I would like to correct a common misconception that the West Pond at
Jamaica Bay is "fresh" water. I'm don't know when it happened but the
salinity levels of the West Pond have been the same as that of the
bay ever since one of the pipes broke (at least a year). Before that
it was brackish. It hasn't been fresh, as evidenced by the growth of
cattails and the breeding of numbers of Least Bitterns, gallinules,
coots, Pied-billed Grebes, Ruddy Ducks, etc., since at least the 1960's.
Peter
Peter Post
New York City
[email protected]
On Oct 31, 2012, at 12:50 PM, Andrew Baksh wrote:
After picking up a message last night from Leanor Chavez about the
devastation on West Pond Trail at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, I
hurried out there this morning to see the damage. Folks, lets just
say that birding on the West Pond trail will be severely limited
until the breach in the trail has been repaired.
A section of the West Pond trail was completely washed away and at
the moment "salt water" from Pumpkin Channel is flowing freely into
the fresh water West Pond. See pictures posted here. http://
bitly.com/Sl8Wef
Let's hope that the damage could be addressed as quickly as possible!!
Good Storm Birding!!
Andrew Baksh
Queens, NY
www.birdingdude.blogspot.com
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