<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Please see Erik's email below and contact him if you think you have some records or data he may be interested in. I don't know what his deadline is.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thanks,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small">Jil</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Erik Kiviat</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:kiviat@bard.edu">kiviat@bard.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 10:25 AM<br>Subject: Last call for bird nests in knotweed!<br>To: Erik Kiviat <<a href="mailto:kiviat@bard.edu">kiviat@bard.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Good morning and Happy New Year! <br></div><div><br></div><div>I'm analyzing data and writing a paper on bird nests in and under knotweed (<i>Polygonum cuspidatum [Reynoutria japonica], Polygonum sachalinense [Reynoutria sachalinensis], </i>and hybrids) in North America, with also records from Eurasia. The attached map shows states and provinces where knotweed has been reported and those states from which I have nest records. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I am especially interested in nest records, including nests not identified to species, from states and provinces not shown in red on the map (and from North America north of 58 degrees N. lat. = Juneau AK). And, especially, any species <i>other than</i> gray catbird, northern cardinal, American robin, red-winged blackbird. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Also still interested in records from Eurasia and, if possible, New Zealand. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Photo documentation is very helpful. <br></div><div><br></div><div>The purpose of the paper I'm writing is general natural history, documenting the geographic and taxonomic extent of nesting in knotweed, and recommending that site-specific knotweed management be performed outside breeding season to the extent feasible. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks so much for keeping your eyes open to leafless knotweed in which nests are easily spotted! <br></div><div><br></div><div>All best,</div><div>Erik</div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Erik Kiviat PhD PWS, Executive Director, Hudsonia Ltd.<br>P.O. Box 5000 / 30 Campus Road, Annandale NY 12504 USA;<br>tel. 845-758-7273; <a href="mailto:kiviat@bard.edu" target="_blank">kiviat@bard.edu</a>; <a href="http://www.hudsonia.org" target="_blank">www.hudsonia.org</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Coauthor of: <i>Urban Biodiversity: Natural History of the New Jersey Meadowlands</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>Biodiversity Assessment Handbook for New York City</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>Biodiversity Assessment Manual for the Hudson River Estuary Corridor<br></i></div><div><br>Hudsonia is a tax exempt, nonprofit, non-advocacy, scientific research and<br>education institute: Please support us at <a href="http://hudsonia.org/support/" target="_blank">http://hudsonia.org/support/</a></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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