Date: 11/4/26 10:39 am From: eBird alert via slocobirding <alert.ebird...> Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
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Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Nov 02, 2026 08:04 by Reef Comer
- Bluff Trail--Montana de Oro SP, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8948396&<ll...>,-120.8948396 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S407794497 - Comments: "Basic female type flying S with small SUSC flock. Noticeably smaller than scoters with crisp, mostly white and black face pattern, dark breast, wings, and back, and solid white belly/undertail coverts. FOS"
White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 03, 2026 10:16 by Andrew Fleming🦉
- Henrietta Ave, Los Osos, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8507127&<ll...>,-120.8507127 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S407802463 - Comments: "Shoutout to Jim Royer for finding this bird today. Seen with him and Jay Carroll perched on a power line. Grey/brown dove with bold white lines on the bottom and front of the wings."
Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 03, 2026 14:10 by Tim Miller
- 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/S407824122 - Comments: "Pluvialis plovers with golden speckles on back, and barring on breast/sides. Spot behind ear and with clear, cream supercilium. Primaries projected only slightly past tail (comp AMGP). Both in same scope view as a larger, paler BBPL for a bit. Flew, showing gray underwing with no black armpit."
Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 03, 2026 11:29 by Chris Chappell
- 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/S407792115 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing from yesterday and I believe first seen the day before yesterday. 3 reported by another observer earlier but I only saw two. Foraging on Salicornia marsh near BBPL. Pluvialis plovers with warm (golden) tones to most of plumage including much of the paler underparts. Yellowish spots on darker upperparts. Prominent pale supercilum. Bill more slender than adjacent BBPLs and plumage more warm, less gray. Wings extended only slightly beyond tip of the tail, unlike the long primary projection of the similar American Golden-Plover. Juvenile plumage as expected for fall west coast birds. I'm traveling so I only have BOC pic for now and not the greatest. Will post all 3 pics when I'm home."
Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba) (2)
- Reported Nov 02, 2026 08:04 by Reef Comer
- Bluff Trail--Montana de Oro SP, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8948396&<ll...>,-120.8948396 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S407794497 - Comments: "Rare, but regular here in fall/winter. Medium-sized, relatively long necked alcids with heavy specking/blotching on one bird. The other individual had more white on the head and wings, so may have been a basic adult."
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 03, 2026 10:20 by Petra Clayton
- Meadow Park--San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6606531&<ll...>,-120.6606531 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S407843879 - Media: 2 Videos, 10 Photos
- Comments: "Most recent eBird report of this species at this eBird hotspot: 4/27/2026.
Boldly streaked black and white pattern; black upperparts with white streaks; grayish-white face; white eyering; eyeline starting behind the eye; black crown with broad white center stripe; broad white supercilium; white throat and underparts; cream-colored wash on the flanks with black streaks; black spots on the undertail; two white wingbars; sharply pointed bill.
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