Sooty Oystercatcher at Bawley Point, NSW
Identification history
| Haematopus fuliginosus | 11 Dec 2018 | GLemann |
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Sooty Oystercatcher nest with 1 egg.
7 comments
CBrandis
wrote:
13 Dec 2018
Looks more like a Red-capped Plover nest/egg as SOs nest on off-shore Islands, did you see the SO?
GLemann
wrote:
14 Dec 2018
Yes. Definitely SO. One parent was nearby when I came across it then the other appeared and shooed me away. No doubt - SO's. Egg is also much bigger then RCP but doesn't show in the photo.
GLemann
wrote:
17 Dec 2018
Returned on 16/12. Found scrape but egg and birds gone. V confident about the ID.
CBrandis
wrote:
18 Dec 2018
Hi again, we went down this morning and egg gone but there were a pair of Pied Oystercatchers on the beach. These do nest on beaches with a similar egg and all the literature checked confirms SOs nest on rocky islands, occasional rocky headland in the past, but no records on sand. Can we make it an uncertain? Cheers
GLemann
wrote:
18 Dec 2018
Hi. I help with the nesting shorebird monitoring and am absolutely confident but I understand that it is impossible to moderate. No Pied Oystercatchers were there that day and it was sooties that chased me off. No worries.
CBrandis
wrote:
18 Dec 2018
Hi, I did meet you at Jodie's last get together, NSW Bird Atlassers that your mother submits sightings to, but it is a hard one so we will leave it with these comments attached and any researcher can make up their own minds. Cheers Chris
Location information
- Maps Meroo National Park
- Places Bawley Point, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 11 Dec 2018 01:23 PM Recorded on
- GLemann Recorded by
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Species information
- Haematopus fuliginosus Scientific name
- Sooty Oystercatcher Common name
- Sensitive
- Vulnerable *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 92 images trained Machine learning
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