[EBB Sightings] All four tern species at Middle Harbor Park in Oakland

Hi birders,

Having looked specifically  for Elegant Terns at this park at least four 
times in the last two weeks, I was  glad to hear they had finally arrived.  At 
about 6:15 pm today, ten Elegant  Terns (adults and juveniles) flew in to the 
mudflats at Middle Harbor  Park.  Caspian and Least were also there, but no 
Forster's at that  time.

I had also been looking for ELTEs at the Alameda Shoreline (as  recently as 
yesterday!), so I stopped by there on my way home.  There was  one adult 
Elegant Tern among the Forster's on the mudflats at Elsie Roemer  Sanctuary.  Also 
of note were many Sanderlings, most still in breeding  plumage.

Good birding,
Kathy Robertson
Hayward, CA

In a  message dated 7/21/2008 1:29:15 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, 
rlclark3 at gmail.com  writes:
Yesterday at Middle Harbor Park in Oakland we saw all four of  the
local tern species that we see commonly in this area.  We saw  three
Elegant Terns, one Forster's,  five Caspian, and at least 20  Least
Terns fishing and roosting on sandbars in the bay in front of  the
park.  




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