Subject: Fieldtrip- Kent Ponds & Lake Fenwick, Sat. May 20
Date: May 19 09:22:41 2000
From: Lynn & Carol Schulz - linusq at worldnet.att.net


Hi Everyone:
This is Carol Schulz. You are all invited to a birding fieldtrip to Green
River Natural Resources Area (Kent Ponds) and to Lake Fenwick on Sat. This
will be a change from our usual monthly Rainier Audubon birdwalk at Kent
Ponds. Our notice didn't get into the papers or into the Audubon
newsletter, so we haven't had many signups. And I decided to do both sites,
because Lake Fenwick is a short drive from Kent Ponds, and has been very
productive lately. The usual trip lasts until noon, but because we're going
to both sites, it might go until 1 PM. But people can leave early if they
want. The original info is below. We will still meet at GRNRA on Russell
Road and do the ponds first.
The directions are in a second message, because some folks have limited
space on their email programs! Please tell your friends about this trip.
New birders are welcome.
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Hello Tweeters & Birding Friends:
The Rainier Audubon Society would like to invite you to one of their monthly
fieldtrips to Green River Natural Resources Area (Kent Ponds). [And to Lake
Fenwick.] Your leader
will be Carol Schulz. Let us
guide you into a great birding area. This bird walk will help you to get
oriented to the roads and trails around Kent Ponds (it is big). We will
have handouts and maps. Birding has been interesting here lately. Last
Sunday we saw 5 Wilson's Phalaropes, Blue-winged Teal, Spotted Sandpiper,
Least Sandpiper, Peregrine Falcon, baby Red-tailed Hawks in a nest, and much
more.
There will be a group doing volunteer planting in the area, but this should
not adversely affect our fieldtrip. Because of this, we'll do the field
trip in a different way than usual, so if you've been on the Ponds fieldtrip
before, you might want to come again to this one.
Here is the press release with more info: (See
below this release for directions.)
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On Saturday, May 20, Rainier Audubon Society Naturalists will lead a
field trip into the heart of the Green River Natural Resources Area (GRNRA)
in Kent. This is a unique opportunity to visit a refuge area within the
GRNRA that is not usually accessible to the public. A spotting scope will
be available and we will enjoy opportunities to observe woodland birds,
waterfowl and raptors.
We will meet at the GRNRA parking lot across from Van Doren Park on Russell
Road at 7:30AM, rain or shine. We'll be entering a wildlife-sensitive area
and will therefore need to minimize visual and audible disturbance, please
leave pets at home. Also, please be aware that the terrain is level but
unpaved. Dress for the weather and bring binoculars (if you have
them), snacks and water. Signups for this trip are LIMITED. Please email
or call Carol Schulz to register. Information is below.
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This birdwalk is especially interesting because we will be entering at the
Animal Shelter, after meeting at the main gate. The An. Shelter entrance
accesses a road with a much closer view of the ponds, in fact we'll be right
next to the main pond. This area is ordinarily not open to the public.
So join us on Saturday at 7:30 AM. The walk will end at [1 PM]
(approximately). Bring scopes if you have them. Friends are welcome, but
signups are LIMITED! PLEASE sign up before the fieldtrip with:
Carol Schulz
DesMoines
linusq at worldnet.att.net
206-824-7618 (I prefer email)
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DIRECTIONS: See in a second email message....