If you haven't read Andrew's blog re. the Shorebird Festival, he has lots of great information to help you have an enjoyable day. See http://birdingdude.blogspot.com/2014/08/annual-shorebird-festival-at-jamaica.html
On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Andrew Baksh <[email protected]> wrote: > On the eve of tomorrow's Shorebird Festival at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge > in Queens NY, I did another scout of the pond. There was a slight increase > of shorebirds and I am hopeful we will get more coming in tonight. > > A total of 15 species of shorebirds , including the Marbled Godwit, which > was again seen midway on the pond along the East Side. As far as the pond > conditions, while the water level, is better than it was a few days ago > after the torrential rain. Much of the north end still remains quite tricky > to navigate with not much shoreline as one would expect for this time of > the year. > > I have whipped up a post with some recommendations on how to navigate the > pond along with photos of recent shorebirds observed ( > http://birdingdude.blogspot.com/2014/08/annual-shorebird-festival-at-jamaica.html). > Here is to good weather with good shorebirds tomorrow. > > Cheers, > > -- > 風 Swift as the wind > 林 Quiet as the forest > 火 Conquer like the fire > 山 Steady as the mountain > Sun Tzu <http://refspace.com/quotes/Sun_Tzu> *The Art of War* > <http://refspace.com/quotes/The_Art_of_War> > > (\__/) > (= '.'=) > > (") _ (") > > > Andrew Baksh > www.birdingdude.blogspot.com > -- > *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/[email protected]/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/>*!* > -- > -- All the best, Lloyd Lloyd Spitalnik Photography www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com <http://www.lloydspitalnikphotos.com/main.php> -- 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/ --
