Subject: Re: pigeons & oaks?
Date: Mar 2 17:45:28 1995
From: Eugene Hunn - hunn at u.washington.edu


Dennis,

I've been a bit skeptical of his linking these issues myself, but perhaps
in the Nisqually prairies and in the Columbia Gorge they are closely
associated? I don't know.

Gene.

On Thu, 2 Mar 1995, Dennis Paulson wrote:

> RE what Gene wrote about Robert Kavanaugh and conserving pigeons by
> conserving Garry oaks in southern Washington:
>
> Do any of you tweeters know if Band-tailed Pigeons are indeed associated
> with oaks in western Washington? I wonder if this isn't a species like
> Hutton's Vireo and Black-throated Gray Warbler that is associated with oaks
> elsewhere in its range but not in the Pacific Northwest? I don't think
> there are (many) BTPIs in Yakima and Klickitat counties, where oaks are
> abundant, and I don't recall seeing them in oaks at Ft. Lewis. I haven't
> spent that much time in the oaks south of there. Any other info out there?
>
> Dennis Paulson, Director phone: (206) 756-3798
> Slater Museum of Natural History fax: (206) 756-3352
> University of Puget Sound e-mail: dpaulson at ups.edu
> Tacoma, WA 98416
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