[EBB Sightings] Hayward Shoreline

I was at Frank's Dump West during both the AM high tide and the PM high tide. At 9:12 AM the high tide was only 5.45', while at 6:55 PM the high tide was 7.23'. The AM high tide not only did not cover the mudflats in Ora Loma Marsh, It did not cover some of the mudflats at the mouth of San Lorenzo Creek. Most of the shorebirds were here and not at Frank's Dump West.

Frank's Dump West
   Black-bellied Plover
   Semipalmated Plover - 300 estimated
   Killdeer
   Snowy Plover - 1
   Black-necked Stilt
   American Avocet
   Willet
   Whimbrel - 1 AM only
   Long-billed Curlew
   Marbled Godwit
   Ruddy Turnstone - 7
   Red Knot - PM only
   Sanderling - 2
   Semipalmated Sandpiper - 1 juv. - PM only
   Western Sandpiper
   Least Sanpiper
   Dunlin - 1 AM only
   Dowitcher sp.
   Red-necked Phalarope - 2

Other shorebirds seen today
   Greater Yellowlegs - 45
   Lesser Yellowlegs - 2
   Black Turnstone - 13

Other birds seen today
   Elegant Tern - 1 at Frank's Dump West
   Bank Swallow - 1 over Frank's Dump West
   Canvasback - 1 female in Ora Loma Marsh summered here.


Good Birding

Bob