[EBB Sightings] can someone tell me where "meeker slough" is?

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Also, where is Meeker Slough? When you get to the Bay Trail and walk north(right), you come to a channel of water off to your right, perpendicular to the trail. From the signs out on the trail, I think this is Meeker Slough, but I could be way off.

Kris Olson



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From: sightings-bounces at diabloaudubon.com [mailto:sightings-bounces at diabloaudubon.com] On Behalf Of Kris Olson
Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 2:25 PM
To: 'Lisa and Robb'; sightings at diabloaudubon.com
Subject: RE: [EBB Sightings] can someone tell me where "meeker slough" is?

Lisa,

Hi. I am not exactly a local either, and I could no reference to Meeker Slough on the internet or any maps. 
Someone posted to park at the end of 51st Street in Richmond, and from there I got directions from Yahoo maps [I know you take 580 from 80 if you are going north, toward Richmond, and it's one of the first exits-- I remember Bayview]. I did not see good directions in early EBB posts and I save almost all of them, and definitely all regarding the Skimmers.

Once there, you walk straight ahead (it's pretty obvious), then turn right when you hit the Bay. I got there at high tide so there were no mudflats, but there would probably be mud flats on either side of the trail. There will be a "dilapidated" pier on your left, and I saw one Skimmer skim by there --2 or 3 passes and it was gone. It was not there for the first hour I was there. If I had blinked, I would have missed it.

There were also lots of Marbled Godwits, Long Billed Curlews, Black-bellied Plovers and a single Black Oyster Catcher and Greater Yellowlegs.

Good luck!

Kris Olson
Menlo Park, CA


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From: sightings-bounces at diabloaudubon.com [mailto:sightings-bounces at diabloaudubon.com] On Behalf Of Lisa and Robb
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 7:16 PM
To: sightings at diabloaudubon.com
Subject: [EBB Sightings] can someone tell me where "meeker slough" is?

I'm not a local, and I can't figure this out.

Thanks!
Lisa Lazar
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