Hello all I know you've received your welcome message, but I needed to clarify and add a few things. It is set up now so when you hit the reply button on your computer, it will reply to the sender, no

Hi, A discussion group for San Luis Obispo County birds. Cheers, M. Stiles

Today around Morro Bay Tom Edell, Marlin Harms, and I had long looks at the NELSON SHARP-TAILED SPARROW near the Marina. This bird is best seen at high tide. Park at the dirt lot across from the campg

Hello all, Some have asked how their friends and neighbors can join the sloco listserv if they weren't previously subscribed to biorarebirds. I didn't mention it in the welcome message because you all

Hi all, First let me thank Mike Stiles for all his work setting up the new county bird listserv and also for creating and maintaining a county birding web page. Mike, you are making a substantial cont

Note to Brad-- I was curious to know if you had your Rufous Hummingbird in the hand (I think a notched t2 is diagnostic) or if there was some other feature you were looking at. I find imm. selasphorus

Thanks to all who responded to my question about basic birding classes locally. I passed on quite a list. Brad

Hi Birders: It's been suggested that I publish here my findings based on the question: what local bird classes are available? What I found follows below: 1. Steve Schubert teaches "Birding the Morro B

Hi All: Continuing the discussion started by my question about local introductory birding classes: In mid-December I got an e-mail from Kenn Kaufman making semi-public a project he told me he was work

The golf course Ross's goose has now approached and joined the "flock" of Camp Keep students out on the mudflats by the state park marina these last two days, preening and napping 2o feet away. Pair o

There has been an adult bald eagle at Atascadero Lake off & on. I first saw it 13 January & was told by a local resident that it had appeared nearly every day for a week, coming at 9:30 & leaving by n

I heard a singing Hutton's Vireo and saw a Hermit Warbler in the Liemert Tract, Cambria today. I saw possibly the first Elephant Seal asleep on the beach in front of my house on Moonstone Beach Drive,

I appreciate the several e-mails about peregrines...please keep me informed of your sightings and behaviors this season (might be best to e-mail me directly and not to the entire group unless you thin

For at least the past several evenings in Orcutt there has been a roost of more than 50 (perhaps 100!) white-tailed kites. With so many birds being so active, it is hard to get a precise number, but I

Steve I have an anecdote of strange Peregrine behavior you might be interested in. I was hiking the sand spit and heard a bird screaming. I saw a Peregrine on the ground about a foot away from a Marbl

I took my daughter to school this morning (Cambria) and decided I might as well look around a little while since I was up that way. It was nice to see that the northern creek mouths had broken, though

Today I saw a flock of about 12 Vaux's Swifts. They were flying over the Elfin Forest in Los Osos. There are winter records for this bird, but they are uncommon this time of year. Mike Stiles Los Osos

All: I took a quick trip down to the lake last Thursday and, even in the foggy, cloudy weather, I had some interesting sitings. The usuals were there: lots of MALLARDS, SCAUPS, CORMORANTS, BLACKBIRDS,

Before others start adding to the "strictly sbco or sloco birds" in the listserves enforcement serial, let me state that my intent was to offer a little humor to the two groups. I certainly did not an

Below is a draft of my Eureka column for the Morro Coast Audubon Society Flyway newsletter for the month of January 2000. I would appreciate any comments, additions, or corrections. Thanks. Tom Tom Ed