Date: 8/5/26 12:40 am From: eBird alert via groups.io <alert.ebird...> Subject: [slocobirding] [eBird Alert] San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert
*** Species Summary:
- Red-breasted Merganser (1 report)
- Vaux's Swift (1 report)
- Sora (1 report)
- American Oystercatcher (1 report)
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron (2 reports)
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American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 04, 2026 10:50 by Mike Kinberg
- 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/S380063031 - Comments: "Continuing bird, H. p. frazari type, mottled black breast with white underparts distinctive from BLOY next to it. Also orange bill. First found further south and then it flew closer to the Hazard Canyon trail exit. Lifer! Photos and video."
Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Aug 04, 2026 15:38 by Tom Edell
- Hardie Park/Cayucos Creek (Ocean Ave Bridge to Hwy 1 Bridge), Cayucos, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9062489&<ll...>,-120.9062489 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S380043238 - Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Juvenile first reported yesterday. Today along creek between Hardie Park and Ocean Ave Bridge. Brownish-gray plumage, gray crown showing a few downy feathers, broad-based dark bill paling at base, yellow chin and lores, small white triangles at tips of wing feathers, yellow-green legs."
Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (1)
- Reported Aug 04, 2026 13:15 by Petra Clayton
- Hardie Park/Cayucos Creek (Ocean Ave Bridge to Hwy 1 Bridge), Cayucos, San Luis Obispo, California
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-120.9062489&<ll...>,-120.9062489 - Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S380018258 - Media: 1 Video, 20 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing juvenile since 8/3/26.
Yesterday's sighting was only the second-ever eBird report in the Cayucos Creek area.
The first-ever eBird report here was on August 1, 2024: <a href="https://ebird.org/checklist/S189847451">ebird.org/checklist/S189847451</a> Today's juvenile was observed midway between the two bridges, standing and walking on a log in the creek, dipping into the creek three times, apparently bathing, and exiting the water without shaking and only briefly preening.
Small white triangular spots on the covert feathers; downy feathers on gray crown; all dark, stout bill with yellow feathers at the base of the lower mandible; long greenish-yellow legs.
Click on the image below for a Flickr video showing the activity:
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jack-petra-clayton/55443809314/in/dateposted-public/" title="Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea), juvenile, Hardie Park, Cayucos, CA"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/55443809314_219f3b48b0.jpg" alt="Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea), juvenile, Hardie Park, Cayucos, CA" /></a>"
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