RE:[nysbirds-l] Info re Jamaica Bay Bar-tailed Godwit

2015-05-18 Thread Shaibal Mitra
Tom and Gail obtained some very useful images of the Barwit, which they have graciously allowed me to share. These are the first three images starting at the following link, followed by my own (which are so bad partly because I couldn't resist the opportunity to annoy Steve Walter), then by

RE:[nysbirds-l] Info re Jamaica Bay Bar-tailed Godwit

2015-05-18 Thread Shaibal Mitra
Tom and Gail obtained some very useful images of the Barwit, which they have graciously allowed me to share. These are the first three images starting at the following link, followed by my own (which are so bad partly because I couldn't resist the opportunity to annoy Steve Walter), then by

[nysbirds-l] Info re Jamaica Bay Bar-tailed Godwit

2015-05-17 Thread Shaibal Mitra
Yesterday afternoon's low tide was exceptionally low, exposing flats at Jamaica Bay that we had never seen before in many years of birding the area. It was partly this unusual circumstance that prompted us to visit the breach at what used to be the West Pond, an area that has not been

[nysbirds-l] Info re Jamaica Bay Bar-tailed Godwit

2015-05-17 Thread Shaibal Mitra
Yesterday afternoon's low tide was exceptionally low, exposing flats at Jamaica Bay that we had never seen before in many years of birding the area. It was partly this unusual circumstance that prompted us to visit the breach at what used to be the West Pond, an area that has not been