To Michael's observation re: Park Police. I personally did not have any encounters but many birders did today.
I have never seen the Park Police this aggressive as I have seen them today at West End Jones Beach. Some of the reasons some birders were stopped for bordered on ludicrous. For example, one car was pulled over and asked why they crossed the lines in the West End II parking lot. Say what!?! I hope this is not some new trend developing here because it will make birding from vehicles very difficult. Imagine trying to study Gulls in the West End II parking lot and having to worry about crossing over lines. Cheers, 風 Swift as the wind 林 Quiet as the forest 火 Conquer like the fire 山 Steady as the mountain Sun Tzu <http://refspace.com/quotes/Sun_Tzu> *The Art of War* <http://refspace.com/quotes/The_Art_of_War> (\__/) (= '.'=) (") _ (") Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com On Jan 31, 2015, at 4:26 PM, Michael Zito <michaelz...@gmail.com> wrote: took a quick trip to we2, a single nicely colored chestnut Lapland Longspur was seen in the median before the nature center with a group of horned larks. park police then drove through the flock and dispersed the birds (and the birders). time was around 4pm Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
