Date: 6/24/26 6:14 am From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Ring-necked Duck (1 report)
- Red-breasted Merganser (1 report)
- American Oystercatcher (2 reports)
- Royal Tern (1 report)
- California Condor (1 report)
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Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 20, 2026 08:09 by Pair of Wing-Nuts
- Anchor Memorial Park, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.8540039&<ll...>,-120.8540039 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S360571030 - Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Both female plumaged birds were grayish brown on back with lighter gray breast and neck with blurry transition to reddish/brown upper neck, face and head and steep forehead and narrow reddish/orange bill."
American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) (1)
- Reported Jun 23, 2026 19:31 by Owen Wells
- Montaña de Oro State Park, Los Osos US-CA 35.28783, -120.87982, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.884691&<ll...>,-120.884691 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S362430221 - Comments: "Single American Oystercatcher observed on exposed intertidal rocks at Montana de Oro State Park. The bird was associating with a small group of Black Oystercatchers along the rocky shoreline during low tide. It remained on the rocks for the duration of the observation and was readily distinguished from the surrounding Black Oystercatchers by its plumage pattern."
American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 23, 2026 11:54 by Jay Carroll
- 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/S362409606 - Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing H. p. frazari type individual with mottled border between the blackish hood and white belly; foraging in mussel beds at low tide along with a Black Oystercatcher; photos."
Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus) (3)
- Reported Jun 23, 2026 12:23 by Sophia Colello
- 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/S362440273 - Media: 11 Photos
- Comments: "LIFER!!! Pictures coming, was in mixed flocks on the shore along with Caspian terns, heerman's gulls, and western gulls, but the pair still stood together to the side a bit."
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