Next week my wife and I are going to Yosemite, Monterey, Santa Cruz (Elkhorn Slough), Half Moon Bay and San Francisco Fisherman's Warf area for a week. If anyone has some specific birding suggestions that would allow us to catch some really good birds while enjoying the rest of the sights I would be delighted to hear from you on a separate email. We will have the Zeiss 85mm scope for digiscoping and our DSLR with 70-300mm lens for closer shots. I have already downloaded some things specific to Yosemite (what birds to be found at specific tourist sites!) but would welcome any other thoughts. We will not be taking a pelagic trip (I would not put Patti through that). Someday .. Maybe .. We will be spending lots of time along the coast from Monterey to Half Moon Bay. Regards, Matt Valencic South Russell, OH ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]