Re:[nysbirds-l] WILSON'S PLOVER, Cupsogue Beach County Park, Westhampton Beach

2014-04-29 Thread J GLUTH
The Wilson's Plover is a great find. But I'm even more intrigued by the American Golden Plovers also mentioned as an aside. American Golden Plover is an uncommon migrant in spring on Long Island, and it seems fairly early as well. As there have been ~20 EUROPEAN Golden Plovers reported up in Ne

[nysbirds-l] WILSON'S PLOVER, Cupsogue Beach County Park, Westhampton Beach

2014-04-29 Thread Justin LeClaire
Hello all! I'm working on Fire Island this spring/summer as a Piping Plover field technician and at 1130 today, found a male WILSON'S PLOVER at Cupsogue beach county park. An iPhone-scoped shot can be seen here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/85270080@N05/14042030866/ Directions- from the giant