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Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 11, 2025 12:35 by Petra Clayton
- San Simeon: San Simeon Road / Arroyo del Puerto, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.1890228&<ll...>,-121.1890228 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S278780485 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Juvenile. - First-ever eBird report of this species this far north up the coast. The furthest up on the north coast was at San Geronimo Creek (most recent eBird report there 10/5/2025.)
Observed resting at the creek side east of the Arroyo del Puerto bridge.
All dark, stout bill with yellow feathers at the base of the lower mandible; small white triangular spots on the covert feathers, long legs."
Savannah Sparrow (Large-billed) (Passerculus sandwichensis rostratus/atratus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Oct 11, 2025 12:49 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- 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/S278788863 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "We found the bird foraging in Coyote Bush near bend in the boardwalk where this species has been known to occur (35°20'38.9"N 120°50'20.2"W). This bird was stocky and larger than other nearby Savannah Sparrows and was mostly brown above with brown crown, lores and eye-line, only a hint of a pale supercilium which lacked any yellow we could see and had a large, stout bill with convex culmen, brown auriculars, weak malar stripe and white moustachial stripe. This bird had a white throat and was white below with blurry brown streaking on breast, sides and flanks. Interestingly, the bird stayed in a small (maybe 1-2 ft square) area and allowed a group to approach us and also observe."
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