All seen before 9oc this morning on the mudflats next to Brilyea access road :
Virgina Rail 2
which were foraging for food and then would run back into the reeds with it.
Feeding little ones I think, this went on for 25 minutes or so before a Great
Blue Heron arrived and they disappeared.
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 3
Killdeer 7 plus 3 juv
Least Sandpiper 7
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Bald Eagle 1 two yr old being urged to leave the area by a juv caspian tern
Caspian Tern 4 2 adult 2 juv
Osprey 2
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Yesterday also had 2 White Rumped Sandpipers
Good Birding
Peter Manship
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