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Sittin' Green Together
Deep Fork NWR Habitat Improvement & Big Sit
Tulsa Audubon and the Friends of the Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge celebrate National Public Lands Day and National Wildlife Refuge Week!
October 12, 2008

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Thank you to all who made a first Together Green a great success!

We began the day at 5:30 a.m. as our Big Sit began. (A Big Sit is a bird count conducted entirely from a circle of about 17' in diameter. Birders sit in it all day and record everything that they see and hear.) When the final team left the circle at 5:30 p.m. we had tallied 41 species.

At 1:00 Lori Jones from the Deep Fork NWR led a wonderful nature walk along the Cussetah Bottoms board walk. A highlight was a baby Pygmy Rattlesnake! We then began our work, cleaning the trail and planting the wildlife friendly plants and shrubs (provided by TAS) in the Cussetah Bottoms area. The Schulter fire department provided a truck to water the everything we had just planted.

We ended the day with supper provided by the Friends of Deep Fork.

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5:30 a.m. to 5:30 - Big Sit
   A Big Sit is a bird count conducted entirely from a circle of about 17' in diameter. Birders sit in it all day and record everything that they see and hear. Teams will rotate in and out of the Big Sit circle. It will be down at the Cussetah Bottoms area where the Deep Fork board walk is located.

1:00 p.m. and 3:99 p.m. - Nature Walks
   Guided walks in the Cussetah Bottoms area

3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. - Wildflower Planting, Trail Work, Cedar Removal
   Volunteers will be planting wildflowers, cleaning up the trails and removing cedars and other invasive plants (with lopers, not chain saws!) Bring a shovel and glove if you have them.

5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Supper, provided by the Friends of Deep Fork
   Relax after a productive day on the refuge!

All volunteers will receive a Together Green/TAS T-Shirt and supper, provided the the Deep Fork Friends. To more information contact Gail Storey, 918-742-2684.