Date: 5/29/26 12:47 pm From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Vaux's Swift (1 report)
- American Oystercatcher (2 reports)
- American Redstart (1 report)
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American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) (1)
- Reported May 26, 2026 07:15 by Gregory Smith
- 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/S348593702 - Media: 8 Photos
- Comments: "Potential American Oystercatcher. Similar in size to Black Oystercatcher. Black head, neck, and upper breast, while the remainder of the entire dorsal area of the bird was a dark brown. The black & white demarcation line on the breast was not crisp, and di have some black speckling. White lower breast, belly and undertail coverts. Upper tail coverts were white with some limited dark mottling. The rectrices were a dark gray brown on the distal half and a lighter gray brown at the base. Most all of the bird's wing feathers, rectrices, mantle and scapulars showed a great deal of wear. Primaries 1-4 were new and not fully grown out. The bill was a bright orange color with the distal third having some minor dark shading. This combined with the color of the old primaries compared with the new primaries makes me think this is a second year bird..."
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) (1)
- Reported May 29, 2026 10:04 by Yamina Pressler
- Pismo SB--Oceano Campground, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.6265268&<ll...>,-120.6265268 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S348947671 - Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Heard song repeatedly before we saw it. A fast little bird that was very active among the willows, moving around high in the trees. Took us ~40 minutes before we finally got eyes on it. Both observers saw the bird when it flew onto a relatively exposed branch. Orange patches on the side and wings on a black body with whitish underside. Continuing in same location others have recently reported: on east side of loop trail near exposed black plastic culvert on trail north of Norswing entrance. Photos."
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