Date: 8/10/26 8:26 am 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)
- Red-breasted Merganser (1 report)
- Vaux's Swift (1 report)
- Allen's Hummingbird (1 report)
- Sora (2 reports)
- Red-shouldered Hawk (elegans) (1 report)
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Sora (Porzana carolina) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 09, 2026 10:21 by Michael Moss
- Shark Inlet, Los Osos, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8653633&<ll...>,-120.8653633 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S381751348 - Comments: "Observed walking amongst the Reeds in the mud flats, disappeared into the adjacent brush and then reappeared briefly small rail with small yellow bill seemed it might be a juvenile overall Buffy brown colored"
Red-shouldered Hawk (elegans) (Buteo lineatus elegans) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 08, 2026 17:35 by Jenna Hott
- Lagoon Trail, Oceano US-CA (35.1069,-120.6255), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.625481&<ll...>,-120.625481 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S381743492 - Comments: "Very hard to distinguish but after careful consideration, I was able to identify this bird as subspecies Elegans due to its striking rufous coloration and bold black-and-white tail bands."
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