Date: 4/28/25 12:59 am
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Redhead (2 reports)
- Common Merganser (1 report)
- Laysan Albatross (2 reports)
- Murphy's Petrel (5 reports)
- Cook's Petrel (3 reports)
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet (1 report)

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NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

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Redhead (Aythya americana) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 27, 2025 07:45 by Michael Peralez
- Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6207848&<ll...>,-120.6207848
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230093054
- Comments: "Male, cinnamon head, black chest, bluish bill with black tip. Gray back,"

Redhead (Aythya americana) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Apr 27, 2025 06:53 by Maggie Smith
- Oso Flaco Lake (not for beach/ocean), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6207848&<ll...>,-120.6207848
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230265586
- Comments: "adult male on small lake. bright rufous head; blue bill with black tip, gray back and black neck."

Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) (1)
- Reported Apr 26, 2025 11:02 by John Fields
- Lopez Lake, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.4758081&<ll...>,-120.4758081
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S229862822
- Comments: "Out on the lake, fishing with the girls and the corner aunts. Shorter Bill than red breasted and distinct line between the green and the head and the weight of the neck. Photo taken."

Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) (1)
- Reported Apr 27, 2025 15:35 by Michael Weaver
- WINGS 04.2025 2.11, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.8694207&<ll...>,-121.8694207
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230318107
- Comments: "White albatross with a dark back, 1547"

Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) (1)
- Reported Apr 27, 2025 15:35 by Ed Corey
- WINGS 04.2025 2.11, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.8694207&<ll...>,-121.8694207
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230264101
- Comments: "White albatross with a dark back, 1547"

Murphy's Petrel (Pterodroma ultima) (1)
- Reported Apr 27, 2025 06:40 by Ryan Merrill
- Auto selected 35.31328, -122.07193, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-122.07193&<ll...>,-122.07193
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230181831
- Comments: "0642 first one of the day. high arcing w no flapping, dark brown, wings held down with slight crook, much faster flight than the recent Sooty and banking over to briefly be upside down a few times. Also twice made a high arcing above the horizon and then stayed up longer before dropping back down."

Murphy's Petrel (Pterodroma ultima) (1)
- Reported Apr 27, 2025 17:06 by Joseph Trezza
- North Pacific Ocean (34.9567,-122.0083), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-122.008285&<ll...>,-122.008285
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230301352
- Comments: "Notes later, multiple observers. All-dark petrel zoomed by bow of the boat. Lifer for Peter! #10045"

Murphy's Petrel (Pterodroma ultima) (1)
- Reported Apr 27, 2025 17:50 by david parsley
- Offshore--SW Pt. Piedras Blancas (50-75 nmi; SLO Co.), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-122.0263524&<ll...>,-122.0263524
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230301326
- Comments: "All dark plumage and bill"

Murphy's Petrel (Pterodroma ultima) (1)
- Reported Apr 27, 2025 17:00 by Ed Corey
- WINGS 04.2025 2.13, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.9906122&<ll...>,-121.9906122
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230299819
- Comments: "All dark petrel, more dark gray than brown, crooked wings 1745"

Murphy's Petrel (Pterodroma ultima) (1)
- Reported Apr 27, 2025 17:00 by Michael Weaver
- WINGS 04.2025 2.13, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.9906122&<ll...>,-121.9906122
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230318109
- Comments: "All dark petrel, more dark gray than brown, crooked wings 1745"

Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) (1)
- Reported Apr 27, 2025 15:55 by david parsley
- Offshore From Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.8946561&<ll...>,-121.8946561
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230282307
- Comments: "Quick, erratic flight and white underside"

Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) (1)
- Reported Apr 27, 2025 16:00 by Ed Corey
- WINGS 04.2025 2.12, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.9050022&<ll...>,-121.9050022
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230284099
- Comments: "Small gray and black petrel, 1630"

Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) (1)
- Reported Apr 27, 2025 16:00 by Michael Weaver
- WINGS 04.2025 2.12, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.9050022&<ll...>,-121.9050022
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230318108
- Comments: "Small gray and black petrel, 1630"

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula) (1)
- Reported Apr 27, 2025 08:23 by Nick & Jane
- Laguna Lake, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6903817&<ll...>,-120.6903817
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S230226501
- Comments: "Last straggler! Spotted in paved loop willows. No vocals. Plump greenish, small warbler-sized bird with sharp bill, a squished, uneven white eyering, single white wingbar. Overall was olive-colored, lighter green on the belly. No photo."

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