Salutations: Worrying about the East Pond water level given the rains and also eager to see if any storm related birds were on the East Pond, I visited this AM. My fears were realized as I witnessed that all the open flats we had at the southend is now under several inches of water. I would wager at least 4-5 inches. One could only imagine what the Northend is like.
I immediately contacted NPS, requesting that they ensure that the outflow is operating at maximum capacity to get the water down as fast as possible. Given that we are smack in the midst of juvenile shorebirds migrating in numbers, this is critical. I will monitor the outflow and water level and post updates as I see progress. I wanted to let folks know for those of you who might have been planning to visit the pond. I tweeted images out early today, which could be viewed here. https://twitter.com/birdingdude/status/1429826680017899524?s=21 -------- “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 mountain Sun Tzu The Art of War > (\__/) > (= '.'=) > (") _ (") > Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
