Date: 8/23/26 12:47 am From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Costa's Hummingbird (1 report)
- Common Gallinule (7 reports)
- Pacific Golden-Plover (1 report)
- Solitary Sandpiper (2 reports)
- Black Tern (1 report)
- Least Bittern (3 reports)
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Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 17, 2026 07:02 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/S385849956 - Media: 8 Photos
- Comments: "Photos of an immature male COHU foraging and perched in his actively defended territory. I think these photos are all of the same individual. The 3rd through the 7th photos are of the same bird on his perch taken just seconds apart. In the 1st, 4th and 5th images a small patch of the developing purple gorget can be seen."
Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 21, 2026 09:55 by Petra Clayton
- 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/S385615708 - Media: 1 Video, 11 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing immature since 8/19/26 (Jay Carroll). ---Brown mantle; brownish crown and neck; pale chin and throat; gray underparts; short tail with white edges; white-edged flanks; dark shield; dark bill with yellow tip; dark eye; spindly greenish legs."
Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 21, 2026 07:58 by Herb Elliott
- 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/S385537880 - Media: 7 Photos, 1 Audio
- Comments: "... upperparts spangled with golden markings on brownish background, black belly; better views of primaries extension seen on my home computer; vocalized in flight, poor audio attached."
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 22, 2026 05:40 by The Spotting Twohees
- 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/S385875323 - Comments: "Flyby over the close water area maybe 200' out. Two together going west and landed just over some close bullrushes. IDed by Curtis Marantz and photographed by Herb Elliot. Dark wings both above and below, white belly."
Least Bittern (Botaurus exilis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 21, 2026 09:55 by Petra Clayton
- 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/S385615708 - Comments: "Observed through Kilian's scope in the bull rush straight across the lake from the vacant lot at the Prefumo Creek mouth. --- Overall smaller and lighter in color than a Green Heron seen earlier; buffy underparts with streaks."
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