[EBB Sightings] Golden Plover -- any more sightings?

  Well, I spent all morning looking for the golden,
meeting a lot of other folks with the same goal. 
  Unfortunately, no one that I know of saw it/them by
the time I left around 1:00. There were a number of
black-bellied plovers that moved in some as the tide
came in, but not close enough for us to be sure the
golden wasn't among them. There was one suspect that
seemed a bit more golden on the back/wings, but,
without a scope, we couldn't verify.
  Maybe someone out there spotted it/them later.
  It was a beautiful morning, though, with lots of
avocets, some stilts, and the usual suspects poking
around on the flats. 
  I did enjoy watching the pair of Cooper's hawk
fledglings hanging around the Winton parking lot (near
the outhouse). They still weren't quite sure what to
do with themselves, and allowed me to get fairly close
to the fence they sat on. One hopped down in the brush
and hopped around like he was trying to figure out how
to get something to eat in the duff. As I headed for
the trail, an adult flew in with something in its
claws and the young ones went nuts. A jogger said he
sees early them every morning he comes out there. A
ranger said there were 3 youngsters, but that one of
them got tangled up in something and had to be
transfered (for rehab, I think).
  The line of cliff sparrows on the Sulpher Creek
bridge--adults and juveniles waiting to be fed--was
fun to watch, too.
Cheers,
Alan Howe
North Oakland


--- JSNav at aol.com wrote:

>  
> On Wednesday mid-morning (July 26), my husband and I
> saw about 10-12  
> golden-plovers off shore at low tide, hanging out
> with gulls and avocets.   It was 
> hard to get fine detail with our binoculars, but we
> identified them as  Pacific 
> because some of them had so little black on them, as
> Sibley shows the  females 
> do.
>  
> Jennifer Navarrete
>  
>  
>  
> In a message dated 7/28/2006 5:53:39 P.M. Pacific
> Standard Time,  
> poethowe at yahoo.com writes:
> 
> Hi,  all.
> Has anyone seen the Pacific golden plover since it
> was  spotted last Sunday near Franks Dump in
> Hayward.
> Since no one has reported  on it since then, I'm
> assuming not, but if it is still around, I'd like 
> to
> get down to try to see it.
> Thanks,
> Alan Howe
> North  Oakland
> 
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