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Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (5)
- Reported Apr 18, 2024 16:00 by Tom Edell
- 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/S169250666 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "I stopped briefly to look for the continuing Long-tailed Ducks. Five were in view at once across the harbor channel at the north tip of the Morro Bay Sandspit. Four with more extensive black on the head, one with a black cheek spot but otherwise fairly pale headed. (photos)"
Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 17, 2024 07:48 by Herb Elliott
- Pismo Creek mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6392555&<ll...>,-120.6392555 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S169064956 - Media: 8 Photos, 2 Audio
- Comments: "... first reported on 15 Apr 2024 by Stephanie Little. This morning only one bird was present during my stay. The bird frequently dipped its long narrow lower mandible into the creek mouth "skimming" as it foraged. Occasionally vocalizing "yip" calls. Overall black infused with brown above with forehead and underparts white."
Gray Flycatcher (Empidonax wrightii) (1)
- Reported Apr 17, 2024 10:47 by Kathanne Lynch
- Carrizo Plain NM--KCL Campground, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7350496&<ll...>,-119.7350496 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S169197141 - Comments: "I confirm seeing one GRAY FLYCATCHER, thanks to briefly passing "Nick and Jane" who discovered bird within prior hour.
Pale grey empid. No call (which I always want to hear for ID of any small empid).
Eyering, bold wingbars. Pale orange lower mandible on thick bill. Round head shared by several similar empids.
Location: Habitat same as region around KCL except at opening to good brush habitat for empids. Perched 100 meters south of camp's wooden corral shed. On trail out back of KCL group campground section and fenceline crossing road to private property sign."
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Date: 4/18/24 10:01 am From: William Bouton via groups.io <boutonbill...> Subject: [slocobirding] Almost molted into alternate plumage
Hi All,
During the last couple of months I’ve been watching some of the Lark Buntings that have been wintering on the Carrizo Plain, as they molt from immature or basic plumages into their beautiful black and white spring/summer look. Yesterday I observed a dozen individuals at least (they come and go). At one point, six obvious molting males were perched on the barbed wire at one time. Some have wondered if they would leave before the molt is complete. Some are very close to having their alternate breeding finery.
Some seem to me to be close to completing this springs molt. See a couple of pictures at:
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Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) (5) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 16, 2024 15:05 by Curtis Marantz
- Pismo Creek mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6392555&<ll...>,-120.6392555 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168991666 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "I saw five continuing skimmers moving about the beach both north and south of the mouth of Pismo Creek, standing together on the beach in various places, but also flushed multiple times by beachgoers. I heard at least one bird giving distinctive, "eernh" calls, but these birds were generally quiet. All five birds appeared similar, so the description below represents a composite.
These were relatively large, tern-like birds that were a bit smaller than nearby gulls, yet larger than Elegant Terns that were not too far away. These birds had unusually large bills on which the peg-like upper mandible was conspicuously shorter than a long, wedge-shaped lower mandible, but I did not compare the length of the bill relative to the width of the head. I thought the forehead was steep, but the crown was gently rounded to somewhat flattened, all on a head that was large for the size of the birds. I also thought these birds had stockier necks than those of the terns and their bodies were larger, full-chested, and with a posture that was barely more upright than horizontal. The wings were notably long and tapering to finely pointed tips that obscured the tail, but I was unable to discern the primary projection. The legs were short and relatively slim, but I failed to note the structure of the feet.
The plumage patterns were quite simple and with the feather coloring limited to black and white. Ghe forehead and the front part of the face were white, as were the lower part of the face and the underparts from thd throat down across the breast, belly, sides, flanks, and undertail coverts. Contrasting sharply with the white regions of the plumage, the crown, nape, back and sides of the neck, and the back and upperwings appeared to be entirely black. The sides of the head were also black through the eye and across the auriculars. The closed wings appeared to be almost entirely black, but I did once see a narrow, white stripe that appeared to represent the white band along the trailing edge of the open wing. I saw the rump and tail only on the flying birds, when I noted a black stripe down the rump and a mostly black tail, both contrasting with white at the sides of the rump and tail.
The bill was sharply bicolored, with the basal half of both mandibles a bright, scarlet-red and contrasting with black distally. The eyes were sufficiently dark as to appear black in the field and lacking contrast with the black plusage. The.legs were reddish in color, but duller than the base of the bill."
Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans) (3) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 16, 2024 15:05 by Curtis Marantz
- Pismo Creek mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6392555&<ll...>,-120.6392555 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168991666 - Comments: "Early in my visit I saw three terns standing on the lower beach, but the flew off shortly later. These were medium-sized terns with elongate bodies, long wings, somewhat ragged crests, and long, slim bills that tapered to pointed tips. I thought all were slimmer and more elongate than Royal Terns, and they had longer wings and shorter legs. All three birds had fully black caps that contrasted white on the lower part of the face, neck, and underparts. The back and the wings, at least in large part were light gray, but I cannot remember noting if the wingtips were darker, and I never saw the tail.
Each bird had a slimmer bill than that of a Royal Tern and one that tapered to a more finely pointed tip, but the color was about the same shade as orange juice. I thought the eyes were dark, but their precise color eluded me. I have no recollection of noting the color of the legs."
Palm Warbler (Western) (Setophaga palmarum palmarum) (2)
- Reported Apr 17, 2024 07:42 by Ann Stockert
- 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/S169049366 - Comments: "Continuing bird joined today by another male. Both in purty alternate! Both singing and chasing bushtits and each other around. Brownish warbler with ruddy crown, yellow throat and face, and yellow undertail. Constantly pumping tail. Husky chip call and YRWA-like song. Pics and audio tba."
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Date: 4/17/24 3:22 pm From: Kaaren Perry via groups.io <surfbird1...> Subject: [slocobirding] Wintering sparrows on the move?
Since early October we have been treated to daily yard visits by good numbers of the expected wintering sparrows. Primarily White-crowns, Golden-crowns, with Fox and Lincoln sparrows visiting less frequently over the time. A single White-throated Sparrow has been seen regularly since November 29, 2023. For the past 7 months the various sparrow species have been observed daily, dropping from the bushes to enjoy the anticipated seed toss.
Today when I went out to spread the seed only three birds appeared! A single White-crowned, gambelii sp, a Golden-crowned and the ever faithful White-throated. They appeared almost immediately. I patiently waited for more to arrive.
After about an hour I began to suspect that most of "our" wintering sparrows may be heading to their breeding grounds. I did a little review of their breeding territories on BOW. The White-throated Sparrow is know to breed from the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and east to New England and Newfoundland. White-crowned Sparrow gambelii ss. breeds from Alaska to the Hudson Bay. Golden-crowned breed from central and western Alaska to northwestern Washington. Long trips ahead for these 'little brown jobs"!
Our 2023 WTSP was last seen on April 29, 2023.
Maybe a few of the very same birds will revisit our yard next Fall?
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Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) (1)
- Reported Apr 16, 2024 08:17 by Mike Bush
- 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/S168902550 - Comments: "Significantly smaller than surrounding Western Gulls, black bill, molting head mostly white with a gray line at the top of the nape, continuing darker gray through the mantle mixed with pale brown patches. White underside. Legs dark gray, not quite black."
Iceland Gull (Thayer's) (Larus glaucoides thayeri) (1)
- Reported Apr 16, 2024 07:39 by Tom Edell
- Old Creek--Cayucos, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8875608&<ll...>,-120.8875608 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168943699 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "First cycle. Very similar looking to the bird I saw at Villa Creek (Estero Bluffs State Park) on 6 Apr 2024 with worn wing coverts, somewhat short dark bill transitioning to a dark tip with pink base, round pale head, mottled brown and white plumage, and brown primaries and secondaries. (Photos)"
Hammond's Flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii) (1)
- Reported Apr 15, 2024 06:41 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- De Anza Trail--North Atascadero, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6974933&<ll...>,-120.6974933 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168848452 - Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "Heard repeated "pip" calls from distant oak grove and arrived to record one last note before the bird went silent and could not be re-found. Lone "pip" call is just before 2 sec mark."
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (12) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 15, 2024 10:08 by Herb Elliott
- Lark Bunting stake-out 2023-2024 (use only for birds at this location), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7330033&<ll...>,-119.7330033 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168849255 - Media: 6 Photos, 1 Audio
- Comments: "First reported Sat 9 Dec 2023 by Will Knowlton & Jacqueline Knowlton. My highest single count this morning was twelve; nine in flight while three perched on the barbed wire fence. Plumage of birds in the flock varied from partial to incomplete molting."
