Date: 5/2/25 7:25 am
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Laysan Albatross (1 report)
- Cook's Petrel (1 report)
- California Condor (1 report)
- Chipping Sparrow (2 reports)
- White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel's) (1 report)

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NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

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Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) (1)
- Reported May 01, 2025 11:15 by Matthew Bell
- CAS Nieuw Amsterdam 2025 2.6, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-122.006415&<ll...>,-122.006415
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S231824842
- Comments: "Large albatross with white head and tail, black wings and mantle"

Cook's Petrel (Pterodroma cookii) (1)
- Reported May 01, 2025 12:15 by Matthew Bell
- CAS Nieuw Amsterdam 2025 2.7, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-122.137919&<ll...>,-122.137919
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S231824941
- Comments: "1 1227. Pterodroma with gray caps and distinctive M shape on wings. Expected this time of year"

California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) (1)
- Reported May 01, 2025 09:40 by Alexander Yan
- 2026–2178 Ramada Dr, Paso Robles US-CA (35.5863,-120.6956), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.695645&<ll...>,-120.695645
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S231794468
- Comments: "Flew overhead while driving north to Paso. Enormous vulture with huge, wide wings spraying out. Bird looked either quite worn or just being an immature, with some but not too much white in the underwing. Small fan like tail. Last seen at approximately that location chased by two ravens and flying south."

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported May 01, 2025 11:24 by Russ Namitz
- MU Ranch, Carrizo Plain NM--no internal access, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.4817506&<ll...>,-119.4817506
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S231699616
- Comments: "Two adults with rufous caps and black eyelines"

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported May 01, 2025 11:24 by Leisyka Parrott
- MU Ranch, Carrizo Plain NM--no internal access, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.4817506&<ll...>,-119.4817506
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S231699618
- Comments: "Two adults with rufous caps and black eyelines"

White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel's) (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii) (2)
- Reported May 01, 2025 11:24 by Russ Namitz
- MU Ranch, Carrizo Plain NM--no internal access, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-119.4817506&<ll...>,-119.4817506
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S231699616
- Comments: "One adult and one immature. Orangish-pink bills & gray lores"

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