Date:         Thu, 11 Aug 2005 14:09:06 -0700
Reply-To:     Jim Gain <phalarope@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         Jim Gain <phalarope@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: [STA_Birds] Shorebirds at Modesto STP California
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An oops on my part. Both Snowy Plovers are adults. Silly me.



Jim



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From: STA_Birds@yahoogroups.com [mailto:STA_Birds@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Jim Gain
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 1:03 PM
To: STA_Birds@yahoogroups.com; 'CVBIRDS'; SHOREBIRDS
Subject: [STA_Birds] Shorebirds at Modesto STP California



At the Modesto Sewage Treatment Ponds (Central Valley California) this
morning I had the following birds of interest:
Black-bellied Plovers 200+
Snowy Plovers 2 (adult and juv)
Black-necked Stilt 50
Greater Yellowlegs 8
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Spotted Sandpiper 6
Sanderling 1 (different bird from last week)
Least Sandpipers 200+
Western Sandpipers 50+
Wilson's Phalarope 500+
Red-necked Phalarope 100+
Forster's Terns 6
Caspian Terns 20

I was able to photograph the Snowy Plovers, Sanderling and Lesser
Yellowlegs. I got pretty lucky with the yellowlegs as I got both Greater and
Lesser standing side-by-side in a pretty decent photo. A comment about the
Snowy Plovers. The juvenile bird did not ever fly. When I got too close it
would flatten itself and lay down on the ground with its head down. Photos
at http://www.stanislausbirds.org/Photos/rare-bird-photos.htm

Also, the Snowy Egrets have arrived in big numbers, close to 300 of them at
the ponds this morning.


Jim Gain
Stanislaus Audubon Web Master
http://www.stanislausbirds.org/
Modesto, CA USA





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