This morning I walked up the hill into the Liemert Tract of Cambria to take a tennis lesson. I took my binoculars so that I could bird along the way. I heard a Pacific-slope Flycatcher---the first I'v

Greetings all, While driving home from an air conditioning installation job in Cayucos today (I know, why do they need air conditioning in Cayucos) when I spotted a lone PRAIRIE FALCON soaring with a

Today at Cal Poly I had a Western Kingbird, the first I've seen here this year, and at least three Cattle Egrets are still around, in their orange alternate plumage. Yesterday I had a calling Pacific-

Greetings, I thought I let the group know that the Tricolored Blackbird Californica 2000 Statewide Census will be held on Saturday, April 22 and Sunday, April 23. Anyone interested in participating in

New yard bird this morning about 0830, a roadrunner, literally running through the back yard. I live in the 500 block of Estero in Morro Bay. Seems like it was most of a year ago I remember hearing of

Mike......Heres a message of a possible Scarlet Tanager at Oceano. I would guess it is probably a Summer Tanager. Want to look for it tomorrow (Sunday) morning? Tom

---------- From: Patrick McNulty <mcnulty@...> To: sbcobirding@... Subject: [sbcobirding] Special savings on Paul Lehman lecture! Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2000 21:31:18 -0800 Dear SBCObirders, As has been me

A few minor sightings to report for the weekend. I checked Whale Rock Reservoir Saturday morning. The most interesting bird was a male HOODED MERGANSER seen in the Cottontail Creek arm of the reservoi

Hi All, This isn't *quite* SLO birding, but close. It is just a mile or two into Monterey County. Today, April 2, at about 14:00, during a family outing to the rather spectacular falls that is 3 1/2 m

Here is a draft of my column for the Morro Coast Audubon Flyway newsletter covering March bird sightings in SLOCo. Comments, corrections, and additions are welcome. Thanks. Tom Tom Edell Cayucos, CA t

The numbers of gulls at the mouth of Santa Rosa Creek in Cambria have dropped dramatically in the last week or so. Friday, 3/31, there were 7 Mew Gulls and 7 California Gulls. Feeding from the dumpste

Piedras Blancas and north coast summary (week 3: Mar 26 - Apr 02) Weekly summaries henceforth starting with this one will end on Sundays rather than Saturday. It was another fine week but a little slo

Yesterday evening (April 3rd), there were two Cattle Egrets near the irrigation pond at The Links golf course on Jardine Road in Paso Robles. At the pond were two Yellow-headed Blackbirds and a Ross'

Greetings: We will be in SLO from 4/12 to 4/26 visiting family, sightseeing and birding. If anyone is going birding in the area between those dates and wouldn't mind us tagging along or driving, we wo

As many of you are aware, I retired from Poly two years ago, after teaching there for 29. I introduced the ornithology course in Spring of 1971, and it has been offered once or twice a year ever since

-------- >From: e.johnson31@... >To: TEdell@... >Subject: cuckoo >Date: April 10, 2000 > >Tom - I am the one who prepared the skin. The bird was partially decomposed, and tho I am quite good at >inter

Piedras Blancas and north coast summary (week 4: April 3-9) The season's first Gray Whale cow/calf pair showed up on Tu 4/04 thus signaling the start of 'Phase 2' of the annual Alaska bound migration

I sent this message yesterday, apparently to the wrong address (thanks Mike). It relates to Eric Johnson's question about Ringed Turtle Doves in Morro Bay.

Hi All, I spent a couple of hours around the Oceano Lagoons (and campground) on Tuesday. Birds of note included: A pair of Eurasian Collared-Doves at the corner of Norswing and Harding and another (sa

To: the group From: John Roser For those who are interested, here's an update on the Morro Bay Brant population and a brief summary of some of my findings over the past 3 years: Spring migration out o