Thank you so much... I have been to the area you describe and now am sure of 
where you were.  Thanks for clarifying!
Mona

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terry Wright" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 8:06 AM
Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] Dead Creek/Brilyea Access Today


:
: Yes!  The '1st parking lot' is the one you describe.  Go (walk)  past the
: orange gate perhaps 1/4 mile until you see a dried up mud flat on your 
right.
: (That is not the spot!)  To the left will be another drying  mud flat and 
back
: down towards the open water is where you will find the  shore birds.
:
: There is a second parking lot and trail at the end of the road once you 
pass
: over the narrow bridge at the impoundment.  So, I usuaully refer to  the 
one
: you describe as the '1st parking lot.'
:
: Good birding.
:
: Terry
:
: P.S.   I'd like to suggest that people NOT take their dogs into  this area 
so
: as to not disturb the birds (and at least one white-tailed  deer).
:
:
: In a message dated 8/19/2007 10:56:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
: [log in to unmask] writes:
:
: May I  ask where the "first parking lot" is?  I only know of one and that 
is
: just before the bridge over which you can drive.  Is this where you  mean?
: Do you then walk down the trail past the barred gate to the mudflats  on 
your
: left?  Sorry but I'm not too familiar...
: Mona  Bearor
: So. Glens Falls, NY
:
: ----- Original Message ----- 
: From:  "Terry Wright" <[log in to unmask]>
: To:  <[log in to unmask]>
: Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 7:57  PM
: Subject: [VTBIRD] Dead Creek/Brilyea Access Today
:
:
:: Acting on  a call from Greg Askew, Dwight Cargill & I spent some mid-day
:: hours  at Dead Creek, watching shore birds.  Greg had spotted Western
::  (saturday) and White-rumped sandpipers, as well as a Red-necked 
Phalarope.
::
:: Conditions were excellent today with nary a breeze and  clearing skies.
:: Biting insects were virtually absent.  The flats  approximately 1/4 mile
:: past the first parking lot were wide open with low  water levels.
:: Hundreds of shore birds were present, with good species  diversity.
:: In no particular order, the following shore birds species were  observed:
::
:: 50+ Least Sandpiper
:: 20+ Semipalmated Sandpiper
::  15+  Killdeer
:: 3 Semipalmated plover
:: 1 WHITE-RUMPED  SANDPIPER
:: 1 WESTERN SANDPIPER
:: 1 RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
:: 10 Greater  Yellow-legs
:: 20 Lesser Yellow-legs
:: 3 Spotted Sandpiper
:: 3  Pectoral Sandpiper
::
:: There were also large numbers (20+) of Great Blue  Herons and American
:: Robins (flock of over 80 birds), Green Heron,  Baltimore Oriole (one
:: flock of 12 birds), and a good showing of raptors  (Bald Eagle, N.
:: Harrier, Osprey), along with many more mundane  species.
::
:: In short, the action is getting good at Dead Creek!
::
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