[SBB] Baird's and Pectoral Alviso

[Matthew Dodder <[[email protected]]>]

All,

I visited Alviso this morning, looking for the BAIRD'S SANDPIPER.   
After some time, I was able to find it on the entrance road to the  
EEC. It was in the last pond on the left side of the road (just  
before the large sign and where the road bends sharply to the left).  
It's a very elegant looking bird, with long primaries that extend  
noticeably beyond the tail, and this combined with its larger size  
and elongated shape made it identifiable even without the telescope.  
It was foraging among LEAST, WESTERN SANDPIPERS and SEMIPALMATED  
PLOVERS. As well, 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS were in the area.

Earlier in the day, I bumped into Anne Verdi, who was kind enough to  
point out the PECTORAL SANDPIPER she had been watching along the  
board walk. That bird was sleeping when she called my attention to  
it, but it later woke up and walked about, making obvious its  
different shape and size.

Matthew Dodder
http://www.birdguy.net

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