I just received a report that Tom Edell found a Tufted Puffin off the end of the San Simeon pier in San Simeon, San Luis Obispo County. The pier is directly...
This morning I found a Horned Puffin just south of San Simeon Cove. The bird was first seen from the coastal vista point between Little Pico Creek and San...
Hearing about Tom's Tufted Puffin, Mike Stiles and Maggie Smith and I decided to search for it. We had no luck from the Pier, so we hiked out to San Simeon...
Dave Lawrence and I drove to San Simeon this morning, where we met Doug Stinson. As we were starting the walk out to San Simeon Point we met a group coming...
"My group" was Mike San Miguel, Todd McGrath and John. Our sightings were overall similar to Brad's. We did have a male BLACK SCOTER from the pier and 2...
All: Last week I read with interest about Michael T. Hanson's reporting of a Mannakin or Munia near Laguna Lake. In the newest Birding Magazine they discuss...
Last weekend while we were walking on Morro Strand north of San Jacinto we saw a Western Gull with a small clam. I'd heard that they did this sort of thing...
Bob, that is a pretty amazing sight and one I haven't seen for a long, long time. When I first moved here in 1974 it was actually a pretty common sight at...
Patricia Price and I arrived at the "Lone Cypress Vista Point" just south of the Elephant Seal viewing area around 10:30 today. When we arrived, a group of a...
The two pairs of peregrine falcons nesting at Morro Rock both fledged 3 young the 3rd week of May. The young are now agile fliers. Ten falcons to be seen at...
Perhaps some of you would be willing to help out with the following request that was directed to MCAS: "I am trying to assemble a collection of identification...
I read at the SLO TRibune site that you are having colder-than-usual ocean temps and a consequent upwelling . Suppose this accounts for the puffins and other...
Eric Johnson
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Jun 5, 2007 7:37 am
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Cloister's Pond, June 4th. - Three baby Coots at pond overlook. See slide show of the colorful chicks. http://www.jumpcut.com/docentjoyce. Joyce Cory...
All: To answer Dr. Johnson's question the following is a fair use chunk from a 1985 Western Birds article: From the evidence above we suspect that Horned...
Thanks for the info, Mark. Makes sense. Tom Edell and I also have a Puffin connection, since he was in a summer Ornithology class when we found a Tufted Puffin...
Eric Johnson
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Jun 6, 2007 11:56 am
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I have posted a pic of the imm Tufted Puffin seen on beach at Strand CG north of Morrow Bay this morning, first found by Norma Wightman. See:...
Sorry, I made a senile mistake. The bird that I posted yesterday was obviously a HORNED PUFFIN!!! Thank you for those of you who noticed my labeling error. I...
Please help. My five peach-face lovebirds were taken on Wednesday, June 6th from the gardens of Old Mission in San Luis Obispo. They were in two cages: one,...
On the way to Bakersfield early this morning I stopped briefly at the Cholame Valley Wetland (~4 miles north of Rte 41/46 on the road to Parkfield). There was...
Hello All, Maggie Smith , Donna O, and I ventured forth to search for Alcids in the northern coastal waters of SLO County. We arrived at Ragged Point at 6...
All: I scoped out at the end of the pier at Port San Luis and saw a Rhinoceros Auklet, a Common Loon, many Pigeon Guillemots. Near the large rock and the...
Doing my part on California "alcid day", I saw 0 HORNED PUFFINS from south Shell Beach (Dinosaur Caves area) to the Palisade's area, to Pirate's Cove to Avila...
Hello, I revisited lone cypress turn-out and San Simeon Cove to show Ruth Brown some Alcids. At lone cypress turn-out we saw 2 imm. Horned Puffins, 1...
Couldn't make it out on Saturday for the Alcid watch so decide to try today. Just outside of Cambria the fog cleared so we stopped at the overlook at...
This morning I had the pleasure of birding with 2 young serious birders, Eric and Allie Brunschwiler and their parents Mark and Jennifer. We saw a NORTHERN...
I hope Mr. Lomax does not mind. "San Luis Obispo County June 5th I made a mistake. I took Hwy 1 south. If you think you have a blood vessel in your brain about...
Hello, I plan to visit Morro Bay area this coming weekend, the 16th and 17th. I have the birders guide to CA with a little info about the area, but am...
I motored up the coast hoping to refind the Tufted Puffin reported at San Simeon Pier. I didn't see a Tufted Puffin but I saw 1 MARBLED MURRELET and 1 COMMON...
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