Posted by Rangel Diaz on August 20, 2015 at 16:24:34
Started my morning at The Annex to test my Empid luck. I parked at the yellow gate and walked down Aero Jet Road to the southern yellow gate (near the abandoned building) before turning back. Along the way I heard the PIP calls of a couple Alder Flycatchers while also coming across a few silent Traill's type flycatchers. Full checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S24695811 Afterwards I drove along the perimeter of the agricultural fields through dirt roads and came across a Solitary Sandpiper in a puddle but that was it for shorebirds (besides Killdeer). Hopefully the rains kick in and attract Buff-breasted Sandpipers to those fields soon.