Date: 9/16/26 1:06 pm From: Nicole Koeltzow via groups.io <nkoeltzow...> Subject: Re: [SanDiegoRegionBirding] Siberian Sand-Plover now in Imperial Beach
I was able to look at the Siberian sand plover from this location.
(32.6067708, -117.1341350)
Look north up towards the dunes there’s a gray trash can that’s in the background come back down towards the beach and it’s sitting with a snowy and a semi plovers.
I left at 12:56.
Thank you, Matt for finding it and Bridget for refining it!
Happy bird!
Nicole Koeltzow
United States
> On Sep 16, 2026, at 11:43, Bridget Spencer via groups.io <bridgetspencer...> wrote:
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> The juvenile Siberian Sand-Plover originally found by Matt Sadowski in Saltworks is currently on the Silver Strand Training Complex-S beach, which is between Silver Strand State Beach and the YMCA Camp Surf. It is roosting with a group of Snowy Plovers but is very skittish. This beach is Navy property but the public is allowed on the hardpack/wet sand portion of the beach. Please do not enter the soft sand dune habitat or push the Snowy Plover flocks around.
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> Approximate location: (32.6064678, -117.1340726)
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> If it leaves at low tide, it may cross the highway and forage at Emory Cove like the Wilson’s Plover that was here in 2024.
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> Bridget Spencer & Kristina Wolf
> San Diego
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