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	Kirtland's Warbler for Mich State Bird?
		The Kirtland’s Warbler nests nowhere else in the world except in th northern Lower Peninsula and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
		In the past, the governor of Michigan gave metal sculptures of the Kirtland’s Warbler to visiting dignitaries as a memento because of its uniqueness to the state.
		The vast expanses of short jack pine which the Kirtland’s requires is also prime habitat for white-tailed deer, snowshoe hare, badger, coyote, eastern bluebird, hermit thrush, brown-thrasher, clay-colored sparrow, vesper sparrow, Nashville warbler and several other species.
	www.michiganaudubon.org /kirtlands/state_bird.html (1072 words)

	Kirtland's Warbler Natural History
		In 1998, Michigan’s Kirtland’s Warbler population was the highest recorded since 1951, with 805 singing males officially counted, compared to 733 in 1997, and 692 in 1996.
		The annual Kirtland’s Warbler census is taken between June 6 and June 15.
		The Kirtland’s Warbler, a federally listed endangered species, is one of the world’s rarest birds.
	www.macatawa.org /~oias/java/kirtland.htm (1412 words)

	Kirtland's Warbler (Dendroica kirtlandii)
		A Kirtland's Warbler Recovery Plan was developed in 1976, and updated in 1985, to provide state and federal agency personnel with a structured guide to direct management efforts toward increasing the Kirtland's warbler population.
		The endangered Kirtland's warbler is one of the rarest members of the wood warbler (Parulidae) family.
		It identified strategies that are necessary to maintain and develop nesting habitat for the Kirtland's warbler, and established the following objectives:
	www.michigan.gov /dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12145_12202-32591--,00.html (2504 words)

	Kirtland's Warbler Festival
		He has been working with the Kirtland's Warbler since 1976, and is the supervisor of the cowbird control program.
		"Warblers' World": The story of the Kirtland’s warbler and its comeback from near extinction.
		He continues to work with the annual Kirtland's Warbler census and statewide eagle nesting survey.
	warbler.kirtland.edu /presenters/WarblersWorld.htm (254 words)

	Kirtland's Warbler Festival
		A registration fee of $5 for the purchase of a Kirtland's Warbler Festival button is required for entry to presentations and for the guided bus tour.
		Please note that the Kirtland's Warbler field trips leave from the Kirtland Community College Campus Grounds.
		At the viewing areas you’ll leave the bus and will also see and/or hear many of the dozens of other native birds that share this special habitat with our endangered Kirtland's warbler.
	warbler.kirtland.edu /Details.htm (308 words)

	Kirtland's Warbler (Dendroica kirtlandii)
		The endangered Kirtland's warbler is one of the rarest members of the wood warbler (Parulidae) family.
		A Kirtland's Warbler Recovery Plan was developed in 1976, and updated in 1985, to provide state and federal agency personnel with a structured guide to direct management efforts toward increasing the Kirtland's warbler population.
		Kirtland's warblers are one of more than 200 neo-tropical migratory species that nest in North America and winter in the tropics.
	www.michigan.gov /dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12145_12202-32591--,00.html (2504 words)

	Kirtland's Warbler (Dendroica kirtlandii)
		A Kirtland's Warbler Recovery Plan was developed in 1976, and updated in 1985, to provide state and federal agency personnel with a structured guide to direct management efforts toward increasing the Kirtland's warbler population.
		The endangered Kirtland's warbler is one of the rarest members of the wood warbler (Parulidae) family.
		Kirtland's warblers are one of more than 200 neo-tropical migratory species that nest in North America and winter in the tropics.
	www.michigan.gov /dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12145_12202-32591--,00.html (2504 words)

	Kirtland’s Warbler
		Kirtland’s warbler is the first songbird to have its entire population censuses, due to the Kirtland’s restricted range.
		The Kirtland warbler's nesting grounds can be found in central lower Michigan.
		The warbler nests in the grassy archways beneath the lower limbs of young jack pines.
	www.audubonworkshop.com /article_disp.asp?ArticleID=41 (1309 words)

	Kirtland's Warbler : Land Management
		Although Kirtland's warblers stop using a jack pine forest when the trees are about 20 years old, forest managers wait until the jack pine trees are 50 years old before they are cut down.
		Restoring the Kirtland's warbler to the point where it is no longer in danger of extinction is required by the Act.
		Kirtland's warbler management areas are valuable to other animals and plants.
	www.fws.gov /midwest/endangered/birds/Kirtland/kiwamgmt.html (1309 words)

