Date: 7/16/25 2:57 pm
From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...>
Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:

- Surfbird (1 report)
- Neotropic Cormorant (2 reports)

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NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated.

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Surfbird (Calidris virgata) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 13, 2025 12:55 by Petra Clayton
- Lucerne Dr. Vista Point -- Cayucos, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9141691&<ll...>,-120.9141691
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S259741359
- Media: 8 Photos
- Comments: "Breeding plumage: Finely streaked head, nape and upper breast; coarsely streaked lower breast; black spots on white flanks; white speckles on upper dark back; golden flecks on dark wings; dark upper mandible; yellow lower mandible with black tip; yellow legs and feet.
Most recent eBird report of this species in SLO County: May 8, 2025
Most recent eBird report of this species at this eBird hotspot: April 12, 2025
Click on the image below for a Flickr video:
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jack-petra-clayton/54657909384/in/dateposted-public/" title="Surfbird (Calidris virgata), Cayucos, CA"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/54657909384_f5371d42f8_z.jpg" alt="Surfbird (Calidris virgata), Cayucos, CA" /></a>"

Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 15, 2025 10:55 by Terri May
- Morro Creek mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8624411&<ll...>,-120.8624411
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S260212147
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird first seen by Tom Edell. Small cormorant, barely visible white where the bill meets the head, the bill is smaller in appearance than a DCCO. Rather 'tattered' in appearance. In Sycamore up the creek preening, then took a nap. Unfazed by loud rap music coming from nearby warehouse. Observed with a pair of Hooded Orioles also perched in the tree."

Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 14, 2025 15:06 by Kevin Zimmer
- Morro Creek mouth, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8624411&<ll...>,-120.8624411
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S260185715
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing juvenile bird, first found by Tom Edell on June 9. Small cormorant with proportionately long tail; restricted yellow gular pouch narrow and sharply pointed at the rear, and narrowly outlined in white; no yellow or orange bare patches in the supraloral region, which was solidly feathered. Photos to be added shortly."

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