Date: 3/3/26 2:22 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- King Eider (3 reports)
- Western Cattle-Egret (1 report)
- Harris's Sparrow (1 report)
- Hooded Oriole (1 report)

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NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

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King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 02, 2026 09:28 by Jeanette Stone
- 1120 Pasadena Drive, Baywood-Los Osos, California, US (35.332, -120.842), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8423548&<ll...>,-120.8423548
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S305657023
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing on the smaller oyster float and bay. Poor distant photos."

King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 03, 2026 11:06 by Jake Hager
- Morro Bay Estuary (use more specific location(s) when possible), San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8501072&<ll...>,-120.8501072
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S305669814
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Continuing female resting on wooden rack near southernmost oyster farm."

King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 01, 2026 11:45 by John Fields
- Pasadena Park Beach, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8440733&<ll...>,-120.8440733
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S305489680
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Female bird previously reported. Out on the platform in the bay. Distance photos able to be taken."

Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis) (1)
- Reported Mar 01, 2026 09:09 by John Fields
- 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/S305489692
- Comments: "Continuing bird. Seen in the last several days with a larger group of Great and Snowy Egrets on the flood plain."

Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 03, 2026 08:10 by Kaaren Perry
- Morro Bay yard, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.844846&<ll...>,-120.844846
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S305701872
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing to be seen several times a day at this location. 2 Photos from today to document occurrence."

Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus) (1)
- Reported Mar 02, 2026 16:10 by Jacqueline Knowlton
- Corner of Shiloh Pl. and Bethel Road, Templeton, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.7257825&<ll...>,-120.7257825
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S305661608
- Comments: "Slender oriole with black chin patch and orangish-yellow "hood," white wing bars, black back, yellow underparts. Feeding from hummingbird feeder near palms."

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