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (8) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 10, 2024 14:38 by Ariela Gottschalk
- Lark Bunting stake-out 2023-2024 (use only for birds at this location), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7330033&<ll...>,-119.7330033 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168946271 - Comments: "Continuing birds at this location. Thick bill, white wing patch, streaky. Some males with black plumage coming in. Russ may have photos:"
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (8) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 10, 2024 14:38 by Penny Principe
- Lark Bunting stake-out 2023-2024 (use only for birds at this location), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7330033&<ll...>,-119.7330033 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168929989 - Comments: "Continuing birds at this location. Thick bill, white wing patch, streaky. Some males with black plumage coming in. Russ may have photos:"
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (8) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 10, 2024 14:38 by Susan Rittenhouse
- Lark Bunting stake-out 2023-2024 (use only for birds at this location), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7330033&<ll...>,-119.7330033 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168934176 - Comments: "Continuing birds at this location. Thick bill, white wing patch, streaky. Some males with black plumage coming in. Russ may have photos:"
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) (1)
- Reported Apr 15, 2024 13:30 by Curtis Marantz
- Doris Street Coastal Access, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.848252&<ll...>,-120.848252 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168850657 - Comments: "(singing and calling; I heard moments after my arrival a single series of jumbled whistles that sounded like the song of this species, followed by an extended period during which both "check" calls and chatters were given from the flowering eucalyptus tree, but I never did see the continuing oriole)"
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (2)
- Reported Apr 16, 2024 11:13 by Terri May
- Harmony Headlands State Park, Cambria US-CA 35.47755, -120.99244, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.992437&<ll...>,-120.992437 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168947874 - Comments: "Observed from the parking lot by the gate that is on the down coast side. Flying back and forth across the road to trees that is on the side there side of the gate. Did not have an opportunity to get a decent picture due to them being so hyper. But because I was so close I got a very clear view with my binoculars."
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Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) (6) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 15, 2024 11:05 by Stephanie Little
- Pismo Creek mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6392555&<ll...>,-120.6392555 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168793736 - Comments: "Seen together at outlet of Carpenter Creek (the small creek just south of Pismo Creek outlet). Long wings, black and white plumage, long red and black bill. Lower mandible longer than top."
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (8) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 10, 2024 14:38 by Mike Bush
- Lark Bunting stake-out 2023-2024 (use only for birds at this location), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7330033&<ll...>,-119.7330033 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168702979 - Comments: "Continuing birds at this location. Thick bill, white wing patch, streaky. Some males with black plumage coming in. Russ may have photos:"
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (8) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 10, 2024 14:38 by Russ Namitz
- Lark Bunting stake-out 2023-2024 (use only for birds at this location), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7330033&<ll...>,-119.7330033 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168705348 - Comments: "Continuing birds at this location. Thick bill, white wing patch, streaky. Some males with black plumage coming in. Russ may have photos:"
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Calliope Hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 13, 2024 14:50 by Terri Osborn
- US-California-Cambria-1870-1958 Stuart Street - 35.549x-121.075, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.075272&<ll...>,-121.075272 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168500632 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Calliope Hummingbird male was noticeably smaller than other hummingbirds in the yard. Green head and back, white chest and belly, and gorget was streaks of purplish pink. Seen coming to a feeder but was easily chased away by other hummingbirds (poor photos for ID)."
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) (1)
- Reported Apr 14, 2024 09:10 by Tom Edell
- Old Creek--Cayucos, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8875608&<ll...>,-120.8875608 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168626275 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "This appeared to be one of the two birds I saw here on 12 Apr. This individual shows a more advance molt that the other bird not present today. The is an obvious immature bird as seen in photos. This bird showed gray wings with no obvious brown in the wing coverts, though I never saw a spread wing or exposed tail Photo"
Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans) (20) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 13, 2024 11:00 by Kaaren Perry
- Cayucos Creek Mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.907463&<ll...>,-120.907463 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168480158 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Seen in flight and others roosting on the sand. Shaggy crests, long thin yellowish/orange bill. Eye included in dark face. Some showing pinkish blush on underpart feather."
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Date: 4/13/24 4:18 pm From: Kaaren Perry <surfbird1...> Subject: [slocobirding] One good tern deserves another!
I decided to check out a few ocean vistas between Old Creek and Cayucos Creek during the rain this morning. Forster's, Elegant and Caspian terns were all visible from my car window. A few of the Elegants are showing the pinkish tint on the underparts. 'Occasional pink tinge to body feathers reported in autumn (Hudon and Brush 1990 <https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/eleter1/cur/references#REF26199>), although usually lost by early Sep" - Birds of the World, Cornell.
At Old Creek there was a distant adult Bonaparte's Gull, giving me a little start as I pulled up. The black hood had me taking a second look since this particular creek mouth has hosted immature Laughing gulls lately. Bonaparte's while not rare, are always a treat.
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Calliope Hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) (1)
- Reported Apr 12, 2024 17:00 by Kevin Zimmer
- 7000 San Gregorio Road, Atascadero, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7081983&<ll...>,-120.7081983 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168408598 - Comments: "Adult male, with heavily striped, magenta gorget; green back; whitish below with cinnamon-buff sides; short tail; relatively short bill; distinctly smaller than all other hummingbirds present. Visited feeders several times over the course of my stay, almost never perching to feed. I'll upload photos shortly."
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) (1)
- Reported Apr 12, 2024 16:15 by David Lawrence
- Avila Ranch Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6744351&<ll...>,-120.6744351 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168467091 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Surprised to see this bird, continuing for weeks at this site. On this visit it was exclusively on the south side of the lagoon and briefly on the concrete ramp. My initial images were 2/28/2024 but I had seen it a few days earlier, so its duration at this site is at least 6 weeks. I posted it again 3/21/24, and saw it again last week. Its plumage seems to have darkened with blacker blacks and whiter whites, but this could be due to lighting conditions and overall plumage is similar over these 6 weeks."
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) (1)
- Reported Apr 12, 2024 14:58 by Reef Comer
- Old Creek--Cayucos, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8875608&<ll...>,-120.8875608 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168436029 - Comments: "The grayer of T Edell’s two 1st cycle laughing gulls was still present. Dusty gray head, black bill and legs, gray wash on sides of neck/flanks, dark gray mantle, white underside, and long black primaries."
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 12, 2024 14:29 by Tom Edell
- Old Creek--Cayucos, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8875608&<ll...>,-120.8875608 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168314099 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Two immature birds appeared on the beach while I was photographing the Elegant Terns. I managed one photo of both birds before the one in a more advanced wing molt flew off. At rest, the wing did not show any brown like the one that stayed. After taking my first photo, I only saw it flying away under an overcast sky. I took several photos of the one that remained on the beach. The remaining bird looks like a first cycle bird with brown showing in the wing coverts, one the crown and mixed with gray feathers on the shoulder and breast. I am unsure of the age on the second bird but think it is also a first cycle bird but further into its molt. These may be the birds previously seen at Morro Creek mouth and on the Morro Bay Estuary this winter and at Cayucos Creek mouth on Apr 8. eBird data indicates this has been a good year for Laughing Gull along the California coast, especially in Southern California. (see photos)."
Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans) (43)
- Reported Apr 13, 2024 08:30 by Ann Stockert
- Morro Creek mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8624411&<ll...>,-120.8624411 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168415102 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Counted by twos. Combination of two groups about 50 feet apart. Long slightly curved orange bill that is lighter towards the end, and a shaggy black crest. Photos to be added."
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 12, 2024 13:05 by Jay Carroll
- Doris Street Coastal Access, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.848252&<ll...>,-120.848252 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168303826 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Adult male found earlier in the day by Jim Royer; black head, back and tail, chestnut underparts; the dark wings had white edging on the remiges and coverts; the bird vocalized occasionally with a series of chatter calls and whistles."
