging out with Common Goldeneyes. I believe all these photos are of the same individual. Photos taken from the bridge on Avila Beach Drive, 35.179889, -120.737167"

Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) (3)
- Reported Jan 14, 2025 10:55 by Jacqueline Knowlton
- 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/S209334872
- Comments: "Tern-like birds with large bills (upper mandible shorter than lower), dark above and white below. Seen earlier by Marlin Harms and others."

Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) (3) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 14, 2025 09:30 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/S209296098
- Media: 9 Photos
- Comments: "Three flying together, occasionally skimming/foraging along the bay, often banking while they swept back and forth. Photos"

Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) (3) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 14, 2025 09:08 by Tom Edell
- 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/S209309848
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Photos"

Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) (3) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 14, 2025 08:45 by marlin harms
- 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/S209300924
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "I first saw them flying low over the bay and skimming at a distance between the boardwalk and the sand spit. As the tide got very high the skimmers eventually flew closer to the boardwalk."

Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) (3)
- Reported Jan 14, 2025 07:40 by Gregory Smith
- 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/S209329373
- Comments: "Black dorsal side, white on the underside with oversized orange bill. First seen flying in from Los Osos to the boardwalk walk and then turned east paralleling the boardwalk. Did a little skimming but more just flying low over the water. Seen again later on the east side of the boardwalk."

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 13, 2025 09:45 by Petra Clayton
- 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/S209214369
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Observed flying across the small lake, from the side next to the trail (just before the start of the lake board walk) to the opposite side and soon disappearing into the reeds.
In flight: Dark flight feathers, pale coverts and yellow legs. In the reeds: Dark brown back, buffy head, neck and flanks; neck extended upward with long pointed bill."

Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) (1)
- Reported Jan 14, 2025 15:49 by Cara .
- Bluff Trail, California, US (35.262, -120.895), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.895433&<ll...>,-120.895433
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209329160
- Comments: "Saw next to turkey vulture for comparison, familiar with black vultures, black head and wing mark, smaller than turkey vulture. Bluff trail"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 14, 2025 13:20 by Kelly Krechmer
- 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/S209320421
- Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Photos - found near the oak and it returned to perch in the oak tree - continuing at the first water access point"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 14, 2025 12:44 by Kathy Kuyper
- 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/S209313497
- Comments: "Continuing rarity"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 14, 2025 09:30 by Scott Inman
- 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/S209293865
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing species. Found at first dock in the oak tree. First picked up by Merlin as it flew into the area. Bright yellow belly thick long bill."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 11, 2025 12:35 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/S209222949
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird flycatching from a tree along the road just before the first dock. Bird has a gray head with a smudged eye line, large black bill, whitish chin and throat, pale yellow chest, bright yellow stomach, and a grayish green back."

Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 13, 2025 08:33 by Janet Rayner
- stakeout Sagebrush Sparrow -- Elkhorn/Simmler Rd Intersection (2025), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8400327&<ll...>,-119.8400327
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209220869
- Media: 13 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing in exactly the same location as we had it yesterday and others have had them over the last few weeks. Intersection of Elkhorn and Simmler Rd. Photos"

Savannah Sparrow (Large-billed) (Passerculus sandwichensis rostratus/atratus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 14, 2025 09:08 by Tom Edell
- 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/S209309848
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "one of three recently reported. Identified by the large bill size compared to the other Savannah Sparrows present, but also the pale plumaged with grays and browns. Breast streaks brown with a touch of rust color. No obvious yellow in lores Photo"

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Date: 1/13/25 7:36 pm
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Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Allen's Hummingbird (1 report)
- Tropical Kingbird (4 reports)
- Sagebrush Sparrow (2 reports)
- Savannah Sparrow (Large-billed) (1 report)
- Yellow-headed Blackbird (1 report)
- Pine Warbler (1 report)

