Re:[nysbirds-l] Very interesting finding

2021-06-03 Thread Gus Keri
I don't think they gathered the wrack themselves. I know this beach very well. The wrack has been there long before and it is all over the rocky beach and I suspect that it has been used by Willet for nests sometime. I remember once I saw a couple of willets go crazy when I came very close to

Re:[nysbirds-l] Very interesting finding

2021-06-03 Thread Gus Keri
I don't think they gathered the wrack themselves. I know this beach very well. The wrack has been there long before and it is all over the rocky beach and I suspect that it has been used by Willet for nests sometime. I remember once I saw a couple of willets go crazy when I came very close to

[nysbirds-l] Very interesting finding

2021-06-03 Thread Gus Keri
While walking the beaches of Shirley Chisholm State Park today checking the area where Oystercatchers nested last year, I noticed a "nest-protective" behavior by an Oystercatcher, but it wasn't in the same area. It was in an area where there is no sand above the tide level. I have never seen

[nysbirds-l] Very interesting finding

2021-06-03 Thread Gus Keri
While walking the beaches of Shirley Chisholm State Park today checking the area where Oystercatchers nested last year, I noticed a "nest-protective" behavior by an Oystercatcher, but it wasn't in the same area. It was in an area where there is no sand above the tide level. I have never seen