I took my daughter to school this morning (Cambria) and decided I might as well look around a little while since I was up that way. It was nice to see that the northern creek mouths had broken,

Today I saw a flock of about 12 Vaux's Swifts. They were flying over the Elfin Forest in Los Osos. There are winter records for this bird, but they are uncommon this time of year. Mike Stiles Los

All: I took a quick trip down to the lake last Thursday and, even in the foggy, cloudy weather, I had some interesting sitings. The usuals were there: lots of MALLARDS, SCAUPS, CORMORANTS,

Before others start adding to the "strictly sbco or sloco birds" in the listserves enforcement serial, let me state that my intent was to offer a little humor to the two groups. I certainly did not

Below is a draft of my Eureka column for the Morro Coast Audubon Society Flyway newsletter for the month of January 2000. I would appreciate any comments, additions, or corrections.

I received this from Jim Royer. Thought I'd pass it along to the group. For you out-of-towners Perfumo/See Canyons can be reached either from Los Osos Valley Road in San Luis Obispo, or from Avila Bay

I received this and thought I'd pass it along. Mike Stiles A group from Santa Cruz County led by Clay Kempf found the following interesting (well interesting to me!) birds in and around Morro

Two merlin, in combat display were seen over the eucalyptus at the Morro Bay marina across from the golf course at 3pm on 2/8/00. They flew off in opposite directions. Ron

Date should have been 2/7/00 for the merlin sightings at MB Marina. Ron Ruppert

There are still seven Cattle Egrets at Cal Poly. I watched a pair of Red-shouldered Hawks today hunting and catching large grubs out of a compost bin on campus. I thought that was

I decided to check the creek mouths, Sat 2/12, in Cambria after therain. Maybe there would be something new and unusual. Santa Rosa Ck,flowing swiftly to the ocean, had 200 gulls, most of which were

I led a field trip for Morro Coast Audubon to the Carrizo Plain on Saturday. The rain kept the attendance low - myself and two others - but the weather through threatening held throughout the day.

Hi all, Sunday (2-13) in the rain I saw 2 alternate plumage ad. Heermann's Gull & one immature at Morro Rock, seemingly late to see adult birds. Also two Common Goldeneye near the south end of the

Hi All, I checked the shores off of Shell Beach and Avila to Port San Luis this morning. I saw NO shorebirds of ANY species -- not on rocks, not on sand. Off the Port San Luis Pier, where at least

This morning I saw an adult male Rufous Hummingbird in my backyard feedingat the Pride of Madeira blossoms. This is my first sighting thisyear. I was also awakened at 7 AM by the raucous cawing of

No, I have not seen one, but I am wondering when and where they have been seen in SLO county last. Recently the Department of Interior proposed listing them as endangered. The Federal Register

Today at Cal Poly I found a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW in a flock of crowned sparrows around the Engineering building #13, just west of the library. Mike Stiles mstiles@...

Cal, I must have missed your first post as your post below seems to answer someone's response. I keep status and distributional data for birds in San Luis Obispo County. There are only five

Yesterday afternoon, Feb. 17, had 2000+ gulls on the beach at the mouth of Pismo Creek. 98% at least were California Gulls. The flock did have quite a few 1st year Herrings and a few Thayer's gulls

A group of Santa Barbara birders cruised the Cuyama area on Saturday and had a beautiful dark morph Ferruginous Hawk. The bird was in a large field on the north side of 166 between Highway 33 and