Date: 11/13/26 11:09 am From: eBird alert via slocobirding <alert.ebird...> Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
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Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 12, 2026 09:09 by Tom Edell
- San Simeon SP, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.1235286&<ll...>,-121.1235286 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S410033251 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "I first saw and photographed this bird on the Washburn day use area foot bridge. It flushed from the bridge and flew across San Simeon Creek and perched in bare willow branches on the north side of the creek near the restroom. This kingbird had a large black bill and a bright yellow breast and belly, a pale throat, and a greenish back. It had a darker gray mask than the rest of the gray head and white fringes on the tertials and wing coverts. Photos"
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) (1)
- Reported Nov 12, 2026 08:45 by Roger Hammer
- San Simeon SP Trail, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.1156006&<ll...>,-121.1156006 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S410092404 - Comments: "Thanks to Tom for guiding me to this bird which he found before I got there. It was bumped off its perch and chased. I got a long look in flight and saw yellow body with white on throat and black bill, no dark tail with no white tip."
Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 07, 2026 16:23 by Linda Soloff
- Rim Trail Lot, Montana de Oro State Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.863786&<ll...>,-120.863786 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S410095984 - Comments: "I heard a couple calling "jip, jip, jip, jip" as they flew by. Not seen, and unfortunately, they vanished before I could record them. Sounded like type 2s. They were downhill and west of the parking lot. Probably part of the big ongoing irruption."
Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) (2)
- Reported Nov 12, 2026 08:45 by Roger Hammer
- San Simeon SP Trail, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.1156006&<ll...>,-121.1156006 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S410092404 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "spent an hour in pines just below Washburn CG until saw a pair fly into treetop. male and female in top of 80' tall pine. spent time looking thru binocs. males was searching thru cones. pulled up cam and only female available. pic right before bird took flight and is stretched out neck but plain body with darker wings. tail seemed shorter, no faint wing bars noticed. from this distance couldn't tell bill crossing. pic is highly cropped already, but still distant."
Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 12, 2026 13:10 by Petra Clayton
- East Hazard Canyon--Montana de Oro SP, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8558382&<ll...>,-120.8558382 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S410068194 - Media: 1 Video, 13 Photos
- Comments: "First-ever eBird report of this species at this eBird hotspot.
Briefly observed drinking from the non-potable water trough in front of the corral in the Madrone horse camp, which was frequented by many Yellow-rumped Warblers.
Lime-green head, nape and back; back with faint black streaks; pale throat with a slightly darker "necklace;"pale greenish-yellow breast; pale grayish-green belly; white undertail; black wings with two bold white wingbars, the upper one shorter and narrower than the long, wider lower one; yellow-green face; white eye arcs; pale lores; dark line in front of the eye; pointed dark bill; black legs, gray feet and toes, including soles of feet. - The plumage lacked any salmon color. It maybe a hatch-year female."
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