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Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) (1)
- Reported Apr 12, 2024 12:35 by Mark Hays
- Avila Ranch Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6744351&<ll...>,-120.6744351 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168287984 - Comments: "Great to see the visitor back again. Decided to stop by after quite an absence of mine. And I was lucky enough to see it fly in. The forage a lot along the shoreline. Even for step into the bark. Very bright distinct plumage. Larger than a spotted sandpiper, and no spots on its belly.able to get several good photographs for verification"
Hammond's Flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 11, 2024 13:00 by Petra Clayton
- Cerro Alto Campground, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7491446&<ll...>,-120.7491446 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168197219 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "This flycatcher was overall smaller, duller, and grayer than a “Pacific-slope” Western Flycatcher. It had a "big-headed" look with a small, mostly all-dark bill and a white, somewhat oval eye ring. The primary feathers were longer than expected for a Pacific-slope Flycatcher, creating a "stepped look from the secondaries to the primaries." It had two pale wingbars. It flicked its tail upwards and also flicked its wings. --- Observed on the lower third of the paved road, on the left side, in a tree off the road.
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (8)
- Reported Apr 10, 2024 14:38 by Torrey Gage-Tomlinson
- Lark Bunting stake-out 2023-2024 (use only for birds at this location), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7330033&<ll...>,-119.7330033 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168255701 - Comments: "Continuing birds at this location. Thick bill, white wing patch, streaky. Some males with black plumage coming in. Russ may have photos:"
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (6) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 10, 2024 09:49 by Janet Rayner
- Lark Bunting stake-out 2023-2024 (use only for birds at this location), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7330033&<ll...>,-119.7330033 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168191891 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing….Observed 3 male and one female on the fence line and two males flying in the distance up the hill. Photos"
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Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (3) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 10, 2024 12:55 by Mark Hays
- Tidelands Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8514118&<ll...>,-120.8514118 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168054877 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Two immature birds similar to previous sightings. All dark but heavy bill. The third one is developing its yellow crown and its long white feather. Photos posted."
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (2)
- Reported Apr 09, 2024 09:54 by Jerry Maryniuk
- Carrizo Plain NM--KCL Campground, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7350496&<ll...>,-119.7350496 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168139608 - Comments: "Seen on Soda Springs road no more than 1/4 mile west of KCL Campground. Black sparrow with white wing patch, large bill. Some are dark streaky with white wing patch. Photo"
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (6) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 10, 2024 09:49 by Ann Stockert
- Lark Bunting stake-out 2023-2024 (use only for birds at this location), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7330033&<ll...>,-119.7330033 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168156711 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing….Observed 3 male and one female on the fence line and two males flying in the distance up the hill. Photos"
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Date: 4/11/24 12:03 pm From: Freddy Howell via groups.io <jandfhowellz...> Subject: [slocobirding] ❗️MCAS Field Trip-Bird Life at The Lakes of Atascadero, April 21, 2024
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Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (6) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 08, 2024 10:27 by Bob Isenberg
- 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/S168016726 - Comments: "One with white head with grey behind and below the eye. 1 had a dark head, with white eye patch. Saw 4 fly and land on the water at the N sand spit opposite target rock. Two went up on beach and returned to the water. All later seen on water between the finger and S jetties."
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (7) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 09, 2024 10:26 by Kevin Zimmer
- 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/S167966267 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "All 7 birds were loafing on the north tip of the sandspit, opposite Morro Rock. I had heard of up to 5 individuals being seen at one time, but I am no aware of any documented sightings of this many Long-tailed Ducks at one time in Morro Bay. I will upload several record photos now, some showing all 7 birds, and others somewhat more cropped, showing part of the group. Both the distance (other side of the channel), and the harsh, late morning light, made for pretty challenging photographic conditions. Note that the photos showing only 4 birds, are isolating the 4 birds at the left side of the photos showing all 7 -- the 2 birds at the extreme left of these photos were the ones lying down with heads largely concealed in the first several photos."
Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans) (7) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 09, 2024 09:48 by Tom Edell
- ocean end of Encanto (35.173, -120.704), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7041874&<ll...>,-120.7041874 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S167926211 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "seven foraging along the coastline. Flew past my location and foraged for a while off Pirate's Cove before three flew back toward Pismo Beach. First noticed the faster wing beats and more buoyant flight compared to Royal Tern and then the longer, slightly down-turned orange bills becoming more yellow-orange at the tip. All appeared to be adults. (Photos)"
Hammond's Flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 09, 2024 14:27 by Ann Stockert
- Cerro Alto Campground, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7491446&<ll...>,-120.7491446 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S167957303 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing… originally seen on 4/6 by KH in this same location of the second bend of main road from lower parking lot. Small gray Empidonax with a small mostly dark bill, long wings, somewhat short notched tail, distinct vest. Photos"
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle x Audubon's) (Setophaga coronata coronata x auduboni) (1)
- Reported Apr 09, 2024 07:44 by Ann Stockert
- 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/S167957951 - Comments: "Male. Mostly Audubon’s but faint mask, white edges to throat wrapping around auriculars, trace of supercilium, limited white in wing panel. Scooted away before could get pics."
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Date: 4/10/24 10:31 am From: Freddy Howell via groups.io <jandfhowellz...> Subject: [slocobirding] ❗️MCAS Field Trip-Stop & Scope-Heron and Egret Rookery Watch, April 20, 2024
Wow! A white-stripe White-Throated Sparrow! Love your photo. In our 14 years we have only had a white-stripe once here. I've had a tan-stripe daily in the yard for almost 6 months since Nov 23. seen again today. Molting! Not nearly as spiffy looking as your! Had a Lincoln's Sparrow today. Not seen here since 12/10/2023. Gotta love migration
Kaaren Perry
Morro Bay
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Male Hooded Oriole(s?) have been here for a little over a week and today one of the girls showed up. Near the Vet's Hall. SLO. Plus the neighborhood Red Tails are on their nest--no hatchlings seen yet. The adults are quite vocal.
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Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (6)
- Reported Apr 08, 2024 10:27 by Heather O'Connor
- 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/S167820119 - Comments: "One with white head with grey behind and below the eye. 1 had a dark head, with white eye patch. Saw 4 fly and land on the water at the N sand spit opposite target rock. Two went up on beach and returned to the water. All later seen on water between the finger and S jetties."
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (6) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 05, 2024 10:35 by Petra Clayton
- 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/S167319633 - Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "On the north end of the Morro Bay Sandspit. All with dark cheek patches and small bills. Some had more white on the head than others. One had a lot of dark on face and neck.
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 03, 2024 17:51 by Sebastian Sharp-Blancarte
- 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/S167879292 - Comments: "Pair in non-breeding plumage. Lots of white in the face. No long tail feathers, but noticeably smaller than the pair of Surf Scoters that were also on the shore with them until three crazy human swimmers approached them. However, their cold-water plunge forced the pair to our side of the water for a closer look once when move further up the shore towards the open ocean.
Pictures to be added later."
Chukar (Alectoris chukar) (Exotic: Naturalized) (3) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 08, 2024 14:25 by Russ Namitz
- Carrizo Plain National Monument, Santa Margarita US-CA 35.13823, -119.59387, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.593869&<ll...>,-119.593869 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S167785496 - Comments: "Two birds flushed at my feet from the pin drop. I saw them land down slope. Hiked down and tried playback, and a different bird answered from but further downhill."
Calliope Hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 07, 2024 07:30 by Kevin Zimmer
- KJZ yard, Garcia Rd, Atascadero, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7064838&<ll...>,-120.7064838 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S167828323 - Comments: "One female (or possibly immature male) seen perched on one of our feeders late in the afternoon. When first seen, it was sitting next to a female Rufous/Allen's that was visibly larger and longer tailed, and which had dark, rusty flanks and a partial white collar on the sides of the neck. The Calliope, by comparison, was smaller, shorter-tailed (wingtips at rest appeared to extend beyond the tail tip), and shorter-billed, with buffy, less contrasting sides/flanks, and no obvious rufous at the base of the tail, which I saw well when it fanned the tail and flew off in response to aggression from an adult male Rufous, which was pretty zealously guarding the feeder. The rectrices on the Calliope were green with black subterminal spots and white terminal tips. I was uncertain as to whether the bird was a female or young male, because the throat seemed more heavily spotted than what I consider typical for a female, and the spots almost appeared to be in longitudinal rows. The Calliope tried to return twice to the feeder while I was watching, but each time, it was driven off by the adult male Rufous, which was driving even the Anna's Hummingbirds away."
Calliope Hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) (1)
- Reported Apr 08, 2024 15:39 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- NA, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6857303&<ll...>,-120.6857303 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S167848567 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Diminutive hummingbird compared to nearby Anna's and Rufous Hummingbirds with striking, flowing red gorget rays, short, thin bill, white throat, light rufous on sides, flanks and undertail, green above from crown to dark black tail with white tips on outer tail feathers."
