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Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 12, 2026 15:58 by Grace Hayes
- Cuesta Inlet, Los Osos US-CA (35.3201,-120.8505), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.850531&<ll...>,-120.850531 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S320943639 - Comments: "Slender relatively small gull with small dark bill. Gray mantle with back wing tips extending over tail. Winter plumage without hooded head. Eye looks large and dark with black smudging near eye. Seen in location where it has been previously reported."
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 12, 2026 09:38 by Jay Carroll
- 495 Ramona Ave, Los Osos US-CA 35.32021, -120.84518, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.845178&<ll...>,-120.845178 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S320802440 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Found earlier by Jeff Davis, the bird was mostly sheltering in a bushy Wax Myrtle tree, occasionally vocalizing a varied jumble of squeaky song phrases; plain appearance with overall unmarked gray plumage, black cap, darker tail, and chestnut undertail coverts; photos."
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) (1)
- Reported Apr 12, 2026 10:05 by Petra Clayton
- Los Osos: Ramona Ave/Pine Ave, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8448963&<ll...>,-120.8448963 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S320933585 - Media: 1 Video, 5 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing since this morning (Jeff Davis).
Overall gray, black crown, black eye. Unable to see the color of the undertail as the bird was deep in dense shrubbery."
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 12, 2026 09:03 by Connie Moss
- Ramona and Pine GRCA Stakeout, Baywood-Los Osos, California, US (35.32, -120.845), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8446649&<ll...>,-120.8446649 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S320801842 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing found by Jeff Davis overall, a grey bird with black cap and black tail was singing unfortunately I closed merlin without saving the recording ugh! Pics tba"
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 12, 2026 09:03 by Michael Moss
- Ramona and Pine GRCA Stakeout, Baywood-Los Osos, California, US (35.32, -120.845), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8446649&<ll...>,-120.8446649 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S320801841 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing found by Jeff Davis overall, a grey bird with black cap and black tail was singing unfortunately I closed merlin without saving the recording ugh! Pics tba"
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 12, 2026 09:16 by Doug Drynan
- 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/S320804358 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "continuing bird first observed by Jeff Davis this AM at the corner of Pine and Ramona. when I arrived, Mike Moss had just seen and photographed the bird on the electrical wire above the clump of shrubs where it has been seen. After about 20 minutes of watching the bird came out into the open briefly. It was also occasionally singing deep within the shrubs. When it popped out, I could see the all grey bird with a black cap, and rusty undertail coverts."
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