To reach their conclusions, a team led by Urs Kormann, a post-doctoral scientist in the College of Forestry at Oregon State University, surveyed bird communities in 49
forest fragments near the Las Cruces Biological Station in Costa Rica.
Big Sur lays claim to some of California's most beautiful natural scenery: dramatic cliffs,
forests, grassy meadows, and Pfeiffer Beach, a half - mile strip of purple sand, believed to get its color from the manganese garnet
fragments of rocks on cliffs
near the ocean.