Hello all I know you've received your welcome message, but I needed to clarify and add a few things. It is set up now so when you hit the reply button on your computer, it will reply to the sender,

Hi, A discussion group for San Luis Obispo County birds. Cheers, M. Stiles

Note to Brad-- I was curious to know if you had your Rufous Hummingbird in the hand (I think a notched t2 is diagnostic) or if there was some other feature you were looking at. I find imm.

Hi all, First let me thank Mike Stiles for all his work setting up the new county bird listserv and also for creating and maintaining a county birding web page. Mike, you are making a substantial

Today around Morro Bay Tom Edell, Marlin Harms, and I had long looks at the NELSON SHARP-TAILED SPARROW near the Marina. This bird is best seen at high tide. Park at the dirt lot across from the

Hello all, Some have asked how their friends and neighbors can join the sloco listserv if they weren't previously subscribed to biorarebirds. I didn't mention it in the welcome message because you all

Friday I went to the Morro Bay Marina (is this type large? I can't seem to make it smaller) during the plus 6.6 tide at 9:40 AM. I watched the known area where the Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow has

Mark and others: I may have been hasty on saying the Rufous hummer was an imm., I suppose it's possible that it was an adult that was re-sprouting a new gorget--but that's unlikely and the gorget

Thanks to all who responded to my question about basic birding classes locally. I passed on quite a list. Brad

Brad, Thanks for posting information on birding classes offered between Santa Maria and Morro Bay. I thought I'd add one more class that is much more informal than the others mentioned. The Morro

Hi Birders: It's been suggested that I publish here my findings based on the question: what local bird classes are available? What I found follows below: 1. Steve Schubert teaches "Birding the

Hi All: Continuing the discussion started by my question about local introductory birding classes: In mid-December I got an e-mail from Kenn Kaufman making semi-public a project he told me he was

The golf course Ross's goose has now approached and joined the "flock" of Camp Keep students out on the mudflats by the state park marina these last two days, preening and napping 2o feet away. Pair

On the subject of Morro Bay peregrine falcons: Early Tuesday morning this week I watched one make at least five or six dives at the plastic owl above the police station.

Peregrines They have been hanging around at times for several days on the island in the Bay where the white pelicans haul out. They spent major time there most of last winter. Dick Boyd

There has been an adult bald eagle at Atascadero Lake off & on. I first saw it 13 January & was told by a local resident that it had appeared nearly every day for a week, coming at 9:30 & leaving

I heard a singing Hutton's Vireo and saw a Hermit Warbler in the LiemertTract, Cambria today. I saw possibly the first Elephant Seal asleep on the beach in front of myhouse on Moonstone Beach

I appreciate the several e-mails about peregrines...please keep me informed of your sightings and behaviors this season (might be best to e-mail me directly and not to the entire group unless you

For at least the past several evenings in Orcutt there has been a roost of more than 50 (perhaps 100!) white-tailed kites. With so many birds being so active, it is hard to get a precise number, but

Steve I have an anecdote of strange Peregrine behavior you might be interested in. I was hiking the sand spit and heard a bird screaming. I saw a Peregrine on the ground about a foot away from a