tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2708565124586555306.post-65857293352854209542008-07-22T18:52:00.000-07:002008-07-22T19:19:05.396-07:00<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_FVm9Qko11a4/SIaRdaTQ5XI/AAAAAAAAAGM/2cpu8W-sjgs/s1600-h/savanna+creek+08_edited-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226024352072394098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_FVm9Qko11a4/SIaRdaTQ5XI/AAAAAAAAAGM/2cpu8W-sjgs/s400/savanna+creek+08_edited-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>*******************************</div><div></div><div></div><div>Once upon a time, a place like this was probably oak savanna. It's lost some of its original flora, and had a number of invasives added to it, so you'd have to describe this as "degraded" - but maybe we could say it's a "functional" savanna in some ways. It lacks a Red-headed Woodpecker, though...</div><div></div><div>Despite that, I still like it. I worked in some places like this during the last few months, doing bird surveys. I especially like the stream pictured here. A singing male Orchard Oriole was right here.</div><div></div><div>Read more about oak savannas <a href="http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/es/science/publications/06_Oak_Savanna.pdf"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">here</span></strong></a>.</div><div></div><div></div><div>*************************************</div><div></div><div>The American Bird Conservancy is recommending new changes to green building standards to help in reducing bird collisions. Read more <a href="http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/stories/080722_collisions.html"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>here </strong></span></a>...</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>**************************************</div><div></div><div>Read about the 2008 USFWS waterfowl surveys and what the results show, <a href="http://www.fws.gov/news/NewsReleases/showNews.cfm?newsId=1343A288-ED86-9F4C-104B27E863D65DCF"><strong>here</strong></a>.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Bill Muellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12309074316200909388iltlawas@earthlink.net