Date: 7/29/26 2:46 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Red-breasted Merganser (1 report)
- California Gull (albertaensis) (1 report)
- California Gull (californicus) (1 report)
- Sooty Tern (1 report)
- Common Tern (5 reports)

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Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) (1)
- Reported Jul 28, 2026 11:25 by Petra Clayton
- 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/S377578369
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Preening on the sandspit beach with rusty-brownish head and thin red bill."

California Gull (albertaensis) (Larus californicus albertaensis) (1)
- Reported Jul 28, 2026 07:24 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/S377471523
- Comments: "*Continuing summering SY bird. Large and long-billed and legged CAGU with paler more exceedingly worn coverts and finer streaking on head. Previously reported - https://ebird.org/checklist/S376424248 - 25 Jul 2026"

California Gull (californicus) (Larus californicus californicus) (15)
- Reported Jul 28, 2026 07:24 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/S377471523
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Expected smaller darker CAGUs"

Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 23, 2026 14:53 by Daniel Farrar
- 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/S375627781
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Great find Luke! Tern with black upper parts and dark loral line. Under parts white. Photos."

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) (1)
- Reported Jul 28, 2026 07:24 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/S377471523
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "*Continuing SY. Sterna sp with more extensive black on head extending around nape, smaller overall, carpal bar, etc. Previously reported - https://ebird.org/checklist/S376424248 - 25 Jul 2026"

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) (1)
- Reported Jul 28, 2026 06:56 by Ming Samuel
- 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/S377794103
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing"

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) (1)
- Reported Jul 26, 2026 14:37 by Ming Samuel
- 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/S377792155
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing."

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 23, 2026 17:18 by logan kahle
- 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/S377481694
- Comments: "Hy. Black carpal bar and hood"

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 23, 2026 17:18 by Marty Freeland
- 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/S377481695
- Comments: "Hy. Black carpal bar and hood"

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