Date: 2/28/25 10:42 pm From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Redhead (1 report)
- Rufous Hummingbird (2 reports)
- Black Skimmer (3 reports)
- Fox Sparrow (Thick-billed) (1 report)
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Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) (1)
- Reported Feb 26, 2025 07:00 by Kevin Zimmer
- KJZ yard, Garcia Rd, Atascadero, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7064838&<ll...>,-120.7064838 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S215782851 - Comments: "Adult male seen twice at our feeders and perched for a minute or two in the Redbud in our backyard. Smaller than nearby Anna's, with solid red-orange gorget, cinnamon sides/flanks, white median underparts, and solidly orange-rufous crown, nape, back, wing-coverts, with no indications of green. No photos."
Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 28, 2025 08:43 by Carol Comeau
- 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/S215890617 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing. Ron spotted it flying up the channel. It then stopped to rest along the bank of the channel. We viewed it from the area where people look for the Large-billed Savannah Sparrows. Photo."
Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 28, 2025 08:43 by Ronald Beck
- 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/S215892649 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing. Ron spotted it flying up the channel. It then stopped to rest along the bank of the channel. We viewed it from the area where people look for the Large-billed Savannah Sparrows. Photo."
Fox Sparrow (Thick-billed) (Passerella iliaca [megarhyncha Group]) (3) CONFIRMED
- Reported Feb 27, 2025 08:14 by Kevin Zimmer
- West Cuesta Ridge, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.661226&<ll...>,-120.661226 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S215898950 - Media: 20 Photos
- Comments: "Much paler and grayer on the head and upper parts than “Sooty” Fox Sparrow, with contrasting rufous wings and tail, but with massive (both in width and depth), silvery bill, with straight-edged culmen and distinct tomial “tooth” and notch along the cutting-edge, lending a goofy, grinning countenance. Call notes were thin and sharp, with metallic quality like those of California Towhee, and very different from the husky, smacking notes of nearby “Sooty” Fox Sparrows. Photos to follow shortly."
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