Here is a BOC (sorry don't have time to process tonight) from today of one
of them 30 feet from IT's. Beach. The other had a "pied" wing but body was
pretty normal.
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On Tue, Oct 6, 2026, 8:50 PM Abram Fleishman <abfleishman...> wrote:
> Alex spotted one from the water the other day. Here is my pic.
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> -Abram
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> Sent from my phone
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> On Tue, Oct 6, 2026 at 19:51 Ryan Phillips <norcalbirding...>
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>> Yes, there were two of them.in the chaos.
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>> "Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes
>> and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?"
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>> - Sir David Attenborough
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>> On Tue, Oct 6, 2026, 7:46 PM 'Pete Sole' via mbbirds <
>> <mbbirds...> wrote:
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>>> Hi birders,
>>>
>>> Reviewing my bird images from the SC lighthouse today, I came across a
>>> photo with what looks like a LEUCISTIC BLACK-VENTED SHEARWATER. Can't
>>> say I've seen one of these before. Here is a crop of the frame in
>>> question, with a red arrow pointing to the interesting bird, flying
>>> below and to the left of the elegant tern:
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.lighthousenet.com/photos/birds/documentary/shearwater_black_vented_leucistic_261006a.jpg >>>
>>> If somebody has a different opinion as to what this bird might be, or
>>> can confirm my ID suspicion, it would be great to read.
>>>
>>> Interesting birds out there...
>>>
>>> Pete Solé
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