Date: 7/8/25 3:11 am From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Neotropic Cormorant (2 reports)
- American Redstart (1 report)
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Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 07, 2025 12:05 by Kaaren Perry
- Morro Creek mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8624411&<ll...>,-120.8624411 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S257928551 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing... Flew in off the ocean at 12:50. Immediately flew to the sycamore snag where it landed and instantly began preening, revealing absence of several flight feathers on both spread wings and tail. Still present on the perch at 1:20 when I left. Description is included in many other reports. Photos attached."
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) (1)
- Reported Jul 07, 2025 12:10 by Petra Clayton
- Cave Landing Trail, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7078863&<ll...>,-120.7078863 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S257994549 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "Second year male. --- First-ever eBird report of this species at this eBird hotspot.
Gray head and back; black feathers around the eyes and lores; white throat; black spots on pale chest; pale underparts; yellow flanks and undertail; gray and olive-green wings with pale wingbars; bluish- gray legs and feet. ---
Foraging on the ground and in dense shrubbery on the right side along the paved trail, about 100 yards from the parking lot.
Click on the image below for a Flickr video:
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jack-petra-clayton/54639977957/in/dateposted-public/" title="American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla), Shell Beach, CA"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/54639977957_ef8877223c_z.jpg" alt="American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla), Shell Beach, CA" /></a>
The individual in photo #6 seems to show more yellow on the upper breast and may be a second bird."
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