Black-bellied Plover, Buff-breasted Sandpipers, and Black Terns at El Paso Sewage Treatment Center

On Sunday afternoon, September 6, I stopped by El Paso Sewage Treatment Center to look for the Black-bellied Plover that Josh Engel reported seeing there. The Black-bellied Plover was there along with 6 Lesser Yellowlegs, 6 Baird's Sandpipers, 4 Buff-breasted Sandpipers, and many Least, Pectoral, and Semipalmated Sandpipers. Here is one of the Buff-breasted Sandpipers.



And here are a few shots of the Black-bellied Plover.











The next day was Labor Day so I had the day off, and I returned to El Paso. When I arrived, there were 9 Black Terns giving quite the show. They flew in pretty close to me while I was watching the shorebirds in the Northwest lagoon. The Black-bellied Plover was still present and flew into the Northwest lagoon. Also present were 3 American Golden-plovers on the berm between the two larger ponds, 40 Killdeer, 1 Spotted Sandpiper, 1 Solitary Sandpiper, 8 Lesser Yellowlegs, 6 Baird's Sandpipers, 28 Least Sandpipers, 5 Buff-breasted Sandpipers, 10 Pectoral Sandpipers, and 5 Semipalmated Sandpipers. Here are a few shots of the Buff-breasted Sandpipers.













And here are a few shots of the Black Terns.