The red headed WP was seen this morning around 8:30 in Sunken Meadow SP. We were lucky as the bird was very quiet and remain perched in one place for about 15 min.
Directions: The main road into SMSP includes a bridge. at the end of the bridge, there is a road, Naples Road, that leads to the golf course. Park in lot immediately to the right. Follow Naples Road (it is so marked at the intersection) until you pass the closed parking lot. continue until you see the first lightpole on your left. About 10 feet before this pole, you'll see a chain hanging from 2 trees. That's the trailhead. Take the (winding) trail about quarter mile until you come to a dried out sandy streambed. Go up the other side and look for the WP on the right side of the trail. Thanks to Jim Osterlund, Suzy Feustal, Peter Reisfeld for helpful directions and to Vinny Pellegrino for finding the WP. Mike Higgiston -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
