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Dear PJ=0D
I, and I'm sure a lot of other people, didn't get that impression at a=
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Tad Finnell=0D
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From: Pjdunn1@xxxxxxx=0D
Date: 03/16/07 21:48:18=0D
To: Zelig88@xxxxxxx=0D
Cc: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=0D
Subject: [va-bird] Re: NVBC "Etrip" - Woodcocks at Huntley Meadows...=0D
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Rich,=0D
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Hello. Long time no talk.=0D
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In your advertisement for the NVBC walk at Huntley to look for Woodcocks,=
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you use the phrase "Despite=0D
controlled burns of their preferred meadow, Woodcocks have been reported=
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Forgive me but that makes it sound as if the controlled burn is detrimen=
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to the Woodcock and its habitat. To the contrary. The burn is GOOD for
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preferred habitat of open, clear meadow adjacent to a forested habitat. =
We
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know they breed in these habitats which are disappearing in the immediat=
e
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area. Old fields or open meadows are fast becoming a thing of the outlyi=
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counties. Controlled burns along with meadow restoration (which includes
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hogging, clearing of debris and monitoring for invasives plant species) =
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all important steps in the preservation of these habitats. Without this
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of management program, the meadows at Huntley would slowly disappear. Th=
ey
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would be known as "the Woods of Huntley" or some other descriptive name.=
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Good birding,=0D
PJ Dunn=0D
Friends of Huntley Meadows Park=0D
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