Date: 6/6/25 7:42 am
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Cackling Goose (1 report)
- Cackling Goose (Aleutian) (1 report)
- Redhead (1 report)
- California Gull (albertaensis) (1 report)
- California Gull (californicus) (1 report)
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak (2 reports)

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NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

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Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii) (1)
- Reported Jun 05, 2025 06:40 by Liliana Yenovkian
- 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/S247003376
- Comments: "Injured and limping"

Cackling Goose (Aleutian) (Branta hutchinsii leucopareia) (1)
- Reported Jun 05, 2025 11:45 by Tom Edell
- SLO Creek-Bob Jones Path Bridge, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7325444&<ll...>,-120.7325444
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S247140556
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "continuing Aleutian Cackling Goose (photo)"

Redhead (Aythya americana) (3)
- Reported Jun 05, 2025 06:28 by Herb Elliott
- 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/S247107098
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "2m, 1f. Pics"

California Gull (albertaensis) (Larus californicus albertaensis) (1)
- Reported Jun 05, 2025 06:28 by Herb Elliott
- 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/S247107098
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "*Rare ... Looks like a handful summers in SLO…late 1st/early 2nd-cyc. Larger paler CAGU with longer legs and bill, longer pp, fine nape/neck streaking, etc. Very HERGy bird compared to most we’ve seen in summer. Odd and pale as they tend to be at this time of year. Pics"

California Gull (californicus) (Larus californicus californicus) (35)
- Reported Jun 05, 2025 06:28 by Herb Elliott
- 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/S247107098
- Comments: "Expected"

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 03, 2025 07:24 by Dale Ball
- Home, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6735814&<ll...>,-120.6735814
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S246288405
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Black and white with red breast. Arrived with a few black-headed grosbeaks."

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) (1)
- Reported Jun 05, 2025 09:30 by Reef Comer
- Little Morro Creek Road, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8244824&<ll...>,-120.8244824
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S247026463
- Comments: "Continuing adult or possibly subadult in willows opposite quarry. Black head and upperside, red triangle on breast, pale pink bill, black and white wings, white underside and rump, and mostly black tail with white corners. Pinkish-red underwing coverts seen well in flight. Song slower, smoother, and more whistly than black-headed."

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