[EBB Sightings] FW: Eastshore Park sightings

Forwarded on behalf of Robert Coon.

Bruce Mast
Oakland, CA
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From: ccoon.wildwood5 at att.net [mailto:ccoon.wildwood5 at att.net] 
Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 6:48 PM
To: observe at goldengateaudubon.org
Subject: Eastshore Park sightings

Aug 11? --? high tide around noon?? Eastshore Park? Pt Isabel

1 Black Skimmer on ?shore? across from dilapidated pier;? 3 Black-Necked
Stilts there, also???? Everything pretty much ?hunkered down? because of
wind.? Probably a few Caspian Terns, also.

7 White Pelicans flew over going south

At the ?back end? of Meeker Slough just before it turns left, a juvenile Red
Necked Phalarope was feeding in the ?side slough / puddle? nearest path.??
It will probably be hard to find? --? we did not see it again when we walked
back by about 5 minutes later. 

About 15 Semipalmated Plovers were in the ?basins? east of pier / trail
which had some water because of the high tide.

Wed Aug 8?? Eastshore Park? --? Albany Bulb? --? foot of Buchanan St

10:30 AM? --? 1 Black Skimmer skimming in ?bay?

4 ? 5 PM? Many shore birds? --? Semipalmated Plovers (10), Black-Bellied
Plovers (40), Greater Yellowlegs (8), Black-Necked Stilts (8) as well as
Marbled Godwits, dowitchers, Western and Least Sandpipers, Willets, Long
Billed Curlews and a couple Whimbrels 


High tide or close to it seems to give the best chance of finding a Black
Skimmer in the area.


Robert Coon