To All,

I neglected to include the time and day of my Saturday evening Owl "Toot" at
Mee Kwa Mooks Park in West Seattle. It will be on Saturday, January 31st at
5:00 pm until 6:30 pm or later if we are having too much fun. I neglected
to mention that some West Seattle owls started "tooting" about a week or so
ago after a hiatus.

I also neglected to give beter directions to Mee Kwa Mooks Park. Mee Kwa
Mooks Park is in West Seattle, about 1 mile south of Alki Point, just north
of SW Oregon St in roughly the 4400 block of Beach Dr SW. It is 3 blocks
north of SW Jacobsen Rd, the main access if you are coming from the "Alaska
Junction" in West Seattle.

Detailed directions:
If you are coming from the West Seattle bridge, don't take any of the exits
to the right, but take the main route off the bridge onto Fauntleroy Way
until you get to SW Alaska St (the third traffic light after after the
bridge - not counting a flashing yellow for fire trucks). SW Alaska St is
at a 5 way intersection with 2 gas stations where you will need to bear
right onto Alaska (otherwise you would have to bear left) Follow SW Alaska
St straight through the commercial district (the Alaska "Junction") down the
hill to 49th Av SW, where the arterial turns. At 49th Av SW turn left
(south) , go 2 blocks to SW Hudson St, where the arterial turns again and
turn right (west). Hudson becomes SW Jacobsen Rd. Take this to the end,
which is at Beach Dr SW on the Puget Sound. Turn right onto Beach Dr SW and
go 3 blocks north to just past SW Oregon St, where Mee Kwa Mooks Park is on
the right (east)

Alternately you could take the Admiral Wy exit off the West Seattle bridge,
follow Admiral Wy all the way up the hill, through the Admiral commercial
districf, then to the bottom of the hill and turn left where the arterial
ends on 63rd Ave SW . Take this to the end, where it meets Beach Dr SW and
turn left on Beach Dr. Follow Beach Dr SW south about .7 miles and Mee Kwa
Mooks park is on the left (east).

The rest of the details are repeated below:

-Stewart
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stewart Wechsler
>
> Owl "Toot" - Mee Kwa Mooks Park - West Seattle:
> - We will listen and look for owls at Mee Kwa Mooks Park (about 1 mile
> south of Alki Pt.) Most of our big owls hoot. Our smallest owls "toot".
> We will focus on finding our smaller owls here. Since the movement of
> the Barred Owl into our area, our other forest owls have been in decline
> and some populations may have been severely impacted. The arrival and
> success of Barred Owls may even be the final straw for the Spotted Owl as
> a species.
> -meet at the entrance to Mee Kwa Mooks Park just south of the port-a-potty
> there on the east side of Beach Dr.
> -I am requesting a donation of $1 - $20 to allow me to continue my efforts
> to educate the public about nature and infect them with my nature
> enthusiasm in order to help build an invigorated movement of nature
> stewardship and advocacy. RSVP (206 932-7225 or ecostewart at quidnunc.net)
> is requested, but show up if you decide to come at the last minute.
>
>
> The theme of the Mee Kwa Mooks walk will be what we might to to slow and
> possibly reverse the decline of our Screech Owls, Spotted Owls (no don't
> expect to see any Spotted Owls here) and Great Horned Owls. While we need
> to avoid loving our declining owls to death, we also need to increase our
> focus on them, knowledge of them and our enthusiasm for them, so that we
> become engaged in turning the tide of their decline. I ask that people
> who enter the refugia of our declining fauna and flora leave those
> remaining refuges of those species in better shape for them than they
> entered these areas. I also ask that they leave those experiences with a
> committment to live their lives in ways that will do more to benefit these
> declining species and ecosystems than they do to harm them. We will all
> need to change our ways at least a bit (or change them radically) if we
> are to turn the tide of destruction of our natural heritage that most of
> us would like to continue to enjoy and to pass on to future generations.
>
> I am offering the following upcoming programs through the Seattle
> Department of Parks and Recreation
> pre-register for my Seattle Parks Dept programs at 206 684-7434 (Camp
> Long) or on line (link below) - pre-payment is requested. you can also
> pre-register on-line by going to the Seattle Department of Parks and
> Recreation website::
>
> Owl Hoot - Camp Long (West Seattle) Saturday, February 14 - 4:30 pm -
> 6:00 pm - (Seattle Parks Progams pre-registristration instructions above)
>
> Salamander Love Night - Camp Long - Saturday, Feb. 14 - 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
> - (Seattle Parks Progams pre-registristration instructions above)
>
> Owl Hoot - Camp Long - Saturday, March 7th - 5 pm - 6:30 pm (Seattle Parks
> Progams pre-registristration instructions above)
>
> Salamander Search - Camp Long - Saturday, March 14th 1:30 pm - 3 pm
> (Seattle Parks Progams pre-registristration instructions above)
> A list of all upcoming nature related events offered by the Seattle Parks
> Dept is on this website below, but confusingly they have arbitrarilly put
> them into categories of "plants", "animals", "nature walks" and "nature
> walks - pre-school / Tots". My programs are typically focused both on the
> plants and the animals and are normally nature walks and all ages are
> typically welcome. I do occasionally offer the specifiallly tot oriented
> programs through the Parks Dept. Maybe I should offer some programs that
> are more specifically adult oriented, but I find I can make programs
> reasonably interesting for both adults and kids at the same time.
> <http://class.seattle.gov/parks/Activities/Activities.asp?SCheck=757881027
> &SDT=39781.3889424768&sectionId=16>
> -Stewart
> Stewart Wechsler
> Ecological Consulting
> West Seattle
> 206 932-7225
> ecostewart at quidnunc.net
>
> -Advice on the most site-appropriate native plants
> and how to enhance habitat for the maximum diversity
> of plants and animals
> -Educational programs, nature walks and field trips
> -Botanical Surveys
>
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