The highlight of a morning walk at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge (JBWR) was a
Gull-billed Tern. Observed on the the East Pond from Big John's Overlook.
Other migrants included Forster's Terns, Glossy Ibis, Blue Gray Gnatcatcher
along with expected migrants already reported.
The West Pond, is looking much nicer now than the depleted dead zone we had a
month ago. It is filled with water, the benefit of a closed breach. There were
ducks (Ruddys, Shoveler, Buffleheads and Greater Scaup) on the pond as well as
Forster's Terns, the expected Gulls and a Greater Yellowlegs as well.
I would urge that visitors who use eBird to please take the time to record your
sightings accurately by location. There is a West Pond hotspot and it would be
helpful to mine that data going forward, once the restoration is considered
complete.
"I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today." ~
William Allen White
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"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
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Andrew Baksh
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
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