Subject: Re: new birding area near Oly
Date: May 28 10:34:53 1997
From: "Scott Richardson" - salix at halcyon.com


>From Dan Victor
> During my conversation with Ruth Sullivan, Sunday, she mentioned a new
> birding area she thought was just great. Unfortunately I couldn't catch
> the name. She said it was .7 miles off Hwy 101 on Blacklake(?) Blvd.
> It's a naturally marshy area where some 20,000 plants have been added.
> She said in just a month they have observed 82 species of birds there.

These are the North Percival stormwater retention ponds, a City of Olympia
site. Ruth has written a story for the June WOSNews, which will offer more
details. I visited once and enjoyed it. Lots of potential for extraordinary
birding.

This ought to be a real hot spot for the southward movement of shorebirds in a
couple of months.
--
Scott Richardson
northeast Seattle
salix at halcyon.com