Re:[nysbirds-l] 7-4 Jamaica Bay Queens East Pond Water Level Management

2015-07-04 Thread Andrew Baksh
Correction, s/b Black-necked Stilts in my post below. 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

[nysbirds-l] 7-4 Jamaica Bay Queens East Pond Water Level Management

2015-07-04 Thread Andrew Baksh
Several people have recently contacted me about the water level situation on the East Pond, so I thought a visit and update was in order. On this 4th of July, I visited the East Pond this morning to take a water level read and to get a sense of where the pond level is at. As I suspected, the

Re: [nysbirds-l] Great Shearwater carcass

2015-07-04 Thread Michael Zito
I saw what appeared to be a shearwater carcass walking towards the breach at Smith Point last weekend. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 4, 2015, at 8:41 AM, Tim Dunn wrote: > > In the dunes at Ocean Beach, Fire Island I found another great shearwater > carcass, about 4 miles east of where John

[nysbirds-l] Great Shearwater carcass

2015-07-04 Thread Tim Dunn
In the dunes at Ocean Beach, Fire Island I found another great shearwater carcass, about 4 miles east of where John Gluth reported one yesterday. The bird was away from the wrack line, in a fenced off section of dunes, so it is unlikely that it washed up to the point where it ultimately ended

[nysbirds-l] Arctic Tern- North Fork/Peconic Bay

2015-07-04 Thread Doug Gochfeld
There was just an ARCTIC TERN (2nd summer-type most likely, given the dark bill on an otherwise very adult-like bird) on the sandspit at South Jamesport Park, on Peconic Bay in Jamesport. It was around for about 8 minutes before flying off to the south in the company of a couple of 1st-summer

[nysbirds-l] 7-4 Jamaica Bay Queens East Pond Water Level Management

2015-07-04 Thread Andrew Baksh
Several people have recently contacted me about the water level situation on the East Pond, so I thought a visit and update was in order. On this 4th of July, I visited the East Pond this morning to take a water level read and to get a sense of where the pond level is at. As I suspected, the

Re:[nysbirds-l] 7-4 Jamaica Bay Queens East Pond Water Level Management

2015-07-04 Thread Andrew Baksh
Correction, s/b Black-necked Stilts in my post below. 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

[nysbirds-l] Arctic Tern- North Fork/Peconic Bay

2015-07-04 Thread Doug Gochfeld
There was just an ARCTIC TERN (2nd summer-type most likely, given the dark bill on an otherwise very adult-like bird) on the sandspit at South Jamesport Park, on Peconic Bay in Jamesport. It was around for about 8 minutes before flying off to the south in the company of a couple of 1st-summer

[nysbirds-l] Great Shearwater carcass

2015-07-04 Thread Tim Dunn
In the dunes at Ocean Beach, Fire Island I found another great shearwater carcass, about 4 miles east of where John Gluth reported one yesterday. The bird was away from the wrack line, in a fenced off section of dunes, so it is unlikely that it washed up to the point where it ultimately ended

Re: [nysbirds-l] Great Shearwater carcass

2015-07-04 Thread Michael Zito
I saw what appeared to be a shearwater carcass walking towards the breach at Smith Point last weekend. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 4, 2015, at 8:41 AM, Tim Dunn timd...@optonline.net wrote: In the dunes at Ocean Beach, Fire Island I found another great shearwater carcass, about 4 miles