[EBB Sightings] Hayward Shoreline (for 4 March 2007)

On Caspian Tern dates

 

I saw 2 at Coyote Point (San Mateo Co) last weekend and asked Ron Thorn
about when they arrive back. I am not sure he was aware of the December
sightings.

 

But these dates are interesting for this year:

 

Caspian Tern usually does not become obvious until mid-March, but there 

are earlier arrivals. The earliest arrival, I have in my notebook is Feb. 4.
for northern California, and that date is very early. I have only ever had (
1 ) Caspian Tern in the month of February, and that was at the end of the
month. I usually do not record my first Caspian Tern of the spring until
mid-March. What is obvious is the numbers that are arriving early. [2007]

 

 Feb. 4 ( 1 ) San Francisco 

 Feb. 19 ( 1 ) Santa Cruz 

 Feb. 21 ( 2 ) Marin County 

 Last week ( 1 ) in Oregon 

 March 2 ( 1 ) Pigeon Pt., San Mateo County 

 There was also the sighting from Monterey County over the weekend. 

 

 Ron Thorn

 

 

 

Kris Olson, Menlo Park

 

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Subject: Re: [EBB Sightings] Hayward Shoreline (for 4 March 2007)

 

Greetings Bob,

 

As usual this list from your observations is another one to be emulated; its
great!

 

One point, however, you may not have heard that Pat Gordon found the
first-ever sighting of Caspian Tern for our Hayward-Fremont Christmas Bird
Count, Sunday, 17 December 2006.  Her three CaTe's were along the shoreline
of Hayward's Eden Landing Ecological Reserve (Calif. State Fish & Game).
These birds should still be around, somewhere, and may have been the two you
saw on Sunday, 4 March 2007:

        

>  Frank's Dump West -
>  Caspian Tern - 2, first of the year and the earliest
>   that I have seen at the shoreline 

 

Happy Birding,

Phil E. Gordon, Co-compiler

Hayward-Fremont CBC

PAGPEG at aol.com





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