Salutations Everyone: Taking advantage of cooler weather this morning, I opted to continue tweaking the trails on the Southend of the East Pond and also addressed some holes around “Schriber’s Slew.”
I know some folks were understandably not comfortable walking the edge of Schriber’s Slew, so last week, I opened up an inside path parallel to the edge. Today, I widened that path. I also filled the hole near the Orange Cone which I used to serve as a warning of the drop in the ground. That drop is now filled, so traversing that spot will be much easier. I also added more rocks/slabs to another hole on the edge of Schriber’s Slew; intrepid birders preferring the outside path on the edge should find it easier. This leaves one other dodgy area on the edge to fix which I hope to sort out soon. Feeling energized, I also widened the path to the Pond and cleaned up areas that I had already cleared. As I have stated before, I am constantly in the ear of NPS on a number of items regarding the refuge. One of them was a request to get the boot washing station back online. I got a commitment today that it will be live so please look for it when you get off the Pond and need to wash off your boots and or Spotting Scope legs. When you do, please keep in mind that we are still observing Covid-19 protocols so avoid congregating at the station in big numbers. In terms of trail clearing, I think the Southend is good. I just need to sort out or rather tweak the Northend. I was too gassed to attempt that today but I will in the near future. Additionally, I am working with NPS on signage, which are in design stages; hopefully, we will have them deployed soon. Especially, on the Northend which is notorious for “sticky mud.” Some images of today’s work can be seen here: https://twitter.com/birdingdude/status/1417171207934423044?s=21 Wishing everyone a pleasant evening! Cheers, -------- “Tenderness and Kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution” ~ Khalil Gibran "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick Douglass 風 Swift as the wind 林 Quiet as the forest 火 Conquer like the fire 山 Steady as the mountain Sun Tzu The Art of War > (\__/) > (= '.'=) > (") _ (") > Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
