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King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 01, 2026 09:39 by Nick & Jane
- 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/S305150403 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Could see the bird on oyster platform. The overall shape and blocky head and warm brown tones could be seen, as well as overall large size. At one point it stretched its neck and head curiously when a kayak got close. Photos—two originals and one cropped"
King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 01, 2026 11:09 by Nick & Jane
- Morro Bay SP--Natural History Museum, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8437825&<ll...>,-120.8437825 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S305149221 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Could see the bird on oyster platform. Had viewed it earlier from marina boardwalk. The overall shape and blocky head and warm brown tones could be seen, as well as overall large size. Photo—cropped and original."
King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 01, 2026 11:45 by Mark Hays
- Pasadena Park Beach, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8440733&<ll...>,-120.8440733 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S305100579 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Male bird previously reported. Present for a number of days now. Out on the plant platform in the bay. Fairly quiet occasionally printing. Distance photos able to be taken."
King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 01, 2026 11:15 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- Pasadena Park Beach, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8440733&<ll...>,-120.8440733 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S305202159 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing female - Stout, mostly all brown sea duck with long sloping black bill. Observed loafing and preening on it's usual oyster farm barge nearest to shore."
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 28, 2026 11:43 by Ronald Beck
- 200 Main St. balcony, (Private), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.84712&<ll...>,-120.84712 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S305089801 - Comments: "Continuing rarity, seen and reported at multiple locations, over the last couple of months. A sub-adult with a large black band on tail, seen inflight, the birds upper wings were dark gray with extensive black primaries. When the bird landed on a mudflat, next to a Ring-billed Gull, the Laughing Gull was noticeably shorter, and thinner, with a long black bill, and black feet, the head was white, with gray smudging around the eyes, hind neck, and a faint smudge across the top of the head."
Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis) (1)
- Reported Mar 01, 2026 09:09 by Mark Hays
- 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/S305086715 - Comments: "Continuing bird. Seen in the last several days with a large group of Grady, grits and snowy egrets out on the flooded plain. A smaller stock of your bird than the long necked greedy grit, and a pronounced lower mandible."
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 01, 2026 15:12 by Kelley Boland
- Crazy Horse Dr, Paso Robles US-CA (35.6214,-120.6722), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.672242&<ll...>,-120.672242 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S305208333 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Sitting in a friend’s backyard and noticed two sparrows foraging in the lawn, eating dandelion seeds. At first, I thought WCSP because I saw crown markings and plain grayish breast, but they were just so small! Closer look, I saw rusty brown crown and dark eye line extending from bill. Snapped a terrible phone pic before they were spooked by a barking dog. Have been reported at nearby Centennial Park in previous winters."
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