Greetings SLO birders. Nice to find a small & local place to post occasional reports and weekly summaries from Point Piedras Blancas. The Southwest Fisheries Science Center (NOAA/NMFS, La Jolla) has c

Taking advantage of a clear and sunny morning, I walked from my house on Moonstone Beach Dr., Cambria uphill on Weymouth St. to the trails winding through the forest on the C-T Ranch (vicinity of the

Hi Today my wife, Cher, and I found the Magnolia warbler in the same area described by Jamie Chavez last week, campsites 70 and 71. In the same trees there were a few Yellow rumps and Townsend's warbl

Greetings to all: Was on the Carrizo Plains all day Saturday. Lots of the usual birds and raptors. One merlin, one prairie falcon, one ferruginous hawk, one northern harrier, one black-shouldered kite

Hello, On Saturday, March 18, 8 a.m., I decided to take a hike up Pine Mt., Atascadero. We parked at the cemetery and just after getting out of the car we heard a Northern Pygmy-Owl calling. We follow

Hi SLOBirders, I'm thinking of camping out on the Carizzo Plain. Can anyone tell me if there are any places set up for camping either on the Plain or nearby? We'll be coming up from LA and entering fr

3/20, Tom Edell writes: Actually, I've only seen one, late Saturday afternoon (3/18). It zinged in really close and back and forth for a minute or so. So close and fast I had a hard time keeping up wi

This has come together more or less at the last minute, but there are a few spots open for a unique birding trip to the Work Ranch this Saturday - 25 March. The leader will be Mike McGee. The Work Ran

Hello all, Karen Clarke has taken two photos of an incredibly strange hummingbird from Palm Canyon. I have posted the pictures on my web site. Go to: http://www.calpoly.edu/~mstiles/slobird.html and c

Hello, I checked out Atascadero Lake today after school looking for Purple Martins. I didn't see any martins but there was one Mute Swan adult. Roger Zachary

Hi Everyone-- You're right, that's a very strange hummingbird. The growth at the base of the bill looks pretty grim (cancer or pox, but I've never heard of pox in hummingbirds); perhaps the growth is

I accompanied Jim to the Monterey area today, Mar 21. I dropped him at Corral de Tierra golf course on Hwy 68 (hwy to Monterey/Carmel from Salinas). I continued on to the mouth of the Carmel River. I

The following is posted on behalf of Doug Stinson - who spotted two Hooded Orioles (1 male, 1 female), and a male Bullocks Oriole at Oceano Lagoon, Thurs., 3/23, around 8:30AM near the horse corrals a

Hi All, I birded Oceano Lagoon/Campground for a couple of hours this morning. Nothing unusual, but spring is certainly springing! There were both a lot of bird song and a lot of mosquitoes in evidence

I am adding my 2 cents worth of information to this year's migration of Rufous Hummingbird along the Central Coast in response to Brad Schram's observations. I waited for the spring migration of Rufou

Greetings - We received the following and thought someone of you might be interested in showing Bill some birding areas here on the Central Coast. We'll be south for our son's wedding on the weekend i

I led a field trip Saturday the 25th through Cuesta College community ed. to the Carrizo Plains...we had a guided walk led by a BLM biologist to Painted Rock. There was a golden eagle on a nest near t

Greetings everyone, I found two chipping sparrows at Heilmann Park in Atascadero on Saturday the 25th in the afternoon, and again this morning (Sunday) a the same spot. They were both in summer plumag

Piedras Blancas and north coast summary (week 2: March 19-25) coastal seabirds..... Improved offshore visibility and generally calm winds and seas all week made for a pleasant week for observations. S

I wanted to take this opportunity to thank Richard Rowlett for his Piedras Blancas updates. I hope you keep it up, it's a great resource. Some yard bird news: The Yellow-headed Blackbird is still arou