Date: 8/28/26 5:17 am From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- White-winged Dove (1 report)
- Common Gallinule (1 report)
- Solitary Sandpiper (1 report)
- Cedar Waxwing (1 report)
- Chipping Sparrow (1 report)
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White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 27, 2026 08:46 by Eve Martin
- Islay Creek Campground--Montana de Oro SP, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8838502&<ll...>,-120.8838502 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S387438389 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "A darker dove with the eponymous wing stripes, white terminal tail band, and short black dash on the neck seen near the camp host site around 10am foraging with a flock of California Quail. [EM]"
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 26, 2026 18:18 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- de Anza Trail - South Atascadero, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6409125&<ll...>,-120.6409125 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S387510948 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "One-bird fly-by showed mid-length straight bill, white eye-ring, brown breast-band, clean white from belly to undertail, all dark above with dark under wing and feet that extended slightly beyond tail in flight."
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