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Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) (1)
- Reported Apr 16, 2024 08:17 by Mike Bush
- Morro Strand State Beach, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8678892&<ll...>,-120.8678892 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168902550 - Comments: "Significantly smaller than surrounding Western Gulls, black bill, molting head mostly white with a gray line at the top of the nape, continuing darker gray through the mantle mixed with pale brown patches. White underside. Legs dark gray, not quite black."
Iceland Gull (Thayer's) (Larus glaucoides thayeri) (1)
- Reported Apr 16, 2024 07:39 by Tom Edell
- Old Creek--Cayucos, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8875608&<ll...>,-120.8875608 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168943699 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "First cycle. Very similar looking to the bird I saw at Villa Creek (Estero Bluffs State Park) on 6 Apr 2024 with worn wing coverts, somewhat short dark bill transitioning to a dark tip with pink base, round pale head, mottled brown and white plumage, and brown primaries and secondaries. (Photos)"
Hammond's Flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii) (1)
- Reported Apr 15, 2024 06:41 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- De Anza Trail--North Atascadero, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6974933&<ll...>,-120.6974933 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168848452 - Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "Heard repeated "pip" calls from distant oak grove and arrived to record one last note before the bird went silent and could not be re-found. Lone "pip" call is just before 2 sec mark."
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (12) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 15, 2024 10:08 by Herb Elliott
- Lark Bunting stake-out 2023-2024 (use only for birds at this location), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7330033&<ll...>,-119.7330033 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168849255 - Media: 6 Photos, 1 Audio
- Comments: "First reported Sat 9 Dec 2023 by Will Knowlton & Jacqueline Knowlton. My highest single count this morning was twelve; nine in flight while three perched on the barbed wire fence. Plumage of birds in the flock varied from partial to incomplete molting."
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (8) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 10, 2024 14:38 by Ariela Gottschalk
- Lark Bunting stake-out 2023-2024 (use only for birds at this location), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7330033&<ll...>,-119.7330033 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168946271 - Comments: "Continuing birds at this location. Thick bill, white wing patch, streaky. Some males with black plumage coming in. Russ may have photos:"
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (8) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 10, 2024 14:38 by Penny Principe
- Lark Bunting stake-out 2023-2024 (use only for birds at this location), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7330033&<ll...>,-119.7330033 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168929989 - Comments: "Continuing birds at this location. Thick bill, white wing patch, streaky. Some males with black plumage coming in. Russ may have photos:"
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (8) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 10, 2024 14:38 by Susan Rittenhouse
- Lark Bunting stake-out 2023-2024 (use only for birds at this location), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7330033&<ll...>,-119.7330033 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168934176 - Comments: "Continuing birds at this location. Thick bill, white wing patch, streaky. Some males with black plumage coming in. Russ may have photos:"
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) (1)
- Reported Apr 15, 2024 13:30 by Curtis Marantz
- Doris Street Coastal Access, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.848252&<ll...>,-120.848252 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168850657 - Comments: "(singing and calling; I heard moments after my arrival a single series of jumbled whistles that sounded like the song of this species, followed by an extended period during which both "check" calls and chatters were given from the flowering eucalyptus tree, but I never did see the continuing oriole)"
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (2)
- Reported Apr 16, 2024 11:13 by Terri May
- Harmony Headlands State Park, Cambria US-CA 35.47755, -120.99244, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.992437&<ll...>,-120.992437 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168947874 - Comments: "Observed from the parking lot by the gate that is on the down coast side. Flying back and forth across the road to trees that is on the side there side of the gate. Did not have an opportunity to get a decent picture due to them being so hyper. But because I was so close I got a very clear view with my binoculars."
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