Jan, I do remember it well. What a terrible shame that the university and city planners decided that trees were what should replace the loosestrife, thus effectively ending it as a place for shorebirds.

Dennis Paulson
Seattle


> On Jun 22, 2021, at 6:19 PM, jstewart at olympus.net wrote:

>

> Hi Dennis,

>

> Remember this?

>

> Many years ago when I frequently visited the 'Fill', there was a Scotsman, who organized a group of birders to pull loosestrife around the edges for the shorebirds. We met every Wednesday for a couple of hours to pull.

> It worked!. The next year the shorebirds came.

>

> Wings,

> Jan(e)

>

> Jan Stewart

> 922 E Spruce Street

> Sequim, WA 98382-3518

> jstewart at olympus.net <mailto:jstewart at olympus.net>

>

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