Date: 4/7/24 9:04 pm From: Aidan Sinha <aidansinha...> Subject: [pen-bird] San Mateo County Piping Plover continues 4/7
All,
The Piping Plover was seen by me and several other people at the Ravenswood Salt Ponds today, in the same general area it has been frequenting lately. We saw it from around 12:30 PM to 1:10 PM, just after high tide (the tide when we viewed the bird ranged from 7.7 to 7.3 feet). The bird was seen on mudflats at 37°29'45.9"N 122°08'59.7"W, and later farther out at 37°29'47.2"N 122°09'02.5"W. Both myself and several others saw it from the 90° bend in the dirt levee (at 37°29'40.6"N 122°08'57.1"W), which may be closed to public access - enter at your own risk. Others viewed it from the public trail along the far west edge of the ponds, at 37°29'44.4"N 122°09'09.5"W. After 1:10 PM, I did not see it again, though others had brief sightings of the bird up until 2:00 PM, when I (and the remaining people who had seen the bird) left. Other birders showed up as we were leaving, though I do not know if they refound it or not.