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Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) (1)
- Reported Jan 13, 2025 05:57 by Alexander Yan
- Poly Canyon, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6548595&<ll...>,-120.6548595
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209160730
- Comments: "Early arrival; mixed with the bunch of hummingbirds about half way up the trail in the euc grove"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 13, 2025 11:15 by Tom Edell
- 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/S209210941
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "this bird was first seen in the bare tree at mid lawn in the BBQ area and other seen perched in the tops of other trees around that location where it was flycatching. The bright yellow underparts, pale throat, pale gray head with a dark mask, and green back, and apparent noted tail were all seen. The bird gave several "trills" while in view. Photos show more general features of the bird."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 13, 2025 09:29 by John Hiebert
- 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/S209177859
- Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "on going, I observed the bird and then heard it call before it flew off when a dog ran by, have a partial call recorded"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 13, 2025 10:51 by Virginia Langdon-Lassagne
- Laguna Lake SLO, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6842342&<ll...>,-120.6842342
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209183873
- Media: 2 Photos, 1 Audio
- Comments: "Continuing: in the bare-branched treetops on the lawn at the first dock. Thick bill, white throat, lemon-yellow belly, notched tail. Photos."

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 13, 2025 10:51 by Barry Langdon-Lassagne
- Laguna Lake SLO, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6842342&<ll...>,-120.6842342
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209183875
- Media: 2 Photos, 1 Audio
- Comments: "Continuing: in the bare-branched treetops on the lawn at the first dock. Thick bill, white throat, lemon-yellow belly, notched tail. Photos."

Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 12, 2025 12:00 by Jeanette Stone
- Carrizo Plain NM (use specific hotspots when available), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.810539&<ll...>,-119.810539
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209149349
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing at this location. Similar to Bell's Sparrow but lighter in color and streaking on back. White eye ring, white spots in front of the eyes. Foraging on the ground with nearby White-crowned and Savannah sparrows. Photos"

Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 13, 2025 08:33 by Ann Stockert
- stakeout Sagebrush Sparrow -- Elkhorn/Simmler Rd Intersection (2025), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8400327&<ll...>,-119.8400327
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209163083
- Media: 13 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing in exactly the same location as we had it yesterday and others have had them over the last few weeks. Intersection of Elkhorn and Simmler Rd. Photos"

Savannah Sparrow (Large-billed) (Passerculus sandwichensis rostratus/atratus) (3)
- Reported Jan 13, 2025 09:10 by Roger Zachary
- 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/S209194284
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "High tide; 3 seen at one time at the turn of the boardwalk; usual location for these birds in the winter; previously reported"

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (1)
- Reported Jan 10, 2025 15:05 by Matt Brady
- Cal Poly--Mt Bishop Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6777764&<ll...>,-120.6777764
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209153729
- Comments: "Continuing bird, mixed in with a huge flock of cowbirds. Larger blackbird with obvious yellow head and browner body plumage. Photos."

Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) (1)
- Reported Jan 13, 2025 08:49 by Nick & Jane
- 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/S209188237
- Comments: "Continuing adult male from 2024. Yellowy head, throat and chest. Kind of drab. Dark eyeline. Pale wingbars. White undertail. In pine along Mentone Road foraging near entrance to park. But also in deciduous tree before that. Photos"

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Date: 1/13/25 11:12 am
From: Victoria Morrow via groups.io <vmorrow...>
Subject: [slocobirding] Bald eagle in Avila Beach
My neighbors have been reporting seeing a bald eagle in Avila Beach since about December 25. Today I finally caught sight of it and grabbed some good photos. It is high above San Luis Obispo Creek on the upper part of the Bob Jones Trail that runs from the footbridge to the Avila Beach Golf Resort. The bird can be barely seen from near the footbridge but as you walk along that upper trail the bird comes into clear view, very high but much closer than the Laguna Lake bald eagle that hangs out on the far side of the lake.

