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Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1)
- Reported Jan 09, 2026 13:08 by Maria Elena Crabb
- Sweet Springs Nature Preserve, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8422726&<ll...>,-120.8422726 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S293386911 - Comments: "Male teal that looked very much like a Blue-winged Teal but with cinnamon tones to the breast and some cinnamon coloration in the otherwise white face crescent. Perhaps a hybrid teal backcrossed with a Blue-winged Teal?"
Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal (hybrid) (Spatula discors x cyanoptera) (1)
- Reported Jan 09, 2026 13:08 by Gjon Hazard
- Sweet Springs Nature Preserve, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8422726&<ll...>,-120.8422726 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S293386154 - Comments: "Male teal that looked very much like a Blue-winged Teal but with cinnamon tones to the breast and some cinnamon coloration in the otherwise white face crescent. Perhaps a hybrid teal backcrossed with a Blue-winged Teal?"
Redhead (Aythya americana) (7) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jan 09, 2026 10:00 by Kaaren Perry
- Whale Rock Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8708239&<ll...>,-120.8708239 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S293343229 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Small group of Redheads loosely moving together were observed sleeping, preening and diving. Previously reported in the Cottontail Creek arm of the reservoir. 4 adult male and 3 female seen. Photos confirm id."
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) (1)
- Reported Jan 09, 2026 08:40 by Nick & Jane
- Pt. Piedras Blancas--elephant seal colony, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.2567043&<ll...>,-121.2567043 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S293371693 - Comments: "Spotted this small hawk right after I pulled out of elephant seal lot—maybe thirty or forty yards south on the west side of road. The hawk was either attacking a squirrel or some other small animal. It was flapping its brown wings like crazy and wasn’t quite landing. I was able to have clear views of its tail which had thick contrasting equal-sized bands of black-white-black-white. The white was bright and had no grey tones. Also, there was extensive white on the face, and a dark cheek patch, which would make it an immature bird and perhaps a light morph. A nice consolation prize after not seeing the rare plover I was hoping would be around. No photos."
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