Motivated by Menachem's text and encouraged by Rob Jett, I visited Marine Park to look for the Cattle Egret.
Despite a long and careful search of the area I did not find the bird. I could easily have missed it or it relocated from the area to avoid the Jet Ski traffic which was very active when I visited. Good luck if you go. As far as shorebirds at Big Egg Marsh in Queens, the numbers have dropped off significantly. Notable were 3 White-rumped Sandpipers. Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com On Jun 4, 2013, at 6:22 PM, Rob Jett <citybir...@earthlink.net> wrote: I relocated the earlier reported Cattle Egret at Marine Park at around 4:40pm. It was in a stretch of marsh grass on the East side of Gerritsen Creek adjacent to the golf course. JUst follow the gravel path until you come to a large steel container and follow the sand path behind it. It was still present at little past 5pm. Good birding, Rob http://citybirder.blogspot.com Twitter - @thecitybirder -- *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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/> *!* -- -- 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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
