http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2006/03/27/341-and-342-with-the-bbc/ Ranting and Raving Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:09:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2006/03/27/341-and-342-with-the-bbc/#comment-974 John Cowan Mon, 27 Mar 2006 16:12:56 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/birding/2006/03/27/341-and-342-with-the-bbc/#comment-974 Oakland Lake is indeed a pond (it was originally named Mill Pond, back when people firmly understood the distinction made in New York and New England between lakes and ponds), but it is actually inside, rather than adjacent to, Alley Pond Park. See http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=12634 . Oakland Lake is indeed a pond (it was originally named Mill Pond, back when people firmly understood the distinction made in New York and New England between lakes and ponds), but it is actually inside, rather than adjacent to, Alley Pond Park. See http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=12634 .

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