With all that having been said, the Whimbrel show has gotten even more amazing. In the late morning today, at high tide, there were 25 roosting on the high beach between the two buildings of the Silver Gull Club. It's a fairly short walk from the fisherman's lot, but yeah there's that parking issue.
If you have a plan regarding parking, keep in mind that a nice weather weekend is coming, and expect lots of beach goers. Going early is a good idea. It's possible the high tide roost may work at midday - if no Silver Gull maintenance people are doing anything - which ultimately led to the Whimbrels scattering westward today. Steve Walter On Fri, Sep 24, 2021, 2:21 PM Linda LaBella <lblabe...@gmail.com> wrote: > I did see at least one Golden Plover amongst the peeps and one Whimbrel by > itself a little west of the Parking lot on the beach about 45min ago. > > Best, > Linda > > On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 12:18 PM Andrew Baksh <birdingd...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Thanks for the report Jennifer. >> >> PSA: I just want to caution folks who might be looking to try for those >> birds about the parking situation. That fisherman parking lot now requires >> a parking permit. Vehicles have been known to be ticketed in the past and >> on Sunday when Steve Walter and I had packed in our Hawk Count for the day, >> I received intel that the Parks Police had later arrived and were ticketing >> non compliance vehicles. >> >> A couple of alternative approaches would be (A) Park in Fort Tilden >> proper and walk down towards the area where these birds have been reported. >> (B) Take turns in visiting the birds. Meaning, some birders have taken >> turns with someone manning their vehicle in the Fisherman's Lot while >> others would get their looks/tick and then swap places. >> >> Cheers, >> >> On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 11:36 AM Jennifer Kepler <plummer....@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> We had two golden plover (juv plumage) and about 9 whimbrel east of the >>> fisherman’s lot at Ft Tilden in queens about two hours ago. Some off leash >>> dogs arrived and I hear the birds were no longer in that direction, but >>> folks may have better luck east of the lot to find them. 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