Campus Life: A Survey of Bird Populations in Three Tree Habitats of the UC Berkeley Campus

Campus planners at the University of California at Berkeley are presently designing development strategies through the year 2005. These plans identify many habitats to be altered, including several tree stands. Although the planners intend to preserve the campus environment, development and habitat changes have undoubtedly already led to a vast reduction in campus wildlife species. However, since no study has ever been done to assess wildlife populations on campus it is difficult to predict precisely how further development will affect Campus wildlife. Consequently, a study to determine what species exist on Campus is necessary. In [articular, an assessment of bird use of campus tree habitats will help determine how development will affect avian populations.