Date: 4/2/26 12:01 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Greater White-fronted Goose (1 report)
- King Eider (1 report)
- Long-tailed Duck (3 reports)
- Black Skimmer (1 report)
- Tennessee Warbler (1 report)
- Summer Tanager (1 report)

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NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

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Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 01, 2026 10:35 by Petra Clayton
- Santa Rosa Creek mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.1102353&<ll...>,-121.1102353
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S315767063
- Media: 1 Video, 6 Photos
- Comments: "With two Canada Geese in the creek.
Most recent eBird report of this species at this eBird hotspot: 10/4/2025."

King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) (1)
- Reported Apr 02, 2026 06:45 by Isaiah Woodard
- Morro Bay SP--Marina/Boardwalk Trail, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8418006&<ll...>,-120.8418006
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S315983438
- Comments: "Continuing. Viewed from the cypress tree looking south. Big solid brown sea-duck with downward sloping face to bill."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Apr 01, 2026 12:55 by Kelly Krechmer
- San Simeon Creek Mouth/Beach, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.1267052&<ll...>,-121.1267052
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S315758243
- Comments: "Photos"

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Apr 01, 2026 10:41 by Daniel Richards
- San Simeon Creek Mouth/Beach, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.1267052&<ll...>,-121.1267052
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S315641066
- Comments: "Small brown and white diving duck with dark nape and neck and large white patch on the side of the face. All white belly. Female"

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 01, 2026 09:07 by Bob McCay
- San Simeon Creek Mouth/Beach, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.1267052&<ll...>,-121.1267052
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S315673809
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing individual diving west of the Hwy 1 bridge."

Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) (2)
- Reported Apr 02, 2026 06:45 by Isaiah Woodard
- Morro Bay SP--Marina/Boardwalk Trail, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8418006&<ll...>,-120.8418006
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S315983438
- Comments: "Pair sitting on the south mudflats left of the yellow buoy."

Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1)
- Reported Apr 01, 2026 12:02 by Wendy Flanders
- 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/S315661776
- Comments: "Sound ID"

Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1)
- Reported Apr 01, 2026 11:00 by Jamie Woolf
- 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/S315668541
- Comments: "Likely the same bird reported by Ann Stockert on March 30. Greenish body, orangish head with flecks of red. It was silent. It flew into a tree in the native garden area where we had good looks at it."

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