SLOCO BIRDERS - Yes, the cancellation of this year's Morro Bay Wiinter Bird Festival is horrible news for local birders, country-wide registrants and especially the Volunteer Team that's been working

Hi SLOCO Birders - The Common Gallinule found last Saturday during the Christmas Bird Count continues at the Swine Unit at Cal Poly. It can be found beyond Baggett Baseball Stadium in a pond with an e

Hi SLOCO Birders - California Condor in Cambria on Santa Rosa Creek Rd between Main Street and Coast Union High School. Seem on top of a utility pole next to the road. Bird responsibly. Mike Bush Los

Hi SLOCO Birders - The Red-necked Grebe found yesterday early afternoon by Petra Clayton is still on San Simeon lagoon. Bird with care - Mike Bush Los Osos

Thanks for the bird updates and additional ID information, Tom. Jeanne Miller and I saw a flock of 14 Greater White-fronted Goose flying over Oceano Campground yesterday at 1:30pm. Mike Mike Bush Los

Hi All - Carrion is decaying flesh. What's been described in this thread is simply fresh meat. Mike Bush Los Osos

Hi All - Several birders had looks of the Grace's Warbler reported yesterday. Seen in the pines in the NW portion of the Park. Mike Los Osos

Sloco Birders - In my effort to be helpful, I've confused the issue. Pt. Buchon Trail is CLOSED TUESDAYS and WEDNESDAYS. After closing today at 5pm, it will reopen THURSDAY MORNING at 8am. I believe t

Hi Sloco Birders - I just saw a sign at the entrance to Pt. Buchon Trail stating that they are CLOSED MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS. They close today at 5pm, reopen Wednesday at 8am. You could still have views

Sloco Birders - Jay Carroll found a Reddish Egret at the creek mouth of Coon Creek at 1:30pm. I refound it at 2:20pm in the brackish water of the creek mouth, actively canopy feeding. I walked to the

Sloco Birders - The Pectoral Sandpiper found separately yesterday by Norm, Petra and Dave continues at the Alva Paul lagoon in the central area of Morro Strand State Park - and was seen earlier today

Sloco Birders - The Semipalmated Sandpiper found by Steve Wingnut yesterday afternoon continues in the south end of the lake on mudflats near the island. The bird has a thick blunt black bill and very

Hi SLOCO Birders - I drove Mt. Bishop Rd through Cal Poly on my way home after a quick visit to the Horticulture Unit. While there were not many black birds, I did see a group of some 25+ mixed black

Hi SLOCO Birders - At this minute there are three Black Skimmers perched on a mudflat in the direction of the oyster operation. Also two Brant, four Caspian Terns and six White Pelicans. Scope very he

Hi SLOCO Birders - Jeanne and I have camped at Twisselmann Ranch Pond hipcamp on Bitterwater Rd the past two nights. This morning we saw 29 Swainson's Hawks perched on the ground between 4 and 6 miles

Hi Johanna - and others - I find the most likely spot 3.4 miles on San Simeon-Monterey Crk Road from Hwy 1. There you will find a yellow diamond warning sign for a double-curve ahead. The bird has bee

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