The Forest Service has some interesting projections about tree and bird
populations under various climate change scenarios in the eastern US.
Check out
<http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/atlas/index.html> and then the Bird Atlas
pages. This information apparently emanates from the Service office in
Delaware, Ohio.
        There you will be able to look ahead to see what models say our bird
populations will look like in the future. Unfortunately the 147 species
treated don't seem to be in any particular order, and as in so many US
maps our neighbor to the north Canada is terra incognita.
        I haven't done much but noodle around in this large site, but to get
other more careful users interested offer a few observations from just
browsing the Abundance Change Maps:
        --in light of recent events, check out Mississippi kite
        --will all the Canada geese finally return to Canada to breed?
        --the return of Bachman's sparrow to Ohio?
        --scissor-tailed flycatchers everywhere
        --restored loggerhead shrikes??
        --balance these with all the species we'd lose, of course...
Bill Whan
Columbus



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