Date: 4/19/24 11:18 pm From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Elegant Tern (2 reports)
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Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans) (2)
- Reported Apr 19, 2024 13:40 by Terri Osborn
- 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/S169383418 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Small terns with shaggy black cap covering the eye, slender slightly drooping orange bill with orange yellow tip, light gray above and white below and dark legs. They were about the same size as the nearby Bonaparte's Gulls."
Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans) (3)
- Reported Apr 18, 2024 13:57 by Terri Osborn
- Santa Rosa Creek mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.1102353&<ll...>,-121.1102353 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S169256805 - Comments: "Heard their distinctive karr-eek call first and then saw them flying just off shore. Light gray above and white below, shaggy black cap and slender orange bill. They tried to land in the middle of a large flock of gulls in the lagoon but were chased away by the gulls. They flew off headed south. (unable to get a decent photo)"
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