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Home My WebLink About031323 Dabob Bay Natural Areas Boundaries Trust Land Transfer________________________________ ALERT: BE CAUTIOUS This email originated outside the organization. Do not open attachments or click on links if you are not expecting them. ________________________________ Greetings All ~ I was unable to attend last week's final public comment session. If you would be so kind, I would like to share with you the reason I fully support this land transfer, and any future actions that can help in conservation of our precious forestlands. In 2007 my husband and I saved 40 acres of forest and wetlands from development at the Coyle end of Toandos Peninsula. There had been an illegal timber harvest on the property a few years prior. In 2020 we acquired 5 adjacent acres plus 400' of shoreline along Fisherman Harbor. Sixteen years of wildlife habitat restoration... and it has paid off. Every morning I quietly walk the land and listen. What do I hear? Birdsong. More birdsong than I ever dreamed possible when we first set out. There is a community beyond ours that I do not believe is ever fully taken in account during these proceedings and I'm here to speak for them. Birds. These forests are their home. In rallying cries throughout our nation we hear the demonstrators: "Say Her Name". "Say His Name". "Say Their Name". So, instead of rapidly reading these out loud in an auditorium full of people, I beseech each of you to take the time to read their names. Say them out loud. Know that each bird species lives here, some in the hundreds, some just a few; lifespans averaging from 2 - 10 years. Some birds live much longer. Most survive way less with the threat of their canopies being cut down. We've seen, heard, and recorded 81 species on our little sector of the peninsula. Imagine them thriving across the entire Dabob & Toandos area with your approval to save the forestlands! Deepest thanks for listening, Karen A. Grooms 301 Eaton Road Coyle, Washington Birds recorded at Eutopos Farm & Gardens 2013-2023, 81 species American Crow American Dipper American Goldfinch American Robin American Wigeon Anna's Hummingbird Band-tailed Pigeon Barred Owl Bald Eagle Barrow's Goldeneye Belted Kingfisher Bewick's Wren Black-capped Chickadee Black-headed Grosbeak Black-throated Gray Warbler Brandt's Cormorant Brown Creeper Bufflehead Bushtit Canada Goose Cedar Waxwing Chestnut-backed Chickadee Chipping Sparrow Common Goldeneye Common Merganser Common Raven Common Yellowthroat Cooper's Hawk Dark-eyed Junco Evening Grosbeak Fox Sparrow Glaucous-winged Gull Golden-crowned Kinglet Great Blue Heron Great Horned Owl Hammond's Flycatcher Hermit Thrush Hooded Merganser House Finch House Wren Hutton's Vireo Killdeer Lesser Goldfinch Mallard Duck Mourning Dove Northern Flicker Northern Saw-whet Owl Osprey Orange-crowned Warbler Pacific Wren Pacific-slope Flycatcher Pileated Woodpecker Pine Siskin Purple Finch Purple Martin Red-breasted Nuthatch Red-breasted Sapsucker Red Crossbill Red-eyed Vireo Red-tailed Hawk Red-winged Blackbird Ruby-crowned Kinglet Rufous Hummingbird Song Sparrow Spotted Towhee Stellar's Jay Swainson's Thrush Turkey Vulture Varied Thrush Vaux's Swift Violet-green Swallow Warbling Vireo Western Sandpiper Western Tanager White-crowned Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Williamson's Sapsucker Willow Flycatcher Wilson's Warbler Wood Duck Yellow-rumped Warbler Amazing, isn't it????