{"id":130,"date":"2014-07-15T23:48:41","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T23:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/039adfd.netsolhost.com\/WordPress\/?page_id=130"},"modified":"2014-08-01T17:50:58","modified_gmt":"2014-08-01T17:50:58","slug":"0416-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/039adfd.netsolhost.com\/WordPress\/broadleafs\/0416-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Great Lakes Forests (NA0416)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This large ecoregion west of Lake Superior extends from extreme southeastern Manitoba and the border areas of northwestern Ontario (including my home town of Thunder Bay) south through northeastern Minnesota, northern Wisconsin, and northern Michigan.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/039adfd.netsolhost.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/NA0416.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-508\" src=\"http:\/\/039adfd.netsolhost.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/NA0416.jpg\" alt=\"NA0416\" width=\"677\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"http:\/\/039adfd.netsolhost.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/NA0416.jpg 677w, http:\/\/039adfd.netsolhost.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/NA0416-300x228.jpg 300w, http:\/\/039adfd.netsolhost.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/NA0416-624x474.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Description of the\u00a0Ecoregion<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A detailed description of the\u00a0ecoregion\u00a0can be found at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldwildlife.org\/science\/wildfinder\/\">WWF&#8217;s site<\/a>\u00a0(the map\u00a0above\u00a0is a screen shot from\u00a0that Wildfinder site). There may also be additional information\u00a0to\u00a0be found in this ecoregion&#8217;s page at Wikipedia.<br \/>\n<br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Briefly, the ecoregion is characterized by&#8230; [under construction]<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Birds of the Ecoregion<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The avifauna of the ecoregion&#8230; [under construction].<br \/>\n<br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Although no bird species are endemic to this ecoregion, the following are noteworthy as being\u00a0quite\u00a0characteristic of the ecoregion and relatively difficult to see in other ecoregions:<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[list under construction]<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><br style=\"color: #000000;\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Resources for the Ecoregion Birder<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Without any pretense to completeness, the following resources have caught my attention and would be of value to the birder traveling to this ecoregion:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica;\">Chartier, Allen and Ziarno, Jerry<\/span>, 2010. <em>ABA Birdfinding Guide: a Birder&#8217;s Guide to Michigan<\/em>. This would presumably be a very helpful guide to the MI part of the ecoregion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>141 spp. (Aug. 1, 2014)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This large ecoregion west of Lake Superior extends from extreme southeastern Manitoba and the border areas of northwestern Ontario (including my home town of Thunder Bay) south through northeastern Minnesota, northern Wisconsin, and northern Michigan. Description of the\u00a0Ecoregion A detailed description of the\u00a0ecoregion\u00a0can be found at\u00a0WWF&#8217;s site\u00a0(the map\u00a0above\u00a0is a screen shot from\u00a0that Wildfinder site). 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