[EBB Sightings] Frank's Dump: the Gift that keeps on giving

Hi all:

This morning I was joined by my favorite birders from
the peninsula to see who/what was poking around
Frank's Dump.

We started the morning at the parking lot at 7 and had
a family of Cooper's Hawks entertain us.  As soon as
we made the turn north along the Bay Trail, we had Red
Knots and Black-bellied Plovers in the exposed mud
flats.  At Frank's Dump,
we had Semi-palmated Plovers, Forster's Terns, one
Ruddy Turnstone, male Northern Harrier, and special
guests: 6 Snowy Plovers (nice spotting Curtis!) in the
center mudflats and 2 Red-necked Phalaropes in the
water in front of the flats.  

On the walk back a little bit north of the junction of
the east-west channel path and the bay trail, we had a
breeding plumage Wandering Tattler; beautiful gray
barring from neck to belly.

A White-tailed Kite, American Kestrel, Red-tailed
Hawk, and more Cooper's activity back at the parking
area rounded out the raptor report.

Abundant:  Peeps (primarily Least Speepers), Godwits,
Willets, Black-bellied Plovers, Red Knots,
Short-billed Dowitchers.

Good birding,
Bob Power
Oakland, CA 

"No birds sang the whole time we were up there. I didn't see a thing.  I still dream about that trip though." Ted Parker, Northern Peru. 1978
From: A Parrot Without A Name. Don Stap. Knopf, 1990

Bob Power
Oakland, CA
Alameda County