Re: [SBB] Red Knots & Least Terns

[richard cimino <[[email protected]]>]

Hi Bob
This is Rich Cimino of east bay.
May I ask for your help in directing me to salt pond A2E?
Last weekend I down along Matilda Dr. near Lockheed and Yahoo  and could not find an entrance to the salt ponds.
What didn't I do right?
Also have you seen the Black Tern lately?
Rich Cimino
Pleasanton 94566 

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Aug 26, 2005 2:16 PM
To: [[email protected]]
Subject: [SBB] Red Knots & Least Terns

All,
 
This morning tidal conditions at the mouth of Stevens Creek were fairly  good 
so Frank Vanslager and I decided to check it out for shorebirds.   On the way 
out to the bay we noted that the eastern section of Salt Pond B1 was  loaded 
with shorebirds and that the new tide gate was allowing bay water to flow  
into the pond (a couple hours later those many hundreds of shorebirds were now  
all out on the bay either feeding, bathing or just trying to catch a few winks  
of shuteye on the receding tide).  Best birds included at least four  
RED-KNOTS (3 basic plumaged adults and one partial alternate plumaged adult) and  
seven juvenile COMMON MERGANSERS.  Other species included hundreds of  WESTERN 
SANDPIPERS, a few LEAST SANDPIPERS, 40-50 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS,  many MARBLED 
GODWITS, WILLETS, LONG-BILLED CURLEWS, a few SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS,  and one 
bathing adult CASPIAN TERN.  Just offshore were 30-40 NORTHERN  SHOVELERS and 
three BROWN PELICANS flew by heading east.  I  should note that the island in the 
northeast corner of the pond is now free  of nesting birds (the Black 
Skimmers are gone and only a few begging juvenile  Forster's Terns inhabit the area). 
 On the way out we had a high count  of thirteen LEAST TERNS on the boardwalk 
in Salt Pond A2E  (including one breeding plumaged adult and one buffy 
colored  juvenile).  Three adult Caspian Terns were on the dike between Salt Ponds  
B1 and A2E.
 
Take care,
Bob Reiling       
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