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Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii) (1)
- Reported Apr 23, 2025 09:17 by Lisa Gattuso
- 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/S229055509 - Comments: "Kaaren Perry has a photo of this similar, but much smaller goose, standing right next to a Canada Goose. The bill is half the length of the width of its head, not super petite, but shorter than a Canada Goose bill. I will attempt to attach her photo"
Calliope Hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) (2)
- Reported Apr 24, 2025 07:58 by Nick & Jane
- Laguna Lake, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6903817&<ll...>,-120.6903817 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S229049235 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "Been messing up at hummer IDs lately. Giving another go. I did hear a Calliope display call today. So there’s that. An obvious two part sound that Sibley’s describes as a high pitched tseee-ewww. It quickly rose in one note, then gave a descending note. This was in the gazebo area.
Before that, I was in the northeast section of park adjacent to the Chinese restaurant when I was hearing high-pitched call notes coming from a small green-and-orange hummer. Didn’t sound like the usual lower buzz notes of a rufous/allen’s. I played some calliope calls and the bird came around curiously. I was able to snap one photo. The bird had a short straightish bill, orange flanks and undertail, green back, white lower belly, and a tail that appeared squared off and didnt taper, but is it short enough? I think my other main field mark here was the high-pitched call sounds, but didn’t manage a recording. The bird had a green crown, back and nape, and no orange on face or in its eyebrow, dark cheeks and lores and a large white patch behind its eye.
The other photos are another 1-2 birds—I think a single bird in a different pose that was taken a few mins apart in the gazebo area in a pine by the eucs (saw tree cutters destroying this low pine after I exited that area—boo). And I think they may be the same bird because of a partial gorget with two long gorget feathers low but above center of chest. In a group of pics, a bird reveals an extremely short tail, orange and green flanks, long gorget feathers, and a very white throat. In the single pic that is a different pose, that bird’s white undertail can be seen, as well as orangey and green flanks, white throat, long gorget feathers. Photos"
Seen flying among other swallows - Distinguished by its white throat and brown breast band, in contrast to the buffy brownish throat of the Rough-winged. Tracked it multiple times (approx. 6) with binoculars to confirm the band.
No photo—still haven’t managed to get a decent picture of a swallow in flight on camera."
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