 SUBJECT: Birds & Forests |
Birds and forests enjoy a special relationship. Forests provide
birds with food, nest sites and protection. Birds, 
in turn, help the forest by scattering seeds and eating insects that
may harm trees. Forest trees are especially valuable to birds because
they provide nest sites high enough above the forest floor that most
ground-dwelling predators cannot reach them.
Different birds live and seek food in different layers of the forest, primarily according to the food supply -- fruits, seeds, insects and worms. Some birds stay mostly overhead in the tall treetop canopy seeking food and prime nest sites. Some thrive in the understory of smaller trees, while others make their homes on the forest floor. Even though well hidden, birds of the forest floor do not survive as well as birds in the treetops. Find out more about birds in the forest. |
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