Date: 11/15/26 11:12 am From: eBird alert via slocobirding <alert.ebird...> Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
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Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 14, 2026 11:07 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- 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/S410602328 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Viewed with another birder that discovered it about 100 yards SE of the eastern pond foraging in pickleweed along with a spotted sandpiper here at (35°20'01.7"N 120°49'07.6"W).
Based on comparative photos, this is likely a continuing bird (Petra & Jack Clayton 10.30.26). This bird showed black wings, back nape, crown and eye circle with fluffy white eye-brow, white on cheeks, front of neck and below to undertail, long, straight, thin black bill and long bright pink legs."
Evening Grosbeak (Hesperiphona vespertina) (1)
- Reported Nov 15, 2026 08:40 by Doug Drynan
- Los Osos-11th St - 35.3314x-120.8308, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8307012&<ll...>,-120.8307012 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S410776867 - Comments: "single bird fly over, calling. distinctive flight call, "teew". I heard the bird first, heard at least three vocalizations. By the time I got eyes on the bird it was far away, heading west. So I never got good views. but could tell it was a large-ish finch, flight was undulating."
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