My point exactly. Andrew is a hero, but needn't toil alone. Don is a long-time,
hard-working hero who (imho) deserves our conscientious support as well.
That's all.Sent from my T-Mobile 5G Device
-------- Original message --------From: Gordon Lam <[email protected]>
Date: 8/12/22 12:59 AM (GMT-05:00) To: rcech <[email protected]> Cc: Joshua
Malbin <[email protected]>, [email protected], nysbirds-l
<[email protected]> Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] Re: [nysbirds-l] RE:
[ebirdsnyc] Jamaica Bay East & West Pond Shorebird Updates… With all deference
to Andrew, have any of you heard of Don Riepe? Sent from my iPhoneOn Aug 11,
2022, at 9:57 PM, rcech <[email protected]> wrote:I agree.Sent from my T-Mobile
5G Device-------- Original message --------From: Joshua Malbin
<[email protected]> Date: 8/12/22 12:40 AM (GMT-05:00) To:
[email protected] Cc: [email protected], nysbirds-l <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] RE: [ebirdsnyc] Jamaica Bay East & West Pond
Shorebird Updates… If anyone has put more effort into Jamaica Bay Wildlife
Refuge habitat than Andrew over the last decade, I would be shocked.On Thu, Aug
11, 2022 at 9:35 PM <[email protected]> wrote:Friends, I’ve erased most of the
back-and-forth notes on borough boundaries at Jamaica Bay (I was XMas count
compiler for Bklyn count for 26 years, have been through all that). I have one
gentle observation – if the community put as much energy into insisting on a
habitat management plan to return JBWR to its former ascendant glory, as on
worrying over what county list a sighting might go on, our efforts might extend
more positively into the future. Yours in having protected Brooklyn’s East
Pond/West Pond compromise line for all those years – but also having submitted
habitat planning comments on behalf of NYC Butterfly Club,Rick Cech From:
[email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Andrew BakshSent:
Wednesday, August 10, 2022 10:04 PMTo: nysbirds-l <[email protected]>Cc:
NycEbirds <[email protected]>Subject: [ebirdsnyc] Jamaica Bay East & West
Pond Shorebird Updates… Alas, my plans to up my Kings County list went awry as
none of the shorebird rarities seen on the Brooklyn side of the West Pond was
there today. And so I must remain patient. Shane Blodgett, came to mind today
as I finally understood his persistence in waiting for a 2010 West Pond
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck to cross over into Brooklyn’s territory 😬 As for
the East Pond. Well, I decided to take a crack at the Northend this afternoon
and it was a good decision. 22 species of Shorebirds is not too shabby. The
highlights were: HUDSONIAN GODWIT (2)MARBLED GODWIT (2)WILSON’s PHALAROPE (2 -
adult and juvenile)WHIMBREL (flyover) my second flyover bird of the season,
also seen by Eric Miller and Jean Loscalzo. The bird was last seen heading
across the road towards the West Pond. Shorebird numbers have tailed off as to
be expected; however, the diversity is increasing. Juvenile Least and
Semipalmated Sandpipers numbers are up. Though, I have not seen any juvenile
Western Sandpiper as of yet and it has been awhile since I was able to pull out
any adult from the mass of “brown jobs” that now dominate the peep scene. Watch
out for those big billed Semis. Greater Yellowlegs remain sparse in numbers.
Lesser Yellowlegs numbers are way down but counts remain somewhat decent, with
several juveniles. Stilt Sandpipers are still showing in double digits but well
down from weeks ago. A few juveniles are present as well. White-rumped
Sandpipers seem to favor the south east side of the pond but a few were up
north this afternoon. Often heard as the flock of shorebirds wheeled in flight
to avoid being a Peregrine snack. Be prepared for this when visiting; the
Peregrines are known to make several passes and will disrupt the peace.
Sometimes, ruining a good morning or afternoon if things up and leave the pond
even if only temporary. The Black-headed and Bonaparte’s Gulls are still
around. Also many crisp looking juvenile Laughing, Herring and Great
Black-backed Gulls as well. Good August Shorebirding!--------“Emancipate
yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves could free our mind.” ~ Bob
Marley“Tenderness and Kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but
manifestations of strength and resolution” ~ Khalil Gibran "I prefer to be true
to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than
to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick Douglass風 Swift as
the wind林 Quiet as the forest火 Conquer like the fire山 Steady as the mountainSun
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