Date: 7/9/26 5:40 am From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- King Eider (2 reports)
- Long-tailed Duck (1 report)
- Red-breasted Merganser (1 report)
- American Redstart (3 reports)
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King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 08, 2026 12:14 by Kathi Marston
- 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/S369523455 - Comments: "Continuing female Eider. Seen with RJ Adams via his scope. Very bad photos due to heat haze, but it was in a line of Cormorants for size & shape comparisons. Could see a large rusty-brown duck. It had a distinctive heavy bill & an even slope from the forehead."
King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 08, 2026 12:04 by R.J. Adams
- 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/S369470719 - Comments: "Continuing female eider. Distant views looking south from the Morro Bay Boardwalk at a female eider (large rusty-tan sea duck with distinctive heavy, dark bill with an even slope from the forehead). It was with a large flock of cormorants on a mud at the channel mouth"
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 08, 2026 08:58 by Tom Edell
- 561 Embarcadero (35.363, -120.853), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8526823&<ll...>,-120.8526823 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S369496327 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "continuing female across the harbor where it was resting on the inside of the sandspit. The bird had its head tucked into its back the entire time I was present. Photos by another observer this morning showed the bird standing. Its feathers were both worn and sun bleached and the bill was dark and showed no pink (expected on a male)."
Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 08, 2026 08:58 by Tom Edell
- 561 Embarcadero (35.363, -120.853), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8526823&<ll...>,-120.8526823 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S369496327 - Comments: "two continuing female plumaged birds sleeping along the inside of the sandspit. Both resting with bills tucked into back while in view. A little earlier when I first saw one of these birds if showed the expected thin, orangish merganser type bill, gray upper parts, pale underparts, and rusty reddish colored head that was too pale for a Common Merganser."
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 08, 2026 09:39 by Ben Golet
- Oceano County Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6255312&<ll...>,-120.6255312 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S369433080 - Comments: "Continuing female feeding in willows and returning to nest site to feed chick which could be heard calling frequently. Yellow shoulder patches, tail flicking and displaying light patches while moving quickly in canopy."
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) (1)
- Reported Jul 08, 2026 08:45 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/S369423483 - Comments: "Continuing female, carrying insects to presumed nest with cowbird. Grey on top, mostly pale underneath except for some yellow, dark tail with yellow spots. Busy foraging and delivering insects."
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