Early this morning, I saw my first of the season LEAST TERN. It didn't call and just flew over the lake before heading back toward the beach. I remember...
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Cheryl Lish
cheryllish
May 9, 2013 4:11 am
Thanks Mike... I can't take credit for finding the Gull-billed Tern. It was Mae Cowgill (a co-worker in the Resource Dept) who first ID'd it. I just knew who...
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Matt Paradis
mjparadice12
May 10, 2013 9:00 pm
At noon today, I encountered an adult male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD in the staff parking lot at Nipomo high school. Matt Paradis Los Osos...
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Brad Schram
bkschram
May 11, 2013 12:12 am
Along with what has to be thousands of Sanderlings and hundreds of Whimbrels stretched for miles on Pismo/Oceano beaches this morning, I had one Ruddy...
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Tom Edell
tedell2005
May 11, 2013 4:05 am
This morning Maggie Smith and I checked a few South County locations. We started the morning at Oso Flaco Lake. The continuing male and female RING-NECKED...
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lamoustique
May 11, 2013 10:08 pm
There was a lot of small bird activity on the shores of the creek, not much on the water. Mallards with ducklings, American Coots, and Pied-billed Grebes were...
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lamoustique
May 11, 2013 10:20 pm
I mean Tree Swallow, not Tree Sparrow!...
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Jim Royer
jrmotmot
May 12, 2013 1:20 am
Mike Stiles and I checked Spooner's Cove, the campground and Coon Creek trails this morning. Along Islay Creek, near the campground and the flowering...
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marlinharms
May 13, 2013 2:14 am
Early this morning I checked the Cloisters Pond in north Morro Bay. While I was watching from the deck 2 ibis flew in to a spot out of my view. About an...
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Thomas Slater
tomslaterpho...
May 13, 2013 4:37 am
Does life prepare you for birding? Or does birding prepare you for life? Yes. Last Tuesday. Heard there was a gull-billed tern out at Oceano. I drove out, saw...
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Dawn Beattie
pets4dawn
May 13, 2013 9:43 pm
What an exciting morning. In an attempt to see the White-faced Ibis pair at Cloisters Pond that Marlin reported seeing yesterday, Mike Baird and I headed over...
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jgriff802
May 13, 2013 9:44 pm
I know this is a bit late, but on our May 9 Cal Poly trip out to Santa Margarita & Pozo Rd, we stopped at the Las Pilitas bridge. Nothing special to report...
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Brad Schram
bkschram
May 14, 2013 7:19 pm
Kevin Zimmer and I went to the Elkhorn Plain on Carrizo Plains National Monument yesterday, primarily looking for lizards and mammals. Arriving before sunup,...
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Maggie Smith
milleniummaggs
May 14, 2013 11:54 pm
Early this morning I birded several areas of at Cerro Alto Campground. A WILLOW FLYCATCHER was on a snag on the narrow trail that begins at the group...
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Maggie Smith
milleniummaggs
May 15, 2013 9:03 pm
Early this morning, 1 YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD made an appearance on the big island. It was deep in the reeds and then climbed into view. It repeated this...
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Mary Ann Ambrose
maryann_ambrose
May 16, 2013 3:22 pm
Some neighborhood sightings around Paso Robles from Mary Ann Ambrose: at Lawrence Moore park on Riverbank Drive: Western bluebirds, Lawrence's goldfinch...
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Michael D. Stiles
mergus54
May 17, 2013 2:53 pm
I am posting this for Pamela. Mike Stiles Los Osos Yesterday, Thursday, 5/16, John Birsner and I spotted what we believe to be a first winter Glaucous Gull at...
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jgriff802
May 18, 2013 2:56 am
Hi everyone, This morning the class headed out to Hi Mountain Rd, via Pozo Rd. Highlight was three LAWRENCE'S GOLDFINCHES (2 females, one male). They were...
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claudia freitas
elsie1freitas
May 18, 2013 4:55 pm
Well, we are having a banner year with 50+ Cliff swallows making their nests in our neighborhood. We have seen Cliff swallows in the past but this is the...
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Thomas Slater
tomslaterpho...
May 18, 2013 6:29 pm
Onshore wind came on early so instead of surfing I hit up Oceano Lagoon. Most of the action was in the tree tops by the maintenance yard and on the east bank...
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lamoustique
May 18, 2013 8:24 pm
I joined an Audubon's society Birding By Ear group this morning at Oso Flaco lake. Very interesting class, and I learned a lot, but obviously it is something...
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jgriff802
May 18, 2013 9:37 pm
Just want to follow up on Michelle's post about the Birding By Ear field trip. As she mentioned, we had one RED-NECKED PHALAROPE (surely one of the birds...
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Thomas Slater
tomslaterpho...
May 19, 2013 3:02 am
I took some friends birding at Oceano between 5-7pm. The highlights were 4 GREEN HERONS, a couple of BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKS that were being followed by a...
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lamoustique
May 19, 2013 4:18 am
Apparently sleep deprivation has affected my recall of bird names! I hope you all chuckled at my "Common Goldenthroat" and realized I simply substituted one...
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Thomas Slater
tomslaterpho...
May 19, 2013 9:36 pm
Some friends and I were standing across the street on Higuera St. in SLO, watching a flock of waxwings do their thing, and one hit the window of a store. I ran...
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Maggie Smith
milleniummaggs
May 20, 2013 7:47 pm
Mid morning, at Oceano Campground, I saw the male ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK first found by Tom and Owen Slater. I first heard the grosbeak call from a willow at...
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Johanna Rubba
jojo7272001
May 21, 2013 2:00 pm
Did a fast walk around parts of Oceano campground yesterday in hopes of seeing the Rose-breasted Grosbeak. I didn't hear or see any grosbeak action, anywhere....
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Johanna Rubba
jojo7272001
May 21, 2013 2:14 pm
Hi, I need help with a song. For years I thought it was a Purple Finch, but the song on allaboutbirds.org does not sound like what I'm hearing. It's not a...
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Jim Royer
jrmotmot
May 22, 2013 4:58 pm
This morning I spotted a lone immature gull behind Pecho Willows, floating on the bay. It was smaller than a Western or other large gull - about the size of a...
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Nancy Mann
njmann90
3:30 am
While at Ron Ruppert's house on Sunday a lone White Pelican was seen circling over the bay near 10th street. Nancy mann SLO -- [Non-text portions of this...
