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WOSNews 103 Companion June/July 2006

Table of Contents

The Russian Olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) and its Utilization by Wild Birds
in the Columbia Basin of Washington and Oregon
Mike Denny
Washington Field Notes August-September, 2005 Tom Aversa

 

Web Addresses

Russian Olives Invasive Plants www.invasive.org
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Scienve www.plants.USDA.gov
Tamarisk Coalition www.tamariskcoalition.org
Wasatch Audubon http://www.Wasatchaudubon.org/ft_robin.htm
USDA National Invasive Species Information Center www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/plants/russianolive.shtml
North Dakota Tree Information Center www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/aginfo/trees/handbook/th-3-93.pdf
Northern State University's
|"The Natural Source"
www.northern.edu/natsource/TREESA1/Russia1.htm
Statement of Dr. James Tate, Science Advisor to the Secretary of the Interior before the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health regarding H.R. 2720, the Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Demonstration Act, July 14, 2005. Document apparently removed from internet
Meetings Map to the Center for Urban Horticulture http://depts.washington.edu/urbhort/html/info/contact.html
Be Informed Tweeters listserv information http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters/
Band Recoveries Bird Banding Laboratory http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl

Photos

Russian Olives
Top Left: Russian Olive drupes or berries in clusters.

Top Right: Russian Olive thicket.

Left: American Robin nest in Russian Olive.

All photos taken at Hood Park, Walla Walla, by Mike Denny.

Washington Field Notes

Pigeon Guillemot, Whidbey Island, Island, August 13, 2005.
Photo by Joyce Meyer.

Marbled Godwit, Tokeland, Pacific, September 2005.
Photo by Ollie Oliver.
Pacific Golden-Plover, Damon Point, Ocean Shores, Grays Harbor,
September 2005.  Photo by Ollie Oliver.
Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Marymoor Park, Redmond, King, August 31, 2005.
Photo by Ollie Oliver.

Acorn Woodpecker, Elsworth Springs (Vancouver), Clark, September 13, 2005.
Photo by Rebecca Richardson.

Rock Wren, Table Rock Fire Lookout, Columbia, September 7, 2005.
Photo by MerryLynn Denny.

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