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Local nature photos at
NEW
PhotoMorroBay.com,
Mike Baird's
bairdphotos.com
or
stealthispicture.com,
digitalchocolate.org,
NEW
picasaweb.google.com/mikebaird,
mikebaird.slide.com,
zazzle.com/mikebaird*,
app.tabblo.com/studio/person/mikebaird/,
and
NEW
flickr.com/photos/mikebaird
;
Marc Kurth's
morrobayphotos.com;
Gary
Robershaw's
http://pbase.com/roberthouse;
Cleve Nash's
http://clevenash.com;
Joyce Cory's
Birding Blog;
see also
Flickr.com's
most interesting and
most recent
Morro Bay photos... NEW
BirdsOfMorroBay.com --
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Mike Baird's Morro Bay, CA Flickr
Surfing Photos http://surf.morro-bay.com;
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See Mike Baird's most popular photos at Flickr
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Buy the best photo gear - recommendations by local photographers
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Greg
Blasingame Photography
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Morro Bay Events & News Join Central Coast Natural History Association on its inaugural 2009 8 day cruise "Cruisin' the Pacific Coast" Sept 19, 2009. This is a one of a kind natural history cruise that is perfect for birders, photographers and nature enthusiasts of all kinds. We will fly to Vancouver BC, then board The Norwegian Star and cruise through Victoria, Astoria, San Francisco and Los Angeles with special shore excursions at each port. We will have lectures abroad ship with Jim Covel, our keynote speaker who is the President of the National Association for Interpretation and is director of guest services at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. An e-brochure can be found at http://morro-bay.com/ccnha/2009-CCNHA-Cruise.pdf If you would like to go with us, we need your reservation and downpayment of $450 as soon as you can to guarantee your spot. For more information, please call or email Mary Golden, 805.528.1397, mgoldenccnha [at} gmail.com. This fundraising activity is sponsored by the Central Coast Natural History Association. ccnha.org is a non-profit associated with State Parks and the Morro Bay Museum of Natural History. Up Close in the Parks 2009 opens May 7, 2009 at the Morro Bay Museum of Natural History. State Parks and the Central Coast Natural History Association invite you to join the artists at the reception Thursday May 7, 2009 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. View the exhibit and see our parks through the eyes of artists working in acrylic, oil, pastel, and watercolor. Artists include: Margaret Bertrand, David Chipping, Alice Cushing, Robert Dodge, Dotty Hawthorne, Janine Kirkpatrick, Ernest Lauser, Larry Le Brane, Mardi Niles, Barb Renshaw, Barbara Rosenthal, Robert (Rosey) Rosenthal, and Rachael Winn Yon. Up Close in the Parks continues through June 26, 2009. The exhibit features views of the “sisters,” especially Morro Rock and Hollister Peak. See also flowers, a blue heron, a butterfly, and views of Montaña de Oro.
Ken Bondy and Gary Powell launch Morro Bay Underwater Morro Bay Underwater - belowmorrobay.com - a must-visit photo web site of life under the Morro Bay T-pier and more. tolosapress.com publishes three community newspapers in San Luis Obispo county: The SLO City News, The Coast News and The Bay News. Content is now (Jan. 2008) available online.
Subscribe to local
Yahoo! Groups
Docents.info contains materials related to docent, volunteer, and other naturalist activities in the San Luis Obispo County, Central California area. Visitors to docents.info may want to join the related "Docents" Yahoo! Group (open to the public) -- Yahoo! Groups Help answers most questions about using Yahoo! Groups.
