To all, Don Riepe learned very recently from the acting refuge manager that the pipe was draining slowly, probably as a result of a clog and perhaps a hole and there were no plans for an immediate repair. Don then visited the pipe/valve yesterday and found that water was coming out fairly well as NPS apparently had taken some action and jammed it open a bit more with PVC pipes. NPS believes it is lowering the pond by about 1/4 inch per day. The guage was at 1.5 and needs to go down to at least 1.1, with each .1 being an inch. Don thinks that if NPS's assessment is correct, and we do not get significant rainfall, mudflats should appear by the week of August 3.
NYC Audubon has been monitoring this situation closely and has tried to contact appropriate NPS personell, with no response as of this morning. NYC Audubon is physically stopping by the Staten Island headquarters of Gateway today and hopefully we will have more information then. Whatever we learn, I will pass along. Harry Maas ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: nysbirds-l Cc: Nyc ebirds Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 11:09 AM Subject: [nysbirds-l] East Pond Draining Quicker... I have not verified this as yet but I just got a text from a source in NPS, that the East Pond is draining quicker TODAY. Apparently, a "clog" was cleared. More on that as I will head out there sometime soon to get a pond readout. I just wanted to put this out there and thank everyone who took the time out to call and write. Best, 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: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
