Tom,
I need a clue. What was the proportion of the various types of habitat?
If only one area was prairie and the rest were shrubby, it would probably
make a difference on the distribution of birds.
Thanks,

Louise Martell
e-mail martell at u.washington.edu


On Thu, 3 Aug 1995, Tom Foote wrote:

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> Last night's *Bird Talk* was an absolute zoo! The phone rang off the wall
> because George Walter offered a little teaser quiz..I pass it on to you
> for fun. NOTE: if you listened to the show last night, and/or participated
> and/or talked to George and know the answer, don't give it away and spoil
> it for the rest of the Tweets...
> I'm sure Dennis will eat his sox when he finds out he missed this one..
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> George said that he laid out 60 plots for a breeding bird survey at Fort
> Lewis. The habitat was prairie, mixed woodland, slash and some logged off
> (as I recall).. He monitored the birds in each of the plots three of the last
> four years..one bird species occurred in 55 of the 60 plots..
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> Tom Foote footet at elwha.evergreen.edu
> Lab II
> The Evergreen State College (360) 866-6000 x6118
> Olympia, WA 98505
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