Date: 7/12/25 8:53 am 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)
- Cedar Waxwing (1 report)
- Western Tanager (1 report)
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Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum) (1)
- Reported Jul 11, 2025 16:08 by Kathanne Lynch
- 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/S259064404 - Comments: "Continuing bird. Photos. Discovered and reported as first county individual of this species by Tom Edell 06/09/25 and m.o.b. since. Smaller than great Egret photographed with it and appeared in favorite tree on bare branch. Rear view for most of 10 minutes observed. Cormorant shape. Worn brown-black (not jet black) plumage and molt so hard to age. Could not see white border on throat patch. Two photos."
Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) (1)
- Reported Jul 11, 2025 07:15 by Kathleen Kent
- Oakview Village, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.660672&<ll...>,-120.660672 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S258931694 - Comments: "A male WETA was perched in the top branches of an oak tree, joining the fly catching frenzy along with numerous ACWO, EUST, NOMO, WEBL, HOSP and WSJA. It had reddish orange head, mostly yellow body (lower chest, belly, lower back. Black wings with white wing bars. Photos will be submitted soonish."
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