While out paddling in Morro Bay this morning I was pleasantly surprised by two BLACK SKIMMERS flying south, working the shallows on the inside of the sand spit. It was around 10:00 a.m. and just acros

While running errands, I was a bit surprised to note a LEWIS' WOODPECKER at one of the two oak trees located at the Main St. exit (Exit 226)...between the northbound offramp and the freeway. With a li

At around 5:15 pm today, there was a large loose flock of 70 + Vaux's swifts ranging over the area of the San Anselmo/Hwy. 101 overpass, in north Atascadero. Steve McMasters Atascadero, CA

A visit to the Piedras Blancas lighthouse today produced a surprising flock of 12 COMMON RAVEN flying over the lighthouse. An unsurprising list of birds included: BRANDT'S & PELAGIC CORMORANTS WESTERN

I had a RED BREASTED SAPSUCKER at my home in NW Atascadero this morning. Along with ACORN WOODPECKERS, NUTALLS WOODPECKERS, HAIRY WOODPECKERS and NORTHERN FLICKERS...it made for a nice Thanksgiving wo

The Caracara was in the area of Villa Creek Rd and Hwy 1 today at 1:50 pm. It is still soaring (at 2:00) over the area between Villa Creek Rd and Harmony Headlands. Steve Mcmasters Atascadero, Ca & Be

I looked for the Yellow Bellied Sapsucker at C. Clarke Memorial Park, but did not locate it. I did find a RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER and female PHAINOPEPLA. The RB Sapsucker was working the conifers close