According to posts to the WhatsApp group, the Sand- Plover flew back toward the Salt Works at around 3:00 p.m. as the tide rolled in and presumably will stay there the rest of the day. If the bird does not continue migrating whichever way it's going on this somewhat odd mid-June date(!), then obviously the best bet is to return to the end of J Street when the tide starts falling, which of course should be a little later tomorrow than it was this morning, and hope it repeats its performance. Today it was found in that area just after 9:00 a.m., but who knows exactly how long it had been there after Matt lost track of it earlier on inside the Salt Works. And bring a very good scope!!! One is looking to the west southwest to the area immediately behind and to the right of the infamous oyster balls where the White-Winged Tern would often sit last summer. In the general area of where they are several white PVC pipes sticking up out of the water near that shore. The bird was almost always At least somewhat near Semipalmated Plovers, but it is not known how crucial that is. Other summering shorebirds there this morning included one each of Black and Ruddy turnstones and a small number of Western Sandpipers, among the more usual summer shorebirds. One reddish egret. Continuing red-breasted merganser.
Paul Lehman, San Diego
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