What a treat! They were all more or less together on the exposed sand flats north east of the Fishing Pier at low tide (about noon today). This area is south west of the area closed to provide them with breeding habitat.
In taking the following photos with a 400 mm lens, I never flushed them, although several times they got flushed by Turkey Vultures and Gulls flying over. If you go to see them, as our first OLLI birding class on April 8 will do (and use a 20x telescope), I strongly recommend that you too keep your distance so you too do not flush them. They are an endangered species, and they just endured some very unusual below freezing weather 2 days ago.
In taking the following photos with a 400 mm lens, I never flushed them, although several times they got flushed by Turkey Vultures and Gulls flying over. If you go to see them, as our first OLLI birding class on April 8 will do (and use a 20x telescope), I strongly recommend that you too keep your distance so you too do not flush them. They are an endangered species, and they just endured some very unusual below freezing weather 2 days ago.
