Subject: [Tweeters] Washington Sewage Ponds
Date: Sep 28 20:09:22 2004
From: MaryK - CelloBird at seanet.com


Well, OK then, sure, will try to get more info!

Keep that sewage pond info coming! And if you know of one you'd care to
share that wasn't in my initial e-mail and isn't in the WA BFG, please, by
all means, let us know about it.

Mary

Mary Klein
Bremerton WA
CelloBird at seanet.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu
> [mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf
> Of Wayne C. Weber
> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 1:24 PM
> To: MARY KLEIN
> Cc: TWEETERS
> Subject: [Tweeters] Washington Sewage Ponds
>
>
> Mary and Tweeters,
>
> The "Birder's Guide to Washington" (published in 2003) does
> NOT "have it covered" as far as sewage ponds for birders in
> Washington. This guide lists 14 sewage plants in the Index
> (plus Iona Island in BC). By comparison, Bill Tice's
> privately-published book, "A Birder's Guide to the Sewage
> Ponds of Oregon" (1999), has detailed information on 65 sets
> of sewage ponds in Oregon, plus brief notes on 28 other sets
> of ponds (some of which are off-limits to birders).
>
> Of the 6 sewage ponds that you mentioned in your earlier
> message, 4 of them are not covered in the Birder's Guide to
> Washington.
>
> I see a lot of value in compiling information on Washington
> State sewage ponds for birders, and I would encourage you (or
> others) to continue this effort. Even if no publication is
> planned (the market would admittedly be small), a website, or
> part of a website, devoted to this subject would be very
> useful-- especially to "county listing" nuts like me. There
> have to be 50 or more sewage ponds which could be included,
> but even a partial list would be helpful. A website would
> have an advantage over a book, in that changes in access
> rules (which happen often at sewage ponds) could be updated
> whenever necessary.
>
> By all means, please continue this effort!
>
> Wayne C. Weber
> Delta, BC
> contopus at telus.net

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