Folks

Remember folks all these things cost money.  A ranger station might over the 
budget.

As for Burros, what do they eat - poke weed?  That might become as large a 
problem as the phrags, but birds do eat it.  Maybe a Sage Thrasher will show 
up?

Clivus Multrum - good.  Horses - no.  Water - yes.  Overhead shelter from 
sun and wind would be useful.  Monitoring security cameras might prevent the 
ATV's.  DNR police could be there in a hurry and how would they escape 
except how they got there, which would be a slow loading process of the 
motorized vehicles.

I am not use about that boardwalk idea, but it seems to work well on South 
Padre Island, Texas.  The animals get use to you, but it would be expensive 
and time consuming to build.  If you build it, do it in the winter.

Should there be a fee?  Yes!!!!!

How about an ATM for the concession stand?  Hart Miller should be a wild 
place, so bring your own.  Take away what you bring.

George

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John McKitterick" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Hart-Miller Island North Cell


> Yes, all of the things that have been suggested are wonderful, but what 
> I'd like most to see is a ranger stationed on the island 24/7 to help keep 
> things in order. The condition of the current outhouse (which is a 
> composting one) is terrible. I went over on a visit to the state park site 
> (not the work site) with a friend who is a member of the DNR and he was 
> greatly angered by the amount of trash in the toilets and the general 
> disrepair. The current site is supposed to be visited regularly (weekly?) 
> by the staff at North Beach, but that clearly is not happening now. It 
> seems to me too likely that the blinds will be used as camp sites and that 
> trash will get dumped in the composting toilets, without much more of an 
> official presence that there is now.
>
> Of course, the ranger is the most expensive suggestion to date by far.
>
> --John McKitterick
> Columbia MD
> jbmck -at- comcast.net
>
>  wrote:
>> Yes!  I'd vote for blinds, too Gail.  Another thing I've noticed at 
>> European birding sites are numbered posts/signs.  Directing attention to 
>> a bird is much easier if one may say, "It's a binoc field to the left of 
>> sign #2!"
>> It'd be nice to have such things at Bombay Hook, for example.....
>>
>>
>