Date: 4/15/24 6:20 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Calliope Hummingbird (1 report)
- Laughing Gull (1 report)
- Short-billed Gull (1 report)
- Black Skimmer (1 report)
- Elegant Tern (3 reports)
- Lark Bunting (2 reports)

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Calliope Hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 14, 2024 11:10 by Terri Osborn
- US-California-Cambria-1870-1958 Stuart Street - 35.549x-121.075, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.075272&<ll...>,-121.075272
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168704998
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Likely continuing male from yesterday (poor photo for ID)"

Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) (1)
- Reported Apr 15, 2024 09:05 by Tom Edell
- Old Creek--Cayucos, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8875608&<ll...>,-120.8875608
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168829505
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "continuing first cycle (photo)"

Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus) (1)
- Reported Apr 15, 2024 06:29 by Sue Palmer
- Old Creek--Cayucos, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8875608&<ll...>,-120.8875608
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168751634
- Comments: "Continuing bird. Juvenile. Short bill dark eye"

Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) (6) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 15, 2024 11:05 by Stephanie Little
- Pismo Creek mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6392555&<ll...>,-120.6392555
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168793736
- Comments: "Seen together at outlet of Carpenter Creek (the small creek just south of Pismo Creek outlet). Long wings, black and white plumage, long red and black bill. Lower mandible longer than top."

Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 15, 2024 06:29 by Sue Palmer
- Old Creek--Cayucos, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8875608&<ll...>,-120.8875608
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168751634
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Thin long bill with a forked. Actively feeding photos tba"

Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans) (11) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 15, 2024 09:30 by Roger Zachary
- Villa Creek--Estero Bluffs State Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9688341&<ll...>,-120.9688341
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168806015
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Seen on rocks with gulls; several posts recently"

Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans) (13) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 15, 2024 07:33 by Maggie Smith
- Villa Creek--Estero Bluffs State Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9688341&<ll...>,-120.9688341
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168824692
- Comments: "flying, fishing, calling"

Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (8) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 10, 2024 14:38 by Mike Bush
- Lark Bunting stake-out 2023-2024 (use only for birds at this location), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7330033&<ll...>,-119.7330033
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168702979
- Comments: "Continuing birds at this location. Thick bill, white wing patch, streaky. Some males with black plumage coming in. Russ may have photos:"

Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) (8) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 10, 2024 14:38 by Russ Namitz
- Lark Bunting stake-out 2023-2024 (use only for birds at this location), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.7330033&<ll...>,-119.7330033
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S168705348
- Comments: "Continuing birds at this location. Thick bill, white wing patch, streaky. Some males with black plumage coming in. Russ may have photos:"

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