http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/ San Luis Obispo County Birding Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:53:57 GMT Maggie Smith http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/message/8091 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/message/8091 Just after sunrise, I tried for the Nelson's Sparrow out on the spit at the Morro Bay SP Marina. I watched as several Savannah Sparrows came up into the sun Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:19:11 GMT aureolin http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/message/8090 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/message/8090 There was a flock of 7 MEW GULLS on Morro Strand beach and 6 SURFBIRDS in the mixed Surfbird - Black Turnstone flock that's been wintering at North Point. I Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:17:38 GMT cheryl lish http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/message/8089 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/message/8089 It's probably not all that unusual...but it's the first time I've seen a Bluebird kill a lizard. It was a baby lizard and I'm assuming the bluebird ate the Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:35:57 GMT Noah http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/message/8088 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/message/8088 2/7/09 Wes Fritz and I birded the Cuyama Valley today. We started at 7:30am and ended at 5:30pm. The weather was fairly miserable with intermittent cold Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:25:50 GMT Guy Tingos http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/message/8087 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/message/8087 A group of birders from Santa Barbara did an overnight trip to the SLO coast this weekend. On Saturday, Oso Flaco and the trail around the Oceano Campground Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:06:27 GMT Jim Royer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/message/8086 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/message/8086 I left early this morning on my bike and got to the peninsula next to the Morro Bay State Park Marina at just after 7:30. The tide was not super high, but a Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:35:49 GMT Michael D. Stiles http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/message/8085 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/message/8085 I took a walk to the Audubon Overlook and Pasadena Point in Los Osos for my walking big year and had a few birds of note. I found the BLACK SKIMMER sitting on Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:26:55 GMT Bill Bouton http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/message/8084 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/message/8084 Hi All, A male Lawrence's Goldfinch has been frequenting Patricia Price's feeders at her residence on Whiteley St. in Oldtown Arroyo Grande. She first Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:50:14 GMT Brad Schram http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/message/8083 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/message/8083 ...and further, Lesser Goldfinches locally also do a passable imitation of both Cassin's Kingbird and White-breasted Nuthatch. I haven't noticed Pac-slope in Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:40:32 GMT guy.tingos@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/message/8082 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/message/8082 I frequently hear what sounds like Pac-slope vocalizations in my yard and for years that's what I thought it was, though I could never spot one. I finally Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:18:56 GMT cheryl lish http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/message/8081 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/message/8081 I think that unless/until I can VISUALLY verify what I believed to be a vocalizing Pacific-slope Flycatcher it's best to withdraw my statement of it's Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:03:03 GMT TEdell@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/message/8080 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/message/8080 Around 11 AM this morning an adult RED-THROATED LOON was in one of the small vineyard retention ponds along the northern side of Price Canyon Road. I did not Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:27:58 GMT Kaaren Perry http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/message/8079 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/message/8079 Maggie Smith and I spent a few hours birding around Morro Bay and north to San Simeon this morning. 2 Marbled Murrelets were seen from the second pull off Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:32:13 GMT cheryl lish http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/message/8078 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/message/8078 Hummingbird activity has increased recently. I figured that after the rain there would be fewer hummers. It seems fairly quiet most of the day - until Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:35:17 GMT Kaaren Perry http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/message/8077 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slocobirding/message/8077 A single, calling Black Skimmer was seen on the estuary side of the marina in Morro Bay this morning. It made several passes over the water before settling