Date: 5/28/26 11:02 am From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- American Oystercatcher (8 reports)
- American Redstart (1 report)
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American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) (1)
- Reported May 26, 2026 17:00 by Tom Slater
- Hazard Canyon Reef, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8826268&<ll...>,-120.8826268 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S347916282 - Media: 1 Video, 2 Photos
- Comments: "Seen with a flock of 12 black oystercatchers just north of Hazards Reef. Black on top. White from breast down through belly. Splotchy black/white breast. Red bill. Some white underwings. See photos. Continuing bird."
American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) (1)
- Reported May 27, 2026 17:52 by Haley Garrow
- West Hazard Canyon--Montana de Oro SP, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8812916&<ll...>,-120.8812916 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S348027416 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Seen foraging in the sand along the shore at high tide north of the creek. Initially seen with a flock of black oystercatchers and then separated from the group to roost with a flock of gulls. Continuing bird found by AW on 5/25."
American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) (1)
- Reported May 27, 2026 12:40 by Terri Osborn
- West Hazard Canyon--Montana de Oro SP, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8812916&<ll...>,-120.8812916 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S348096505 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird reported by AW on 5/25/2026. It was foraging along a rocky reef on the beach with a Black Oystercatcher. Its head, neck, wings and upper chest were black. The back appeared dark brown, lower chest, belly and under tail coverts were white but lower chest had some black markings on the white. A line of white extended from the lower chest up around the point of the shoulder. Its long, stout bill was bright red but slightly darker toward the tip and its legs were light pink. It was similar in size to the nearby Black Oystercatcher. Other birders were, also, present."
American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) (1)
- Reported May 27, 2026 10:45 by Eric Wier
- West Hazard Canyon--Montana de Oro SP, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8812916&<ll...>,-120.8812916 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S347927828 - Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird discovered by Allison Webenbauer on May 25, 2026. Large shorebird, nearly identical to Black Oystercatcher, except for white lower breast, white belly, white shoulder band, and white under tail coverts. The bird had scattered black marks on the white lower breast, below its black hood. Some of our photos show that the left eyeball has a dark fleck between the pupil and the front of the eyeball."
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