Date: 9/9/25 6:16 pm From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- White-winged Dove (2 reports)
- Lesser Nighthawk (1 report)
- Solitary Sandpiper (1 report)
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron (3 reports)
- Little Blue Heron (4 reports)
- Cedar Waxwing (1 report)
- Vesper Sparrow (1 report)
- Northern Waterthrush (1 report)
- Orange-crowned Warbler (sordida) (2 reports)
- Orange-crowned Warbler (orestera) (2 reports)
- American Redstart (2 reports)
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White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 08, 2025 11:45 by marlin harms
- 563 Estero Avenue, Morro Bay, CA, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8446035&<ll...>,-120.8446035 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S272326333 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "First noticed today on a utility line, after several minutes it disappeared. But then shortly afterwards we noticed it on the ground where we saw it yesterday, among the bird seed which had been provided."
White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) (1)
- Reported Sep 09, 2025 11:17 by Kevin Zimmer
- Los Osos - intersection of South Bay Blvd and Santa Ysabel Avenue, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.823379&<ll...>,-120.823379 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S272502891 - Comments: "One that flew right past me as I was stopped at the signal light at the intersection of South Bay Blvd. and Santa Ysabel Avenue in Baywood. I was watching a pair of Eurasian Collared-Doves when the White-winged Dove came blasting past, headed ESE and out of sight. Compared to the Collared-Doves, the White-winged Dove was stockier, but noticeably shorter-tailed and the tail was not tapered towards the tip. The bird was darker brown above, with uniformly and more extensively dark remiges, bordered by strongly contrasting, crescent-shaped white patches on the coverts. I just saw bunches of WWDOs in west Texas a few weeks ago — they dominate the feeders in my brother’s backyard."
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 08, 2025 07:20 by Tom Edell
- 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/S272264286 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Two in view at the same time. Both were foraging along the shoreline on the west side of the lake. Slightly larger than adjacent Spotted Sandpiper, with a brown streaked breast, white spotting on brown wings and back, greenish legs, and white spectacles. Photo of one."
Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 08, 2025 12:10 by Roger Hammer
- Tidelands Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8514118&<ll...>,-120.8514118 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S272323075 - Media: 8 Photos
- Comments: "cont. bird + 1 new juvie on the scene today. long necked and legged w/ white spots on wings; heavy darker bill, lighter at the base; watched it hunt successfully for crabs X 2."
Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 07, 2025 17:20 by Petra Clayton
- Tidelands Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8514118&<ll...>,-120.8514118 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S272347983 - Media: 8 Photos
- Comments: "Two juveniles seen at once, perched on the first, long boat ramp.
Presumably the same two juveniles observed at this location in the morning of 9/6/25 and 9/7/25. One juvenile was first present here on 9/4/25 and could have been the same individual reported on 9/3/25 at the Morro Bay SP Marina.
Both have a dark, stout bill with yellow feathers at the base of the lower mandible; small white triangular spots on the covert feathers."
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) (1)
- Reported Sep 09, 2025 07:15 by Andrew Fleming
- 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/S272439496 - Comments: "Continuing at this location since at least 9/1. Seen from the empty lot at the Profumo creek outlet. First near the large island of reeds across the inlet, then it moved to the closer shore in front of the houses. Small white heron with greenish legs and bicolored bill."
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) (6) CONFIRMED
- Reported Sep 08, 2025 09:10 by Petra Clayton
- Islay Creek Campground--Montana de Oro SP, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8838502&<ll...>,-120.8838502 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S272326930 - Media: 8 Photos
- Comments: "Most recent eBird report of this species at this eBird hotspot: 5/26/25
Most recent eBird report of this species for SLO County: 7/11/25"
Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) (1)
- Reported Sep 08, 2025 15:25 by Leisyka Parrott
- MU Ranch, Carrizo Plain NM--no internal access, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.4817506&<ll...>,-119.4817506 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S272326083 - Comments: "🟠 Sparrow with prominent white eyering. Similar sized to Lark Sparrows without the obvious facial pattern. White outer tail feathers 🪶 and streaked chest."
Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis) (1)
- Reported Sep 09, 2025 09:55 by Kevin Zimmer
- Pecho Road Willows, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.85271&<ll...>,-120.85271 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S272495766 - Media: 9 Photos
- Comments: "Presumed continuing bird first found at this spot by Jim Royer a couple of days ago. Typical waterthrush, with brown upper parts, creamy below (with slight yellowish tint), heavily streaked with dark brown (including on the throat); dark brown eyeline, setting off long, yellowish-cream supercilium, which narrowed behind the eye; bill slender; legs and toes dull pinkish; bobbed rear parts up and down as it walked; gave typical “chink” calls and more spitted notes. Photos to follow (this is a challenging place to photograph — with such dense vegetation and tangles of branches, I had to resort to manual focus and high ISO."
Orange-crowned Warbler (sordida) (Leiothlypis celata sordida) (1)
- Reported Sep 09, 2025 10:26 by Ann Stockert
- Pismo SB--Oceano Campground, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6265268&<ll...>,-120.6265268 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S272473273 - Comments: "*Expected early fall migrant. Dull olive OCWA with massive spiky bill, strongly olive-smudged undertail coverts, and greener upper and paler lower eye arcs. Silent. Here: (35.111096, -120.627797). Not able to get pics."
Orange-crowned Warbler (orestera) (Leiothlypis celata orestera) (1)
- Reported Sep 09, 2025 10:26 by Ann Stockert
- Pismo SB--Oceano Campground, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6265268&<ll...>,-120.6265268 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S272473273 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "*Early. Bright OCWA with yellow throat, grayish helmet, evenly whitish eye arcs, high-pitched chip call. Here: (35.108606, -120.626300). Pics"
Orange-crowned Warbler (orestera) (Leiothlypis celata orestera) (1)
- Reported Sep 09, 2025 10:26 by The Spotting Twohees
- Pismo SB--Oceano Campground, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6265268&<ll...>,-120.6265268 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S272477888 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "*Early. Bright OCWA with yellow throat, grayish helmet, evenly whitish eye arcs, high-pitched chip call. Here: (35.108606, -120.626300). Pics maybe."
Orange-crowned Warbler (sordida) (Leiothlypis celata sordida) (1)
- Reported Sep 09, 2025 10:26 by The Spotting Twohees
- Pismo SB--Oceano Campground, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6265268&<ll...>,-120.6265268 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S272477888 - Comments: "*Expected early fall migrant. Dull olive OCWA with massive spiky bill, strongly olive-smudged undertail coverts, and greener upper and paler lower eye arcs. Silent. Here: (35.111096, -120.627797). Not able to get pics."
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