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Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) (1)
- Reported Aug 26, 2025 15:50 by Petra Clayton
- 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/S269752721 - Media: 16 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing juvenile since this morning (Kevin Zimmer).
It was resting in the creek east of the pedestrian bridge when we arrived, but eventually it stretched and started foraging in the algae-covered creek in the company of a Spotted Sandpiper and three Killdeer.
Overall bigger than the Spotted Sandpiper; conspicuous complete white eyering; two-tone straight bill, greenish at the base with a dark tip (terminal third of the bill); greenish-yellow legs; medium brown streaked breast; white belly and undertail; unmarked flanks; brown mantle with fine white spots; subtly bobbing, but not nearly as much as a Spotted Sandpiper.
Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 28, 2025 09:17 by Virginia Langdon-Lassagne
- 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/S270028976 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing pair of juveniles, thickish, downcurved bill, back dramatically scalloped, legs yellow-green. Slightly larger than red-necked phalaropes, smaller-bodied than Killdeer. Dark stripe through eye, white supercillium. Photos."
Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) (2)
- Reported Aug 27, 2025 12:35 by Jim Royer
- 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/S270094703 - Comments: "Continuing birds in large pond farthest from South Bay Blvd. Juveniles with sharply defined feather edges above, upright posture, long legs, light supercilium and long slightly decurved bill. Clearly bigger than peeps present."
Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 27, 2025 10:47 by Roger Zachary
- 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/S269988778 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "continuing juveniles first reported here yesterday. Today on the eastern most tidal pond. Scaly appearance on back and wings, somewhat long dark bill with a slight droop at the tip, and longish yellow-green legs. (poor Photo)"
Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) (2)
- Reported Aug 27, 2025 09:05 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/S269922553 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing pair of juveniles since 8/25/25 (Reef Comer).
Observed foraging in the third (eastern-most) tidal pond. Recognized by their posture and feeding behavior: The slightly decurved bill is held pointing downward at a right angle to the line of the neck and back. Wading belly-deep in the water they were bending forward when probing, submerging head and neck in the water, causing the rump and tail to stick up.
Appearance includes a prominent white supercilium; slightly decurved black bill; wingtips extending beyond tail; scaly-patterned wings; spindly yellow-green legs.
Click on the image below for a Flickr video:
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jack-petra-clayton/54751554789/in/dateposted-public/" title="Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus), Los Osos, CA"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/54751554789_eacd37206b_z.jpg" alt="Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus), Los Osos, CA" /></a>"
Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 26, 2025 17:05 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/S269752070 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing pair of juveniles since 8/25/25 (Reef Comer). Possibly the same birds reported at Villa Creek yesterday morning. --- This morning we observed only one individual in the third (eastern-most) tidal pond.
This afternoon both were foraging in the same eastern-most pond. Recognized by their posture and feeding behavior: The slightly decurved bill is held pointing downward at a right angle to the line of the neck and back. Wading belly-deep in the water they were bending forward when probing, submerging head and neck in the water, causing the rump and tail to stick up.
Appearance includes a prominent white supercilium; slightly decurved black bill; wingtips extending beyond tail; scaly-patterned wings; spindly yellow-green legs.
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) (1)
- Reported Aug 28, 2025 14:50 by Jonathan Feenstra
- 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/S270100641 - Comments: "Juvenile with the Leasts in the pond closest to the main road. Scaly gray above (no reddish in the scaps like Western and no brown cast like Least). White below. Stubby straight bill. I managed some probably identifiable photos. Everything was scared up by a Peregrine and was lost."
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) (1)
- Reported Aug 28, 2025 14:50 by Anonymous eBirder
- 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/S270107249 - Comments: "Juvenile with the Leasts in the pond closest to the main road. Scaly gray above (no reddish in the scaps like Western and no brown cast like Least). White below. Stubby straight bill. I managed some probably identifiable photos. Everything was scared up by a Peregrine and was lost."
Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum) (1)
- Reported Aug 28, 2025 13:10 by Anonymous eBirder
- 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/S270107251 - Comments: "Continuing immature (juvenile, it appeared to not show any molt limits) flew in and perched in a tree upstream of the bridge. Smaller bill, longer tail apparent both in flight and while perched. Photographed."
Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum) (1)
- Reported Aug 28, 2025 13:10 by Jonathan Feenstra
- 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/S270100312 - Comments: "Continuing immature (juvenile, it appeared to not show any molt limits) flew in and perched in a tree upstream of the bridge. Smaller bill, longer tail apparent both in flight and while perched. Photographed."
Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum) (1)
- Reported Aug 28, 2025 09:40 by Kaaren Perry
- 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/S270071469 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing at this location. Not found in typical roost but rather roosting low along the creek side on a bolder. Possibly it had been replaced by the GREG seen in the sycamore during the viewing."
At first perched on the sycamore tree, about 100 yards up-creek from the pedestrian bridge, then flying down into the creek, where it did not stay very long before flying toward the beach with a number of gulls. Just when we were about to leave it came back and landed on its favorite perch on the sycamore tree. --- Seen from a distance: Dark head, neck and back; yellow gular patch; blue eyes."
Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) (1)
- Reported Aug 28, 2025 14:04 by Anonymous eBirder
- Morro Bay Harbor, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.857&<ll...>,-120.857 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S270107250 - Comments: "Continuing juvenile on the beach across the harbor. It was characteristically dancing while feeding. It was a solid gray-brown larger than a Snowy Egret and smaller than a great."
Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) (1)
- Reported Aug 28, 2025 14:04 by Jonathan Feenstra
- Morro Bay Harbor, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.857&<ll...>,-120.857 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S270100431 - Comments: "Continuing juvenile on the beach across the harbor. It was characteristically dancing while feeding. It was a solid gray-brown larger than a Snowy Egret and smaller than a great."
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) (2)
- Reported Aug 28, 2025 07:17 by Kathleen Kent
- Oakview Village, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.660672&<ll...>,-120.660672 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S270027974 - Comments: "Merlin picked up CEWA vocalizations several times in various locations. I tried to find the birds but was unsuccessful. I feel confident that they were present even though I had no visual confirmation. Note: my hearing is not good, and even with hearing aids, I can’t usually hear their very high pitched frequency."
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