Date: 7/9/25 4:33 am From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
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- Forster's Tern (1 report)
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Forster's Tern (Sterna forsteri) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 08, 2025 09:58 by Tom Edell
- Morro Bay--Audubon overlook, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8383334&<ll...>,-120.8383334 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S258190085 - Comments: "I scoped this basic plumaged bird on exposed mudflat NW with Caspian and Elegant terns. This was probably the same bird reported at Morro Bay on 6 Jul. It was clearly smaller than the adjacent Elegant tern with a similar shape and gray back and wings, but with shorter bill and thick black mask trailing behind eye. Too distant to see bill or leg color or differentiate gray upper parts color from adjacent Elegant and Caspian terns."
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