[EBB Sightings] a rare day in june

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Dear Friends:

Black-bellied plovers, marbled godwits, dowitchers, willets, curlews, =
canvasback duck, scaups, cinnamon teal, gadwalls -- a nice sampling of =
winter birds at Hayward Shores?  No, a fine day in June with a light =
breeze, in the mid-70s.  Emilie Strauss, my companion for the morning, =
noted that we were seeing more curlew (four?) than one often sees in the =
winter.

We didn't see the grackle taking swallow chicks as Terry Coddington =
reported, or any grackles at all.  Emilie noted that because the weeds =
have taken over the islands previously used by terns for breeding, our =
tern sightings were restricted to one distant least tern and a few =
Forster flybys.

For someone like me who thinks of Bay marshes and mudflats as being =
mostly deserted this time of the year, it was a heartening experience.  =
Add in mild weather, good visibility, and the broad exhilarating =
stretches of a south bay tideland and one couldn't have hoped for a =
pleasanter morning.

Phila Rogers
  
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canvasback duck, scaups, cinnamon teal, gadwalls -- a nice sampling of =
winter=20
birds at Hayward Shores?  No, a fine day in June with a light =
breeze,=20
in the mid-70s.  Emilie Strauss, my companion for the morning, =
noted=20
that we were seeing more curlew (four?) than one often sees in=20
the winter.

reported, or any grackles at all.  Emilie noted that because the =
weeds have=20
taken over the islands previously used by terns for breeding, our tern =
sightings=20
were restricted to one distant least tern and a few Forster =
flybys.
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mostly deserted this time of the year, it was a heartening=20
experience.  Add in mild weather, good visibility, and the =
broad=20
exhilarating stretches of a south bay tideland and one couldn't have =
hoped for a=20
pleasanter morning.

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