[nysbirds-l] West Pond (Jamaica Bay) sightings then and now

2014-05-29 Thread Douglas Futuyma
On Sunday afternoon, May 25, I spent about two hours walking the dike at the West "Pond", from both directions. It was low tide, and the former pond was a large mudflat, with some higher bars on which some Forster's Terns loafed. Other than those and some foraging sandpipers, it was nearly devoid

[nysbirds-l] West Pond (Jamaica Bay) sightings then and now

2014-05-29 Thread Douglas Futuyma
On Sunday afternoon, May 25, I spent about two hours walking the dike at the West Pond, from both directions. It was low tide, and the former pond was a large mudflat, with some higher bars on which some Forster's Terns loafed. Other than those and some foraging sandpipers, it was nearly devoid of