September 15, 2021
Following an RBA on Whatsapp, we made the short drive to Scrivens Avenue. The heavy rain overnight had turned the formerly dry beach into a soupy mess, and the actual river was very far off. Bill scoped the distant shoreline and spotted a dark plover. We met Bernie, who corrected our initial impression of Black-bellied Plover to American Golden Plover. Not satisfied with such long shots, we gingerly headed out onto the wet beach. It was not as bad as expected, and we only got a bit muddy. When we got close enough to scope again, Bill noticed that there was a second, juvenile AMGP that was always there, but was not discernable from the original distance. When we starting taking our photos, we noticed that there were some other peeps there too, that had been completely invisible from afar. They were Pectoral Sandpipers. There were also a few tiny guys, that must have been Semi-palmated Sandpipers, since they had black legs. Thanks to Mike Tate for reporting.
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