Instead of our usual weekend beach walk,�due to the wind & fog Jo & I walked the loop starting at the County Ed. office around to the Botanic gardens this morning. Mostly just the usual susp

One of the best things about birding is what you find while looking for something else. Returning from SLO, I thought I would Rancho el Chorro for Turkeys. Halfway between Hwy 1 & ReC, there it was ac

Two sitings of interest today on the Strand.� 1. Northbound Osprey dove twice inside the breakers, missed twice. 2. Lonb-billed Curlew with one white feather,�see�photo. Rich� [Non-text portions of th

Lots of activity on the bay with the Fall migration under way. Two observations of note; 1. Group of 6 Brant on the sand spit that look like refuges from the Gulf oil spill, hmmm, that sounds way too

Lots of activity on the bay with the Fall migration under way. Two observations of note; 1. Group of 6 Brant on the sand spit that look like refuges from the Gulf oil spill, hmmm, that sounds way too

At 2:00 AM last Friday heard my first to,to,to....Saw-whet owl in our backyard,aka east side of Black Hill in Morro Bay. Later that day I had the good fortune to run into a group of three young avid b

I dont consider myself to be a morbid person but on my way to the east County yesterday I couln't help but notice the carnage along the road. From M.B. to Atascadero on Hwy 1 & 49: 2 Racoons 1 Skunk 1

While Kayaking yesterday I took a couple of quick shots of what I thought then was a small Common Loon. To my surprise upon editing at home I had a Pacific. Would appriciate any comments to the contra

Yesterday Joann & I took our Christmas walk north of the Rock and literally walked into the midst of 27 Snowys and one companion �Least Sandpiper.honkered down in the surrounding footprints. It was

Hi all, Two weeks ago we had a pair of Blackheaded Grossbeaks at our feeder. Last week we had two pairs of BHGBs and this week they were accompanied by one fledgeling. Nice to see� something besides

Further developements on the goings on at our tube seed feeder. In addition to the The Blackheaded Grossbeaks there have always been dozens of House Finches. Latly when� the first year BHGB shows up

Besides the usual suspects; 3 Royal Terns 2 Black Oystercatchers in what looked like late courtship activity. At first I thought territorial dispute but wide sandy beaches doesn't seem like the type o

Two notable sightings at MdO yesterday morning. Ashthroated Flycatcher south of the� bluff trail about 100 yards west of the parking area. My first of the season, hopeing there will be more,�Wande

Hi all, Today right around noon there were three juv Golden Eagles crisscrossing and� circling above Tank Farm Rd between S. Higuera & Broad. Would love to post some images but having trouble with m

Hi all, Sorry for this late post but I needed to run a possible Glausus Gull by Brad for conformation. He wasn't able to give it a 100% without another gull near by for size comparison. After camping

Hi All, Sorry for the kerfuffle. Spent a good portion of the afternoon posting stuff on my flickr site but for reasons known only to....? If you are willing to take a slightly circutous route, until I