Date: 8/3/26 9:24 pm From: David Webster via groups.io <davisigno...> Subject: Re: [SFBirds] A bit more on the banded Snowy Plover
Hello John,
I just wanted to inquire about whom I might contact re: two different
banded birds that I came across this last week at Ocean Beach. I have some
great images of them both. The bands are very clearly seen and obviously
different. They were spotted about 2 miles from each other. At any rate,
I'd be happy to share them with Stephanie Stragier, or anyone else that
might have an interest ....Thanks for posting!
Best regards and good birding!
David Webster
On Mon, Aug 3, 2026 at 7:45 PM John Harris via groups.io <jhh.birder=
<gmail.com...> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I reported a few days ago on a color-banded Snowy Plover photographed at
> Ocean Beach. Earlier this year, the bird was in Humboldt County. I reached
> out to Stephanie Stragier, a Cal Poly Humboldt grad student doing research
> up there and learned that this bird had two successful nesting attempts at
> a site near the South Jetty, at the entrance to Humboldt Bay. She was last
> seen there on July 25, five days before I encountered her at Ocean Beach.
> Given shorebird flight speeds in the 25-35 mph range, it's plausible that
> she might have made this flight in one night, or perhaps made a stopover in
> between.
> Stephanie will be presenting about her research at the Western Field
> Ornithologists annual conference in Ashland, Oregon, September 17-20.
> John Harris
> Oakdale, CA.
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