>Couple of things...Micahel Carmody says I should remind everyone not to
>think of one specific habitat..i.e., fir forest = Winter Wren, or

>grass land = Savannah Sparrow..and all of your guesses are both right and
>wrong as these plots all had some number of the choice each of you
>suggested.

This is why I thought the cowbird guess was so *brilliant*! (who
made that, anyway?) Because they parasitize so many species of
passerine...and do so well at it where there's a lot of "edge".


*Remember*, we were trying to figure out which bird
occurred in 55 of the 60 plots.

>In the area of the plots there are a number of stands of mature woodland
>cut over

Ahhh! Mature woodland cut over! Must be barred owl!!!!
(I'm joking - that doesn't count as an official guess).

How big were the plots, and how widely separated?


- Don Baccus, Portland OR <donb at rational.com>