Date: 12/1/25 6:50 pm From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Common Gallinule (1 report)
- American Bittern (1 report)
- Least Bittern (1 report)
- Rough-legged Hawk (1 report)
- Orange-crowned Warbler (celata) (1 report)
- Palm Warbler (1 report)
- Western Tanager (1 report)
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Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) (1)
- Reported Dec 01, 2025 11:13 by Ann Stockert
- Cypress Ridge Golf Course Pavillion, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.577054&<ll...>,-120.577054 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S286977747 - Comments: "*Rare but regular. Returning adult (nicknamed Gally) back for it’s 3rd winter. Small coot with yellow-tipped red bill, brown back, and white flank stripe. Smaller than surrounding coots. In usual spot in first pond. Pics"
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) (2)
- Reported Dec 01, 2025 07:32 by Ann Stockert
- 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/S286978173 - Comments: "*Uncommon here. Presumably flagged due to over reporting of young Night-Herons? Large brown bitterns with large dagger-like bills, yellow legs, black malars, etc. Pics"
Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 30, 2025 13:40 by Terri Osborn
- Pt. Piedras Blancas Lighthouse (restricted access), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.2847505&<ll...>,-121.2847505 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S286894297 - Media: 10 Photos
- Comments: "Exactly .3 miles north of the entrance to the Pt. Piedras Blancas Lighthouse I parked off Hwy 1 to watch a Red-tailed Hawk when I noticed the Rough-legged Hawk flying low over the grassy field east of the highway. The hawk was dark above and light below with dark streaking and had thicker streaking at the belly. The under wing was white edged with black and had a beige leading edge with dark wrist patches. The light colored head had some fine streaking and the white tail had a dark terminal band. I was able to watch it for several minutes as it hunted over the field and occasionally dropped to the ground to catch small prey. The nearby Red-tailed Hawks watched the RLHA hunting but did not interact with it."
Orange-crowned Warbler (celata) (Leiothlypis celata celata) (1)
- Reported Dec 01, 2025 07:32 by Ann Stockert
- 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/S286978173 - Comments: "*Rare but regular. Extremely dull gray OCWA with only color mostly around face, longer thinner bill, pale eye arcs, and pale grayish undertail coverts. In massive flock at beginning of entrance tunnel. Pics"
Palm Warbler (Setophaga palmarum) (1)
- Reported Nov 30, 2025 09:59 by Alexander Yan
- Bluff Trail--Montana de Oro SP, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8948396&<ll...>,-120.8948396 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S286850856 - Comments: "brief looks near the trail head gate, around the turn in the trail going towards the parking area / road. Fairly large warbler with warm greyish tunes, unlike yellow-rumps, and dirty warm pattern underneath. Active fly-catching around the trail head before disappearing."
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