Date: 4/7/24 9:27 pm From: Parker Kaye <pkfromsaclp...> Subject: Re: [pen-bird] San Mateo County Piping Plover continues 4/7
Hi Aidan,
While the signage is very poor, the dirt levee is in fact closed to the public and it has been communicated that it is not open to the public via this listserv and other reporting avenues. I’m a biologist with SFBBO and conduct some of the Snowy Plover monitoring at the Ravenswood ponds. Snowy Plover nesting season is starting to kick into full gear and it’s important that people respect access limitations as to not impact their nesting success. Please do not encourage or suggest people look for the Piping Plover on this levee; it’s easily viewable from various points on the public trail. If the afternoon lighting is good, I suggest searching from (37.4955468, -122.1526081).
Happy birding,
-Parker Kaye
Oakland
Typos from my iPhone
> On Apr 7, 2024, at 9:04 PM, Aidan Sinha <aidansinha...> wrote:
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> 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.
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> Aidan Sinha
> San Jose
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