Kirtland’s Warbler by Phil Odum of Oscoda
In partnership with Huron Pines, Kirtland’s Warbler Alliance, U.S.
Forest Service, and Michigan Audubon, the AuSable Valley Audubon (AVA) Chapter conducts our second year of Kirtland’s Warbler tours in our most eastern section of the Huron National Forest called the Pine River Management Area (PRMA).
Please see our tour information page which is available under the Kirtland Warbler menu or this link.
Follow the waterfowl coming from Canada, thru our local “Flyway” and on to their wintering habitats.
We are truly blessed along out coast of Lake Huron.
Follow the Ducks this Season!🦆
Follow the ducks this season using the most comprehensive waterfowl migration map on the web. Read real-time reports from DU biologists, field editors, expert waterfowlers and more.Kirtland’s Warbler (KIWA) will be removed from Endangered Species list, however, will be supported as a Conservation Dependent species. What does this mean? Simply, the KIWA’s breeding habitat will receive management assistance by USFS, state DNR, etc. so that the species will always have a home to breed in.
Learn more about how the KIWA was helped to return to healthy population and how that assistance will continue in some form.
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Kirtland's warbler to be taken off endangered species list - WBKB11
ALPENA, Mich. — The rare northern Michigan bird Kirtland’s warbler...The Kirtland’s Warbler recovery over the past 40 years is a major success story. Our local KIWA habitat in the Pine River Management Area NW of Oscoda provides a strong population of birds. Join us next May/June for our KIWA free guided tours.
Open this USFWL story link and the embedded story links for a down to Earth description of the species, its demise in the 1960’s and then its recovery to today when it will be de-listed as an Endangered Species but protected through Conservation Dependent projects and management for the future. www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/birds/Kirtland/kiwafctsht.htmlThe power of partnership has brought the Kirtland’s warbler back from the brink of extinction! Learn more about this bird’s amazing recovery story: ow.ly/8CP750wFFuv
Photo: Male Kirtland’s warbler in a jack pine tree by Vince Cavalieri/USFWS.
