[EBB Sightings] Elegant Terns in Alameda

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Hello all,

Yesterday evening (8/30) at low tide there were at least seven Elegant Terns 
roosting with Forster's Terns on the mudflats southwest of the Elsie Roemer 
Bird Sanctuary in Alameda.  There were also hundreds of other shorebirds of the 
expected species, including many Sanderlings.  Several Clapper Rails were 
calling in the marsh.  I believe this is regular place for ELTEs in fall, as my 
notes indicate I saw them at the same spot in early September two years ago.

The sanctuary is in the South Shore area of Alameda, at the intersection of 
South Shore Drive and Broadway.  The mudflats are quite distant from the 
viewing areas, so a scope is recommended.

Good birding,
Kathy Robertson
Hayward, CA

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=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">Hello all,

Yesterday evening (8/30) at low tide there were at least seven Elegant Terns=
 roosting with Forster's Terns on the mudflats southwest of the Elsie Roemer=
 Bird Sanctuary in Alameda.  There were also hundreds of other shorebir=
ds of the expected species, including many Sanderlings.  Several Clappe=
r Rails were calling in the marsh.  I believe this is regular place for=
 ELTEs in fall, as my notes indicate I saw them at the same spot in early Se=
ptember two years ago.

The sanctuary is in the South Shore area of Alameda, at the intersection of=20=
South Shore Drive and Broadway.  The mudflats are quite distant from th=
e viewing areas, so a scope is recommended.

Good birding,

Kathy Robertson

Hayward, CA

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