{"id":1001331,"date":"2008-08-10T14:40:01","date_gmt":"2008-08-10T19:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/?p=1001331"},"modified":"2008-08-10T14:41:41","modified_gmt":"2008-08-10T19:41:41","slug":"440-bairds-sandpiper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/birding\/2008\/08\/10\/440-bairds-sandpiper\/","title":{"rendered":"#440 Baird&#8217;s Sandpiper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I slept in this morning, and consequently almost drove over to the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary for the monthly Sea &amp; Sage Audubon Walk, but fortunately I decided there was still a good chance to pick up a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/2008-bgby-list\/\">BGBY<\/a> species or two if I walked. Last month I drove over and consequently missed Sora and Rock Pigeon. However this time I did walk and consequently I can now count #440 Baird&#8217;s Sandpiper for my life, California, Orange County, and BGBY lists. <\/p>\n<p>I have a list of target birds I&#8217;m looking for in the local area, but this wasn&#8217;t on it. It&#8217;s fun to still find completely surprising life birds within walking distance of my apartment. Baird&#8217;s are far from unknonw out here, but this was apparently the first one at SJWS in the last two years.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Baird&#8217;s was hanging out on Pond C with dozens of Western Sandpipers. Earlier that morning some other birders had relocated a Semipalmated Sandpiper. However it seemed to have flown off before we got there. That would have been a California, Orange County, and BGBY bird; but not a lifer. It&#8217;s an Eastern species that&#8217;s very common at Jamaica Bay and other East Coast location, so I&#8217;ve seen them every since I started seriously tracking my lists. <\/p>\n<p>Overall, we tallied just over 40 species:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> \tMallard  \t<\/li>\n<li>\tPied-billed Grebe \t<\/li>\n<li>\tDouble-crested Cormorant \t<\/li>\n<li>\tGreat Blue Heron \t<\/li>\n<li>\tGreat Egret \t<\/li>\n<li>\tSnowy Egret \t<\/li>\n<li> \tGreen Heron \t<\/li>\n<li>\tBlack-crowned Night-Heron \t<\/li>\n<li> \tWhite-faced Ibis \t<\/li>\n<li>\tCommon Moorhen \t<\/li>\n<li>\tAmerican Coot \t<\/li>\n<li>\tKilldeer \t<\/li>\n<li>\tBlack-necked Stilt \t<\/li>\n<li>\tAmerican Avocet \t<\/li>\n<li>\tWestern Sandpiper \t<\/li>\n<li> \tLeast Sandpiper \t<\/li>\n<li> \tBaird&#8217;s Sandpiper \t<\/li>\n<li>\tLong-billed Dowitcher \t<\/li>\n<li>\tWilson&#8217;s Phalarope \t<\/li>\n<li> \tRing-billed Gull \t<\/li>\n<li>\tCaspian Tern \t<\/li>\n<li>\tForster&#8217;s Tern \t<\/li>\n<li>\tBlack Skimmer \t<\/li>\n<li>\tMourning Dove \t<\/li>\n<li>\tAnna&#8217;s Hummingbird \t<\/li>\n<li>\tAllen&#8217;s Hummingbird \t<\/li>\n<li>\tBlack Phoebe \t<\/li>\n<li>\tAmerican Crow \t<\/li>\n<li>\tCommon Raven \t<\/li>\n<li>\tTree Swallow \t<\/li>\n<li>\tNorthern Rough-winged Swallow \t<\/li>\n<li>\tCliff Swallow \t<\/li>\n<li>\tBushtit \t<\/li>\n<li>\tMarsh Wren \t<\/li>\n<li>\tCommon Yellowthroat \t<\/li>\n<li>\tSong Sparrow \t<\/li>\n<li>\tRed-winged Blackbird \t<\/li>\n<li> \tGreat-tailed Grackle \t<\/li>\n<li>\tBrown-headed Cowbird \t<\/li>\n<li>\tHouse Finch \t<\/li>\n<li>\tLesser Goldfinch \t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There was also one Bobcat sighting, as well as the usual collection of insects including Mexican Cactus Fly, Green June Beetle, Checkered White, Honeybee, and Gray Hairstreak. <\/p>\n<p>The Baird&#8217;s brings my Orange County list up to par with my Kings County list at roughly 183 species each, though both of those lists include more than one introduced exotic, so I&#8217;m not sure who&#8217;s really out in front. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I slept in this morning, and consequently almost drove over to the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary for the monthly Sea &amp; Sage Audubon Walk, but fortunately I decided there was still a good chance to pick up a BGBY species or two if I walked. 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