Date: 5/25/26 4:28 am 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 (3 reports)
- King Eider (1 report)
- Ancient Murrelet (1 report)
- Royal Tern (1 report)
- Tennessee Warbler (1 report)
- American Redstart (1 report)
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Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported May 22, 2026 17:38 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- 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/S345392366 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing goose mostly darker brown and noticeably smaller than nearby Canada Geese - distinctive pink bill with white border from forehead nearly to base of upper mandible. The bird relocated several times to the east and and south of the SE corner of the boardwalk to forage in the pickle-weed flats with Canada Geese."
King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported May 24, 2026 06:53 by The Spotting Twohees
- 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/S345518983 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing bird on the oyster farm platform. Brown duck with sloping dark bill. Bird took flight, white patches visible underwing. This is the first time I've seen this bird fly any distance. It took off from the platform and flew back toward shark inlet. When it reached the sandspit it turned north and then went low and I lost it in the brushy background."
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported May 24, 2026 13:25 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/S345837935 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Small warbler, gray head, obvious eyebrow and line through the eye, lime/olive green back, plain wings, pale underparts and undertail coverts, short tail. Brief glance as it flit into nearby brush and bath before flying off."
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported May 24, 2026 12:50 by Alexander Yan
- 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/S345780976 - Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "Returning male, singing non stop but hard to see. Got only two good looks on it in the twenties minutes or so that I stayed there. Unmistakable black and orange top. Very vocal. Recording (mixed with yellow and Wilson’s warblers) to be attaches"
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