[EBB Sightings] Baird's Sandpiper -- Hayward Interp Center

Hi Bob and East Bay birders:

The juvenile Baird's Sandpiper continued at Hayward Regional Shoreline
this afternoon.  Barbara and I saw it less than a quarter mile west of
the Interpretive Center on a mudflat just north of the trail.  We also
saw our first juvenile-plumaged Least Sandpiper of the season here
today.  A Common Murre was offshore from Johnson's Landing.

Good birding.

Bob Brandriff
Berkeley, CA

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 8:58 AM, Bob Power  wrote:
> Hi all:
> This morning along Hayward Shoreline:
> Baird's Sandpiper -- pretty juvenile on the west side
> of the Hayward Interp Center in the pond that
> surrounds the center.
> Lesser Yellowlegs -- same place
> Common Murre -- 1 adult 50 yards west of Johnson's
> Landing.
> No Auklets.
> No Least Terns. Least Tern island seems to be
> completely vacated.
> 1 Forster's Tern.  Ditto for Forster's Tern Island.
> 2 Wilson's Phalaropes -- Hayward ponds that surround
> the islands.
> The bustle of activity so prevalent in the Hayward
> Marsh ponds has now all but disappeared.
> Peregrine Falcon -- 1 launching from the 2nd power
> tower west of the toll booths.
> The Interpretive Center is about a mile west of
> Clawiter/92 on the north side along the frontage road
> that parallels 92.
> Good birding,
> Bob Power
> Oakland, CA