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 08, 2024 08:15 by Roger Hammer
- Cayucos Pier, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9069453&<ll...>,-120.9069453 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S167822589 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "med sized gull, smaller than acc. RBGU. Partial eclipse ring arcs above/below dark eyes. infernal dog bust-flushed these too amidst my slow sneaking up for a pic; owners got impatient, I guess, and let it rip. looks like perhaps a more mature, nonbreeding plumaged bird as I didn't see much brown."
Brewer's Sparrow (Spizella breweri) (1)
- Reported Apr 08, 2024 11:28 by Russ Namitz
- 6627, Santa Margarita US-CA 35.04396, -119.47691, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.476906&<ll...>,-119.476906 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S167754324 - Comments: "Sang its short song, briefly… Quite a surprise! Never located visually as I was without binoculars for this list. Did not respond to playback. Buzzy and much longer induration than Savannah Sparrow or Bell’s Sparrow."
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Date: 4/9/24 7:31 am From: Freddy Howell via groups.io <jandfhowellz...> Subject: [slocobirding] ❗️MCAS Field Trip-Breeding Birds of Sweet Springs, April 19, 2023
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Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) (2)
- Reported Apr 07, 2024 08:14 by Richie Frerking
- 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/S167547275 - Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "Identified two female/immature male in tree then subsequently flying in air. Wings show yellow with white wing bar. Note rattle in call and response to playback."
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Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 06, 2024 10:25 by Kaaren Perry
- Old Creek--Cayucos, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8875608&<ll...>,-120.8875608 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S167446853 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Small, dark backed gull, grayish marked crown, nape, ear coverts and cheek. All black bill gently sloping at the end. Underparts, flanks and neck light gray wash. . Long wings with narrow white edge to secondaries. Partial dark tail band on outer tail on otherwise white tail clearly seen in flight. Coverts appearing gray. Occasionally taking short flights to sea when flushed but returning to the creek mouth in loose association with the other gulls present. Possibly the same LAGU eported at a different location by Jeff Miller on 3//30."
Iceland Gull (Thayer's) (Larus glaucoides thayeri) (1)
- Reported Apr 06, 2024 08:36 by Tom Edell
- Villa Creek--Estero Bluffs State Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9688341&<ll...>,-120.9688341 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S167456275 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Worn first cycle molting out of juvenile plumage. Identified by small size, small bill, round head, and pale plumage including primaries.Bill transitioning from base to pink but tip still dark. Pink legs. Olive colored eye ring (Photo)"
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Date: 4/6/24 12:02 pm From: Kaaren Perry <surfbird1...> Subject: [slocobirding] Cayucos - Old Creek mouth gulls.
One immature Laughing Gull and two late season Short-billed Gulls were wading at the creek mouth mid-morning. They seemed happy to loaf there despite a surf contest being held nearby and a few frisbee chasing dogs. There was also 2 California Gulls and one Ring-bill present.
Date: 4/6/24 10:30 am From: Freddy Howell via groups.io <jandfhowellz...> Subject: [slocobirding] ❗️MCAS Field Trip-Cloisters to the Strand, April 16, 2024
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Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (5)
- Reported Apr 05, 2024 14:58 by Kate Edwards
- 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/S167297372 - Comments: "Two in the water, two on the beach across buoy 6, and one further to the right by itself. About the same size as surf scoters with smaller bills, round bodies, dirty white ducks with variable black smudge on their face. Scope photos available if needed"
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (6) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 01, 2024 11:58 by Jim Royer
- 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/S167259591 - Comments: "On the end of the Sandspit on the sandy shore next to the harbor mouth. I sat on one of the benches next to the Fishermen’s Family” brass statues and looked across at these continuing ducks behind red buoy number 6. Continuing small ducks with small bills, and different markings. None showed a long tail. One had a blackish chest and side, but the others had light chests and underparts with a darker band on the lower neck. The one with the dark chest had a dark face with a white spot (male?) and the others had a white face with a dark splotch. They were noticeably smaller than a nearby surf scoter."
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 01, 2024 11:58 by Jim Royer
- 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/S167259591 - Comments: "In the surf, fairly close to the beach, north of the big dirt parking lot that is between Morro Rock and the bathroom. This large long necked grebe had a white lower half of the face and long yellowish bill. It did not have the stark black white contrast of a Western Grebe and was much larger than smaller grebes. It was a continuing bird."
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Date: 4/5/24 10:31 am From: Freddy Howell via groups.io <jandfhowellz...> Subject: [slocobirding] ❗️MCAS Field Trip-Birds & Wine-Harmony Headlands and Harmony Cellars Wine Tasting, April 26, 2024
❗Morro Coast Audubon Society Presents
FIELD TRIP: Birds & Wine-Harmony Headlands and Harmony Cellars Wine Tasting
DATE: Friday, April 26, 2024
TIME: Field Trip 8:30AM–11:30AM
Wine Tasting & Cheese at Harmony Cellars 12:00 PM–1:00PM
LEADER: Bob Keally and the Revel Team
COST: $50
Trip is limited to 20 participants - Signups will be taken for 24 hours. Participants will be randomly selected. Those participants must remit payment of $50 dollars within 5 days of registration to be completely confirmed for the trip. The remainder will be put on standby status in case of cancellations. Payment details will be provided to the 20 participants selected. A portion of the fee goes back to MCAS.
DESCRIPTION:
Harmony Headlands is a place of pristine beauty and dramatic landscapes. Join Mike Bush and the Revel Team for a morning of birding along a 4 mile trail (round trip) to bird various habitats beginning in a riparian zone, through coastal sage scrub and grasslands, past vernal pools, and down to the rocky coast. We will look for sparrows, raptors and other birds associated with coastal grassland and chaparral communities. At the shore we will look for turnstones, oystercatchers, scoters, and loons. Wildflowers should be abundant along the way. The trail is moderate with some hills.
After the field trip, we will meet at Harmony Cellars for more bird watching and a delicious wine experience. Harmony Cellars will provide delicious cheese/charcuterie plates to compliment a guided wine tasting flight!
ADA Accessible: No
Experience Level: All Levels Welcome
Registration and RSVP to confirmation Required!
To register, CLICK HERE <https://bit.ly/3IkQzqn>. You will receive an email either to confirm your reservation or to notify you that you are on the waiting list. Exact meeting location will be given to those with confirmed reservations.
Questions? Email Freddy Howell <freddy...> <mailto:<freddy...> 
Photo by Robbie Revel

Photo by Harmony Cellars
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Date: 4/4/24 12:50 pm From: Tom Edell via groups.io <TEdell...> Subject: [slocobirding] Two Laughing Gulls around Morro Bay
SLOCO Birders
Recent photos have shown that there are two Laughing Gull in the Morro Bay
area. The bird Heather O'Connor photographed on the Morro Bay estuary from
the marina boardwalk is not the same bird previously reported along Morro
Strand State Beach. Heather's Apr 1 photo
(https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/616781351) from the Morro Bay State Park
Marina boardwalk doesn't show brown in the wings while the Russ Namitiz's
photos on Mar 31 (https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/616768243) from Morro
Creek mouth show a lot of brown in the wings. Also Jeff Millers photo from
Morro Creek mouth on 30 Mar (https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/616781858)
seems to lack or at least has a lot less brown in the wings. So it appears
the bird Heather and Jeff photographed is bouncing back and forth between
the estuary and Morro Creek mouth. I think the bird Ron Beck photographed
from the boardwalk on Mar 8 (https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/615793347)
is the same bird Heather, Jeff and others have photographed. All of the
prior photos this winter look like an obvious first cycle bird with brown in
the wing coverts and on the head.
Both birds were likely hatched last year (other opinions welcome), but one's
molt is more advanced than the other. This is mainly based on Ann Stockert's
photos of the open wing (https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/616701616)
showing a more advanced wing molt with only inner secondary greater covert
feather replacement and messy looking median coverts (no replacement?)
versus Russ's spread wing photo
(https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/616768237) showing brown and gray
feathers throughout the wing coverts.
Date: 4/4/24 7:24 am From: William Bouton <boutonbill...> Subject: [slocobirding] Singing Lark Bunting
Wednesday May 3, hoping to find a bunting with a more-advanced molt progression than those previously seen, I returned to the “bunting location” just north of KCL Campground on the Carrizo Plain. Slowly driving the two-track along the fence line, I heard an unfamiliar birdsong. Stopping, scanning the scattered brush on the hillside, I found and watched a (non-advanced molt) bunting in song. As has so often been the case, after several minutes perched atop the singing-perch the bird flew down to the fence, then onto the road to forage for food (or gravel?)
