[EBB Sightings] Hayward Reg. Shoreline -- Saturday afternoon

Hi all:

Debbie Viess, Rusty Scalf, David Wimpfheimer and I
took in Frank's Dump this afternoon at high tide. It
was impressive. Always impressive. 

Rusty estimated the Red Knots at 1200.
I estimated the Black-bellied Plovers at 1800.
Debbie had 23 Least Terns.
David had 12 Surfbirds.
I believe there were 6 Ruddy (at least two of which
were in bright, bright breeding plumage) and 2 Black
Turnstones, but we were gawking at the Red Knots.
Rusty found a Whimbrel. 

Short-billed Dowitchers, Least and Western Sandpipers,
Semipalmated Plovers, Avocets..... hey, where'd the
Stilts go? I think they were there, but we were
gawking at the Red Knots. And the Surfbirds. And did I
mention the Least Terns?
Yes, there were marbled godwits, and long-billed
Curlews and Willets. and Forster's Terns, a distant
heat-shimmered hulk of an Osprey, a fly-by juvenile
Northern Harrier.
And there were Red Knots.

Good birding,

Bob Power
Oakland, CA

Frank's Dump is a large depressed mudflat at the north
end of Hayward Regional Shoreline.  To get there, take
880 to Winton Ave exit. Go west on Winton to the end
and park in the regional park parking area. Walk 1/2
mile west to the bay. walk another 1/2 mile east and
Frank's dump is on your right, just east of the
BayTrail.