Date: 7/26/26 9:48 am From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Ring-necked Duck (1 report)
- Sora (2 reports)
- California Gull (albertaensis) (1 report)
- California Gull (californicus) (1 report)
- Sooty Tern (1 report)
- Common Tern (5 reports)
- Least Bittern (1 report)
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California Gull (albertaensis) (Larus californicus albertaensis) (1)
- Reported Jul 25, 2026 06:38 by Herb Elliott
- Arroyo Grande Creek mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6287241&<ll...>,-120.6287241 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S376424248 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "*Continuing large summering SY bird that has been here for at least a month. Overall large beefy CAGU with longer legs and bill, fine streaking on head, and very pale and exceedingly worn wing coverts, etc. Herb has pics"
Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 23, 2026 15:50 by Steven McMasters
- Arroyo Grande Creek mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6287241&<ll...>,-120.6287241 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S376308495 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Found earlier today by Luke Jensen. About the same size as the Elegant Tern, but with black upperparts, black legs and bill, white underparts, deeply forked tail, and white forehead patch."
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 25, 2026 06:38 by Herb Elliott
- Arroyo Grande Creek mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6287241&<ll...>,-120.6287241 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S376424248 - Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "*Continuing SY bird, 1/2 seen here recently. Small Sterna sp with more extensive cap extending onto nape, darker bill, and shorter legs. Carpal bar also visible. Pics"
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