Date: 4/14/24 11:09 pm From: Pete Sole <pete...> Subject: Re: [MBBIRDS] Belated Pectoral Sandpiper Report
Hi birders,
I should clarify the birds were at the intersection of San Andreas Road
and Watsonville Slough.
Pete
On 4/14/24 10:50 PM, Pete Sole wrote:
> Hi birders,
>
> Apologies for not sending this from the field earlier today. There was
> a PECTORAL SANDPIPER at the intersection of San Andreas Road around
> 9am today, Sunday 4/14. I was able to take some photos, but the bird
> was very distant and too small to see properly on the back of the
> camera. To add insult to injury, I could not re-find the PECTORAL when
> scanning with my scope. Instead I ended up seeing a few LEAST
> SANDPIPERS, in addition to a DUNLIN, some 30 WESTERN SANDPIPERS, a
> single BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, and other usual suspects.
>
> For more details and photos see the ebird report:
>
> https://ebird.org/checklist/S168611894 >
> Oh and in a first for me in La Selva Beach, there was an adult BALD
> EAGLE flying over fairly high above the LA SELVA BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY
> as I was dropping off some books.
>
> Good birding,
>
> Pete Solé
>
> squinting at distant bird in photos in Soquel, CA
>
>
