Date: 6/9/26 6:23 am From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Blue-winged Teal (1 report)
- Lesser Scaup (1 report)
- American Oystercatcher (3 reports)
- Red-necked Phalarope (1 report)
- Royal Tern (1 report)
- American Redstart (1 report)
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American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 07, 2026 16:19 by Sam Strich
- 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/S354721193 - Comments: "Continuing. (35.2839855, -120.8865612). With gulls and bloys. Determined by others to be just barely not a hybrid. This bird shows serious black splotching down the breast and some in the vent. I have 0 experience with this so I’ll defer to experts."
Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) (9) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 08, 2026 08:30 by Tom Edell
- Morro Strand State Beach, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8678892&<ll...>,-120.8678892 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S354698556 - Comments: "9 probable second year birds together on beach. White heads with black trailing back from eye and around the back of the head with a slight crest at the back, and somewhat stout orangish bills that did not look thin or down curved."
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