Florida

[MMinNY]

This colorized image of IBWO feeding sign taken by Arthur Allen illustrates just how unlike the Singer Tract Florida ivorybill habitat could be.

http://library24.library.cornell.edu...&search=Search

Originally Posted by fangsheath

Many people have a distorted idea of the nature of South Florida hammocks, imagining them to contain towering trees something akin to those in tropical rain forests. Even under presettlement conditions these hammocks were far from cathedral-like. Some idea of them can be gained from the John Small collection of photos from the early 20th century, when South Florida was still largely wilderness:

http://www.floridamemory.com/Photogr...e.cfm?PR_ID=26

Cypress in deeper-water sloughs/strands was of course the exception, reaching considerable heights and diameters in such situations. It is no accident that cypress figures prominently in historical accounts of the ivory-bill from Florida.

[donaldgkimball]

Originally Posted by MMinNY

This colorized image of IBWO feeding sign taken by Arthur Allen illustrates just how unlike the Singer Tract Florida ivorybill habitat could be.http://library24.library.cornell.edu...&search=Search

Thanks Mark. For those of us who are in the west and not as familiar with native vegetation in that area can someone kindly identify the species of trees that the nest cavities are in for these photos? Thanks

Don

[MMinNY]

For some reason, copying and pasting the link didn't work completely, and the link goes to a more general search page. The Florida image I'm talking about is the 14th on the page. I'm not 100% sure it's from Florida, but I believe so, and it certainly looks like it. Searching the site for "Arthur Allen" will produce one other photo that appears to be of a Florida hammock.

The nest tree photos are from the Singer Tract, and if I remember correctly the tree is a maple.

Originally Posted by donaldgkimball

Thanks Mark. For those of us who are in the west and not as familiar with native vegetation in that area can someone kindly identify the species of trees that the nest cavities are in for these photos? Thanks

Don