(Sorry, I meant the eastern shore of Meadow Lake. The spot is roughly 200 yards south of the concession building where bikes can be rented.)
The best way to get to this spot is to exit the southbound Van Wyck Expressway at Harry Van Arsdale/Jewel Ave. and enter the park almost immediately as you exit. (If you reach the avenue you've gone too far.) Parking should be available nearby. Walk towards the lake in front of you - this is the eastern shore. There is a 2.5 mile perimeter path that goes around the lake used by strollers, joggers, and bicyclists. When you reach this road, look for the spot on the shore where the phragmites start. In this area you'll see the large wet area just east of the perimeter path. The phalarope was favoring the easternmost part of the wet area. -----Original Message----- From: akmirth <akmi...@aol.com> To: ebirdsnyc <ebirds...@yahoogroups.com>; NYSBirds-L <NYSBirds-L@cornell.edu> Sent: Mon, Aug 27, 2012 9:21 pm Subject: [nysbirds-l] Flushing Meadow - Corona Park, Queens County 8/27: Wilson's Phalarope This evening, while biking around Meadow Lake in Flushing Meadow - Corona Park in Queens County, I went to a large, shallow wet area which had held a high number of shorebirds last Friday evening. ("Large" number meaning 30-40, which is the highest count I have seen in this park in over 15 years of biking and birding there.) While enjoying taking close-up looks at each and every shorebird, mostly juvenile Least and Semipalmated Sandpipers, I was rewarded with the sighting of a Wilson's Phalarope, also a juvenile as it turns out after looking at the guides back home. The best way to get to this spot is to exit the southbound Van Wyck Expressway at Harry Van Arsdale/Jewel Ave. and enter the park almost immediately as you exit. (If you reach the avenue you've gone too far.) Parking should be available nearby. Walk towards the lake in front of you - this is the western shore. There is a 2.5 mile perimeter path that goes around the lake used by strollers, joggers, and bicyclists. When you reach this road, look for the spot on the shore where the phragmites start. In this area you'll see the large wet area just east of the perimeter path. The phalarope was favoring the easternmost part of the wet area. All three phalaropes have now been reported from this park. I saw a Red-necked in 2000, and a great sighting of a Red Phalarope was reported, I believe, in May 2011. Karlo Mirth Forest Park, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to 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/ --