Date: 3/13/25 1:10 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)
- Long-tailed Duck (1 report)
- Broad-billed Hummingbird (1 report)
- Chipping Sparrow (1 report)

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Thank you for subscribing to the <daily> San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert. The report below shows observations of rare birds in San Luis Obispo County. View or unsubscribe to this alert at https://ebird.org/alert/summary?sid=SN36231
NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

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Redhead (Aythya americana) (6) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 12, 2025 10:00 by Kaaren Perry
- Whale Rock Reservoir, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8708239&<ll...>,-120.8708239
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S218115585
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Group of 4 and pair seen together."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 12, 2025 09:58 by Petra Clayton
- Morro Bay Harbor, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.857&<ll...>,-120.857
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S218179270
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing since 1/17/2025 (Jeff Bouton, Eric Boenzli)
Round white head; dark cheek patch; small bill. Occasionally diving.
Click on the image below for a Flickr video, showing a distant view of the Long-tailed Duck swimming from right to left, occasionally diving:
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jack-petra-clayton/54383488236/in/dateposted-public/" title="Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis), Morro Bay, CA"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/54383488236_94faa4d0c7_z.jpg" alt="Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis), Morro Bay, CA" /></a>"

Broad-billed Hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris) (1)
- Reported Mar 13, 2025 09:01 by Christine Hogue
- Backfence, Arroyo Grande US-CA, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.569998&<ll...>,-120.569998
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S218275611
- Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing female. Green back, white belly and chest, blue tail w white tips. Dark eye mask w white stripe above. Red lower mandible. Photos."

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (2)
- Reported Mar 13, 2025 08:23 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/S218257350
- Comments: "Bright rufous crowns, prominent white supercilliums, unmarked light gray chests, bellies and flanks."

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