Date: 4/24/25 7:17 pm From: Linda Grant via groups.io <lindabirdsf...> Subject: Re: [SFBirds] Shorebird Migration and other activity at Pier 94
David, these are some of your best photographs ever...absolutely
stunning!!!
Thank you.
On Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 6:34 PM David Assmann via groups.io <david_assmann=
<yahoo.com...> wrote:
> While migration in general may be slow, there's lots of shorebird activity
> at Pier 94, where there were at least 300 shorebirds on Tuesday, mostly
> LEAST and WESTERN SANDPIPERS (almost all in alternate plumage), but also
> DUNLIN, SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, WHIMBREL, AMERICAN
> AVOCET, BLACK OYSTERCATCHER, KILLDEER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, WILLET and an
> AMERICAN PIPIT. A WHITE-TAILED KIT hovered overhead, and an OSPREY flew
> over, calling. RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS were carrying food, and both TREE and
> BARN SWALLOWS landed on the fence. A late WESTERN MEADOWLARK was also
> present. A baby MALLARD was hiding in the grass near the path.
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