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Black Scoter (Melanitta americana) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 16, 2025 11:25 by Tom Edell
- Little Cayucos Creek Mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9039301&<ll...>,-120.9039301 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S284819529 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Female plumaged bird feeding in the surf line. I saw no yellow on the base of the bill or evidence of a knob on the bill so this is probably a female (photo)"
Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (1)
- Reported Nov 16, 2025 10:35 by Petra Clayton
- Tidelands Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8514118&<ll...>,-120.8514118 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S284862348 - Comments: "Continuing juvenile. One was perched on a boat at the long private boat ramp.
We have been observing this species since early September. We observed one juvenile at this location in the morning of 9/6/25 and again on 9/7/25, 9/8/25, 9/12/25 and 9/18/25. We observed three juveniles on 9/25/25 and 9/26/25. On 10/2/25 we observed two juveniles. On 10/7/25 and 10/8/25 we observed a single juvenile here. On 10/13/25 and 10/14/25 we again observed two individuals. On 10/23/25 we saw just a single one. On 10/24/25 and 10/29/25 we saw two. On 11/8/25, 11/12/25 and 11/14/25 again only a single one.
One juvenile was first present here on 9/4/25 and could have been the same individual reported on 9/3/25 at the Morro Bay SP Marina.
Today's juveniles had a dark, stout bill with yellow feathers at the base of the lower mandible; small white triangular spots on the covert feathers, long legs.
Click on the image below for a Flickr video:"
A bit smaller than the near-by American Pipit. Both birds were constantly bobbing their tails while actively foraging in the vegetation and the beach wrack at the Adobe Creek mouth .
Olive-brown crown and back; creamy throat; light yellow breast and belly; brownish streaks on the breast; weaker streaking on the flanks; bright yellow rump and undertail coverts; dark line through the eye; creamy supercilium; white eye arcs.
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