Hello All, Just wanted to inform everyone about the results of the Carrizo CBC on Dec. 30, 2006. It was a beautiful clear day out on the Carrizo Plain with...
Thanks Kathleen for the report on the mountain plovers. I too had seen plovers in that area a couple of weeks ago. The interesting thing about that spot is...
Yesterday (Dec 31), Mike Stiles, Al Schmierer, Maggie Smith and I saw the male YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER in the eucalyptus grove along the road to the horse...
Seen at the Cloisters Overlook for the last three days were a Ross's Goose and Snow Goose, both quite cooperative in allowing close-up viewing. El Chorro...
Hello All, Ruth Brown and I birded Cal Poly for a short time this morning and found an adult Cattle Egret near the pond below the swine unit. We also found...
Made a brief stop at the small pond where Corbette Canyon ends at Hwy 227 (near Price Cyn Rd.) to check out a variety of ducks. There were 3 male and 6 female...
This week the 200+ Northern Shovelers have been replaced by 200+ Ruddy Ducks (some Shovelers remain). Counted 56 White Pelicans. 2 pairs of Lesser Scaup. 1...
There was an adult Ross's and a juv Snow Goose on the Cloisters Pond this morning. Yesterday there was a Great-tailed Grackle there also. The single fem bird...
Hello All, Cerro Alto was fairly productive this morning except for the chilly wind (which is an understatement....burr). At the entrance to the campground I...
All: Today, January 5, 2007, at the Elephant Seal deal near Point Piedras Blancas, I saw a first winter Glaucous Gull. The Elephant Seal females were giving...
Tom Maloney and I birded a few local spots this morning in preparation for Festival. Highlights were: ROYAL TERNS, SEMIPAL and SNOWY PLOVERS at the Studio...
There was a single GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE at the Cloisters Pond this morning also. It was a lone female, likely the one that I saw there a few days ago. In a...
On a scouting trip for the Winter Bird Festival North Coast Field Trip this morning I found a female or juvenile BLACK SCOTER at Northpoint. I also saw the...
Karen
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Jan 7, 2007 2:16 am
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This morning I saw the first-cycle GLAUCOUS GULL found yesterday at the Elephant Seal rookery just south of Point Piedras Blancas. Its pupping season so ...
All: Wes Fritz and I spent today birding in the Cuyama Valley. Highlight was a McCown's Longspur seen well in Santa Barbara county (directions later). In New...
Lethaby, Nick
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Jan 7, 2007 3:25 am
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A male Eurasian Wigeon was close to the Elfin Forest overlook late this morning. There was a possible female there also. Has anyone seen the Red-necked Grebe...
Greetings: Had an enjoyable morning photographing Elephant Seals. A fine susrprise however was a Burrowing Owl to the right of the viewing spot as one walks...
Deborah Villa
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Jan 7, 2007 9:29 pm
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This morning Joanna Iwanicha and I scouted Oso Flaco Lake for my Winter Bird festival field trip. We saw 2 AMERICAN BITTERN and heard a third. We also saw a...
Hello All, Ruth Brown and I went out to the Carrizo Plain today and had a great time looking at birds. The Mountain Plovers were in approximately the same...
Gale Kordowski and I birded hwy 1 along the north coast today. Very few SNOWY PLOVERS at San Simeon Creek mouth, but a pair of NORTHERN SHOVELERS. Also one...
Karen
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Jan 8, 2007 4:56 am
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This morning the Stilt was still at the Morro Creek mouth. Late morning today the Snow and Ross's Geese were still at Cloisters. There were at least 15 Varied...
Here are the results of a raptor count I did along the north coast of SLO County last week. Numbers were considerably higher than the past five years with...
Hi All, Patricia Price and I had excellent views of the YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER at Montana de Oro today. Interestingly (to me, at least), the sapsucker...
Laura Frank and I joined Steve McMasters and Doug Stinson at the Cerro Alto Campground area on Sunday morning. At the lower parking area next to Highway 41 we...
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Jan 9, 2007 4:11 pm
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A treat on January 5, 2007! A male Ruby-crowned Kinglet flitted from branch to branch just 2 feet from our window by Chorro Creek as my cat and I gazed out at...
Al Schmierer and I did a little birding this morning. The YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER is still around but was not calling. We saw 2 adult GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULLS...
4 snow geese were seen flying over Hwy 1 just south of the Elephant Seal Viewing area around 3 op.m. on 1 Jan. Nancy Mann Cuesta ... From:...
Nancy Mann
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Jan 9, 2007 10:32 pm
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Having seen 7 Varied Thrushes a couple of weeks ago, then reading posts from Zachary, Schmerier and others who saw even larger numbers, had me itching to go...
Yesterday, while returning from holiday travels in the Pacific NW, I drove 3 miles along the Parkfield road through the Cholame Valley, off of Hwy. 46. There...
Maggie and I did not see the P GUILLIMOT at target rock, at 0730 today, but it was reported to be there at 0800. Neither did we see the B-N STILT at the creek...
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