The Tree as Multi-Unit Dwelling
Many
different bird species can feed in the same tree without competing by
capturing insects from different parts of the tree; woodpeckers will gouge
holes to get insects inside the wood; nuthatches will feed among bark
crevices;
warblers will flit to the very ends of branches to gather insects.
Today's
photo was taken in the Laurel Highlands, home to many of the birds listed
above. Some
of the earliest work of Western Pennsylvania Conservancy ties to this
region. In the early 1950s when WPC worked with Edgar Kaufmann to protect
Ferncliff Peninsula, the first acquisition in the creation of Ohiopyle
State Park and the first step toward the protection of the unique
Youghiogheny River gorge. It was several years later that Edgar Kaufmann
jr. (sic) entrusted WPC with Fallingwater.
The Bear Run Nature Reserve, which
surrounds Fallingwater, is WPC's largest natural area (more than 5,000
acres), and probably our most frequently visited, with more than 20 miles
of hiking trails.
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