How about getting a copy of Drennan's book on NYS bird spots? Then you can plan an itinerary. Another good place this time of year is the Walkill Valley/Galeville/Blue Chip Farms area in Ulster Co.
Fred Baumgarten Sharon, CT/Bronxville, NY [email protected] ________________________________ From: Schnaars Uvino <[email protected]> To: Jeff Poulin <[email protected]> Cc: Linda Orkin <[email protected]>; cayugabirds <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 8:16:25 AM Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] NY visitor needs birding suggestions On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 7:58 AM, Schnaars Uvino <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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:[email protected]] >>Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 10:44 PM >>To: Jeff Poulin >>Cc: cayugabirds; [email protected] >>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 <[email protected]> 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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Laura Dornan >>>Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 12:15 PM >>>To: [email protected] >>>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.... 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