by admin | Mar 5, 2021 | The Sandpiper
A Close Encounter On a sunny day in May, I was biking by an empty beach at Heckscher Park. I passed a large roped off area between the pedestrian path and the water. The site has been posted because of nesting Piping Plovers. I spotted two of them, and saw one...
by admin | Mar 4, 2021 | The Sandpiper
Pleasure Reading: Woodswoman I was never much of a reader. I think I didn’t have the patience or didn’t want to waste my time. In school I’d just read the book jacket and never a whole book! That’s why I have boxes of old newspapers and magazines that I didn’t read,...
by admin | Mar 4, 2021 | The Sandpiper
Restoring Mastic Beach: A Coastal Resilience Project We are very excited to talk about an upcoming project in which we have the opportunity to partner with Audubon New York (as lead organization) and other groups in a coastal restoration project to restore Mastic...
by admin | Jan 19, 2021 | The Sandpiper
Changing Gulls in a Changing World Rarely do beachgoers make it clear to the world that these dive-bombing, chip-stalking, squawking birds are nothing, but a nuisance. Despite seeing gulls flying among us every day, few people fully understand how human activity...
by admin | Jan 19, 2021 | The Sandpiper
President’s Message Hello my little birding friends! Hope you are all well and safe. I’m so glad the election is over and can’t wait until it and Covid really are over. I went outside at 10am to look for something, (Nov. 7th) with a t-shirt on! I couldn’t...
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