*** Species Summary: - White-winged Scoter (1 report) --------------------------------------------- Thank you for subscribing to the <daily> San Luis Obispo County Rare Bird Alert. The report below sh

If you are not an eBirder no reason to read on. For those of you who do use eBird there is a great resource available to you that I wanted to draw your attention to called birdinghotspots.org which is

Trip report from today's trip with Mick Bondello to Carrizo Plain. Light snow on Caliente Mtn. Mt Pinos with snow visible. Cool, crisp, and clear. Lots of green. 3 Ferruginous Hawks (2 light phase, on

Morro Coast Audubon Society Presents FIELD TRIP: Winter Shorebirds of Morro Strand DATE: Thursday, February 16, 2023 TIME: 9:00am - 11:00am LEADER: Robbie Revel CO-LEADER: Freddy Howell Trip is limite

A fellow birder introduced me to a new web based app, RainCrow. I try to include weather comments for my ebird lists. This web app was created for the quick retrieval of weather observations for eBird

Yesterday, Roger Zachary and I discovered that the female Black-throated Blue Warbler continues in the small park on the north side of the Oak Park Ave Bridge over Arroyo Grande Creek. As in the past,

Two mature Bald Eagles have landed on the snag in the midst of the large flock of White Pelicans. One Avocet on the mudflats. Judy Neuhauser Los Osos

I’m sitting on the Audubon overlook platform on fourth Street at the Morro Bay estuary. We have watched at least 100 white pelicans fly into the salt marsh. Judy Neuhauser Los Osos

Morro Coast Audubon Society Presents FIELD TRIP: Estero Bluffs/Villa Creek - All the Birds that we Ignore DATE: Saturday, February 11, 2023 TIME: 8:00am - 10:00am LEADER: Mark Mushkat CO-LEADER: Max T

Hello all, After being away most of the past 2 ½+ years tonight I resumed going on an occasional evening bike ride after sunset along Islay Creek Rd. in Montana De Oro State Park, starting at the Pech

All: I just heard (through Facebook so not sure how reliable) that the USFS has decided to permanently close Colson Canyon. They say that the road has been irreparably damaged by recent storms. The lo

High tide has pushed many birds close to the east end platform . Of particular interest to me are the 17 Caspian Terns and 72 Egret/Herons (mixture Great, Snowy, Great Blue). Judy Neuhauser Los Osos

Along with Dave Lawrence I attended Saturday's "king tide" on the marsh-side boardwalk at Morro Bay. We were fortunate to have lingering looks at the wintering Large-billed Savannah Sparrow, out of th

Morro Coast Audubon Society Presents FIELD TRIP: Low Tide at Cuesta Inlet, Los Osos DATE: Friday, February 3 and Saturday, February 4, 2023 TIME: 1:00 – 3:00 pm LEADER: Grace Hayes CO-LEADER: Marin Ro

I made a run up to Whale Rock yesterday basically to witness the rise in water level. Well worth the trip as it was a remarkable change since my previous visit about a week ago. From the Cottontail Cr

I was the source of that incorrect name--it was a tired-in-the-evening typo. Thanks, Kaaren. Sometimes it really does take a village. Marli Harms Morro Bay

Out walking my dogs at Laguna, I spotted a duck on the Madonna end that I didn't recognize, but I didn't have my phone to check Merlin. Then I ran into Marlin Harms and other birders out on the penins

At Linus Blumqvist's request, I checked on the status of the Guadalupe Dunes Park. As often occurs during these big storms, the road to the park was washed out by the meandering Santa Maria River. My

There was a White-faced Ibis in the flooded field on the Laguna Lake side of Foothill Road in SLO. The Tropical Kingbird continued at Laguna Lake near the shore just past the dock at the end of the la

I have just received input on my reports sighting from my friend Jim Pike. It seems that without the seeing the carpel bar on the upper wing this bird cannot be separated by species from the Great Fri