Is this in the area of Delta Park that requires a key to access - or is it available to anyone?

Thanks!

Maeve Kim
Jericho Center


On Aug 6, 2012, at 10:16 AM, David Rankin wrote:

> Spent 2 hours this morning at Delta Park, mainly trying to make sure I got
> a positive ID on three intriguing birds that just didn't look quite right
> for short-billed dowitchers. From a distance I thought that one of them
> looked good for a stilt sandpiper, but when I finally got closer (about
> 100' away, I could see that all three were STILT SANDPIPERS. They fed with
> a similar motion to dowitchers, but appeared longer legged and shorter
> billed, with a slight curve to the bill. When viewed in flight, base of
> tail feathers was distinctly white, and they lacked the white wedge going
> up the back.. If I hadn't brought my shorebird guide along, I'd have don't
> think I'd have make an ID, but I had ample opportunity to study them at
> close range.
> 
> Also present were about a dozen SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 35 LEAST SANDPIPERS,
> 1 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 4 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, over
> 100 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 6 COMMON TERNS, about 45 CASPIAN TERNS and a
> WILSON'S SNIPE. All the shorebirds were hanging out on one of the sandbars
> close to shore.
> 
> David Rankin