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Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (2)
- Reported Apr 03, 2024 17:51 by Bryan Sharp
- 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/S167101340 - Comments: "Pair in non-breeding plumage. Lots of white in the face. No long tail feathers, but noticeably smaller than the pair of Surf Scoters that were also on the shore with them until a crazy human swimmer approached them.
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 03, 2024 10:12 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/S167077644 - Comments: "possibly the continuing bird originally seen off the Morro Bay boat ramp. Seen from the western end of the peninsula constantly diving in a low tide channel. Identified by its largish body and shorter neck than the Aechmorphorus grebes, stout mostly yellow bill, pale face and dark crown. Neck looked pale under the overcast sky. Body brownish above and pale below. Was unable to study or photograph the bird because of its constant diving."
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Date: 4/3/24 6:47 pm From: Kaaren Perry <surfbird1...> Subject: Re: [slocobirding] 30+ Brandt's Cormorants: blue gular patch and displays at Pismo Beach
Thanks Kathanne! Love the sharing of your visit observations and the courtship behavior descriptions! Something new to notice during the Brandt's Cormorant breeding season!
Thank you,
Kaaren Perry
Morro Bay
> On Apr 3, 2024, at 6:39 PM, <kathannelynch1...> wrote:
>
> Brandt's Cormorants are now showing blue gular (chin) patches and breeding displays. Three of us saw 30+ cormorants on rocks within 100 meters offshore Margo Dodd Park on Ocean Ave in Pismo Beach. The spectacular blue color is seen for a few weeks each year. Binoculars or a camera with a zoom will reveal the color to you within minutes, if you wait for an individual to stretch its neck. More than 100 more Brandt's Cormorants were along the shoreline at greater distances. Although we did not find nests today, we saw mating behaviors detailed in Cornell's www.allaboutbirds.org <http://www.allaboutbirds.org/>.
>
> Kathanne Lynch, SLO
> Males advertise to females by pointing the bill skyward (to show off the blue skin of the throat) or by waving the wings. In this display, the male leans forward, cocks and spreads the tail, thrusts the head and neck over the back, and raises the partly open wings, fluttering them and pumping the head up and down. Females also sometimes fight other females that have taken a past nest site. Pairs maintain their bond usually just for one season. They greet each other at the nest with displays, including pointing the bill at the sky, a “gape” display in which they inflate the blue skin of the throat and cock back the head, and a display in which the females grasp the male’s bill (containing nesting material) and the two sway with bills locked...
>
Date: 4/3/24 6:39 pm From: <kathannelynch1...> Subject: [slocobirding] 30+ Brandt's Cormorants: blue gular patch and displays at Pismo Beach
Brandt's Cormorants are now showing blue gular (chin) patches and breeding displays. Three of us saw 30+ cormorants on rocks within 100 meters offshore Margo Dodd Park on Ocean Ave in Pismo Beach. The spectacular blue color is seen for a few weeks each year. Binoculars or a camera with a zoom will reveal the color to you within minutes, if you wait for an individual to stretch its neck. More than 100 more Brandt's Cormorants were along the shoreline at greater distances. Although we did not find nests today, we saw mating behaviors detailed in Cornell's www.allaboutbirds.org ( http://www.allaboutbirds.org ).
Kathanne Lynch, SLO
Males advertise to females by pointing the bill skyward (to show off the blue skin of the throat) or by waving the wings. In this display, the male leans forward, cocks and spreads the tail, thrusts the head and neck over the back, and raises the partly open wings, fluttering them and pumping the head up and down. Females also sometimes fight other females that have taken a past nest site. Pairs maintain their bond usually just for one season. They greet each other at the nest with displays, including pointing the bill at the sky, a “gape” display in which they inflate the blue skin of the throat and cock back the head, and a display in which the females grasp the male’s bill (containing nesting material) and the two sway with bills locked...
> On Apr 3, 2024, at 5:47 PM, Rick Derevan via groups.io <rickderevan...> wrote:
>
> Just had my FOS grosbeak just now, a bright, beautiful male.
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Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (7) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 02, 2024 09:02 by Tom Edell
- 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/S166964250 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Seven resting along the north end of the Morro Bay Sandspit. Birds too backlit to sex individuals. Those with face showing had dark cheek patch, small bills, and varying amounts of white on head. One had a lot of dark on face and breast. Surf Scoter among these birds shows smaller size of Long-tailed Ducks. (Photos)"
Dark mantle; white forehead, chin and underparts; white eye arcs; brownish-gray smudges on crown, nape and sides of neck and upper beast; all black primaries extending past the tail; black bill with narrow red tip on the upper mandible; black legs. In flight showing the dark primaries and a thin white trailing edge on the wings; pale underwing coverts; white rump; tail is white in the center with black corners.
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Redhead (Aythya americana) (2)
- Reported Mar 31, 2024 16:07 by Benjamin Vizzachero
- 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/S166901864 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Two adults in pond north of main trail, swimming around in open across from where boardwalk starts. Unmistakable. Male had gray back, black chest and tail, with rufous colored head and yellowish eye. Male had head tucked entire time, but was alert. Female was vigilant. Drab brownish, showed a pale blue bill. See pics."
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 30, 2024 12:45 by Jeff Miller
- 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/S166855145 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird seen earlier from Morro Rock north parking area - Stocky grebe with large, heavy bill, yellowish at base with dark tip, dark gray crown, rear lower neck and back and with reddish-brown front/sides of neck and white on cheeks and face to back of head."
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 01, 2024 11:33 by Heather O'Connor
- 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/S166853358 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Seen on distant flats at low tide off north point of peninsula. Small gull with white head, grey streaks above and after the eye with white spot between them. Black wing tips. Grey back. Looks to be the end of 1st winter."
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 30, 2024 12:36 by Jeff Miller
- Morro Creek mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8624411&<ll...>,-120.8624411 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S166823219 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing small gull with black bill, legs and primaries, white eye-arcs, gray wash on crown, nape and sides of upper breast, gray back, white tail and white underneath. Bird flushed by dog to the north and appeared to join another gull flock on beach."
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 30, 2024 14:11 by Jeff Miller
- 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/S166823162 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing small gull observed earlier at Morro Creek Mouth had black bill, legs and primaries, white eye-arcs, gray wash on crown, nape and sides of upper breast, gray back, white tail and white underneath."
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Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (5) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 31, 2024 11:54 by Chuck Burt
- 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/S166719384 - Comments: "I saw these birds across the bay and south from Morro Rock mostly resting on the beach; the red buoy in the Morro Bay channel was just off shore from them. These birds have been reported from this area in recent ebird posts. From my distant photos for the ones who did not have their heads tucked under their wings I could see their white bellies, short bills, and rather stocky build. The males and a lot of white on their faces and the females had mostly darkish heads."
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 31, 2024 11:54 by Chuck Burt
- 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/S166719384 - Comments: "Rather similar to western grebe but smaller with a shorter neck. Was in winter plumage with white patch on cheek and heavier bill then the western. Got a couple of poor photos. Swimming in the surf with surf scoter just north of Morro Rock as reported in previous ebird posts."
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 31, 2024 10:45 by Russ Namitz
- 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/S166685996 - Comments: "Continuing Bird. Long black primary projection with no apical spots on primaries. Blackish legs. Blackish bill with reddish ridge on tip of bill. Gray, nape, and back… Blackish crown with whitish forehead"
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (6) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 30, 2024 11:06 by sonja raub
- Lark Bunting stake-out 2023-2024 (use only for birds at this location), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7330033&<ll...>,-119.7330033 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S166653544 - Comments: "Continuing: At least 2 males and 4 female/immature sitting on the fence as previously described. The male: all black with white streaking in the wings and a bluish-black bill; the females were light streaky brown like a sparrow with bluish-black bills. The males were attempting to sign from the fence but were flushed frequently. They seemed to enjoy the nearby asters."
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Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (3)
- Reported Mar 30, 2024 11:38 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/S166584546 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing small diving ducks with brown patches on otherwise white head/face, dark bill, white from breast to undertail and brown on back. All three birds observed loafing on sand-spit just east of red channel buoy."
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) (1)
- Reported Mar 30, 2024 12:00 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- Morro Rock, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8670566&<ll...>,-120.8670566 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S166584891 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing stocky grebe with large, heavy bill, yellowish at base with dark tip, dark gray crown, rear lower neck and back and with reddish-brown front/sides of neck and white on cheeks and face to back of head."
