Date: 7/4/26 10:49 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- King Eider (4 reports)
- Long-tailed Duck (1 report)
- Red-breasted Merganser (2 reports)
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1 report)

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NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

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King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 03, 2026 17:58 by Jay Carroll
- Morro Bay Estuary (use more specific location(s) when possible), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8501072&<ll...>,-120.8501072
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S367551681
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing female at south oyster farm; photos."

King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) (1)
- Reported Jul 04, 2026 12:20 by Mark Mushkat
- Pasadena Park Beach, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8440733&<ll...>,-120.8440733
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S367684699
- Comments: "Continuing bird, sitting on oyster farm platform. Near high tide."

King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 04, 2026 11:10 by Allison Pengilley-Wimmer
- Pasadena Park Beach, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8440733&<ll...>,-120.8440733
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S367658780
- Comments: "Continuing. Relatively large brown diving duck seen just east of oyster racks."

King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 04, 2026 11:10 by Trevor Wimmer
- Pasadena Park Beach, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8440733&<ll...>,-120.8440733
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S367658258
- Comments: "Continuing. Relatively large brown diving duck seen just east of oyster racks."

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 04, 2026 12:35 by Sanchita Biswas
- Tidelands Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8514118&<ll...>,-120.8514118
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S367781826
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. Medium-sized overall brown and pale duck with greenish on bill. Brown on crown and cheek patch. Observed standing and sittingon sandspit with WEGUs, then swimming off into the bay.See photos."

Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 04, 2026 19:36 by Kathi Marston
- Morro Strand State Beach, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8678892&<ll...>,-120.8678892
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S367779635
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Feeding in the surf at low tide. Bad cell phone photos, but shorter very thin bills & wispy hairdos. Will attach photos."

Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 04, 2026 12:35 by Sanchita Biswas
- Tidelands Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8514118&<ll...>,-120.8514118
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S367781826
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Merganser with red head and red on chin. Shaggy, 2-point crest."

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula) (1)
- Reported Jul 04, 2026 09:45 by Erin Fukushima
- 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/S367679288
- Comments: "In tree area along boardwalk when you walk from parking lot toward the camp"

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