Date: 6/10/26 6:53 pm From: Matt Sadowski via groups.io <sadowskimatt99...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Siberian Sand-Plover pm update
I failed at finding it back in Saltworks during the pm high. I also failed
at finding any of the SEPL it was with earlier, but I don't know that it
would have helped, because it flew off with two KILL from CVWR back towards
Salt as the tide rose.
Hopefully it'll be back visible from J St./Bayfront Park flats during
tomorrow's late morning low.
Matt Sadowski
On Wed, Jun 10, 2026, 3:33 PM <lehman.paul...> via groups.io
<lehman.paul...> wrote:
> 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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