Sooty Oystercatcher at Bawley Point, NSW
Identification history
| Haematopus fuliginosus | 11 Dec 2018 | GLemann |
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Sooty Oystercatcher nest with 1 egg.
3 comments
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.
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.
Location information
- Places Bawley Point, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- GLemann Recorded by
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Species information
- Haematopus fuliginosus Scientific name
- Sooty Oystercatcher Common name
- Sensitive
- Vulnerable *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 53m Recorded at altitude
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