[EBB Sightings] Fwd: eBird Report - Don Edwards NWR , 9/3/07 - thousands of Willets

Hi everyone,
 
I know it's hard to get excited about Willets, but
today I found at least 3300 roosting with hundreds of
Marbled Godwits, Black-Necked Stilts, American
Avocets, and a single Whimbrel near the fishing pier
at Don Edwards NWR in Fremont. 
 
>From the parking lot for the fishing pier, the
Shoreline Trail goes north (beneath the Dumbarton
bridge). Just past the bridge there's a small island
on the east side of the trail. This has been a good
spot in the past for roosting shorebirds, but I've not
seen numbers quite this high before.
 
The list as submitted to eBird for the area near the
fishing pier (and the drive out and back) is attached
below.
 
Amy McDonald 

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Location: Don Edwards NWR
Observation date: 9/3/07
Number of species: 31

Gadwall 10
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 2
Snowy Egret 7
Turkey Vulture 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Black-necked Stilt 250
American Avocet 50
Willet 3300
Whimbrel 1
Marbled Godwit 450
Least Sandpiper 5
Red-necked Phalarope 9
Ring-billed Gull 11
California Gull 325
Western Gull 8
Forster's Tern 1
Mourning Dove 3
Western Scrub-Jay 2
American Crow 1
Cliff Swallow 10
Barn Swallow 12