Date: 11/19/25 12:29 am
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Black Scoter (1 report)
- Pacific Golden-Plover (1 report)
- Pigeon Guillemot (1 report)
- Chipping Sparrow (2 reports)
- Black-and-white Warbler (1 report)
- Bay-breasted Warbler (1 report)

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Black Scoter (Melanitta americana) (1)
- Reported Nov 18, 2025 07:44 by Mark Mushkat
- Bluff Trail--Montana de Oro SP, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8948396&<ll...>,-120.8948396
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S285085950
- Comments: "Female on flight with SUSCs. Pale cheek and belly, dark hood and bill observed."

Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva) (1)
- Reported Nov 18, 2025 11:12 by Mason Klepp
- Morro Bay SP--Marina/Boardwalk Trail, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8418006&<ll...>,-120.8418006
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S285091296
- Comments: "Photos incoming. More brown/golden, thinner bill, and more slender body than black bellied plovers."

Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 18, 2025 07:45 by Nick & Jane
- Bluff Trail--Montana de Oro SP, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8948396&<ll...>,-120.8948396
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S285096219
- Media: 8 Photos
- Comments: "Smaller than a murre, huge white wing patch on black rounded wings."

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (4) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 17, 2025 08:26 by Ben Kolstad
- Oak Creek Park/Sherwood Park--Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6562399&<ll...>,-120.6562399
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S284977792
- Media: 5 Photos

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) (2)
- Reported Nov 18, 2025 09:17 by Kathleen Kent
- Oakview Village, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.660672&<ll...>,-120.660672
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S285085607
- Comments: "Continuing presence of CHSPs, seen in two separate locations. Photos of at least one, to be submitted soon-ish."

Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 18, 2025 14:00 by Terri Osborn
- Santa Rosa Creek Trail--Fiscalini Ranch Preserve, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-121.1005139&<ll...>,-121.1005139
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S285124060
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Seen in trees along the creek just north of the chain gate (GPS: 35.56774° N, 121.10350°) W. It had black and white streaking above and on its flanks, white face with a dark eye line, white throat and belly, and white undertail coverts with 4 black dots. It was foraging with a loose flock of Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Townsend's Warblers, Chestnut-backed Chickadees and Bushtits. It foraged along the tree trunks and branches moving similar to a nuthatch. The flock eventually moved to the south in the tops of the trees along the trail."

Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Nov 12, 2025 16:15 by Jeanette Stone
- 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/S284206354
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing warbler in the same location (along the Eucalyptus grove). Bold white wing-bars, yellow head, and buffy sides/under tail with a hint of bay color."

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