[SBB] Almaden Solitary Sandpiper

[Rick Herder <[[email protected]]>]

I found the Solitary Sandpiper this morning at 11:30 in the little mudflat 
just left of where the paved road behind the Water Board buildings turns to 
dirt and rises to the top of the levee. It was near a Greater Yellowlegs, 
which was convenient for making comparisons. The mudflat has tules at its 
northern border, and there were half a dozen egrets in the puddle and Nutmeg 
Mannikins in the tules. The sandpiper was not very active, in fact most of 
the time it was sitting down in the mud and hard to find.

Just before that, Janna Pauser found us a Wilson's Snipe a bit further 
south, on the western edge of the creek, viewable from the levee (but you 
have to climb over a gate to walk south on the levee). At that spot we also 
saw 2 Spotted Sandpipers along with many Killdeer. The snipe wasn't active 
either - in fact, I thought it was a rock at the water's edge until it 
moved.

-- 
Rick Herder
Morgan Hill, California
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