Date: 4/6/26 6:26 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Redhead (1 report)
- Long-tailed Duck (1 report)
- Harris's Sparrow (2 reports)

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NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

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Redhead (Aythya americana) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 04, 2026 07:56 by TEDDY LLOVET
- 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/S317610766
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Medium-sized diving duck with rusty-red head, black breast, and gray back, and a steep, blocky forehead. Found in the smaller lake on northside of trail at entrance to boardwalk. Ironically, another pair of Redheads were seen in the same place last year around the same time. Photos by Luke Jensen."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 05, 2026 11:31 by Hope Caliendo
- 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/S317826903
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing under bridge, photos!"

Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) (1)
- Reported Apr 06, 2026 12:07 by Karen Zappone
- 457 Estero Ave, Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.844757&<ll...>,-120.844757
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S318028451
- Comments: "Continuing at feeder"

Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) (1)
- Reported Apr 06, 2026 10:00 by Kaaren Perry
- Morro Bay yard, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.844846&<ll...>,-120.844846
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S317981173
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. Photos"

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