I just got a call (3:40 PM) from Ted Murin who adds 1 adult Baird's 
Sandpiper to David's list of shorebirds from Delta Park.  Stilt 
Sandpipers and White-rumps were still present.

Allan

On 8/6/2012 11:13 AM, David Rankin wrote:
> I didn't even know there was another area of Delta Park. If you park at the
> boat launch and walk across the bike path, through the little fence lined
> path onto the overgrown beach area, then follow the shoreline south,
> through the wet, marshy area (it helps to wear sandals, as your feet will
> get wet and gross), then further down the beach, after a few minutes you'll
> start to bend to the east and you'll see a series of sandbars that the
> gulls and shorebirds loaf on. (they are also visible from the bike path
> bridge over the river, but you're too far away to really get good looks at
> any shorebirds). The shorebirds were on one of the sandbars closer to shore
> that the terns and gulls mostly avoided.
>
> That's the only way I know of getting there. Hope that helps.
>
>
> David
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Maeve Kim <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Is this in the area of Delta Park that requires a key to access - or is it
>> available to anyone?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Maeve Kim
>> Jericho Center
>>
>>
>> On Aug 6, 2012, at 10:16 AM, David Rankin wrote:
>>
>>> Spent 2 hours this morning at Delta Park, mainly trying to make sure I
>> got
>>> a positive ID on three intriguing birds that just didn't look quite right
>>> for short-billed dowitchers. From a distance I thought that one of them
>>> looked good for a stilt sandpiper, but when I finally got closer (about
>>> 100' away, I could see that all three were STILT SANDPIPERS. They fed
>> with
>>> a similar motion to dowitchers, but appeared longer legged and shorter
>>> billed, with a slight curve to the bill. When viewed in flight, base of
>>> tail feathers was distinctly white, and they lacked the white wedge going
>>> up the back.. If I hadn't brought my shorebird guide along, I'd have
>> don't
>>> think I'd have make an ID, but I had ample opportunity to study them at
>>> close range.
>>>
>>> Also present were about a dozen SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 35 LEAST
>> SANDPIPERS,
>>> 1 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 4 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, over
>>> 100 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 6 COMMON TERNS, about 45 CASPIAN TERNS and a
>>> WILSON'S SNIPE. All the shorebirds were hanging out on one of the
>> sandbars
>>> close to shore.
>>>
>>> David Rankin

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Allan M. Strong
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