thanks Scott for encouraging folks to help pull garlic mustard while at Magee if they are able. It really has made all the difference and a big thank you goes out to Dottie McDowell who organizes this effort. Go to the website to see details and to get a form. The forms can take weeks to get approved, so please do it today. The Friends of Magee Marsh thank you very much!! Also check the Friends FB page for updates. www.friendsofmageemarsh.org Mary Warren -----Original Message----- From: Scott Wright Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 4:24 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Opportunities for the Ohio bird community to improve, protect and preserve habitat. And do not forget that if you can spare an hour or two during your visit to Crane Creek/Maggee marsh (CC/MM) to pitch in and pull some garlic mustard. Every forest floor sulking bird (dare we speak its New England themed name) is due in no small part to the many volunteers who took the time to pull some garlic Mustard. I know most of the folks that are visiting CC/MM have precious free time during the limited time they are birding, but please check in with ODRN/ODW at the visitors center and see when it will be pulled. We have birded CC/MM for over 25 years, and for the folks that can remember after the march flood just how thick garlic mustard was you would never see the ground birds. Just the way the weeds moved as they hopped or walked on the forest floor. We all owe a debt to the Friends of Maggee Marsh who started the pulling program. So please on a slow birding day say a few days after the SW winds have been shut down. Take the time to pull if the birding is slow. Scott Wright ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]