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) (1)
- Reported Mar 30, 2024 12:45 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- 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/S166582806 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing stocky grebe with large, heavy bill, yellowish at base with dark tip, dark gray crown, rear lower neck and back and with reddish-brown front/sides of neck and white on cheeks and face to back of head."
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) (1)
- Reported Mar 30, 2024 15:40 by Ann Stockert
- Morro Creek mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8624411&<ll...>,-120.8624411 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S166576951 - Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "Possibly same bird continuing since 2/9 first reported by Carol Comeau along Morro Strand State Beach. Re-found by Jeff Miller earlier today. Flew in to creek mouth to bath 10 minutes into this observation. First winter bird. White eye arcs, dark bill and dark legs. Photos"
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) (1)
- Reported Mar 30, 2024 12:36 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- Morro Creek mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8624411&<ll...>,-120.8624411 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S166582349 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing small gull with black bill, legs and primaries, white eye-arcs, gray wash on crown, nape and sides of upper breast, gray back, white tail and white underneath. Bird flushed by dog to the north and appeared to join another gull flock on beach."
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) (1)
- Reported Mar 30, 2024 14:11 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- 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/S166583384 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing small gull observed earlier at Morro Creek Mouth had black bill, legs and primaries, white eye-arcs, gray wash on crown, nape and sides of upper breast, gray back, white tail and white underneath."
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored/cismontanus) (Junco hyemalis hyemalis/carolinensis/cismontanus) (1)
- Reported Mar 30, 2024 09:05 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/S166525709 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Similar to my posting a few weeks ago; confusing Junco to me but appears with variable plumage and lacks the pinkish-brown flanks; there is little contrast between head and body; lacks darker head; photographs taken under variable light conditions because of weather conditions; images posted; this birds came in twice during my observation"
Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus) (1)
- Reported Mar 30, 2024 11:25 by Van Pierszalowski
- Lila Keiser Park/Morro Creek, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.856743&<ll...>,-120.856743 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S166580314 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing bird found along bank of Morro Creek approx here: (35.3773233, -120.8584077), just down creek from Lila Keizer Park. The bird was seen alone, in a light rain. Sparrow with reddish crown, white throat, otherwise fairly gray with greenish tint."
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Possibly a different individual from the one(s) that had been reported in the bay at the Tidelands Park area from 12/19/23 to 3/7/2024).
Dark back; dark forehead, crown and stripe down the hind neck; long, stout neck with a rusty-red wash in front; white chin and throat; white face wrapping up around the auricular area; bill is dark at the lower half and yellow at the base.
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 29, 2024 07:48 by Tracy Drake
- Pismo SB--North Beach Campground, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6345294&<ll...>,-120.6345294 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S166353652 - Media: 9 Photos
- Comments: "A beautiful kingbird with a light head, darker eye line, yellow through the chest to the neck and a lobed tail. It was silently preening after bathing in the creek."
Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 29, 2024 07:55 by Ann Stockert
- Lila Keiser Park/Morro Creek, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.856743&<ll...>,-120.856743 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S166406792 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Heard and observed continuing at the very beginning of the “S” curve on the East side of the creek foraging. Gray body with greenish wings and tail, rufous crown and white throat. Poor photo through leaves."
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Date: 3/29/24 4:12 pm From: William Bouton <boutonbill...> Subject: [slocobirding] Carrizo Plain Lark Buntings molt progress
Patricia and I guided some long-time Michigan friends to the Carrizo Plain National Monument yesterday (March 28). While out there, we checked on the “bunting site” near the KCL Campground in hopes some would have molted significantly toward their stunning black-and-white alternate plumage. I’ve seen them during four of the five last weeks, and have been watching their progress. We again found a group of six, among which one male was more than half-molted into formal attire.
The flower bloom is coming along nicely. I thing peak season is still a week or more away.
Hopefully you all figured out my typo. Sorry for another email....
Researchers know that the timing of the curlews return to their WINTERING
(not breeding) grounds is based on what happens during the breeding
season.....
Carol
On Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 11:13 AM John-Carol Roser-Comeau <80comros...>
wrote:
> Right on schedule…MV Dozer and his mate ME Mimi (satellite tagged
> Long-billed Curlews) have left their wintering grounds and returned safely
> to their breeding grounds in Indian Valley, Idaho. Dozer was banded and
> fitted with a satellite transmitter in May 2020 by the Intermountain Bird
> Observatory at his breeding grounds in Indian Valley in the West Central
> Mountains of Idaho. Mimi (Dozer’s mate) was banded in May 2021. This year,
> Dozer left Morro Bay on March 20 and was back in Idaho the next day, March
> 21. Mimi left her wintering grounds just north of the where the Colorado
> River flows into the Gulf of Mexico around March 20th and was back in
> Indian Valley on March 23rd. Researchers know that the timing of the
> curlews return to their breeding grounds is based what happens during the
> breeding season:
>
> 1. failed nesters tend to take off first
>
> 2. then adult females, who leave their chicks under dad's watch
>
> 3. then adult males after their chicks become independent
>
> 4. lastly, the chicks head south
>
> Typically Mimi has returned to Mexico in mid-June. We often find Dozer
> back in Morro Bay at the end of June or early July.
>
> Hoping our famous curlews have a successful breeding season!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Carol Comeau
>
> Los Osos, CA
>
Date: 3/29/24 11:14 am From: RoserComeau <80comros...> Subject: [slocobirding] UPDATE: Dozer and Mimi, satellite tagged Long-billed Curlews
Right on schedule…MV Dozer and his mate ME Mimi (satellite tagged
Long-billed Curlews) have left their wintering grounds and returned safely
to their breeding grounds in Indian Valley, Idaho. Dozer was banded and
fitted with a satellite transmitter in May 2020 by the Intermountain Bird
Observatory at his breeding grounds in Indian Valley in the West Central
Mountains of Idaho. Mimi (Dozer’s mate) was banded in May 2021. This year,
Dozer left Morro Bay on March 20 and was back in Idaho the next day, March
21. Mimi left her wintering grounds just north of the where the Colorado
River flows into the Gulf of Mexico around March 20th and was back in
Indian Valley on March 23rd. Researchers know that the timing of the
curlews return to their breeding grounds is based what happens during the
breeding season:
1. failed nesters tend to take off first
2. then adult females, who leave their chicks under dad's watch
3. then adult males after their chicks become independent
4. lastly, the chicks head south
Typically Mimi has returned to Mexico in mid-June. We often find Dozer back
in Morro Bay at the end of June or early July.
Hoping our famous curlews have a successful breeding season!
Date: 3/29/24 10:35 am From: Kaaren Perry <surfbird1...> Subject: [slocobirding] Closer look at Spring
As we begin to get excited about the arrivals of spring migrants something quieter is also taking place in our area. Over the past few weeks I have been noticing the slow annual change in our wintering sparrows as the time to leave us for their breeding grounds is now approaching. Our winter visiting sparrows are beginning to look pretty scruffy in our yard! Even the continuing White-throated Sparrow is not looking quite so striking. Clean patterned crowns, faces and clear breasts are taking on a splotchy, messy look as the molting into breeding plumages has begun.
Have you looked at our wintering shorebirds recently? May want to take a closer at our Willets before they leave. Many are now transitioning from our familiar plan gray upper parts to signs of breeding plumage with mottled gray-brown upper parts. Willet is just one example of a shorebird species seasonal molt changes observed here recently.
On a different migration topic, yesterday there were 5 Bonaparte's Gulls wading in mouth of Old Creek. I took a look at my trusty Birds of SLO county booklet to review their SLO status at this time. Sure enough, BOGU annually showing most abundant from April to early May, not expected in these numbers again until Nov-early Dec.
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Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) (1)
- Reported Mar 28, 2024 13:00 by Roger Hammer
- Atascadero Wastewater Treatment Ponds--no internal access, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6424508&<ll...>,-120.6424508 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S166305601 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "in 3rd pond basin from the south fence border way over to the western edge, then flew half way toward me standing on the east edge; distant diagnostic shots"
Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 28, 2024 08:09 by Stuart Cibulka
- Lila Keiser Park/Morro Creek, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.856743&<ll...>,-120.856743 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S166258908 - Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "Continued sighting. Bright rusty cap, olive colored wing and tail, and gray breast. Came to low perch for nice open view, unmistakable :) Located on south side of stream as it enters the S curve. Barely audible sounds recorded with chirp at ~1, 5 & 9 secs."
