I was told by the park office the parking fee is collected from 9am- 5pm. Several birders were able to get permission to enter specifically to look at/for the ducks before 5pm by talking to the person manning the booth, though there are no guarantees.
On 7/21/15, Brendan Fogarty <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey everyone, > When the whistling-ducks took off this afternoon, then flew west but low, > and may not have gone far. I stopped in at Conservation and Waterways and > talked with some of the plover crew there - this year the only other nearby > body of water is only a few hundred feet southwest of the southwest corner > of that same lot - you can access it by walking out to the beach (footpaths > or the vehicle path along the west side of the lot) and heading right (west) > toward the fenced-off, natural dune area right there. There are NO other > vernal pools further back in the dunes; just let that area be. > As for access, Nickerson is a problem, Sidestreet parking across Lido Blvd > is NOT allowed in summer from 8am-8pm for most areas that I saw. Car access > to the parking lot is $8 if you have a Leisure Pass (which costs $80 for the > season), otherwise $30 - until they stop collecting sometime in the evening > (6pm?). The best nearby parking option is likely the Lido Passive Preserve, > just one stoplight to the east of Nickerson, then walk or bike into > Nickerson. Good luck,Brendan Fogarty > Hempstead, NY > > > -- > > 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/ --
