[EBB Sightings] Lotsa Lesser Yellowlegs

Hi birders,

Did a bit of birding on my  lunch hour today at/near the SF Bay NWR in 
Newark.  Best birds were at  least 11 LESSER YELLOWLEGS in a pond next to Thornton 
Rd.

To get to the  spot where I saw the birds, exit Hwy 84 at Thornton/Paseo 
Padre and go south on  Thornton.  Continue past the entrance to the refuge.  Just 
after the  road curves left (east), look for the ponds on your left.  There is 
no safe  parking on the right shoulder here, so I would suggest continuing on 
to find a  place to turn around and then head back west.  There is a wide 
gravel  shoulder on the north side of road right next to the ponds.  In the close 
 pond, there is a collapsed structure of concrete/wood/rusty pipes.  Just  
behind that are more ponds with some islands and exposed mud.  The LEYEs  were 
there, with many Greater Yellowlegs, Dowitchers, Bl-necked Stilts,  Mallards, a 
few peeps, and one Spotted Sandpiper.  Most of the birds were  just roosting 
rather than feeding.  I was there about 1 pm, which was  roughly two hours 
after today's high tide.  Don't know if they would remain  in this area when the 
tides are different.

This area is part of the  refuge, but there is no access, so you need to 
scope from the road.

Good  birding,
Kathy Robertson
Hayward, CA  




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