[EBB Sightings] Baird's this morning

Hi Birders-

I walked out about a half mile max from the interpretive center at Hayward 
RS this morning hoping to find the Baird's Sandpiper. All the near mudflats 
were devoid of small birds. Farther out were Black-bellied and Semipalmated 
Plovers and peeps. Not expecting the Bairds to be any closer to the bay I 
headed back. At about a quarter mile from the center I checked the mudflat 
one more time. There, all by itself about a hundred yards out, was the 
Baird's Sandpiper. This was at 11:40 am. I think the high tide was still 
pushing into the marsh. There is an orange-capped pipe (the second from the 
center, I think) along the trail where I made the sighting. Earlier, from 
Mission Blvd, I walked both sides of Alameda Creek in Fremont to the gravel 
bar without seeing the Little Blue Heron.

Dave Weber,
Milpitas