Local News:
The Tribune -
SanLuisObispo.com Video clips about Morro Bay from AOL's Truveo. Craigslist now has a San Luis Obispo County edition. In the San Francisco Bay Area and many other major cities, Craigslist is the "only game in town" when it comes to classified ads (free) and job postings. See http://slo.craigslist.org/ San Luis Obispo Coast District State Park-related Activities and Events: How to Become a State Park Docent -- Museum of Natural History and the related CCNHA organization -- Docent-led walks Monday morning "Mindwalks slostateparks.com now contains Press Releases, and additional activity, event, trail/walk, and lecture (including Mindwalk) information -- similar to, and in addition to, what appears at ccnha.org and morrobaymuseum.org (these latter two web sites are actually the same - they just use different "branding"). The Morro Bay Chamber of Commerce maintains morrobay.org, a site with a lot of useful information including visitor information, lodging, dining, things-to-do, camping & RVing, real-estate, etc.
Morro Bay Visitor and Travel Resources Do you have Questions, Suggestions, a Publicity Press Release? Want to be linked to? Submit photos, publicity, news or event items via e-mail to "mike at mikebaird d o t com" (remember to replace the " at " with the "@" sign) © 2001-2009 morro-bay.com.
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Point Piedras Blancas, an Images of America book by Arcadia Publishing, co-authored by Carole Adams and John Boqacki.
Jan. 2008
cayucosbythesea.com is a new comprehensive resource for everything you want to know about Cayucos, CA
California's Water: A Crisis we can't Ignore. The assoc. of CA Water Agencies education program website calwatercrisis.org
A short video showing the Gray Whale Migration and Elephant Seals at San Simeon, CA 2007 Morro Bay Friends of the Library, as of Jan. 2007 is an all new web site - http://www.morrobayfriendsoflibrary.org/
Mike Baird's mikebaird.blogspot.com Blogspot Blog SurfMorroBay.com Surfing in Morro Bay, CA
morrobayloon NEW Local essential natural resource books -- "Native Flora of Estero Bay" and "Butterflies of Estero Bay" Print Version is now available! Water Safety Hints for Sit-on-top Kayakers in Morro Bay PhotoMorroBay.com - join local photographers in an active discussion on tips and techniques. yg.bairdphotos.com is a shortcut to the NEW photomorrobay Yahoo! Group. Desc. - A few photographers in and around the Morro Bay, CA area share photos and ideas, schedule informal events, and post news items related to their photography hobby or avocation. Everyone welcome - from beginners to experts. Read a web version of the book on "Local Nature Photographers - their works and techniques" at howto.digitalchocolate.org Visit the The Peregrine Falcons of Morro Rock CA Coast Aerial photos Morro Bay; Compare photos of Morro Bay during 1979, 1987, 1989, 2002 and 1972
Tide Chart Generators:
Explore Morro Bay (interactive map) Morro Bay Web Cams:
Weather and Marine forecasts --
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Technical Tips - Computers & the Internet - Unique Web resources
Cyber Terrorism - the great unseen enemy Buy the best photo gear - recommendations by local photographers epic.weather.com Epic Weather, for your daily shot of Weather Adrenaline docs.google.com will take care of most of your Word processing and Spreadsheet needs without having Microsoft Office installed, and will in addition facilitate better online sharing of related project documents online. Must use this to see its power. HOT The Google Revolution continues unabated! Now you can watch University of California, Berkeley lectures, for free, on Google Video at video.google.com/ucberkeley This is s just one part of UC Berkeley's commitment to the broadest possible dissemination of knowledge for the benefit of our state, the nation and the world..
Google Gateway - tips on
effective searching Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. If you have not tried using Wikipedia, you are truly missing out one of the greatest advancements in modern intellectual property facilitated by the Internet. wikiHow is a collaborative writing project to build the world's largest how-to manual. Answers.com is another interesting resource everyone should should be aware of. One of the most frequently asked questions is "How do I upload and share photos or other large files, for free...? There are now many free (or low-cost) sites that facilitate just this... I review most of them here, and recommend that you try picasaweb.google.com/ and photo.epson.com - both are free and allow storage and retrieval of full-resolution images. wikiHow is a collaborative writing project to build the world's largest how-to manual
Internet-related Stock
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Central California Joint Cable Fisheries Liaison Committee
NEW Morro Photo Expo 
Marlin
Harms, local photographer, has a beautiful 68 page 10"x8"
