Date: 4/18/25 11:29 am From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Long-tailed Duck (1 report)
- California Gull (californicus) (1 report)
- Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) (1 report)
- Iceland Gull (Thayer's) (1 report)
- Swainson's Thrush (1 report)
- American Redstart (1 report)
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Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 17, 2025 10:25 by Tom Edell
- Morro Rock Boardwalk Parking Lot, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8592932&<ll...>,-120.8592932 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S226422002 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "likely the same female present since at least 1 Nov 2024. Bill showed no pink and there are no gray scapular feathers visible on the back. At distance looked white below and dark above with obvious large black patch covering auriculars. ( Photos)"
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) (Larus occidentalis x glaucescens) (1)
- Reported Apr 17, 2025 12:48 by Herb Elliott
- Morro Creek mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8624411&<ll...>,-120.8624411 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S226457771 - Comments: "*Late, although a few summer annually in SLO. Very worn pale 2nd-cycle gull looking superficially like GW but splotchy and bill shape and GISS more like WEGU. Pics"
Iceland Gull (Thayer's) (Larus glaucoides thayeri) (1)
- Reported Apr 17, 2025 12:48 by Herb Elliott
- Morro Creek mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8624411&<ll...>,-120.8624411 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S226457771 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "**Late. Very worn 2nd-cyc. Dinky little gull with small pale-based bill, worn brownish primaries, worn broadly pale-tipped tertials, etc. Probably a small male based on head and bill shape. Pics"
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) (1)
- Reported Apr 17, 2025 11:54 by Mark Stephenson
- Meadow Creek/Monarch Butterfly Preserve, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6328654&<ll...>,-120.6328654 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S226438931 - Comments: "Clear chip note caught my attention. Beautiful Male black with orange shoulder and wing patches. Watched for 5 minutes flitting about in willows lining the trail bordering Campground heading North from Monarch Butterfly Grove."
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