Jane, My suggestion is to travel eastbound on Ocean Parkway in the right hand lane. Once you pass Oak Beach (old OBI location) slow down (I put my flashers on) and scan the grassy median in the center of the road. The bird is pretty conspicuous if there. Once you spot it, pull over to the right onto the grassy shoulder and observe from your vehicle. As others have mentioned, the bird is precariously close to fast-moving vehicles, so I wouldn’t approach any closer and I definitely would not attempt to observe from the median. Across the road provides close enough views that are safe for you and the bird.
Good luck! Joe From: Jane Ross [mailto:janefr...@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 15, 2016 7:41 AM To: Joe Jannsen Cc: redk...@optonline.net; NYSBIRDS-L Subject: Upland Sandpiper Friday Update? Hoping to find the upland sandpiper this morning so would love to see any updates as well as a few directions as to how to spot him ( in the median near Oak Beach???). Many thanks in advance, Jane Sent from my iPhone On Apr 13, 2016, at 5:03 PM, Joe Jannsen <jjann...@tnc.org<mailto:jjann...@tnc.org>> wrote: I haven't seen any reports today, so I am happy to report the Upland Sandpiper continues just east of Oak Beach near pole #483. Viewed from the eastbound shoulder. Joe On Apr 11, 2016, at 6:45 PM, "redk...@optonline.net<mailto:redk...@optonline.net>" <redk...@optonline.net<mailto:redk...@optonline.net>> wrote: As of 5:30 p.m. today the shorebird named in honor of the famous American naturalist William Bartram was at the west-east turnaround a little east of Oak Beach on Ocean Parkway. I watched it, nerve-wrackingly, bathing in a puddle at the edge of the road as cars whizzed by before walking across the turnaround road...... John Turner -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- 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/ --