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Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 29, 2025 07:57 by Dana Bangs
- 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/S270233147 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird right where previously reported. Dunlin-like Calidris though slightly larger with longer yellow legs (lower legs mostly underwater), bill with continuous "Dunlin" droop but longer, strong white supercilium, dirty streaked breast and head, and dark cleanly "scaled" back with clean white margins. White rump in flight. Presumed juveniles. See pics."
Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) (2)
- Reported Aug 28, 2025 18:21 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- 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/S270286098 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Mid-sized shorebirds were larger than nearby Red-necked Phalarope and showed scaly back, large head with heavy, mid-length, slightly drooping bill, darker brown crown cap with white supercilium, brown streaking on neck and upper breast, spotting on sides and flanks and long greenish legs. Observed feeding in west pond nearest South Bay Blvd."
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 28, 2025 14:50 by Charles Ford
- 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/S270150399 - 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) CONFIRMED
- 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/S270280940 - 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) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 28, 2025 13:10 by Charles Ford
- 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/S270150299 - Media: 1 Photo
- 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) CONFIRMED
- 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/S270280927 - Media: 1 Photo
- 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."
Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) (1)
- Reported Aug 28, 2025 14:04 by Charles Ford
- 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/S270150356 - 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 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/S270280934 - 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."
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