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 Bay over

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 Ruppert rruppert@...

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 slightly unusual. Ye

I decided to check the creek mouths, Sat 2/12, in Cambria after the rain. 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. The

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 Emb

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 550

This morning I saw an adult male Rufous Hummingbird in my backyard feeding at the Pride of Madeira blossoms. This is my first sighting this year. I was also awakened at 7 AM by the raucous cawing of 5

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@...

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 announc

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 ho

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 Kirc

Hi all, I saw the adult bald eagle at Atascadero Lake again mid-afternoon today after not seeing it, but checking frequently, for about 3 weeks. It was in the same tall tree above 9576 Marchant Way, o

Bill and I had just turned right onto Hwy 1 from Grand Ave. in G.B. Sunday late morning, when Bill said in a frantic voice �my God, look at those birds��just before the car in front of us were (what a

I am hoping someone can help me out. If I remember correctly, a Bullock's Oriole was reported at the Sweet Springs Nature Preserve in January during the Winter Bird Festival. I would like to determine

Saturday, 4 March, John Roser is leading a field trip on which he will share his expertise on the Brant - a sea goose which migrates from Northern Alaska and Artic waters as far south as Baja Californ

Reminder of the Brant field trip with John Roser this Sat., 4 March - meet at east end of Morro Bay State Park Marina parking lot at 11:30AM. Ted Pope tnbpope@... 547-0242

Today at Cal Poly in the creek near the feed mill I refound the Pacific-slope Flycatcher that was first seen in December. I assume it was the same one. I saw it in the same tree anyway. If it's not th