	Kirtland's Warbler
		The wintering grounds of the Kirtland’s warbler were not found until January 9, 1879, on Andros Island in the Bahamas.
		The Kirtland’s warbler nesting grounds are off limits to the general public, but guided tours are available.
		Warblers build their nests on the ground underneath jack pines that are 5-20 feet high, and they will move elsewhere when the trees grow too large.
	www.geo.msu.edu /geo333/kirtlands_warbler.html (953 words)

	Kirtland's Warbler Fact Sheet
		The Kirtland's warbler recovery plan goal is to establish a self-sustaining population of 1,000 pairs of warblers throughout the bird's known habitats.
		Except for singing males, most activities of the Kirtland's warbler are concentrated low in the pines or near or on the ground.
		The warbler parents do not recognize that a cowbird chick in its nest is not its own, and so will naively care for the cowbirds.
	www.fws.gov /midwest/endangered/birds/Kirtland/kiwa-facts.htm (1316 words)

	26/7/2002 -- Rare Warbler Eluding Extinction in U.S.
		Kirtland's warbler has a loud, distinctive song; the males sing in June at the height of the nesting season to alert other males to their territorial boundaries, and to attract females.
		A relatively large warbler with a gray back, yellow underparts with black-streaked sides, an incomplete white eye-ring, and a habit of pumping its tail, Kirtland's warbler has a breeding range largely confined to the north-central counties of Michigan's Lower Peninsula.
		Human settlement of the warbler's habitat brought with it forest-fire control measures that largely halted the natural regeneration of jack pines, and wide-scale logging around the turn of the 20th century cleared the way for the brown-headed cowbird.
	forests.org /articles/reader.asp?linkid=13625 (1532 words)

	Endangered Species Spotlight- Kirtland's Warbler (Dendroica kirtlandii) "Bird of Fire and Forest" :: South Carolina Wildlife Federation
		For the Kirtland's Warbler these management tools, while sometimes controversial elsewhere, are key for survival.
		In the 1960's before control measures began, cowbird invasion of Kirtland's Warbler nests topped 70%.
		Warblers only appear in this habitat 9-13 years after a fire when the new pines are about 5 feet high.
	www.scwf.org /articles/index.php?view=81 (1004 words)

	Kirtland's Warbler
		After identifying the bird as a distinct species and member of the wood warbler family (Parulidae), the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC named the birds in honor of their discoverer, Dr. Kirtland.
		The wintering grounds of the Kirtland’s warbler were not found until January 9, 1879, on Andros Island in the Bahamas.
		Warblers build their nests on the ground underneath jack pines that are 5-20 feet high, and they will move elsewhere when the trees grow too large.
	www.geo.msu.edu /geo333/kirtlands_warbler.html (953 words)

	BIRDCHAT archives -- May 1995, week 3 (#290)
		I spotted a "strange-looking" warbler, which indeed turned out to be a Kirtland's warbler.
		Most Kirtland's warblers will probably cross Ohio at some point.
		A nearby Canada warbler for comparison clearly showed the bird was NOT a Canada warbler: the facial pattern and coloration of the back were just not right.
	listserv.arizona.edu /cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9505c&L=birdchat&F=&S=&P=21044 (683 words)

	Kirtland's Warbler - Birding Identifications
		Primarily found breeding in only a small area in Michigan, the Kirtland's Warbler is restricted to nesting in habitats containing young jack pines.
		One of our rarest songbirds, Kirtland's is a relatively large warbler that forages slowly, close to the ground, wagging its tail up and down.
		It nests only in stands of young jack pines in Michigan, a habitat that grows up only briefly after fires, and its nests are heavily parasitized by Brown-headed Cowbirds.
	www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com /peterson/resources/identifications/kiwa/index.shtml (558 words)

	Eagle-Eye Tours Point Pelee, Algonquin & Kirkland's Warbler
		The Kirtland's Warbler is currently enjoying a population increase which will further help our chances of fine viewing.
		The endangered Kirtland's Warbler is found only in central Michigan, specifically in young Jack Pine stands.
		Warbler, a young jack-pine specialist that breeds in central Michigan, and finally we look for Boreal Chickadee, Spruce Grouse, Black-backed Woodpecker and other northern specialties in Algonquin Park while keeping an eye out for moose, otter, maybe even wolf!
	www.eagle-eye.com /Locations/PointPelee.html (1413 words)

