Date: 11/6/24 8:13 am
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Common Gallinule (1 report)
- Black-necked Stilt (4 reports)
- Pacific Golden-Plover (2 reports)
- Chipping Sparrow (1 report)

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NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

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Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 05, 2024 11:55 by Petra Clayton
- Arroyo Grande: Cypress Ridge Golf Course, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.5764117&<ll...>,-120.5764117
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S201531009
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Gun-metal gray body; brown mantle; dark gray crown and neck; white-edged flanks; short tail with white edges; maroon-colored "shield" and bill with yellow tip; dark eye.
Click on the image below for a Flickr video, showing the Common Gallinule preening and foraging:
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jack-petra-clayton/54120342199/in/dateposted-public/" title="Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata), Arroyo Grande, CA"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/54120342199_37aeec824c_c.jpg" alt="Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata), Arroyo Grande, CA" /></a>"

Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 05, 2024 15:00 by Tim Miller
- Santa Rosa Creek mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.1102353&<ll...>,-121.1102353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S201528544
- Comments: "On far side of lagoon from ocean. Pointed out to me by another birder. Unmistakable. Also calling."

Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 05, 2024 14:00 by Terri Osborn
- Santa Rosa Creek mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.1102353&<ll...>,-121.1102353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S201537093
- Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Found earlier today by Terri May. White below, black above, black on back of neck, and black cap over eyes with white patch above eyes, long pink legs and thin black bill. Seen foraging along east shore of the lagoon."

Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 05, 2024 10:59 by Leah Ruckle
- Santa Rosa Creek mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.1102353&<ll...>,-121.1102353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S201525328
- Comments: "Long pink legs, pale body and breast. Black back of neck."

Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 05, 2024 10:21 by Terri May
- Santa Rosa Creek mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.1102353&<ll...>,-121.1102353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S201507346
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Petitly built black and white shorebird. Long pink legs. Unique call. In the lagoon near a GREA and 2 BOGU! Flew around occasionally."

Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 05, 2024 09:05 by Terri Osborn
- San Simeon Creek Mouth/Beach, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.1267052&<ll...>,-121.1267052
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S201541245
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird first reported on 10/5/2024. Buffy below with brown, white and golden speckles on the back, whitish supercilium, a dark ear patch, and a short bill. (Long distance photo through the fog)"

Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 05, 2024 08:07 by Nick & Jane
- San Simeon Creek Mouth/Beach, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.1267052&<ll...>,-121.1267052
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S201520133
- Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing since Nov. 1. Gold coloring along scapulars and back, golden wash to face, dark cap and ear spot. Foraging out in the open near lagoon, then alongside lagoon. I entered the area from the Washburn pullout boardwalk."

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (2)
- Reported Nov 05, 2024 08:22 by Kathleen Kent
- Oakview Village, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.660672&<ll...>,-120.660672
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S201497962
- Comments: "Two CHSP foraging on the ground together. Rufous crowns, dark line continuing from behind the eye through to the beak. Plain, unmarked grayish white breast and belly. Photos will be submitted soonish."

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