[SBB] Alviso Marina shorebirds

[Mike Rogers <[[email protected]]>]

All,

I made a very quick check of the area around the Alviso Marina at lunch 
today 12/7/05, hoping to refind the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper. This did not 
happen, but a TREE SWALLOW flying east over the Marina and then New 
Chicago Marsh was of interest, as was a LESSER YELLOWLEGS foraging with 
a GREATER YELLOWLEGS in the wet area just north of Elizabeth Street. 
This Lesser Yellowlegs is not the one along the EEC entrance road 
because on the way back to work I checked that spot and confirmed that 
bird was still there.

There were lots of LEAST SANDPIPERS and several WESTERN SANDPIPERS and 
DUNLIN still east of the Marina, but apparently the Sharp-tailed 
Sandpiper had moved elsewhere, either in New Chicago Marsh or perhaps 
Salt Pond A8, as groups of shorebirds were seen leaving in that 
direction. The impoundment north of the Marina could also be worth a 
check, although only small shorebirds were visible there when I scoped 
that area from the Marina.

I left Dean Manley searching for the bird; he was planning to make a 
much more thorough broad-area check. Hopefully he'll have better news to 
report later!

Mike Rogers
Sunnyvale


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