Hi Tweets:
We definitely should name a corner after Connie. I like Connie's Corner rather than
Sidles' Swamp! Let us also not forget Devorah Bennu. She used to write under the
name Deborah Wisti-Peterson if I remember correctly. She was a wonderful birder and
writer
about the birds at Montlake Fill. She wrote about the Fill on Tweeters probably up
until about 2004 or so until she moved. She introduced many of us to that wonderful
place. She is one of the many "Fill" people that Connie refers to.
Yours, Carol Schulz
Des Moines, WA
linusq at att.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Paulson" <dennispaulson at comcast.net>
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:

> Message: 18
> 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