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Pilling's Pond ,皮額靈生態池為本市一個私人的水禽生態池。

皮額靈幼年即對水鳥感興趣,12歲的時候就在家裏農場挖了一個池子養育三隻受傷的綠頭鴨,自此即展開他漫長的飼養和培育水鳥生涯。這,成了皮額靈終生志業。

去世之後,他的鄰居以及家人,成立了一個非盈利組織:Pilling's Pond Preservation Society,繼續這樁傳奇人物的偉業。

偶然經過,起初只是覺得住宅區的馬路旁有這麽個規模不小的池塘,蠻奇特的。後來看到説明的牌子,才知道這池大有來頭。



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Pilling's Pond 皮額靈及其事跡。

In October 2001, Chuck Pilling died at 90 years of age. In 2005, David Kunkle, a long-time neighbor, purchased the property with the intention of preserving the pond's legacy. Since then, family members and neighbors, organized under the non-profit corporation, Pilling's Pond Preservation Society, have maintained the pond and have continued to preserve it as an educational resource, with the support of Puget Consumers Coop, who for over a decade has donated lettuce trimmings as a healthy staple diet for the birds.

Pilling's Pond as a non-commercial enterprise continues as a historical and educational resource for the Licton Springs neighborhood.(linju 註:皮額靈老家原為農場,附近應該是林地,隨著都市發展,此池旁成爲學校)

At around 1933, Chuck Pilling dammed the creek that runs through the property from Licton Springs. This enabled him to provide a habitat that still exists and sustains a broad assortment of waterfowl today. 

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2016/03/30 12:22

原來您跟ellen chou 雨僧 姐是"鄰居"

一個小孩的興趣,造福了一個社區 好

linju的“新瓶裝舊酒”(erlingwuliu77) 於 2016-03-31 10:08 回覆:

是,能够和名人(且是好幾位)爲鄰,與有榮焉。

不過,天涯若比鄰,這裏都是鄰居微笑