This appeared in the NY Daily News. As many NYC birders already know , this has been a fight to preserve this habitat the past decade when I presided back then over the Bklyn Bird Club. Apparently the NY Economic Development Corporation finally did what it want to do stealthily selling the property in early spring without fanfare.
The site has known to have 4 breeding sparrows: Song , Swamp, Sharptailed and Savannah plus Clapper Rails and YC night Herons. ( source http://www.brooklynbirdclub.org/coastal.htm ) Here is the NY Daily News article http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/cadillac-dealer-quietly-begins-building-controversial-mill-basin-site-article-1.1378417 Peter BBC -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
