From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Tue Apr 1 09:54:15 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.8/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h31Hojit029154 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 09:50:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail07b.vwh1.net (mail07b.vwh1.net [209.238.9.59]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.8/8.12.2) with SMTP id h31HoBZQ029117 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 09:50:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from www.hiddenvilla.org (209.238.206.251) by mail07b.vwh1.net (RS ver 1.0.78vs) with SMTP id 0247429393 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 1 Apr 2003 12:49:54 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <001c01c2f876$de3a7e80$[[email protected]]> From: "Garth Harwood" <[[email protected]]> To: "SBB" <[[email protected]]> Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 09:48:12 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 X-Loop-Detect: 1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1+ Subject: [SBB] Oak dependent species? X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1+ Precedence: list List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by plaidworks.com id h31Hojit029154 All, The recent thread on Bushtit nesting preferences has been most enlightening. Mike Mammoser's post reminds me of the vast amount of careful research that goes on behind the scenes in our birding community. It is a wonderful resource to have when we come up against situations such as that regarding SOD (sudden oak death). Much better than guesswork or circumstantial evidence! So, here's the question I should perhaps have posed when I first raised the Bushtit issue: which of our other native species could be considered "dependent" on various species of oaks, either for nesting or food or shelter? If we are indeed looking at a situation, as some have suggested, where local forest composition could change significantly over the next few years, many of us might turn more attention to the species most likely to be affected. That, in turn, could contribute information of value with regard to evaluating short- and long-term effects of the loss of oaks on birds. People interested in seeing on-the ground evidence of the effect of early-stage SOD in local woodlands might want to hike some of the ridgeline trails such as those in the Skyline and Long Ridge open space preserves. Oak groves there are sprinkled with dead, brown trees, but most still appear healthy. Tanbark Oaks along my Alpine Road commute route are being decimated, however, with a lot more damage appearing in the past 6 months. --Garth Harwood _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. south-bay-birds mailing list ([[email protected]]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/options/south-bay-birds/south-bay-birds-archive%40plaidworks.com This email sent to [[email protected]]