Date: 1/16/26 7:20 pm From: Keith Maley via groups.io <keith.maley...> Subject: [SFBirds] Common Ringed Plover - Candlestick
Today, the Common Ringed Plover originally found by Paul Saraceni last fall
and continuing recently at Yosemite Slough, was refound by Liam at
Candlestick / Last Port mudflat, just north of the San Francisco County
line, here: 37.709276, -122.391252, and then moved to here 37.709286,
-122.389967 with a group of 32 Semipalmated Plovers, from 4-5 pm when we
left it, almost at low tide. The bird took careful observation to pick out,
field marks and an attempt at documentation in eBird.
We had originally gone back to Yosemite today where the Semipalmated Plover
flock from yesterday was much smaller, then disappeared completely. Liam
noticed a couple plovers fly high south over Candlestick, so we relocated
to Last Port where he picked out the bird.
Also, the Palm Warbler observed at Candlestick yesterday was likely an
overwintering bird found by Travis Smith back on 11/15/25.
https://ebird.org/checklist/S284659236
On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 3:02 PM Keith Maley <keith.maley...> wrote:
> Liam and I happened upon a loudly chipping Palm Warbler flying among the
> Coyote bushes in the feld just to the south of Double Rock, here: 37.719638,
> -122.383345.
>
> We also believe we scoped the Common Ringed Plover among 16-20
> Semipalmated Plovers that settled into the mudflats exposed at the corner
> of the basin off Yosemite Slough where it meets the community garden pond. 37.723431,
> -122.379027 Field marks were traffic-cone-orange legs, longer body /
> primary projection, darker face and bill. However, these plovers (unlike
> many of the other peeps) never came into the slough to forage on a falling
> tide, and it was too distant to document.
>
> Liam also spotted the continuing drake Gadwall along the north shore of
> the basin.
>
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