[EBB Sightings] where have all the water birds gone?

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Dear Birders:

Sunday I took advantage of the sunny and warm day to check out some of =
the shoreline areas where others had reported a good quantity and =
variety of water birds a few days before.  First I visited the basin =
along the eastern border of Cesar Chavez park and except for three =
overflying brown pelicans, not a single bird on the water or along the =
rocky shore.  Ditto Emery Point where a birder had reported a redhead.  =
True, there were lots of other people and their dogs out enjoying =
possibly the last fine Sunday for a while, but though that might have =
disturbed shorebirds, the water birds are usually impervious to onshore =
activity.

So where had all the birds gone?  Were they just passing through on =
their way to points south and had set down on our waters for a day or =
two?  I'm guessing that we're yet to see the water birds that will make =
up our winter populations.  Does that sound right?

Phila Rogers 
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shoreline areas where others had reported a good quantity and =
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of water birds a few days before.  First I visited the basin along =
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eastern border of Cesar Chavez park and except for three overflying =
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pelicans, not a single bird on the water or along the rocky shore.  =
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Emery Point where a birder had reported a redhead.  True, there =
were lots=20
of other people and their dogs out enjoying possibly the last =
fine Sunday=20
for a while, but though that might have disturbed shorebirds, the water =
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are usually impervious to onshore activity.
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their way to points south and had set down on our waters for a day or=20
two?  I'm guessing that we're yet to see the water birds that =
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make up our winter populations.  Does that sound right?

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