Date: 9/16/25 3:05 am
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Solitary Sandpiper (2 reports)
- American Bittern (1 report)
- Little Blue Heron (2 reports)
- Virginia's Warbler (1 report)

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Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) (1)
- Reported Sep 15, 2025 13:21 by John Sterling
- Atascadero Lake, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6667256&<ll...>,-120.6667256
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S273609723
- Comments: "Continuing"

Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 15, 2025 08:01 by Ben Kolstad
- Atascadero Lake, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6667256&<ll...>,-120.6667256
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S273573000
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "1 by island and another halfway up lake on w side"

American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (1)
- Reported Sep 15, 2025 09:59 by Amanda Brown
- Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6207848&<ll...>,-120.6207848
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S273595892
- Comments: "In flight. Strong streaks on neck"

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) (1)
- Reported Sep 15, 2025 12:01 by Nick & Jane
- Laguna Lake, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6903817&<ll...>,-120.6903817
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S273641715
- Comments: "Continuing. Yellow-green legs, pale eye, yellow-green lore area, dark-tipped bill. Otherwise, tiny and white. Chillin’ and preening on mudflats with snoozing cormorants, etc. Took photos but might not add."

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 15, 2025 10:22 by Sam Larkin
- Laguna Lake, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6903817&<ll...>,-120.6903817
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S273590177
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "In the outlet again, continued"

Virginia's Warbler (Leiothlypis virginiae) (1)
- Reported Sep 15, 2025 10:42 by Alexander Yan
- Meadow Park--San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6606531&<ll...>,-120.6606531
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S273593892
- Comments: "Continuing tailless borb around 35.26779° N, 120.66040° W. Not associated with the birds, vocalized briefly before disappearing again. Hang out in the bottlebrushes."

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