Stilt Sandpiper at El Paso Sewage Treatment Center

Today, there was a nice variety of shorebirds at the Gridley Wastewater Treatment Ponds today--seven species.

Killdeer 20
Spotted Sandpiper 15
Solitary Sandpiper 02
Lesser Yellowlegs 10
Least Sandpiper 11
Pectoral Sandpiper 01
Short-billed Dowitcher 01

Also, there was a Stilt Sandpiper at El Paso Sewage Treatment Center shown above and below. Other shorebirds there were Killdeer, Spotted, Least, and Pectoral Sandpiper, and Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs! So there were seven shorebird species at both Gridley and El Paso, but a different selection. That's a total of nine shorebird species if you visit both places. It's only going to get better! Also, Great Blue Heron, American Kestrel, and Belted Kingfisher were hanging around at El Paso.







Here is the Lesser Yellowlegs from El Paso.