Sharp-tailed Surprise

I got up this morning and did my usual rounds of blogs, email, work email, news, etc.

My work email is where I get local bird reports. Mostly these are about the arrival or departure of our regular birds.

Not today. A sharp-tailed sandpiper was reported late yesterday afternoon at the Yolo Bypass. This is an Asian species, well off-course. They are known in birding circles as one-day wonders; they usually spend a day somewhere and then move on. It’s not wise to dally if one’s been reported in your backyard…

I duly headed over there at around 7:15, had seen the bird by 7:40. I told the folks who were there I’d report it to the list as having been refound by Michael Perrone.

Tonight, I get home from Hebrew class, and find there is a SECOND sharp-tailed sandpiper at this spot.