1:30 Just came into Pismo Creek, west of the cypress st bridge. Kaaren

We saw 3 Common Goldeneyes yesterday under the Avila golf course bridge with goboons of coots - an adult male, adult female and an immature male. Lynne Breakstone

To my knowledge The Barrows Goldeneye has not yet been seen today in Pismo A Common was see and photographed near the pier and later bobbing around in the surf with other sea ducks down south of the p

Bird continues at SL Cemetery. Red throat with complete black border, mottled black-and-white neck and back. Seen tapping on the same spot for 10+ minutes at 0915 on the first (and only) peppertree in

Congrats to Brad Schram! I know he missed this bird 37 years ago and is probably over the moon about finally getting it in the county. Fun to see all the usual suspects out there. What a year it's bee

Before relocating the young male BARROW'S GOLDENEYE at Pismo Creek mouth this morning I stopped in the Village of Arroyo Grande to check for CASSIN'S KINGBIRDS along AG Creek. Although I had been surp

A YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER was found in San Luis Cemetery in pepper trees in the area adjacent to the Elks Lodge parking lot. This is likely the bird found earlier this week by Nick Belardes. I hope i

The neighborhood has been pretty interesting lately. This week I had a late-season HERMIT WARBLER, A RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER, and a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. Not bad for Nipomo. I got out to the Avila br

After circulating the photos from yesterday to some California experts on sapsuckers the conclusion is there is "somethings wrong" with this being a full ruber ssp. Pattern on the back didn't quite wo

I always enjoy the CBC! An annual effort to count the birds in a specific area and also the opportunity to be contributing to a study that has been in progress since 1900!! We all know that this year

Ken Hollinga (from Lompoc) called to tell me he had a MOUNTAIN PLOVER on the beach near the mouth of Oso Flaco Creek after noon today. The bird was working the sand and wrack between the creek mouth a

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

There was a harlequin duck near the footbridge on the Bob Jones Trail this morning between 8:15and 8:30, very close and just downstream. Vicki Morrow

While walking the Pepper Tree line in the picnic area at El Chorro Regional this morning with Judy Neuhauser I spotted a Red-breasted Sapsucker working along the branches and trunk of a Pepper Tree. I

Just for the record - There was an adult White-throated Sparrow in my yard on 11/25/20 foraging with a small flock of White-crowned Sparrows. It feels like more Crowned sparrows have arrived in the pa

This morning I had 3 female plumaged Hooded Mergansers. Also had a Cackling Goose and 1 Short-billed Dowitcher gave its identifying 'tu tu tu' call. eBird reort: https://ebird.org/checklist/S76958613

Just had a first year Pink sided Junco in the yard. I"m saying first year as it had rusty brown on the crown Near Vet's Hall SLO -- Nancy Jean Mann San Luis Obispo njmann50@... "A duck a day!!!!" Will

Forgot to say yesterday that there were also about 30 Canada Geese on the golf course on the Bob Jones Trail on Sunday. Johanna Rubba Grover Beach

The Hooded Oriole male was spotted on Sunday afternoon around 3 pm at the Los Osos Valley Nursery. It is the first I've looked for it. The 2 pairs that nested near my house this summer left our neighb

A white throated sparrow (tan-stripe) continues at my feeder 10th Street, Los Osos. Ron Ruppert Los Osos