Hello all! I'm working on Fire Island this spring/summer as a Piping Plover field technician and at 1130 today, found a male WILSON'S PLOVER at Cupsogue beach county park. An iPhone-scoped shot can be seen here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/85270080@N05/14042030866/ Directions- from the giant parking lot, walk or drive west down the dirt road (truck recommended if driving) to the metal gate halfway down the park. Walk a little past the gate until the grassy dunes dissipate to sand and are much shorter, take a right here at the roped path to the bay side. The bird was right in the vicinity of this path in the bay-beach area. Additionally, we had at least one American Golden-Plover (possibly two) here two days ago in the park. PLEASE be careful to not disturb the Piping Plovers in the vicinity, and remember to stay in designated walking areas! Justin LeClaire -- 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/ --
