A good friend of mine Martha Sparta saw (and described to me for positive ID) the Zone-tailed Hawk feeding in the ground on the Sandspit hillside at Shark's Inlet loosely among similarly perched Turke

Hi and Happy New Birding Year, SLOCO-birders! Jeanne Miller and I saw Pat and Ann Vaughn at the Eastern Phoebe site and they helped us find the bird. It is regularly found within a few hundred feet of

Tom Edell and I had good looks at a definite Red-naped Sapsucker at Santa Rosa Park. Most easily and regularly seen in the Chinese Elms along the left field foul line along the street at the baseball

On Fri, Oct 2, 2020, 06:46 Mike Bush via groups.io <mbushii@...> wrote: Hi All, Following Marlin Harms' comment last night, I went to the Moñtana de Oro State Park Sandspit access road

Hi All, Following Marlin Harms' comment last night, I went to the Moñtana de Oro State Park Sandspit access road this morning. The roadway is gated and locked; posted with a 'Closed Sunset - 8am' sign

Hi SLOCO Birders! Out early in the marine layer this morning to see the previously reported (Jeff Miller & Tom Edell) Tropical Kingbird, I also saw a young male Vermillion Flycatcher, at Campsite #56.

Hi Again, Kevin Zimmer has contacted me separately with his thorough review of my photos: By the way, in looking at your photos, I’m not at all convinced that you have a mixed-species pair. The bird o

Hi All - Seeing great photos coming from the breeding grebes at Santa Margarita Lake, I made the journey from Los Osos on Thursday and Friday early mornings and was NOT disappointed! The floating nest

Hi Judy and All - The white petals on pineapple guava or feijoa (now in the genus Acca) are very sugary and tasty! Wonderful 'raw' in a salad, actually. Recently I have observed European Starlings tak

Seen again in good light from Nancy Ave as late as 8:45, singing. Thanks Jim for another super find and posting. Photos on FLICKR. Mike Bush Los Osos, California

Hi - The bird was still active and singing when I left at 10:45am. Photos can be seen on my Flickr page. Thank you Jim Royer for finding this rare bird, and to Tom for sending out the SLOCOBIRDING not

The previously reported Indigo Bunting is still being seen at this moment on lower Quintana Road about a quarter mile south of South Bay boulevard.

This morning at 7am, two other birders and I saw both a Summer Tanager and the continuing Rose-breasted Grosbeak on Pecho Rd., Los Osos. The Summer Tanager farther south, or uphill in the first open s

Apologies. For Black Skimmer photos go to: Mike's Flickr Page https://www.flickr.com/photos/bushblog/ Mike Bush Los Osos, California ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Mike Bush <mbushii@gma

Hi - Single Black Skimmer seen along the sandbar east of the pier on the Back Bay, Baywood-Los Osos, CA. Saw at 10:30am in a flock of Marbled Godwits and Willets. Photos on Flickr. Mike Mike Bush Los

Hi All - I was fortunate to be heading into SLO just after seeing this post, and was quickly able to locate the female Phainopepla. After watching many House Finches, I played a short call, and the fe

The Yellow-crowned Night-heron continues at the usual spot at the far eastern end of Morro Bay State Park Marina. In conversation last night at the CNPS-SLO meeting with Marlin Harms, he related to me

SLOCOBirders - I spotted two American Avocets among a mixed flock of Marbled Godwits and Willets at the new Barbara Burke Memorial Viewing Platform in the newly-opened East Sweet Springs Reserve at 1

Seen by several birders at 8am resting on a railing of the Sur la Mer in boat dock group #6 at State Park Marina, Morro Bay.

The Bay-breasted Warbler appeared in a light sprinkle at 9am Friday after a 10 minute wait. Seen exactly as previously mentioned (and below). Mike Bush Jeanne Miller Los Osos ---------- Forwarded mess