Bumper crops: Re: More on "mockers"

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Posted by Ben Kolstad on 12:19:43 09/14/05

In Reply to: More on "mockers" posted by Paul-the-other

Hmmm... Strong winds last year and a bumper crop of fruiting native trees and a bumper crop of (some) species of birds.

I don't have a Ph.D. in ecosystem management, but I wonder if the two might be related? Has this pattern happened after earlier hurricane years?

--Ben

: Picking up on Felipe's mention on mockingbirds, here at the north end of Broward we've had a bumper crop of mockingbirds. It was an exceptionally good nesting year. In some cases I counted nests within 75 to 100 feet of one another which I find an unusually tolerant spacing. Perhaps related is the equally unusually heavy fruiting on Dahoon holly, and all species of stoppers, as well as cocoplum.
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: Just a field note.

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