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Date: 5/6/25 2:00 pm From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary: - Common Goldeneye (1 report) - White-winged Dove (1 report) - Arctic Tern (5 reports) - Red-billed Tropicbird (3 reports) - Laysan Albatross (13 reports) - Hawaiian Petrel (15 reports) - Cook's Petrel (4 reports) - Willow Flycatcher (1 report) - Bank Swallow (1 report) - Chipping Sparrow (2 reports) - White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel's) (2 reports) --------------------------------------------- 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. eBird encourages our users to bird safely, responsibly, and mindfully. Please follow the recommendations of your local health authorities and respect any active travel restrictions in your area. For more information visit: https://ebird.org/news/please-bird-mindfully Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) (1) - Reported May 05, 2025 17:52 by Esme Rosen - Arroyo Grande Creek mouth, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6287241&<ll...>,-120.6287241 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233672809 - Comments: "????? extremely late, and worst goldeneye habitat. female type, photos to be added tomorrow" White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) (1) - Reported May 05, 2025 07:08 by Herb Elliott - Islay Creek Campground--Montana de Oro SP, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8838502&<ll...>,-120.8838502 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233572676 - Media: 7 Photos, 1 Audio - Comments: "Rare but regular. One heard initially singing then located in cypress at amphitheater. Eventually flew down and foraged with some BTPIs and CAQU at Campsite 17 before flying off towards Spooner’s Cove not to be seen again. Brown dove with longish tail, white wing patches, long thin bill, black whisker on face and reddish eyes and bright legs. Pics." Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) (3) - Reported May 04, 2025 14:30 by Matthew Brooks - WINGS 05.2025 2.10, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.9318441&<ll...>,-121.9318441 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233680543 - Comments: "Seen by Ben, details tba" Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) (3) - Reported May 04, 2025 14:30 by Ben Lucking \| WINGS - WINGS 05.2025 2.10, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.9318441&<ll...>,-121.9318441 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233680472 - Comments: "Seen by Ben, details tba" Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) (3) - Reported May 04, 2025 14:30 by David Chernack - WINGS 05.2025 2.10, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.9318441&<ll...>,-121.9318441 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233681684 - Comments: "Seen by Ben, details tba" Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) (3) - Reported May 04, 2025 14:30 by Philip Whitlow - WINGS 05.2025 2.10, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.9318441&<ll...>,-121.9318441 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233680580 - Comments: "Seen by Ben, details tba" Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) (3) - Reported May 04, 2025 14:30 by Patrick Shure - WINGS 05.2025 2.10, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.9318441&<ll...>,-121.9318441 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233681622 - Comments: "Seen by Ben, details tba" Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) (1) CONFIRMED - Reported May 01, 2025 10:34 by Obie Gilkerson - Auto selected 34.68221, -121.91780, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.917804&<ll...>,-121.917804 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233552984 - Comments: "Clearly seen with MOB at 11:05. Others will post photos" Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) (1) - Reported May 01, 2025 10:44 by Keith Condon - Nieuw Amsterdam Cruise 34.887, -122.007, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-122.0070268&<ll...>,-122.0070268 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233694235 - Comments: "White seabird similarbto a tern butbwith a long tail streamer, black bars an the wings an a large red bill. Photo to be added." Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) (1) - Reported May 04, 2025 14:30 by Ben Lucking \| WINGS - WINGS 05.2025 2.10, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.9318441&<ll...>,-121.9318441 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233680472 - Comments: "Very distant bird seen by Ben. Flight style immediately struck as tropicbird, and it was almost entirely bright white above and below. Terrible pics show black in the upperwing, ruling out something like an Arctic Tern acting unusually in the strong winds (among other things also seemed too large for that regardless, but didn't want to judge size too much at that distance with no point of comparison)." Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) (1) - Reported May 01, 2025 11:43 by Obie Gilkerson - Auto selected 35.02012, -122.06587, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-122.065871&<ll...>,-122.065871 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233553297 - Comments: "At 12:05. Good views on port side" Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) (1) - Reported May 01, 2025 11:15 by Phil Rusch - CAS Nieuw Amsterdam 2025 2.6, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-122.006415&<ll...>,-122.006415 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233577959 - Comments: "Large albatross with white head and tail, black wings and mantle" Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) (1) - Reported May 01, 2025 11:15 by Steve Mayo - CAS Nieuw Amsterdam 2025 2.6, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-122.006415&<ll...>,-122.006415 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233620223 - Comments: "Large albatross with white head and tail, black wings and mantle" Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) (1) - Reported May 04, 2025 14:30 by Patrick Shure - WINGS 05.2025 2.10, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.9318441&<ll...>,-121.9318441 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233681622 - Comments: "White albatross, dark back 1448" Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) (1) - Reported May 04, 2025 14:30 by David Chernack - WINGS 05.2025 2.10, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.9318441&<ll...