Argh! Say it ain't so. I didn't know about this sad story, I had just assumed nobody went in there anymore. That place was fantastic.
Hugh On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 10:09 AM, <r...@columbia.edu> wrote: > One superb shorebird spot that disappeared in one day was Oak Beach > Marsh. This was technically-speaking a "seche," a very shallow pan of > rainwater of maybe an acre in extent that gradually dried and was > replenished only when it rained again (or perhaps in a very high > tide). The bottom was a thin film of mud that was evidently full of > good things to eat, and is was insulated from all but the very highest > storm tides. At high tide in the right season it was covered with > shorebirds. I had over 30 species of shorebirds there over several > years In the 1970s, including Ruff, Curlew Sandpiper, Marbled Godwit > etc. > This shallow pool was located on the salt marsh on the bay side > of the Ocean Parkway opposite what is now called Overlook Beach (on > the Jones Beach-to-Captree strip on Long Island). > It all came to an end one afternoon in the 1980s when the > mosquito control people, in their wisdom, ditched it and opened it to > the tides. Now it is just an ordinary stretch of salt march with a > Least Sandpiper and a Pectoral or two. > Bob Paxton > > > -- > > 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/ > > -- > > -- Hugh McGuinness Washington, D.C. -- 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/ --
