[EBB Sightings] Wandering Tattler in San Leandro

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East Bay Birders,

Late this afternoon (4:45) I spotted a WANDERING TATTLER at the San Leandro 
Marina.  The bird was on the rocky shoreline adjacent to Par Course Station #13 
in Marina Park, foraging with a small group of Black Turnstones as the tide 
was receding.  What first drew me to a closer look at this bird was its 
incessant tail bobbing (reminiscent of a Spotted Sandpiper).  Interestingly, I saw a 
W. Tattler at almost this exact location on 1/28 of this year.

Other interesting birds included 12+ Ruddy Turnstones (first I've seen this 
year) and several Sanderlings on the breakwater and foraging closer inshore as 
the tide went out.  Last weekend (Sun, 10/24), there were 20+ Surfbirds and 
around half a dozen Elegant Terns on the breakwater at high tide -- didn't see 
either of these species today.

Kathy Robertson
Hayward, CA

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=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">East Bay Birders,

Late this afternoon (4:45) I spotted a WANDERING TATTLER at the San Leandro=20=
Marina.  The bird was on the rocky shoreline adjacent to Par Course Sta=
tion #13 in Marina Park, foraging with a small group of Black Turnstones as=20=
the tide was receding.  What first drew me to a closer look at this bir=
d was its incessant tail bobbing (reminiscent of a Spotted Sandpiper). =
 Interestingly, I saw a W. Tattler at almost this exact location on 1/28 of=20=
this year.

Other interesting birds included 12+ Ruddy Turnstones (first I've seen this=20=
year) and several Sanderlings on the breakwater and foraging closer inshore=20=
as the tide went out.  Last weekend (Sun, 10/24), there were 20+ Surfbi=
rds and around half a dozen Elegant Terns on the breakwater at high tide --=20=
didn't see either of these species today.

Kathy Robertson

Hayward, CA

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