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Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 26, 2024 16:50 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- Atascadero Wastewater Treatment Ponds--no internal access, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6424508&<ll...>,-120.6424508 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S166107759 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Wader with black back, nape, crown and eye circle , long black, slightly upturned bill, white from face/throat to undertail with long pink legs."
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (8) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 26, 2024 17:50 by Rick Derevan
- Lark Bunting stake-out 2023-2024 (use only for birds at this location), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7330033&<ll...>,-119.7330033 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S166108222 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Small flock of approximately 8 individuals. First saw in bushes by side of road; they then flew across road to perch on barbed wire fence. Streaky, large bluish-gray bills."
Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 27, 2024 10:04 by Jim Royer
- Lila Keiser Park/Morro Creek, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.856743&<ll...>,-120.856743 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S166186733 - Comments: "Continuing towhee with greenish color in wings and tail, bright rusty cap, and white throat above gray chest. At the “S Curve”, feeding on and near the ground with White-crowned and Golden-crowned Sparrows."
Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 27, 2024 10:04 by Jim Royer
- Lila Keiser Park/Morro Creek, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.856743&<ll...>,-120.856743 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S166186733 - Comments: "Continuing tail-wagging warbler with a rusty cap, yellow in throat and vent, dark eyeline, and otherwise dull gray brown coloration. Regularly giving a distinctive call and actively feeding in the willows across the creek from the metal shed and cyclone fence."
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Red-tailed Hawk (Krider's) (Buteo jamaicensis kriderii) (1)
- Reported Mar 25, 2024 14:00 by Alexander Linton
- Carrizo Plain NM--Traver Ranch, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6088356&<ll...>,-119.6088356 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S166006357 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Observed hunting to the North of the ranch, entirely white head and underwing clearly evident from a distance, as well as a white tail with a red terminal band at the tip, and brown upperwings with distinct white patches, have some terrible distant photos of the bird"
Red-tailed Hawk (Krider's) (Buteo jamaicensis kriderii) (1)
- Reported Mar 25, 2024 14:00 by Marissa Knight
- Carrizo Plain NM--Traver Ranch, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6088356&<ll...>,-119.6088356 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S166006488 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Observed hunting to the North of the ranch, entirely white head and underwing clearly evident from a distance, as well as a white tail with a red terminal band at the tip, and brown upperwings with distinct white patches, have some terrible distant photos of the bird"
Red-tailed Hawk (Krider's) (Buteo jamaicensis kriderii) (1)
- Reported Mar 25, 2024 14:00 by Paul Linton
- Carrizo Plain NM--Traver Ranch, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.6088356&<ll...>,-119.6088356 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S166007785 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Observed hunting to the North of the ranch, entirely white head and underwing clearly evident from a distance, as well as a white tail with a red terminal band at the tip, and brown upperwings with distinct white patches, have some terrible distant photos of the bird"
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (8)
- Reported Mar 25, 2024 09:00 by David Barton
- 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/S166097790 - Media: 8 Photos
- Comments: "Might have been as few as six. Seen well by all members of the party at the Lark Bunting stake-out site (35.103730, -119.733003) through scopes and binoculars, and photographed by some. Photos attached. In company with white-crowned sparrows. Some males were beginning to show more extensively black faces and brighter white wing patches."
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (7) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 25, 2024 11:30 by Chris Tosdevin
- Lark Bunting stake-out 2023-2024 (use only for birds at this location), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7330033&<ll...>,-119.7330033 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S166010943 - Media: 11 Photos
- Comments: "continuing group of 7 birds... mixed plumages... thick silver bunting type bill, white wing flashes and white at end of tails... in various plumage stages,,,blotchy/scruffy appearance, 1 individual transitioning in full male plumage - see photos"
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Date: 3/25/24 7:54 pm From: Kevin Zimmer via groups.io <kjzimmerphd...> Subject: [slocobirding] FOS Hooded Orioles and Black-headed Grosbeak in Atascadero
After 8 days out-of-state, we returned home on Saturday (March 23rd), and had our first Hooded Oriole (an adult male) and first Black-headed Grosbeak (either a subadult male or a female) of the year. The male Bullock’s Oriole, which had been present for a week prior to our departure on March 14 was not only still present, but was clearly already on territory, and singing throughout the day on Saturday, and on through today (Monday). The male Hooded Oriole was attending our feeders off-and-on throughout the day yesterday, and today, was joined by a second male, with the two squaring off and chattering at one another for extended periods. I have yet to see a female oriole of either species in the yard this spring. I have not see the grosbeak again since late Saturday afternoon, when it briefly fed at one of our suet feeders.
In other signs of spring, we have been seeing a pair of Wood Ducks and a pair of Mallards in Graves Creek for the past couple of weeks. Multiple White-throated Sparrows are still present on the property, but the pair of Red-breasted Nuthatches that wintered here have been MIA for the past few weeks.
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Possibly a different individual from the one(s) that had been reported in the bay at the Tidelands Park area from 12/19/23 to 3/7/2024).
Dark back; dark forehead, crown and stripe down the hind neck; long, stout neck with a rusty-red wash in front; white chin and throat; white face wrapping up around the auricular area; bill is dark at the lower half and yellow at the base.
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) (1)
- Reported Mar 25, 2024 08:01 by Mark Hays
- Avila Ranch Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6744351&<ll...>,-120.6744351 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S165941077 - Comments: "Previously reported bird. Reasonably good photographs taken to confirm ID. Foraging on both sides of the pond. Skittish. Would go from one side to the other. Eventually flew off to the west."
Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) (1)
- Reported Mar 25, 2024 07:24 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/S165991136 - Comments: "Overall brownish bird with bright yellow undertail coverts, dark cap, whitish supercilium and light streaks on breast; continuously bobbing tail, in willows near beginning of bridge"
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Date: 3/25/24 10:26 am From: Freddy Howell via groups.io <jandfhowellz...> Subject: [slocobirding] ❗️MCAS Field Trip-Habitat: Dune scrub, Intertidal & Beach at Estero Bluff’s China Cove, April 4, 2024
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Western Flycatcher (Pacific-slope) (Empidonax difficilis [difficilis Group]) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 23, 2024 12:25 by Petra Clayton
- Cayucos Creek Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9125843&<ll...>,-120.9125843 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S165772252 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Olive-green head and back; two white wingbars; yellowish breast and belly; almond-shaped white eyering; orange lower mandible."
Western Flycatcher (Pacific-slope) (Empidonax difficilis [difficilis Group]) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 19, 2024 09:58 by Brenda Wineman
- De Anza Trail--North Atascadero, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6974933&<ll...>,-120.6974933 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S165764483 - Comments: "Cute little flycatcher with an unmistakable eyering being greater towards the back of the eye. Head crest slightly raised"
Western Flycatcher (Pacific-slope) (Empidonax difficilis [difficilis Group]) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 23, 2024 10:50 by Petra Clayton
- Toro Creek Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8498278&<ll...>,-120.8498278 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S165763102 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Olive-green head and back; two white wingbars; yellowish breast and belly; almond-shaped white eyering; orange lower mandible."
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California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 22, 2024 12:45 by Petra Clayton
- Villa Creek Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9773589&<ll...>,-120.9773589 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S165649605 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Flying overhead
- White leading wing edge with the white area shape starting out narrow on outer wing and getting wider towards inner wing
- Black trailing wing edge
- Short, wide tail
- Stocky appearance"
Western Flycatcher (Pacific-slope) (Empidonax difficilis [difficilis Group]) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 22, 2024 11:15 by Petra Clayton
- Cayucos Creek Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9125843&<ll...>,-120.9125843 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S165650735 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Olive-green head and back; two white wingbars; yellowish breast and belly; almond-shaped white eyering; orange lower mandible."
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (4)
- Reported Mar 21, 2024 12:17 by Christina Tarr
- Lark Bunting stake-out 2023-2024 (use only for birds at this location), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7330033&<ll...>,-119.7330033 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S165652538 - Comments: "At the stakeout spot, sitting on railings. Large silver-blue bill, comparatively large head, black and white malar stripes, white upper coverts. Continuing bird."
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle x Audubon's) (Setophaga coronata coronata x auduboni) (1)
- Reported Mar 21, 2024 09:20 by Reef Comer
- Los Osos Oaks State Reserve, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8132172&<ll...>,-120.8132172 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S165650420 - Comments: "Adult alternate male. Mostly Myrtle looking plumage, but had bright yellow throat like Audubon’s. Breast and flanks showed heavier, black streaking and white supercillium was poorly defined."
