ADDITION - Early Migrating Bird ProjectADDITION TO AGENDA
EARLY MIGRATING BIRD PROJECT
From: Olivia Nienaber <oliviagnienaber@icloud.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2020 10:18:57 AM
To: Terry Gorham <tcgorham@midco.net>; k.cammilleri <k.cammilleri@ci.scandia.mn.us>; a.hawkinson
<a.hawkinson@ci.scandia.mn.us>
Subject: Early Migrating Bird Project
Hi Terry, Ken, and Adam,
Attached is the invoice for my project and the list of all the native plants the City of Scandia
can chose from to plant at the three sites. Thank you for your support of this project and
making Scandia a more environmentally-friendly place for early-migrating birds as well as
other birds and wildlife.
I'm also attaching the list of plants that I'm recommending for this project. At each site,
there should be two trees and three bushes. I received a grant from Tropical Wings to
enhance each site, so we could add some native grasses and wildflowers that would
provide additional sources of food and nesting materials, and provide places for escape,
cover, and roosting spots. Please let me know if you would like to do this as well.
Otherwise, we could add some more bushes to further diversify each site.
Please have a list of the trees and bushes that the city wants sent to me by June 27 th so I
can place my order at Abrahamson's Nursery. I am going to ask them to hold these items
until late-August and/or early-September for planting. As I had mentioned, 4-H is not
allowing any activities or events that involve volunteers until June 30th (at least). So, I am
aiming for planting everything by mid-September so that the plants can get established,
watered, and settled before the ground freezes.
If you have any questions, please contact me either by email or phone (651-433-4358).
Thank you again for all your support with my project!
Olivia Nienaber