[EBB Sightings] Hayward Shoreline

After doing my HEP and GUTE monitoring for SFBBO the following was seen-

Coopers Hawk - 4 at Winton Ave. The bird reported as a juvenile is a sub-adult (1 year old). In the nest 1 and sometimes 2 nestlings could be seen. They are mostly down covered with a few feathers coming in. They are probably 2 1/2 to 3 weeks old.

Shorebirds at Frank's Dump West - 
   Semipalmated Sandpiper - 1 adult in breeding plumage. Was with 
      Semipalmated Plovers, Western & Least Sanpipers, and the Dunlin 
      on the north side of the pond. Seen from the trail along the 
      south side of Sulfur Creek. I was there about 2 hours before high 
      tide. The high tide today was at around 4:15 PM.

   Black-bellied Plover - 225 (est.) mostly in winter plumage.
   Semipalmated Plover - 85 (est.)
   Killdeer
   Black-necked Stilt
   American Avocet
   Greater Yellowlegs - 1
   Willet
   Long-billed Curlew - 6
   Marbled Godwit - 2
   Ruddy Turnstone - 5
   Red Knot - 4 in winter plumage.
   Sanderling - 1 in winter plumage.
   Western Sandpiper - 40 (est.) most were in breeding plumage.
   Least Sandpiper - 2 in breeding plumage.
   Dowitcher sp.

   Several Least Terns were in the area.


Good Birding

Bob