Date: 6/3/25 3:27 am
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Cackling Goose (Aleutian) (1 report)
- Common Merganser (1 report)
- Vaux's Swift (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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Cackling Goose (Aleutian) (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia) (1)
- Reported Jun 02, 2025 06:18 by Herb Elliott
- Bob Jones Trail, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7193907&<ll...>,-120.7193907
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S246028138
- Comments: "*Rare. Continuing adult disabled on the golf course at the west entrance. Small goose with stubby bill and pale neck ring. Squared off scapulars. Previously reported: Thu 29 May 2025 https://ebird.org/checklist/S244242752"

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported May 29, 2025 09:20 by Roger Hammer
- De Anza Trail--North Atascadero, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6974933&<ll...>,-120.6974933
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S244733491
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "female sitting on bank, swimming and in flight upstream"

Vaux's Swift (Chaetura vauxi) (1)
- Reported Jun 02, 2025 08:01 by Ben Kolstad
- Atascadero Lake, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6667256&<ll...>,-120.6667256
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S245940597
- Comments: "Small dark swift flying high. Very rapid wingbeats. Skinny wings no tail. Did not see rump."

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