[EBB Sightings] Hayward Shoreline

This afternoon, Eddie Bartley, Noreen Weeden and I were at Frank's Dump at
Hayward Shoreline.  Notable were:

SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER - 1
SNOWY PLOVER - 2, one with a very small downy chick (first spotted by
Noreen)
WILSON's PHALAROPE - 8+ (one juvenile plumage, others basic)
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE - 2
LEAST TERN -- 26

I haven't been paying close attention to this listserv for a while, so am
not aware if the nesting Snowy Plover is news.  The numbers of birds at high
tide were impressive, with swirling flocks lifting off when a peregrine or
other raptor appeared.  We were photographing, so didn't get a complete list
of species, but among those present were

Black-bellied Plover in alternate plumage
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Willet
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Red Knot
Western Sandpiper
Dunlin - 1 or 2
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Caspian Tern
Forster's Tern


Bob Lewis
Berkeley, CA
RLewis0727 at aol.com