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BIRDS ETCETERA: Birds and Drought: Palila Follow-Up
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Personal reflections and commentary on wild birds, birding, birders, birdwatching, and other natural history topics of interest. Tuesday, September 21, 2010. Birds and Drought: Palila Follow-Up. As a follow-up to my previous post about the Palila (an Endangered Hawaiian honeycreeper) and drought. I here present quantitative data on the impact of drought on Palila breeding efforts. And offered the following observations on the impacts of drought:. Hawaii is suffering through an unprecedented drought.
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BIRDS ETCETERA: Shrubs of Berrien County, Michigan
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Personal reflections and commentary on wild birds, birding, birders, birdwatching, and other natural history topics of interest. Monday, September 20, 2010. Shrubs of Berrien County, Michigan. Constitute a particular growth form (or habit) of vascular plants. Defines a shrub as follows:. The shrubs of Berrien County. Constitute a subset of the conifers. Known from the county. The stems and roots of shrubs are typically woody. In texture rather than herbaceous. Under certain conditions; 14 can be subshrubs.
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BIRDS ETCETERA: Dicots of Berrien County, Michigan
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Personal reflections and commentary on wild birds, birding, birders, birdwatching, and other natural history topics of interest. Saturday, September 18, 2010. Dicots of Berrien County, Michigan. Short for dicotyledons ( Class Magnoliopsida. Are one of two classes of flowering plants. Within the Kingdom Plantae, the other being the monocots, or monocotyledons. Class Liliopsida). The major distinguishing features between monocots and dicots are discussed here. Database. Species known to occur in Berrie...
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BIRDS ETCETERA: Vines of Berrien County, Michigan
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Personal reflections and commentary on wild birds, birding, birders, birdwatching, and other natural history topics of interest. Wednesday, September 22, 2010. Vines of Berrien County, Michigan. Oriental Bittersweet ( Celastrus orbiculata. Courtesy of USDA Forest Service. Constitute a particular growth form (or habit) of vascular plants. Defines a vine as follows:. Twining/climbing plant with relatively long stems, can be woody. The vines of Berrien County. Constitute a subset of the monocots. Are denote...
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BIRDS ETCETERA: Jelly Fungi of Berrien County, Michigan: A Preliminary List
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Personal reflections and commentary on wild birds, birding, birders, birdwatching, and other natural history topics of interest. Monday, October 04, 2010. Jelly Fungi of Berrien County, Michigan: A Preliminary List. This photo of a jelly fungus by Walter Siegmund is used here courtesy of Wikipedia Commons. And images of some representative species can be viewed here. There are no officially recognized common names for North American fungi. In many cases, however, North American species of Holarctic d...
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BIRDS ETCETERA: Orthoptera of Berrien County, Michigan, and Vicinity
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Personal reflections and commentary on wild birds, birding, birders, birdwatching, and other natural history topics of interest. Monday, October 25, 2010. Orthoptera of Berrien County, Michigan, and Vicinity. The insect order Orthoptera. And allies. The species in this order are commonly referred to as "singing insects" because of their loud, distinctive, and often repetitive vocalizations. Supplemented by Roger G. Bland’s (2003) The Orthoptera of Michigan. The Orthoptera Species File Online. For each sp...
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BIRDS ETCETERA: Birds and Drought: Winter Birds
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Personal reflections and commentary on wild birds, birding, birders, birdwatching, and other natural history topics of interest. Tuesday, October 05, 2010. Birds and Drought: Winter Birds. In a grassland-oak savannah in southeastern Arizona, Carl and Jane Bock found that ground-foraging, seed-eating birds were 3 times more abundant one year after a 2-year drought ended than in the previous winter. Details from their abstract:. Posted by John L. Trapp at 10/05/2010 08:29:00 AM. Links to this post:. Vines ...
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BIRDS ETCETERA: Conifers of Berrien County, Michigan
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Personal reflections and commentary on wild birds, birding, birders, birdwatching, and other natural history topics of interest. Wednesday, July 16, 2008. Conifers of Berrien County, Michigan. Are cone-bearing trees or shrubs of the Class Pinopsida. Some 630 species are known worldwide, with 88 occurring in North America. According to the Online Atlas of Michigan Plants. 16 species are native to Michigan or have become naturalized. The 8 species known from Berrien County. Pines et al.):. John L. Trapp.
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BIRDS ETCETERA: Birds and Drought: Crop Damage
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Personal reflections and commentary on wild birds, birding, birders, birdwatching, and other natural history topics of interest. Friday, September 24, 2010. Birds and Drought: Crop Damage. In the wake of a drier-than-normal summer with some areas experiencing a rainfall deficit of 5 or 6 inches the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has issued a drought warning. For 24 counties, and a drought watch for 43 more. S Franklin Township, had this to say:. Subscribe to Post Comments [ Atom.
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BIRDS ETCETERA: Birds and Drought: Palila
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Personal reflections and commentary on wild birds, birding, birders, birdwatching, and other natural history topics of interest. Sunday, September 19, 2010. Birds and Drought: Palila. An Endangered forest bird endemic to the big island of Hawaii. Has declined 75 percent since 2003, to a population of 1,200 birds in 2010. According to government officials. The Palila’s fate is due to a combination of factors:. Effects of severe drought. On the bird’s food supply, and. Predation by nonnative feral cats.