Re: [nysbirds-l] Piping Plover on the East Pond

2014-09-01 Thread Peter Post
When the refuge was first created Piping Plovers nested on the East Pond. Off course conditions were very different then. The area was mostly dredge spoil. Peter Post NYC Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 1, 2014, at 7:30 PM, Steve Walter wrote: > > It’s not a Ringed Plover – it even nests just

[nysbirds-l] Piping Plover on the East Pond

2014-09-01 Thread Steve Walter
It's not a Ringed Plover - it even nests just a few miles away - yet it's one of the rarest shorebirds at Jamaica Bay. It must have happened before, although I can't remember one in the last 30 years - but a Piping Plover (juvenile) showed up on the East Pond today. I saw it just north of the

[nysbirds-l] Piping Plover on the East Pond

2014-09-01 Thread Steve Walter
It's not a Ringed Plover - it even nests just a few miles away - yet it's one of the rarest shorebirds at Jamaica Bay. It must have happened before, although I can't remember one in the last 30 years - but a Piping Plover (juvenile) showed up on the East Pond today. I saw it just north of the

Re: [nysbirds-l] Piping Plover on the East Pond

2014-09-01 Thread Peter Post
When the refuge was first created Piping Plovers nested on the East Pond. Off course conditions were very different then. The area was mostly dredge spoil. Peter Post NYC Sent from my iPhone On Sep 1, 2014, at 7:30 PM, Steve Walter swalte...@verizon.net wrote: It’s not a Ringed Plover –