[EBB Sightings] Hayward Shoreline

Today at the shoreline -

At Frank's Dump West the following shorebirds were seen -

   Black=bellied Plover
   Semipalmated Plover
   Killdeer
   Snowy Plover
   Black-necked Stilt
   American Avocet
   Greater Yellowlegs - 1
   Willet
   Whimbrel - 3
   Long-billed Curlew
   Marbled Godwit
   Ruddy Turnstone - 2
   Black Turnstone - 12
   Surfbird - 2
   Red Knot
   Sanderling - 2
   Western Sandpiper
   Least Sandpiper
   Baird's Sandpiper - 4
   Dunlin - 2
   Dowitcher sp. - probably mostly or all Short-billed.
   Wilson's Phalarope - 3
   Red-necked Phalarope

I arrived here 2 hours before high tide, just after the mudflats had been covered up. Most of the shorebirds were in Frank's Dump West, but some were in Ora Loma Marsh.

The trail past Ora Loma Marsh will probably be closed on Monday (7/30) and possibly on Tuesday (7/31). The same is true for the trails in Cogswell Marsh.

The Brant I saw in Ora Loma Marsh one week ago Wed., Peter & Shiela saw near the mouth of Bockman Channell, and I saw along San Lorenzo Creek west of the trail on Tue. was not seen today.

In the city ponds (east of Mt. Trashmore and Cogswell Marsh) were an estimated 2600 Red-necked Phalaropes.

Good birding

Bob Richmond