Hi Tweets

Sent this just to Dennis by mistake, meant to go to all of us.

Brian

----- Original Message -----
From: B&PBell
To: Dennis Paulson
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 3:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Blue Forest and other spots


Hi Tweets

I like Connie's suggested names . . . . and I love the idea of Sidle's Swamp!!

Brian H. Bell
Woodinville WA

----- Original Message -----
From: Dennis Paulson
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 3:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Blue Forest and other spots


Hi, Connie.


Thanks for the honor! I was long envisioning someone naming the whole area after me, though, something like "Dennis's Dump."


However, I think an even more appropriate name would be "Connie's Conservation Corner." Just a thought.


Dennis


On Jun 24, 2009, at 12:00 PM, tweeters-request at mailman2.u.washington.edu wrote:


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Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:31:13 -0700

From: Connie Sidles <constancesidles at gmail.com>

Subject: [Tweeters] Blue Forest and other spots

To: Kevin Purcell <kevinpurcell at pobox.com>

Cc: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

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Hey tweets, Kevin asked where the Blue Forest is at the Fill. It's the

Restoration Ecology Network students' restoration plots at the

intersection of Wahkiakum Lane and the Dime Lot. There's a northern

half and a southern half. It's the same general area where the

Loggerhead Shrike showed up earlier in the year, as well as a

Nashville Warbler in May. The Mountain Bluebirds hung out on the

southern edge of it, too, at least for a while.




FYI, I am working on a map of the Fill for my book. I plan to post it

on my web site when my book comes out later this fall, which should

make life a little easier for everyone. I have consulted previously

published maps and aerial views of the Fill, going back to the 1940s.

Wherever a name was used, I will also use it. There are a surprising

number of such names that I never knew before. For example, the

service road that parallels University Slough on the west side is

Canal Road. The semi-circular road that starts at the greenhouses and

winds along south of the CUH building and then intersects Wahkiakum

Lane at the signage is Union Bay Circle. Who knew?




I also will use long-standing birding names for various spots: the

Wedding Rock, the Reading Rocks, etc.




Where there are conflicts between two names, I will have to make a

choice. The Main Pond, for example, is known by the CUH people as

Central Pond. It appears in the literature with both names. I plan to

call it Main Pond, but I will put in a note on the map that it is

also known as Central Pond.




There is one other issue I would like to bring up to you as a birding

community. I would very much like to honor 4 people who have had and

continue to have a great influence on the creation and maintenance of

this lovely birding site. I am asking for birders' support to do this,

because I don't want to just do it on my own. I already have

permission from the CUH folks to go ahead.




I want to name the pond that borders the east side of the Dime Lot

"Kern's Restoration Pond," after Kern Ewing, the professor who has

done so much to bring native plants in and remove non-natives.




I want to name the field south of the Southwest Pond "Hoyt Meadows,"

after Fred Hoyt, the guy who manages the day-to-day of the Fill and

who has given so much effort to keeping it a wild center in the middle

of a big city.




I want to name the two fields that run north of Wahkiakum Lane

"Paulson Prairie," after Dennis Paulson. Without Dennis's work on the

EIS, and without his continual efforts to help shorebirds and prairie

birds, I believe we would not have the Fill today.




Finally, I want to name the fields on either side of the Main Pond

"Hunn Meadows," after Gene Hunn. Gene worked very hard on the

committee that made the decision to keep the Fill a natural area.

Without his genius and hard work, I think we would be looking at a

golf course or worse there now.




I know there are many other people who have had a hand in creating and

keeping the Fill. I have no desire to disrespect them, but at the same

time, these 4 seem to me to be especially noteworthy.




What do you think? - Connie, Seattle



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Dennis Paulson
1724 NE 98 St.
Seattle, WA 98115
206-528-1382
dennispaulson at comcast.net








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