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[Zelig88@xxxxxxx]

Well - for those that haven't seen the pillage - destruction has started in 
and around the Hunting Garden apartments off the GW Parkway, just at the 
south end of Alexandria.

Talking to some residents, I was told of a plan to give the space near the 
stone bridge a "gateway" appearance. To achieve this end - it looks like a 
lot of brush is being removed - along w/ some of the trees. One of those 
plastic running fences has been installed and one question I have is  - Does 
this delineate the boundary of the work being done? The fence runs pretty 
close to Hunting Creek. Life goes on just beyond the fence as Mockingbirds 
and Carolina Wrens sung and foraged.

If there is an upbeat note...an area of brush that was cleared behind the 
apartment buildings will permit easy views from the parking lot to the back 
edge of the mudflats. I don't know what kind of heavy equipment will be 
present during work times, but this Sunday afternoon, it was silent. I 
counted 25 Caspian Terns on the mudflats (about 50 more east of the stone 
bridge) - also about 20 Bonaparte's Gulls along with 50 or so RB Gulls and 
some GBBGulls. No shorebirds - hoping for some after hearing of Pectoral 
Sandpipers at Huntley. Wonder if the construction noise will keep the peeps 
away...say your prayers and work out hard (Hulk Hogan said that)...Rich Rieger



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