Thank you Andrew for your continued efforts on behalf of myself and the entire birding community that look forward to the yearly shorebird migration -I look forward to reading your daily reports and am delighted to hear about your success! Dale Dancis
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 3, 2016, at 12:59 PM, Andrew Baksh birdingd...@gmail.com [ebirdsnyc] > <ebirdsnyc-nore...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > More shorebirds than yesterday but not by much. The increase was all about > the Semipalmated Sandpipers. I estimated around 150. 1 STILT SANDPIPER was > also of note. > > Other notable birds include 1 Green Heron, 1 Black-billed Cuckoo first heard > calling across the pond on the west side near Gull Island and then eventually > scoped out, 1 Belted Kingfisher and 1 Northern Waterthrush. > > A few maintenance items. I will attempt to clear the overgrown south end path > by Friday and also I scouted cutting a path away from the edge near Shriber's > Slew. I'll try and get that done by Friday as well. > > I am also very pleased to report that I received a note this morning from the > Superintendent, Jennifer Nersesian, who informed me that NPS staff were > working on the East Pond valve yesterday to increase the flow. > > While I was on the pond this morning, I opted not to get a read of the water > mark. I'll do one in a few days and compare it to Saturday's read out to see > what is the drop rate. > > I swear I am a good pest :-) > -------- > "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule > of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ > Frederick Douglass > > 風 Swift as the wind > 林 Quiet as the forest > 火 Conquer like the fire > 山 Steady as the mountain > Sun Tzu The Art of War > >> (\__/) >> (= '.'=) >> (") _ (") >> Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! > > Andrew Baksh > www.birdingdude.blogspot.com > __._,_.___ > Posted by: Andrew Baksh <birdingd...@gmail.com> > Reply via web post • Reply to sender • Reply to group • > Start a New Topic • Messages in this topic (1) > Save time and get your email on the go with the Yahoo Mail app > Get the beautifully designed, lighting fast, and easy-to-use Yahoo Mail > today. Now you can access all your inboxes (Gmail, Outlook, AOL and more) in > one place. Never delete an email again with 1000GB of free cloud storage. > > > ebirdsnyc: bird sightings from the NYC area > VISIT YOUR GROUP > • Privacy • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use > . > > > __,_._,___ -- 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/ --