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