Date: 6/27/25 1:53 pm From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Vaux's Swift (2 reports)
- Neotropic Cormorant (1 report)
- California Condor (1 report)
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Vaux's Swift (Chaetura vauxi) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 26, 2025 18:23 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- Jim Green Trail, Atascadero, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6447481&<ll...>,-120.6447481 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S254428627 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Single pass by a single bird in fading light over golf course - small, all dark, cigar-shaped swift with with straight-edged primaries and short tail."
California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 22, 2025 16:06 by Daniel Hueholt
- CA46--Scenic Hill View, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9183168&<ll...>,-120.9183168 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S254429693 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Enormous soaring bird, soaring stably with flat wings (aside from periodic dip-glide behavior) and giant splayed primaries, triangular white area on forward underwings visible from closer distance (barely visible at maximum zoom on the poor phone photos attached). In kettle with three Turkey Vultures, which the condor dwarfed in direct comparison. Viewed for ~5 minutes initially from a distance of approximately half a mile southeast from the viewing area before passing behind a ridge. We then jaunted up to the next overlook where it was then briefly visible again much more closely in direct flight northwestward passing over CA-46. No wing tags were visible. Poor phone photo included; we additionally took some equally poor video (available upon request) which does show the size relative to the nearby Turkey Vultures in the kettle. Very exciting find!!"
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