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Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii) (1)
- Reported Apr 23, 2025 14:30 by Mike Bush
- 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/S228663104 - Comments: "This goose was seen earlier today by K. Perry. Feeding on pickerel weed as Kaaren reported with a Canada Goose. Seen at a distance, it was obviously a smaller bird with a shorter neck."
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 22, 2025 18:14 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/S228390228 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Head and tail "tipping" Tringa, slightly smaller than nearby Killdeer with short neck, round head, dark eye with bold white eye-ring, straight, medium length, two-tone bill - olive at base and middle with dark tip, white-speckled brown upper-parts and wings, white below with brown and white breast streaking and olive/green legs. Bird observed foraging in river at appx. (35.52276, -120.6751)."
Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 21, 2025 12:06 by Kevin Zimmer
- Atascadero Lake, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6667256&<ll...>,-120.6667256 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S228542202 - Comments: "Small, brown-backed swallow with paler back contrasting with darker wings; white underparts with distinct brownish band across chest; smaller, with faster wing beats than nearby Northern Rough-winged and Cliff Swallows. First alerted to its presence by its distinctive series of fast, buzzy, “electric static” call notes."
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