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Date: 2/4/26 9:58 pm From: Tom Miko via groups.io <tgmiko...> Subject: Re: [sbcobirding] Oystercatcher score
Is anybody researching the DNA of these two oystercatcher species? Are they actually two separate, legit species? Are they a super species? I have tried to find the answer to this question online and I have only found junk, nothing about actual DNA research being done by anybody. Tom Miko Claremont 91711 909.241.3300 "We lose a rifle and get punished. They lose a war and get promoted."--Ben Edwards On Mon, Feb 2, 2026, 5:01 PM Paul Lehman via groups.io <lehman.paul= <verizon.net...> wrote: > I had scored the oystercatcher yesterday, as did Dave. Both of us came up > with 28, with possibly a generous 29, which is at the upper end of the > hybrid range. Problematic birds like this occur fairly regularly in the way > upper 20's, possibly just barely making it to an "acceptable" 30 or 31. > Anything above that is quite rare. The Jehl Scale is a good, helpful tool > but it is just that, a tool. All of this is slightly artificial. > > Paul Lehman, San Diego > > > Sent from AOL on Android > <https://aolapp.onelink.me/eG2g?pid=NativePlacement&c=US_Acquisition_YMktg_320_EmailSignature_AttributionDL&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=US_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100002473&af_sub5=SentFromNewAOLApp__Interstitial_&af_ios_store_cpp=ce85ce34-ad0f-4811-a92b-a172743b064e&af_android_url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?<id...>&listing=email_signature_attribution> > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#39298): https://sbcobirding.groups.io/g/main/message/39298 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/117608812/858290 -=-=- For everything birding in Santa Barbara County: http://www.sbcobirding.com Read the County Reporting List guidelines: http://www.sbcobirding.com/countyreportinglist.html Updated status and distribution of Santa Barbara County birds: http://www.sbcobirding.com/lehmanbosbc.html SB Breeding Bird Study: Contribute at http://santabarbaraaudubon.org/santa-barbara-county-breeding-bird-study/ For guides to birding eBird Hotspots in SB, see https://birdinghotspots.org/us/california/santa-barbara-county -=-=- Group Owner: main+<owner...> Unsubscribe: https://sbcobirding.groups.io/g/main/unsub [<lists...>] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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