I'm sure many on this list remember making the obligatory fall trip out to the "dug" potato fields of Daniels, Hedges and Parsonage Lanes for the "pipers of the fields", as well as Whimbrel, or as it was known then, Hudsonian Curlew...this of course, was before the proliferation of sod fields. I first experienced the productivity of this part of Sagaponack on a Gil Raynor led field trip. Normally, we would have started the day at Montauk Point, working ourselves back to these fields, with stops in between, at Montauk, Napeauge, Amagansett and E.Hampton. Sag Pond and Mecox Bay usually followed the potato fields, and if there was enough time, we would check out Shinnicock Inlet and Dune Rd., Hampton Bays. We did quite well most of the time, by visiting these varied and proven habitats, however, some of the time we had "insider information". While we all would check the N.Y.C. R.B.A. on the day of the week it was updated ( I believe on Thursday or Friday night ), Gil and Tom Davis (Mr. R.B.A. himself) had a close relationship, one that had Tom (a N.Y.Telephone office employee) always calling Gil, when something good was found ! Today, most of those fields (with their "black" dirt, considered the richest in N.Y.S.) are now occupied by many large houses, of many different architectural styles...some of which, to me, being constructed in bad taste !
Cheers, Bob ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: pmaxp <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 3:22 PM Subject: [nysbirds-l] Daniel's Lane, Sagaponack To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> The field located along Daniel's Lane and Peter's Pond Lane continues to have American Golden Plovers: Yesterday, 9/11 there were 3 at 5:15pm and 33 at 7:00pm. None were present so far today. -- 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/[email protected]/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/ -- -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
