Here one of the adults
is feeding a green larvae to one of the baby birds. Note that
the baby getting the bug is "upside down". In 1995 some
of the pine forest burned in Antelope Valley in the Sierra Nevada.
Some birds, especially cavity nesters, benefit from the burned
trees left in place. See how the bark on the tree is black. Burned
trees provide hollow spaces for cavities and eventually they fall
to the ground, providing more homes for small mammals, insects,
and foraging locations for birds. When the tree is completely
gone it has become part of the organic content in the soil. Part
of the ecosystem that produces the conditions for new trees to
take root, grow, and produce new homes for birds.
Here one of the adults
is feeding a green larvae to one of the baby birds. Note that
the baby getting the bug is "upside down". In 1995 some
of the pine forest burned in Antelope Valley in the Sierra Nevada.
Some birds, especially cavity nesters, benefit from the burned
trees left in place. See how the bark on the tree is black. Burned
trees provide hollow spaces for cavities and eventually they fall
to the ground, providing more homes for small mammals, insects,
and foraging locations for birds. When the tree is completely
gone it has become part of the organic content in the soil. Part
of the ecosystem that produces the conditions for new trees to
take root, grow, and produce new homes for birds.