Date: 11/2/26 10:31 am From: eBird alert via slocobirding <alert.ebird...> Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
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Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva) (2)
- Reported Nov 01, 2026 12:20 by Petra Clayton
- Turri Road Tidal Ponds, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8218378&<ll...>,-120.8218378 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S407435663 - Media: 11 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing since this morning (Michael Moss: First-ever eBird report of this species at this eBird hotspot.)
Golden speckles on the back and wings; wings extending a bit past the tail; short, slender bill; white around the base of the bill; broad white supercilium; dark ear patch; steep forehead; finely streaked crown; golden wash on the face and neck; thin gray legs.
Click on the image below for a Flickr video showing both individuals foraging with Black Turnstone in the pickle weed at the second western-most pond:
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jack-petra-clayton/55626683851/in/dateposted-public/" title="Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva), Los Osos, CA"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/55626683851_f7ff73c155_z.jpg" alt="Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva), Los Osos, CA" /></a>"
Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 01, 2026 10:35 by Michael Moss
- Turri Road Tidal Ponds, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8218378&<ll...>,-120.8218378 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S407321922 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Both in non-breeding adult plumage lightly speckled golden back and head, lighter eye eyebrow wings extend to tail observe both individuals with no black under armpit pictures"
Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) (7)
- Reported Nov 01, 2026 15:43 by Andrew Fleming🦉
- Brisco Rd X Linda Dr, Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.597614&<ll...>,-120.597614 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S407392596 - Comments: "On a walk without binoculars when I heard a small flock of crossbills making their distinctive flight calls. They were flying around a tall pine tree near this checklist location. Possibly the same group I heard about a week ago."
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (2)
- Reported Nov 01, 2026 11:52 by Stephen Peterson
- 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/S407364160 - Comments: "Two individuals in distinctive black and white striped plumage, thin bills, foraging in overlaying arroyo willow north end of lagoon trail adjacent to State Park utility bldgs. Foraging with OCWA, TOWA, RCKI. Quick looks and then they flew over the service road to the west"
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