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Date: 1/13/25 9:40 am
From: RoserComeau via groups.io <80comros...>
Subject: [slocobirding] Brant
FYI for bird festival trip leaders and others interested in our current
Brant number: This morning I did a Brant survey in coordination with the
California section of the Pacific Flyway mid-winter Brant survey. Today's
count of 992 was my highest mid-January count since 2010. There has been a
slow increase in our mid-January numbers since the population bottomed out
at 116 in 2015 during the height of the multi-year eelgrass crash.
(Eelgrass has made a dramatic comeback the past few years. For a brief
summary go to https://www.mbnep.org/eelgrass/) For a perspective on Brant
numbers in Morro Bay, in the early 2000s my counts would approach 4,000 and
if you go back several decades Morro Bay used to have counts averaging
6,000 to 8,000 with a couple of high counts of over 11,000.



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Los Osos


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Date: 1/12/25 6:40 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Allen's Hummingbird (1 report)
- Tropical Kingbird (1 report)
- Chipping Sparrow (1 report)
- Sagebrush Sparrow (1 report)
- Bell's Sparrow (canescens) (3 reports)
- Yellow-headed Blackbird (2 reports)
- Pine Warbler (2 reports)

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Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) (1)
- Reported Jan 12, 2025 09:07 by Maggie Smith
- San Simeon SP Trail, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.1156006&<ll...>,-121.1156006
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209097095
- Comments: "Adult male with all green back"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 12, 2025 08:50 by Gabriel Rudy
- 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/S209053535
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird. Yellow breast extending up to white throat. Light grey head with darker gray around ear/eye. Photos. 35.264622, -120.685764"

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (2)
- Reported Jan 12, 2025 08:36 by Kathleen Kent
- Oakview Village, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.660672&<ll...>,-120.660672
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209045952
- Comments: "At least 2 CHSP foraging on the ground in an open meadow, near gray pines and oak trees, along with at least 8 LASP. The CHSPs have fairly bright rufous crowns and prominent white supercilliums."

Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (2)
- Reported Jan 12, 2025 08:16 by Ann Stockert
- stakeout Sagebrush Sparrow -- Elkhorn/Simmler Rd Intersection (2025), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8400327&<ll...>,-119.8400327
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209025642
- Comments: "Continuing duo. Sandy-colored Sage sparrows with streaky backs and reduced pale malar. No sign of a third bird. Pics."

Bell's Sparrow (canescens) (Artemisiospiza belli canescens) (3)
- Reported Jan 12, 2025 12:20 by Ann Stockert
- Elkhorn Road, Santa Margarita US-CA 35.19903, -119.72137, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.721367&<ll...>,-119.721367
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209064928
- Comments: "*Expected form here. Sage sparrow with pale unstreaked brown back and medium malar stripe, in between nevadensis and belli. Please consider adding to filter."

Bell's Sparrow (canescens) (Artemisiospiza belli canescens) (4)
- Reported Jan 12, 2025 11:03 by Ann Stockert
- Elkhorn Road, Santa Margarita US-CA 35.24018, -119.79333, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.79333&<ll...>,-119.79333
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209045721
- Comments: "*Expected form here. Sage sparrow with pale unstreaked brown back and medium malar stripe, in between nevadensis and belli. Please consider adding to filter."

Bell's Sparrow (canescens) (Artemisiospiza belli canescens) (1)
- Reported Jan 12, 2025 09:37 by Ann Stockert
- Elkhorn Road, Santa Margarita US-CA 35.25145, -119.81274, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.812736&<ll...>,-119.812736
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209037054
- Comments: "*Expected form here. Sage sparrow with pale unstreaked brown back and medium malar stripe, in between nevadensis and belli. Please consider adding to filter."

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (1)
- Reported Jan 12, 2025 08:01 by Gabriel Rudy
- Cal Poly--Mt Bishop Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6777764&<ll...>,-120.6777764
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209054542
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Black bird with golden yellow head. In flock among mainly RWBL, EUST, and BHCBs. Photos."

