Had an adult, female turkey glide into the yard yesterday. I was flabbergasted! She walked around the yard, then out to the deck, jumped on the railing, checked out the dry creek bed, then flew down

Had a Western Tanager and Black-headed Grosbeak at my pond and feeder this morning. Also my Western Bluebird box just fledged a second clutch of 4 young for the season! Kara Hagedorn Atascadero, CA

Driving out to the end @ mid afternoon last week, a Roadrunner with a lizard in its beak crossed just in front of me to run into a downslope farm yard. 10 minutes later, about 75 yds farther along the

This morning at 10:45 a.m. the Northern Waterthrush found at Sweet Springs by Dave Clendenen yesterday and reported by Mike Stiles, was present. It was feeding and bobbing along the edge of the pond

Hello all, Surprised to hear a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH vocalizing in a tree at the CampKEEP native plant garden this morning in Montana De Oro State Park. The WILD TURKEY Jim Royer reported near

I'm 99.9% sure I saw a male Indigo Bunting on Islay Hill today. Much more slender bill than the Blue Grosbeak. I didn't have my binoculars but he was within very close range, probably 10-15 feet away.

I went for a last minute hike to Oso Flaco Lake this evening (Owen finally had to pay the piper and do homework). I got there after 6pm and it was cloudy and the light was seedy, also it was very cold

Dave Clendenen found a NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH at Sweet Springs along the edge of the pond. We watched it feeding and bobbing along the muddy edge on both sides of the wooden bridge, and eliminated the

At the Audubon Overlook, I saw 2 Black skimmers this morning, at an intermediate tide (at 8:30 - 9 am) - on a sandbar to the northwest, with Caspian Terns and gulls. A scope would be very handy to

ps- Some pics from the day can be found here. Black-headed Grosbeak Male_0667 Black-headed Grosbeak Male_0667 View on www.flickr.com Preview by Yahoo We saw one chick, we're

While birding the north coast today an adult Bald Eagle was seen winging across Hwy 1 towards the shore. Notable at the shore locations we checked was the dearth of birds. Crows, song sparrows but

I walked about a mile back on the Coon Creek Trail this morning in Montana de Oro State Park. Highlights included a singing Olive-sided Flycatcher, 3 Canyon Wrens (easy to hear near the second

Owen and I hit oceano and saw 4 WARBLING VIREOS, 9 HOODED ORIOLES, 3 WESTERN TANAGERS, BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, 12+ ALLENS HUMMINGBIRDS and 2 PURPLE FINCHES. Earlier on Dana

Walking past Shamel park at 8:45 am today I notice swallows heading toward Santa Rosa creek. At the creek near the park I saw a small number (20 or so) gathering mud at creek side. On my way somewhere

Great day out at Oso Flaco. Highlights include: 1 WESTERN KINGBIRD, 2 GREEN HERONS, several YELLOW and WILSON'S WARBLERS. Plus, two new life birds for me; 1 LEAST BITTERN and 1 male WESTERN

I'm talking Oso Flaco Lake. Maggie Smith Arroyo Grande http://www.flickr.com/photos/slomaggie

Mid morning today there was HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER in the willows along the road to the lake (long primary extension, small, straight sided all dark bill and complete eye ring. A female RED-NECKED

Don Quintana & I went to Oso Flaco and saw some of the Yellow Warblers--maybe 5--that Dave mentioned on Tuesday in the reed islands near the bridge. We also saw 4 Green Herons, all adults. Plus the

Greetings, At least 10 Yellow Warblers, most paired, were feeding in the rushes in the mid-way islands, coming and going. Along the entry the birds were making too much noise. A Hermit Warbler,

Cuesta's mascot pair of Cassin's Kingbird is aggressively repelling all crows trying to infiltrate the science complex (2300 buildings). Cliff Swallow numbers appear to be severely depressed from