Date: 5/28/25 8:47 pm From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Indigo Bunting (5 reports)
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Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported May 28, 2025 08:23 by Jake Hager
- Harmony Headlands State Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.0018122&<ll...>,-121.0018122 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S243939419 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing a few days now—perched and singing on a utility line, north side of the trail a couple posts before the ranch house. Near identical song to a lazuli but clearly overall dark blue color despite poor overcast light. A nearby perched blue grosbeak provided a nice comparison—similar color birds; the bunting was smaller with a slenderer bill. Didn’t seem to want to leave its wire perch for a better look while I was there. Lousy pic."
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported May 27, 2025 11:40 by Roger Hammer
- Harmony Headlands State Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.0018122&<ll...>,-121.0018122 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S243678970 - Comments: "heard the familiar call first and looked intently for the bird perched up where I could see it, nothing, it continued to call and then a BLGR started singing intently; I looked for it and then simultaneously saw both birds the smaller INBU chasing the BLGR from right to left in front of me across the trail. both perched upright for good looks thru bins."
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported May 27, 2025 09:05 by Terri Osborn
- Harmony Headlands State Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.0018122&<ll...>,-121.0018122 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S243689863 - Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Heard singing initially and then observed sitting on power line on the up coast side of the path about 200' west of the parking lot. Also seen sitting on top of a bush on the south side of the path in the same area."
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported May 27, 2025 07:28 by Herb Elliott
- Harmony Headlands State Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.0018122&<ll...>,-121.0018122 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S243907049 - Media: 4 Photos, 1 Audio
- Comments: "continuing bird found yesterday morning by Reef Comer. Apparent second year male based on blotchy blue and white lower belly and white undertail coverts. At distance the upper parts appeared all blue, though I never had a good view of the bird's back or wings because it always faced our location while in view. The bill was silver colored and the lores on this bird appeared dark/black. Three or four times the bird sat on the utility wire between the third and fifth utility poles from the parking lot, sang, perch for a short time, and then drop down out of site over the low ridge north of us. It once flew down to the brush south of the main access road where we had brief but closer views. It apparently moved from the parking area to near the small ranch house. Photo and audio."
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