On Fri, Jul 17, 2026 at 5:09 PM Jamie Chavez via groups.io <almiyi=
<protonmail.com...> wrote:
> Even more on shorebirds from the Santa Maria River mouth today. This
> included a Red Knot, a sizeable flock of Western Sandpipers, and a few
> Red-necked Phalaropes. Also present was a Common Tern. Confirmed breeding
> Eared Grebe for the CA Bird Atlas. Most birds were toward the northern end,
> or what might be considered in SLO. Curiously, there was a 3" white egg
> sitting on the edge of the estuary shoreline. Anyone want to take a stab at
> which species might be involved?
>
> https://ebird.org/atlascalifornia/checklist/S373239714 >
> Jamie M. Chavez
> Santa Maria, CA
>
> On Friday, July 17th, 2026 at 3:38 PM, Florence Sanchez via groups.io
> <sanchezucsb11...> wrote:
>
> I have been walking COP Beaches very early in the morning this week. It's
> been nice to pick up returning species like Sanderlings, Least Sandpiper,
> and Black Turnstone, while seeing the numbers increase a little each day
> for Western Sandpipers, SB Dowitchers, Black-bellied Plovers, and all the
> large shorebirds. Today I found an adult Surfbird at the western edge of
> the reef. I think this is quite early for this species.
>
> Also present today were four adult, clean California Gulls. Last year a
> few of these gulls over-summered, but this year, they have been scarce.
>
> Florence Sanchez
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> Jamie Chavez
> Santa Maria, CA
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