Subject: Direction for Black-Lake Meadows
Date: Apr 15 12:32:40 2000
From: Douglas Canning - dcanning at igc.org


There's a minor typo in Ruth's directions (see below) -- from the
stoplight at the foot of the US 101 offramp at Black Lake Blvd, it is
more like 0.3 mile to the left turn onto 21st Avenue, not 3 miles.

Also, there is a wonderful description of Black Lake Meadows along
with a map at the "South Puget Sound's Best Places for Bird Watching"
web page at http://www.audubon.org/chapter/wa/bhas/peep.best.htm

On 9 Apr 00, Ruth Sullivan wrote:

> Hello Tweeters,
> To all the many request about Black-Lake Meadows and it;s wherea i
> will write the direction to all birders. >From Interstate 5,take Exit
> 104(Highway101) and go west.Take the Back Lake Boulevard exit.Turn
> left at the stoplight onto Black Lake Boulevard.Go approximately 3
> miles and take a left onto 21th Avenue,SW. Stay on 21th Avenue,SW,at
> it curves to the right and it becomes R.W.Johnson Boulevard,SW.Go
> approximately 100 yards until you pass over the creek and railroad
> tracks.Parking is limited.Do not park on the tracks or in front of
> gate. Walk the gravel road into the facility. I have best result
> seeing as many species in the morning.There have many benches to sit
> down on the pond to listen and watching the birds.I usual park cross
> the street and never had any problem with parking.
>
> Ruth Sullivan
> Tacoma
> godwit at worldnet.att.net
>


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Douglas Canning
Olympia, Washington
dcanning at igc.org
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