>,-121.9318441 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233681684 - Comments: "White albatross, dark back 1448" Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) (1) - Reported May 04, 2025 14:30 by Matthew Brooks - WINGS 05.2025 2.10, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.9318441&<ll...>,-121.9318441 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233680543 - Comments: "White albatross, dark back 1448" Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) (1) - Reported May 04, 2025 14:30 by Ben Lucking \| WINGS - WINGS 05.2025 2.10, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.9318441&<ll...>,-121.9318441 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233680472 - Comments: "White albatross, dark back 1448" Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) (1) - Reported May 04, 2025 14:30 by Philip Whitlow - WINGS 05.2025 2.10, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.9318441&<ll...>,-121.9318441 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233680580 - Comments: "White albatross, dark back 1448" Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) (1) - Reported May 04, 2025 13:45 by Matthew Brooks - WINGS 05.2025 2.9, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.8761511&<ll...>,-121.8761511 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233680542 - Comments: "White albatross, black back, pics TBA. 1419" Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) (1) - Reported May 04, 2025 13:45 by Ben Lucking \| WINGS - WINGS 05.2025 2.9, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.8761511&<ll...>,-121.8761511 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233680471 - Comments: "White albatross, black back, pics TBA. 1419" Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) (1) - Reported May 04, 2025 13:45 by Philip Whitlow - WINGS 05.2025 2.9, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.8761511&<ll...>,-121.8761511 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233680579 - Comments: "White albatross, black back, pics TBA. 1419" Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) (1) - Reported May 04, 2025 13:45 by Patrick Shure - WINGS 05.2025 2.9, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.8761511&<ll...>,-121.8761511 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233681623 - Comments: "White albatross, black back, pics TBA. 1419" Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) (1) - Reported May 04, 2025 13:45 by David Chernack - WINGS 05.2025 2.9, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.8761511&<ll...>,-121.8761511 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233681685 - Comments: "White albatross, black back, pics TBA. 1419" Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) (1) - Reported May 04, 2025 14:30 by Matthew Brooks - WINGS 05.2025 2.10, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.9318441&<ll...>,-121.9318441 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233680543 - Comments: "Dark backed, white-bellied petrel with long wings and tail, dark ulnar bar 1514" Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) (1) - Reported May 04, 2025 14:30 by Patrick Shure - WINGS 05.2025 2.10, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.9318441&<ll...>,-121.9318441 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233681622 - Comments: "Dark backed, white-bellied petrel with long wings and tail, dark ulnar bar 1514" Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) (1) - Reported May 04, 2025 14:30 by David Chernack - WINGS 05.2025 2.10, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.9318441&<ll...>,-121.9318441 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233681684 - Comments: "Dark backed, white-bellied petrel with long wings and tail, dark ulnar bar 1514" Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) (1) - Reported May 04, 2025 14:30 by Philip Whitlow - WINGS 05.2025 2.10, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.9318441&<ll...>,-121.9318441 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233680580 - Comments: "Dark backed, white-bellied petrel with long wings and tail, dark ulnar bar 1514" Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) (1) - Reported May 04, 2025 14:30 by Ben Lucking \| WINGS - WINGS 05.2025 2.10, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.9318441&<ll...>,-121.9318441 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233680472 - Comments: "Dark backed, white-bellied petrel with long wings and tail, dark ulnar bar 1514" Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) (1) - Reported May 04, 2025 15:30 by Philip Whitlow - WINGS 05.2025 2.11, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.9994829&<ll...>,-121.9994829 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233680581 - Comments: "Seen by David, not seen by leaders. "long-tailed Pterodroma, dark upper" 1624" Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) (1) - Reported May 04, 2025 15:30 by Matthew Brooks - WINGS 05.2025 2.11, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.9994829&<ll...>,-121.9994829 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233680544 - Comments: "Seen by David, not seen by leaders. "long-tailed Pterodroma, dark upper" 1624" Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) (1) - Reported May 04, 2025 15:30 by David Chernack - WINGS 05.2025 2.11, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.9994829&<ll...>,-121.9994829 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233681683 - Comments: "Seen by David, not seen by leaders. "long-tailed Pterodroma, dark upper" 1624" Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) (1) - Reported May 04, 2025 15:30 by Patrick Shure - WINGS 05.2025 2.11, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.9994829&<ll...>,-121.9994829 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233681621 - Comments: "Seen by David, not seen by leaders. "long-tailed Pterodroma, dark upper" 1624" Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) (1) - Reported May 04, 2025 15:30 by Ben Lucking \| WINGS - WINGS 05.2025 2.11, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.9994829&<ll...>,-121.9994829 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233680473 - Comments: "Seen by David, not seen by leaders. "long-tailed Pterodroma, dark upper" 1624" Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) (1) - Reported May 04, 2025 17:30 by Patrick Shure - WINGS 05.2025 2.13, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-122.1615275&<ll...