Shorebird arrival has shown an increase in the last several days with Willets, Long-billed Curlews, Marbled Godwits and Western Sandpipers. The first arrival of Long-billed Dowitcherswere at the Nob Hill Pond yesterday. Also, yesterday at the Ravenswood Salt Ponds R1/R2 were ( 5 ) Wilson's Phalaropes. Over at the Ravenswood Salt Pond SF2, there was aninflux of newly arrived Elegant Terns at the colony on the island with the Caspian Terns. There were ( 570 ) Elegant Terns. July has shown, there is a northward dispersal to the BayArea from Mexico and southern California. Passerine news, there has been some post-breeding dispersal of Wilson's Warblers along the bayside.
Ron Thorn
