[SBB] Alviso Marina Sharp-tailed Sandpiper - still there Monday Dec12 at 12noon

["David Kutilek" <[[email protected]]>]

Title: Alviso Marina Sharp-tailed Sandpiper - still there Monday Dec12 at 12noon

As of 12.15pm on Monday Dec 12,

the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper was still among a flock of Least Sandpipers at the Alviso Marina, in the pond east of the railroad tracks near the roosting gulls.  Several people with spotting scopes provided good looks at our unusual visiter from the far north.  A single Dunlin was also observed with the sandpipers. 

The sandpipers were often flying back and forth from the sandbar in the northern half of the pond to the futher away water's edge right in the front of the gulls.  You had to be relatively quick to scan the flock and find the larger-sized Sandpiper as compared to all the smaller Least Sandpipers.  The buffy upper chest and reddish cap, along with its larger size made for a positive identification of the Sharp-tailed Sandpiper.

Thanks for the posts about this bird… a new LIFER for me.

best,
Dave Kutilek
Morgan Hill, CA

[[email protected]]

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