>,-122.1615275 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233681618 - Comments: "Dark back, white-bellied petrel, long wings and tail. 1752" Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) (1) - Reported May 04, 2025 17:30 by David Chernack - WINGS 05.2025 2.13, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-122.1615275&<ll...>,-122.1615275 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233681681 - Comments: "Dark back, white-bellied petrel, long wings and tail. 1752" Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) (1) - Reported May 04, 2025 17:30 by Ben Lucking \| WINGS - WINGS 05.2025 2.13, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-122.1615275&<ll...>,-122.1615275 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233680476 - Comments: "Dark back, white-bellied petrel, long wings and tail. 1752" Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) (1) - Reported May 04, 2025 17:30 by Matthew Brooks - WINGS 05.2025 2.13, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-122.1615275&<ll...>,-122.1615275 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233680546 - Comments: "Dark back, white-bellied petrel, long wings and tail. 1752" Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) (1) - Reported May 04, 2025 17:30 by Philip Whitlow - WINGS 05.2025 2.13, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-122.1615275&<ll...>,-122.1615275 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233680583 - Comments: "Dark back, white-bellied petrel, long wings and tail. 1752" Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) (1) - Reported May 04, 2025 16:30 by Anne Tucker - Auto selected 35.09450, -122.07223, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-122.072226&<ll...>,-122.072226 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233768490 - Comments: "Called out by Tom. Scope bird and by very few. Small Pterodroma with gray back and white underside. Fast flier." Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) (1) - Reported May 04, 2025 16:30 by Linda Whittingham - Auto selected 35.09450, -122.07223, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-122.072226&<ll...>,-122.072226 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233562847 - Comments: "Called out by Tom. Scope bird and by very few. Small Pterodroma with gray back and white underside. Fast flier." Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) (1) - Reported May 01, 2025 12:15 by Phil Rusch - CAS Nieuw Amsterdam 2025 2.7, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-122.137919&<ll...>,-122.137919 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233577958 - Comments: "1 1227. Pterodroma with gray caps and distinctive M shape on wings. Expected this time of year" Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) (1) - Reported May 01, 2025 12:15 by Steve Mayo - CAS Nieuw Amsterdam 2025 2.7, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-122.137919&<ll...>,-122.137919 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233620209 - Comments: "1 1227. Pterodroma with gray caps and distinctive M shape on wings. Expected this time of year" Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii) (1) - Reported May 05, 2025 07:08 by Herb Elliott - Islay Creek Campground--Montana de Oro SP, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8838502&<ll...>,-120.8838502 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233572676 - Comments: "Early. H/o giving typical whip calls, thicker and more liquidy-sounding than other Whittington empids. Up on hill above campsite 24 here: (35.273979, -120.882412)." Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) (2) - Reported May 05, 2025 16:19 by Esme Rosen - Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean), San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6207848&<ll...>,-120.6207848 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233673053 - Comments: "both seen simultaneously, brown swallows with white belly and throat, and distinct complete band across chest, with a brown line extending down towards the belly as is typical of the species. smaller and faster flight than other swallows" Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (1) - Reported May 05, 2025 14:22 by Esme Rosen - Huasna Road, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.4636797&<ll...>,-120.4636797 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233673361 - Comments: "I think somewhat expected here? at any rate, spizella, smaller and shorter tailed than a white crowned, with bright rufous cap, black line through eye and extending through lores to base of bill. throat, breast, belly and flanks unstreaked grayish, and brown above with streaked back and two wingbars" Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (2) CONFIRMED - Reported May 01, 2025 11:24 by Leisyka Parrott - MU Ranch, Carrizo Plain NM--no internal access, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.4817506&<ll...>,-119.4817506 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233681397 - Comments: "Two adults with rufous caps and black eyelines" White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel's) (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii) (1) - Reported May 05, 2025 07:08 by Herb Elliott - Islay Creek Campground--Montana de Oro SP, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8838502&<ll...>,-120.8838502 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233572676 - Comments: "Slightly late. H/o sing once in back loop. Standard song, lacking whistly introductory note and more buzzy notes than yellow-billed ssp." White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel's) (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii) (2) CONFIRMED - Reported May 01, 2025 11:24 by Leisyka Parrott - MU Ranch, Carrizo Plain NM--no internal access, San Luis Obispo, California - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.4817506&<ll...>,-119.4817506 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S233681397 - Comments: "One adult and one immature. Orangish-pink bills & gray lores" ********** You received this message because you are subscribed to eBird's San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert Manage your eBird alert subscriptions: https://ebird.org/alerts eBird Alerts provide recent reports of regionally or seasonally rare species (Rarities Alerts) or species you have not yet observed (Needs Alerts) in your region of interest; both Accepted and Unreviewed observations are included. 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