Date: 6/2/26 8:02 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Vaux's Swift (1 report)
- American Golden-Plover (1 report)
- Common Murre (3 reports)
- Lewis's Woodpecker (3 reports)

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Vaux's Swift (Chaetura vauxi) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 02, 2026 07:57 by Ben Kolstad
- 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/S351429647
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Small brown swifts with pale rumps flying together (though I never got a shot of both at once, they were only a few feet apart)."

American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica) (1)
- Reported Jun 02, 2026 18:30 by Campbell Carabajal
- CXT D, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.627322&<ll...>,-120.627322
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S351614040
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "What looks to be a female in breeding plumage, some photos but don’t do justice to the golden flecks seen in the back. Not too uncommon this time of year for the area."

Common Murre (Uria aalge) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 01, 2026 13:07 by O Ravens
- Port San Luis, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7562256&<ll...>,-120.7562256
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S351605539
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Seen roughly here (35.163133, -120.726387) sitting alone on the water. Black above and white below, one bad photo."

Common Murre (Uria aalge) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 01, 2026 13:07 by Michael Layton
- Port San Luis, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7562256&<ll...>,-120.7562256
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S351605538
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Seen roughly here (35.163133, -120.726387) sitting alone on the water. Black above and white below, one bad photo."

Common Murre (Uria aalge) (6) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 02, 2026 12:55 by Russ Namitz
- 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/S351524852
- Comments: "Large dark and white alcids in a group flying north. More demarcated plumage than RHAU."

Lewis's Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis) (2)
- Reported Jun 01, 2026 17:57 by Ashley Grupenhoff
- Shell Creek Rd, Margarita US-CA 35.48045, -120.32888, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.328881&<ll...>,-120.328881
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S351159602
- Comments: "Continuing 2 adults spotted at (35.48, -120.328). Flew from gray pine to large oak snag across road."

Lewis's Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis) (2)
- Reported Jun 01, 2026 17:57 by Yamina Pressler
- Shell Creek Rd, Margarita US-CA 35.48045, -120.32888, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.328881&<ll...>,-120.328881
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S351159603
- Comments: "Continuing 2 adults spotted at (35.48, -120.328). Flew from gray pine to large oak snag across road."

Lewis's Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis) (4) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 02, 2026 09:42 by Jacqueline Knowlton
- Shell Creek Road, San Luis Obispo County, CA, USA, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.3308058&<ll...>,-120.3308058
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S351508990
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Large glossy iridescent black backed woodpeckers with pink breasts"

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