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (2)
- Reported Jan 11, 2025 10:50 by Petra Clayton
- Cal Poly--Mt Bishop Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6777764&<ll...>,-120.6777764
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208924558
- Media: 12 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing species since 12/12/24 (Roger Hammer)
First bird: Adult male: Larger than nearby Brown-headed Cowbirds, Tricolored Blackbirds and European Starlings. Black back, belly and tail; black wings with a white patch; bright yellow head with black lores and orange wash on the crown; yellow chin, throat and upper breast with an faint orange wash; yellow vent; sturdy conical black bill.
Second bird: Possibly immature male: More brownish-black with a paler yellow head and black lores.

Click on the image below for a Flickr video, showing the adult male foraging at the cattle pens along with Brown-headed Cowbirds, Tricolored Blackbirds and European Starlings:
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jack-petra-clayton/54261264339/in/dateposted-public/" title="Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus), Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/54261264339_b9a3d78dcc_z.jpg" alt="Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus), Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA" /></a>"

Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 12, 2025 09:36 by Barry Langdon-Lassagne
- 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/S209045189
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Small warbler, drab yellow head with substantial dark bill. 2 white wingbars on dark wings, white vent. Faint eye ring. Mid- height in pine trees on southeast side of park (Mentone Street side) Photos"

Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 12, 2025 09:36 by Virginia Langdon-Lassagne
- 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/S209045188
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Small warbler, drab yellow head with substantial dark bill. 2 white wingbars on dark wings, white vent. Faint eye ring. Mid- height in pine trees on southeast side of park (Mentone Street side) Photos"

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Date: 1/11/25 5:03 pm
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Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Redhead (2 reports)
- Marbled Murrelet (1 report)
- Red-tailed Hawk (calurus/alascensis) (3 reports)
- Chipping Sparrow (1 report)
- Sagebrush Sparrow (1 report)
- Yellow-headed Blackbird (3 reports)
- Pine Warbler (1 report)

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Redhead (Aythya americana) (4)
- Reported Jan 11, 2025 10:35 by Mike Bush
- Cottontail Creek Rd-Old Creek Riparian, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8589435&<ll...>,-120.8589435
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208887982
- Comments: "Ruddy-russet red heads, abruptly sloping dark bill, gray body"

Redhead (Aythya americana) (4) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 10, 2025 13:15 by Terri Osborn
- Whale Rock Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8708239&<ll...>,-120.8708239
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208801830
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Two pairs, each with a male and female"

Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) (1)
- Reported Jan 11, 2025 09:03 by Nick & Jane
- 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/S208911854
- Comments: "Alcid with grey upperside, white throat, white underside and two obvious white patches. White collar. Hundred yards distant from bluffs. Hanging out with three loons. Might be two. No photo."

Red-tailed Hawk (calurus/alascensis) (Buteo jamaicensis calurus/alascensis) (2)
- Reported Jan 11, 2025 12:54 by Alex Lamoreaux
- 2000–2322 Cuyama Hwy, Santa Maria US-CA 34.99768, -120.38015, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.38015&<ll...>,-120.38015
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208915429
- Comments: "Light adult Westerns"

Red-tailed Hawk (calurus/alascensis) (Buteo jamaicensis calurus/alascensis) (1)
- Reported Jan 11, 2025 13:59 by Alex Lamoreaux
- 2837–2847 CA-33, Santa Margarita US-CA 34.93797, -119.48082, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.48082&<ll...>,-119.48082
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208917382
- Comments: "Light adult Western"

Red-tailed Hawk (calurus/alascensis) (Buteo jamaicensis calurus/alascensis) (2)
- Reported Jan 11, 2025 12:52 by Alex Lamoreaux
- 3198 Cuyama Hwy, Santa Maria US-CA (34.9954,-120.4159), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.415857&<ll...>,-120.415857
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208915333
- Comments: "Light adult Westerns"

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (8)
- Reported Jan 11, 2025 09:04 by Kathleen Kent
- Oakview Village, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.660672&<ll...>,-120.660672
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208882346
- Comments: "At least 8 CHSP foraging on the ground in an open meadow, near gray pines and oak trees, along with at least 8 LASP. Most of the CHSPs have fairly bright rufous crowns and prominent white supercilliums."

Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (3)
- Reported Jan 07, 2025 12:24 by Kevin Zimmer
- Carrizo Plains - Junction of Elkhorn Road and Simmler Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.840169&<ll...>,-119.840169
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208800033
- Media: 20 Photos
- Comments: "All 3 were very pallid overall, and all 3 had fine dark streaking spanning the mantle (not just on the scapulars) and thinner, grayer and less conspicuous/continuous dark malar streaks than would be typical for canescens, although both the extent and contrast of the dorsal streaking and the malar streak varied in extent from one bird to the next. One of the individuals struck me as being a textbook example of nevadensis – very pale gray head, contrasting with pale brown back; obvious dusky streaking spanning across the mantle/center of the back, including the scapulars; and thin, broken, gray malar streaks that did not reach the bill. This individual will be labeled #1 in the photos that follow. Another of the birds had even bolder, blacker streaking across the entire mantle, but its malar streaks were darker and more intact, although still on the thin side and not extending clear to the bill, as I would expect on canescens (this individual will be labeled #2 in the photos that follow). Finally, the 3rd bird, which had the least amount of back streaking (and the streaking was browner, less boldly contrasting, although it still spanned the center of the back), also had the faintest of a barely visible malar streak on either side, so, although it at least approached the streakier extreme for canescens as regards the dorsal streaking, it also was the furthest from canescens on the malar streak character (Labeled #3 in the photos that follow.). One other thing that I noticed, which may or may not prove to be a field mark: all 3 birds looked to me to have relatively long primary projection. According to at least one published analysis of museum specimens, nevadensis is supposed to have a longer wing chord than canescens (I can't remember if wing chord length was diagnostic, or simply averaged higher.), which makes sense, given that nevadensis is more of a long distance migrant (at least over parts of its range) than are any of the populations of Bell’s Sparrows. While wing chord length isn’t going to translate into a field mark, primary projection just might. In looking closely at my photos of all 3 birds, it appears that 3 primary tips extend beyond the tip of the longest inner secondaries. I will need to examine a series of Bell's Sparrow photos (including canescens) to see how many primary tips are visible on their folded wings. Photos to follow."

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (1)
- Reported Jan 11, 2025 13:58 by Virginia Langdon-Lassagne
- Cal Poly--Mt Bishop Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6777764&<ll...>,-120.6777764
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208923204
- Media: 11 Photos
- Comments: "Adult male. Yellow head, obvious white wing patches on otherwise black bird, similar in size to the other blackbirds and starlings, flying away from us. Later refound at beef cattle corral. Photos."

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (1)
- Reported Jan 11, 2025 13:58 by Barry Langdon-Lassagne
- Cal Poly--Mt Bishop Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6777764&<ll...>,-120.6777764
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208923205
- Media: 11 Photos
- Comments: "Adult male. Yellow head, obvious white wing patches on otherwise black bird, similar in size to the other blackbirds and starlings, flying away from us. Later refound at beef cattle corral. Photos."

Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) (2)
- Reported Jan 10, 2025 13:14 by logan kahle
- Cal Poly--Mt Bishop Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6777764&<ll...>,-120.6777764
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208770996
- Comments: "Adult male and imm/fem with swarms of cowbirds. Male all yellow head, black body, black lores and hill. Imm had duller yellow head, brown on crown, brownish cast on body"

Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus) (1)
- Reported Jan 10, 2025 12:09 by logan kahle
- 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/S208771127
- Comments: "Male continuing here (35.1158999, -120.6134080)"

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Date: 1/10/25 3:11 pm
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Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Redhead (1 report)
- American Bittern (1 report)
- Swainson's Hawk (1 report)
- Tropical Kingbird (3 reports)
- Chipping Sparrow (2 reports)
- Sagebrush Sparrow (2 reports)
- Black-and-white Warbler (1 report)
- Tennessee Warbler (1 report)

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Redhead (Aythya americana) (2)
- Reported Jan 10, 2025 10:07 by John Hiebert
- Whale Rock Reservoir--south end, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8724403&<ll...>,-120.8724403
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208751594
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Pair of redheads swimming just off shore will add pictures"

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Jan 10, 2025 08:00 by Tracy Drake
- 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/S208733864
- Comments: "Photos and comments to follow"

Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) (1)
- Reported Jan 08, 2025 08:26 by Sam Gildea
- Swainson's Hawk Stateout--Los Osos Valley Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7295938&<ll...>,-120.7295938
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208758941
- Comments: "White around the face and noticeable yellow on base of bill with darker bill tip"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 10, 2025 10:31 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/S208756231
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing in usual perch on tree near first dock. Large black bill, lemony yellow tum with yellow-green chest, green back. Photos"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 10, 2025 07:45 by Sam Gildea
- 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/S208759287
- Comments: "All yellow belly and breast with lighter gray head than Cassin’s"

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Jan 10, 2025 07:42 by C Gildea
- 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/S208759888
- Comments: "Brighter yellow belly"

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 10, 2025 09:16 by Kathleen Kent
- Oakview Village, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.660672&<ll...>,-120.660672
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208734251
- Comments: "Rufous crowns, prominent whitish gray supercillium, unstreaked chest, belly and flanks. Photos eventually."

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 09, 2025 08:19 by Kathleen Kent
- Oakview Village, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.660672&<ll...>,-120.660672
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208734196
- Comments: "Rufous crowns, prominent whitish gray supercillium, unstreaked chest, belly and flanks. Photos eventually."

Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (1)
- Reported Jan 05, 2025 15:00 by Russ Namitz
- Calhoun Rd, Santa Margarita US-CA (35.1993,-119.7227), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.722708&<ll...>,-119.722708
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208293743
- Media: 8 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing? Found (refound) at southern cutover road at green signed jct of Panorama Rd & Elkhorn Rd. Pale brown sparrow with streaking across entire back and weak malar that did not meet the bill."

Sagebrush Sparrow (Artemisiospiza nevadensis) (3)
- Reported Jan 06, 2025 10:27 by Virginia Langdon-Lassagne
- Sagebrush Sparrow Stakeout - Elkhorn/Simmler Rd Intersection, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.8400327&<ll...>,-119.8400327
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208744480
- Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing birds found yesterday by Mike Bush. Similar to Bell’s Sparrow, but cap paler gray, notable streaking on back, thin dark stripe at throat. Photos."

Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 09, 2025 13:46 by Van Pierszalowski
- Santa Rosa Creek mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.1102353&<ll...>,-121.1102353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208667525
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Warbler acting similarly to a nuthatch, creeping along tree trunks and branches. Striking black-and-white plumage with bold head stripes and a pale white throat. Occasionally giving a repeated high-pitched, thin call notes. Female/imm male type."

Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 09, 2025 11:04 by Tom Edell
- Morro Bay State Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8350257&<ll...>,-120.8350257
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S208661400
- Comments: "continuing first winter bird seen in the red flowered bottle brush tree by the plant nursery. I was here for over 40 minutes and only saw the bird once for about a minute. It mostly stayed hidden in the leaves and behind flowers. Brief open looks showed a yellow face with a dark eyeline that was slightly wider/more prominent than a nearby Orange-crowned Warbler. The throat, chest, and belly were yellow and the undertail coverts were long and white. The crown looked greenish. I do not recall seeing the back. The bill was basically thin and pointed."

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