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Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 21, 2024 07:45 by David Lawrence
- Avila Ranch Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6744351&<ll...>,-120.6744351 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S165578248 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Smaller than yellowlegs, larger than Spotted Sandpiper, occasionally bobbing while nervously picking for shoreline invertebrates too small for me to see. Yellowish-green medium-length legs; small pale spots over back and folded wings, shoulder (folded wing) darker, (mostly) clean white breast, streaked and dark neck and chest; complete white eyeing; straight, medium-length bill pale at base to black at tip. Tail not completely visualized but even black/white striped on border. Not seen in flight. Silent. Likely the same individual seen for several weeks at this location. Was observed on both sides of small lagoon but sometimes hard to find for 5-10 minutes."
California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 21, 2024 10:59 by Jay Carroll
- Cayucos Creek Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9125843&<ll...>,-120.9125843 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S165529547 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "In with a loose kettle of raptors soaring several hundred feet above the creek valley; white wing linings and extended primaries seen well; single legible tag number looks like a “96” on a very light background, which might indicate bird “996” from Pinnacles."
Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 21, 2024 12:53 by Will Knowlton
- CA-46, Paso Robles US-CA 35.66092, -120.45121, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.451213&<ll...>,-120.451213 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S165545180 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Appears to be a returning individual that was photographed at this location last year. Territorial displays observed including trying to chase off a Golden Eagle that passing by."
Western Flycatcher (Pacific-slope) (Empidonax difficilis [difficilis Group]) (1)
- Reported Mar 22, 2024 07:48 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/S165598930 - Comments: "First one of the year for me. Heard singing, and then was seen in the willow along tally ho, Creek and branch Street. Newly renamed bird. first one for the year."
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (4)
- Reported Mar 21, 2024 12:17 by Karen Kenney
- Lark Bunting stake-out 2023-2024 (use only for birds at this location), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7330033&<ll...>,-119.7330033 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S165531207 - Comments: "At the stakeout spot, sitting on railings. Large silver-blue bill, comparatively large head, black and white malar stripes, white upper coverts. Continuing bird."
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (4)
- Reported Mar 21, 2024 12:17 by Dawn Lemoine
- Lark Bunting stake-out 2023-2024 (use only for birds at this location), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7330033&<ll...>,-119.7330033 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S165605096 - Comments: "At the stakeout spot, sitting on railings. Large silver-blue bill, comparatively large head, black and white malar stripes, white upper coverts. Continuing bird."
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (4)
- Reported Mar 21, 2024 12:17 by Marjorie Powell
- Lark Bunting stake-out 2023-2024 (use only for birds at this location), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7330033&<ll...>,-119.7330033 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S165529840 - Comments: "At the stakeout spot, sitting on railings. Large silver-blue bill, comparatively large head, black and white malar stripes, white upper coverts. Continuing bird."
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (4)
- Reported Mar 21, 2024 12:17 by Christina Tarr
- Lark Bunting stake-out 2023-2024 (use only for birds at this location), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7330033&<ll...>,-119.7330033 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S165548508 - Comments: "At the stakeout spot, sitting on railings. Large silver-blue bill, comparatively large head, black and white malar stripes, white upper coverts. Continuing bird."
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Date: 3/21/24 4:38 pm From: Jay Carroll via groups.io <macro2953...> Subject: [slocobirding] Condors over Cayucos Creek Road
While birding up Cayucos Creek Rd. late this morning I glanced up to see a loose kettle of raptors circling overhead. Among them were two Condors, a Golden Eagle, two Red-tailed Hawks, and about a dozen Turkey Vultures. Although very distant, one photo seemed to show tag number "96", indicating that one of the Condors was from Pinnacles. So, while enjoying those green hills out there, don't forget to look up occasionally! List with photos at: https://ebird.org/checklist/S165529547
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Western Flycatcher (Pacific-slope) (Empidonax difficilis [difficilis Group]) (1)
- Reported Mar 20, 2024 10:45 by Petra Clayton
- Del Mar Park--Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8586752&<ll...>,-120.8586752 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S165437253 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Olive-green head and back; two white wingbars; yellowish breast and belly; almond-shaped white eyering; orange lower mandible."
Western Flycatcher (Pacific-slope) (Empidonax difficilis [difficilis Group]) (1)
- Reported Mar 20, 2024 08:06 by Jim Royer
- My House, 337 Henrietta Ave., Los Osos US-CA (35.3172,-120.8507), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8507143&<ll...>,-120.8507143 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S165480627 - Comments: "Singing “diheek” several times. They are all around now - for example 4 or 5 singing along the creek on my ride today in Montaña de Oro State Park. First of the season for the yard."
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (1)
- Reported Mar 20, 2024 08:14 by Kevin McKereghan
- Lark Bunting stake-out 2023-2024 (use only for birds at this location), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7330033&<ll...>,-119.7330033 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S165430223 - Comments: "Continuing bird. Large chunky sparrow like bird with heavy gray bill, heavily streaked with obvious white along folded wing. Face pattern somewhat obscured, it may be moulting into alternate male plumage"
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (9)
- Reported Mar 18, 2024 14:21 by Sam Phillips
- Lark Bunting stake-out 2023-2024 (use only for birds at this location), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7330033&<ll...>,-119.7330033 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S165388826 - Comments: "Chunky sparrow-like bird with thick gray bill. White wing patches visible in flight. White eyering, streaky chest, and streaky back. At least one molting into dark male plumage around face. Seen precisely at the stakeout spot. Photos to be added."
Palm Warbler (Western) (Setophaga palmarum palmarum) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 20, 2024 14:52 by Jay Carroll
- Lila Keiser Park/Morro Creek, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.856743&<ll...>,-120.856743 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S165494326 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Heard sharp chip notes, then saw a warbler with yellow undertail coverts, contrasting whitish belly, yellow throat, and rufous cap; it constantly bobbed its tail while foraging in the willows."
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Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) (2)
- Reported Mar 17, 2024 14:55 by Petra Clayton
- Turri Road Tidal Ponds, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8218378&<ll...>,-120.8218378 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S165225838 - Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "Most recent set of eBird reports of this species at this eBird hotspot (before today): From 6/4/2020 - 6/16/2020, when a pair was observed copulating and collecting nesting material, which constituted the first known nesting attempt for Morro Bay Estuary.
Ash-throated Flycatcher (Myiarchus cinerascens) (1)
- Reported Mar 16, 2024 13:00 by Roger Hammer
- Prefumo Creek restoration area, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6836815&<ll...>,-120.6836815 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S165357538 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "early arrival, pic; whitish throat, pale yellow belly, medium-sized bill, white-edged secondaries, rufous-tinged primaries and whitish wing-bars, not dusky colored head, it was definitely small for ATFL (~7.5") , but doesn't meet enough characteristics to be a DCFL."
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (9)
- Reported Mar 18, 2024 14:21 by Fred Hochstaedter
- Lark Bunting stake-out 2023-2024 (use only for birds at this location), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7330033&<ll...>,-119.7330033 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S165356513 - Comments: "Chunky sparrow-like bird with thick gray bill. White wing patches visible in flight. White eyering, streaky chest, and streaky back. At least one molting into dark male plumage around face. Seen precisely at the stakeout spot. Photos to be added."
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (9)
- Reported Mar 18, 2024 14:21 by Catherine Webb
- Lark Bunting stake-out 2023-2024 (use only for birds at this location), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7330033&<ll...>,-119.7330033 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S165329117 - Comments: "Chunky sparrow-like bird with thick gray bill. White wing patches visible in flight. White eyering, streaky chest, and streaky back. At least one molting into dark male plumage around face. Seen precisely at the stakeout spot. Photos to be added."
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Date: 3/20/24 10:39 am From: Jan Bugge <buggaloosa...> Subject: [slocobirding] Orioles
Following up on Karen’s email I was treated to a
Hooded Oriole a couple of days ago and a Bullocks Oriole this morning. It’s always great when they return to our place in Creston!
Bird on!
Jan Bugge
Date: 3/20/24 9:51 am From: Kaaren Perry <surfbird1...> Subject: [slocobirding] FOS Bullock's Oriole - Morro Bay
I know they have been popping up around the county lately but always exciting to have a FOS in the yard. Bright male made a brief stop at the tip top of a Redwood before flying off.
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