Thanks for the shout out Steve. Pat Rafferty and Jennifer Nersesian were also notified. Hopefully, we have some sort of resolution to this issue quickly.
Cheers, -------- "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 > On Jul 10, 2017, at 8:12 PM, Steve Walter <swalte...@verizon.net> wrote: > > I stopped off at Jamaica Bay yesterday to check out the East Pond. Not trying > to do Andrew’s “job” (in fact, he already tipped me off), but I’ll say that I > went dragonflying (and I don’t mind getting my feet wet). Currently, the > water extends all the way to the reeds along of the southwest part of the > pond. The shallowest that the water is in any spot is about an inch and a > half. But we’ve been down that road before, and time will solve that (barring > more heavy rains). > > The bigger problem is that the property owner to the south of the pond had a > fence built. The fence extends into the water and effectively blocks access > to the east side of the pond (unless you want to go through the muddy > northeast entrance). I don’t know where exactly the park boundary is and if > this is legal. I’ll let the National Park Service deal with it. I sent an > e-mail to the refuge manager, who should be returning from his weekend > tomorrow. Hopefully, I can hear something back soon. > > In the meantime, keep these issues in mind if you’re planning a visit to the > East Pond. > > > Steve Walter > Bayside, NY > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > ABA > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- 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/ --