On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 7:58 AM, Schnaars Uvino <kituv...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Laura, > I'd just like to throw my 2 cents in for Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. It > is in Broad Channel, NY in Queens county. So it is in the city but you > won't feel like you are once you get there. I often volunteer there in many > capacities and I also use it as a field site for my college courses. > > It is located on Cross Bay Boulevard which is an extension of Woodhaven > Boulevard. (From the Long Island Expressway you would exit at Woodhaven > Boulevard / Rockaways; From the Belt Parkway it is exit 17 Cross Bay > Boulevard - Rockaways) (phone and detailed info below) > > Jamaica Bay offers a great opportunity to walk and view saltwater marsh, > brackish ponds, tree'd gardens, etc. There is a free parking lot and a new > visitor's center. Jamaica Bay is only one unit of the Gateway National > Recreation Area. The other units include Fort Tilden, Breezy Point, Floyd > Bennet field - each with their own and unique birding opportunities, > including nesting piping plovers, least tern and common tern colonies and > black skimmers too. > The website for gateway - ALL units: http://www.nps.gov/gate/ > > Here is the specific info on Jamaica Bay > > *Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge* (718) 318-4340 > > From North, East, and West > > - Belt Parkway to Exit 17 S, Cross Bay Boulevard. > - Proceed south on Cross Bay Boulevard across the Joseph Addabbo - > North Channel Bridge. > - The Visitor Contact Station is approximately 1.5 miles past the > bridge on the right. > - Turn right at traffic light for Visitor Contact Station parking. > > Alternate, and from the South: > > - Beach Channel Drive to the Cross Bay - Veterans Memorial Bridge. > - Cross the bridge toward Broad Channel. > - Follow Cross Bay Boulevard through Broad Channel, about 1 mile. > - Turn left at traffic light into the Visitor Contact Station parking > lot. > > I hope you have a wonderful trip! ENJOY.... Kit > > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 7:44 AM, Jeff Poulin <jpou...@stny.rr.com> wrote: > >> Linda, >> >> You are quite right! I only meant there wasn't much in the way of >> "displays" at the lab but I frequent the lab and trails because as you say a >> wide diversity of birds seem to know it is the place to visit when passing >> through NY. >> >> I am sorry about that! >> -jeff >> *---------* >> *Office: +1(607)751-6899 | Mobile: +1(607)725-4493* >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Linda Orkin [mailto:wingmagi...@gmail.com] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 11, 2009 10:44 PM >> *To:* Jeff Poulin >> *Cc:* cayugabirds; tldorna...@att.net >> *Subject:* Re: [nysbirds-l] NY visitor needs birding suggestions >> >> I beg to differ re the Lab of O. There are public bird walks there every >> Saturday and Sunday which I and others lead and we have been treated to many >> wonderful bird events this season including a very accessible family of >> Virginia Rails, the first Great Blue Heron nest there in the hundred year >> history with four young successfully fledged, an American Bittern that hung >> out in a close and shallow area of the marsh. a family of Kestrels etc. >> These are just some of the more unusual happenings. There are many species >> of birds along those "nice" trails, far top many to mention here and they >> are well served and attracted by several different habitats. Especially >> during migration we can be surprised over and over again. >> >> Come and check us out again Jeff and Laura, I hope you will make a point >> of coming by. >> >> And for anyone else in the area, the weekend walks are ongoing throughout >> the year. They will be at 7:30 through August and then 8 in September and >> October, then 9 in November and December. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Linda >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Jeff Poulin <jpou...@stny.rr.com>wrote: >> >>> Laura, >>> >>> I live near Binghamton and also would like someone knowledgeable about >>> Jamaica Bay to provide some directions on where to go, etc. I made a trip >>> to Jamaica Bay this summer but, ahem, basically got lost. >>> >>> For the Ithaca area, go to Montezuma Refuge (N. end of Cayuga Lake). >>> Stop at the visitor's center for a map around the many pools and to look at >>> the sighting logbook before you go out. Note the "rare birds report" today >>> on this egroup for recent sightings there. If you act responsibly the staff >>> may even tell you the locations of the bald eagle nests. :-) >>> >>> The road down the west side of the lake is part of the Finger Lakes >>> Wine Trail and I confess that stopping at several of them after birding >>> Montezuma is a favorite thing to do. >>> >>> Finally, Cornell U (SE corner of the lake) is home to the Ornithology >>> Lab on Sapsucker Woods Rd. Sadly the lab has little to offer visitors except >>> a few displays (including an amazing case of hummingbirds from around the >>> world). However, there are nice trails on the grounds and a Wild Birds >>> Unlimited store inside. >>> >>> It would be a good day spent (mostly) birding. >>> -jeff >>> *---------* >>> *Office: +1(607)751-6899 | Mobile: +1(607)725-4493* >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* bounce-4162316-9307...@list.cornell.edu [mailto: >>> bounce-4162316-9307...@list.cornell.edu] *On Behalf Of *Laura Dornan >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 11, 2009 12:15 PM >>> *To:* NYSbirds-L@cornell.edu >>> *Subject:* [nysbirds-l] NY visitor needs birding suggestions >>> >>> My husband & I will be taking a Road Trip from Ohio to NH next week >>> to visit friends for a couple of days & on our return we would like to do >>> some birding. We are considering going to Jamaica Bay for a day or 2 but >>> will have 2 or 3 more days to bird our way through NY before we need to be >>> in the Buffalo area to visit other friends. Can anyone give us some >>> suggestions for a route to take & areas to visit? We have never been to NY >>> to spend any real time there. Perhaps the Finger Lakes area? We are quite >>> flexible in our plans at this point & are not fully committed to going to >>> Jamaica Bay. I have always wanted to go there & this should be the perfect >>> time of year but if we need more time to visit other places in NY we can >>> change our plans. (Hubby is not really keen on the idea of driving through >>> NYC anyway) >>> >>> Also please keep in mind that we are no longer "in our prime" & able to >>> do strenuous hiking or many hills. >>> >>> Thanks to anyone who can help us with suggestions for places to go. We >>> are really looking forward to seeing more of NY than we have on previous >>> "pass throughs". >>> >>> Laura Dornan >>> Stark County, Ohio >>> >> >> > > > -- > Errant thoughts of a formerly sound mind from Area 51:the place where the > nuts hunt the squirrels.... > > Do not arouse the wrath of the great and powerful Oz. I said come back > tomorrow. > -- Errant thoughts of a formerly sound mind from Area 51:the place where the nuts hunt the squirrels.... Do not arouse the wrath of the great and powerful Oz. I said come back tomorrow. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Temporary archive: http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