	Kirtland's Warbler diet as determined through fecal analysis.(Statistical Data Included) : An article from: Wilson Bulletin (Christie M. Deloria-Sheffield , Kelly F. Millenbah , Carol I. Bocetti , Paul W., Jr. Sykes , Cameron B. Kepler)
		Kirtland's Warbler diet as determined through fecal analysis.(Statistical Data Included) : An article from: Wilson Bulletin (Christie M. Deloria-Sheffield, Kelly F. Millenbah, Carol I. Bocetti, Paul W., Jr.
		Kirtland's Warbler diet as determined through fecal analysis.(Statistical Data Included) : An article from: Wilson Bulletin
	lostipods.com /ss/us/product/B0008IPBSU.htm (84 words)

	Warbler Press
		Officials expand warbler tours - Enthusiasts come from all over the state By DAN SANDERSON Record-Eagle staff writer: "GRAYLING, MI - Grayling area tourism officials offer a bevy of birding opportunities this spring and summer, and are expanding tours to see the Kirtland's Warbler, Michigan's rarest songbird."
		Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage: "Among the known casualties is the Kirtland's warbler, one of America's rarest birds, whose U.S. breeding population numbers just a few hundred in northern Michigan."
		Outdoors: "The chestnut-sided warbler with his dapper, yellow pin-cushion cap was exploring the grape vine about 20 feet from me while a blackburnian warbler (Audubon's fire-throat) was foraging.
	www.finchworld.com /Birds/warbler/news/warbler_press.htm (165 words)

	Kirtland's Warbler (Dendroica kirtlandii)
		A Kirtland's Warbler Recovery Plan was developed in 1976, and updated in 1985, to provide state and federal agency personnel with a structured guide to direct management efforts toward increasing the Kirtland's warbler population.
		Kirtland's warblers are one of more than 200 neo-tropical migratory species that nest in North America and winter in the tropics.
		The endangered Kirtland's warbler is one of the rarest members of the wood warbler (Parulidae) family.
	www.michigan.gov /dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12145_12202-32591--,00.html (2504 words)

	Kirtland's Warbler : Land Management
		Although Kirtland's warblers stop using a jack pine forest when the trees are about 20 years old, forest managers wait until the jack pine trees are 50 years old before they are cut down.
		Restoring the Kirtland's warbler to the point where it is no longer in danger of extinction is required by the Act.
		Recognizing that the Kirtland's warbler was in danger of becoming extinct, forest managers set aside special areas for this bird.
	www.fws.gov /midwest/endangered/birds/Kirtland/kiwamgmt.html (1848 words)

	Kirtland's Warbler Natural History
		In 1998, Michigan’s Kirtland’s Warbler population was the highest recorded since 1951, with 805 singing males officially counted, compared to 733 in 1997, and 692 in 1996.
		The annual Kirtland’s Warbler census is taken between June 6 and June 15.
		The Kirtland’s numbers plummeted when there were fewer fires causing their desired nesting areas to decline accordingly.
	www.macatawa.org /~oias/java/kirtland.htm (1412 words)

	kirtland.htm
		Kirtland's warblers migrate from Michigan to the southeastern coast of the United States on their way to wintering grounds in the Bahamas.
		The first Kirtland's warbler in North America was identified in 1851 from a specimen collected on Dr. Jared Kirtland's farm near Cleveland, Ohio.
		A pair of Kirtland's warblers requires at least eight acres of young jack pine forest to nest, but usually needs 30 to 40 acres to raise a nest of young.
	www.fs.fed.us /r9/hmnf/pages/kirtland.htm (244 words)

	Kirtland's Warbler
		Kirtland’s Warbler habitat management is a combined effort of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Michigan Audubon Society.
		The wintering grounds of the Kirtland’s warbler were not found until January 9, 1879, on Andros Island in the Bahamas.
		Kirtland’s Warblers will begin nesting in areas such as this one when the trees reach about 5 feet high (about seven years old).
	www.geo.msu.edu /geo333/kirtlands_warbler.html (953 words)

	Kirtland's Warbler for Mich State Bird?
		The vast expanses of short jack pine which the Kirtland’s requires is also prime habitat for white-tailed deer, snowshoe hare, badger, coyote, eastern bluebird, hermit thrush, brown-thrasher, clay-colored sparrow, vesper sparrow, Nashville warbler and several other species.
		The Kirtland’s Warbler nests nowhere else in the world except in th northern Lower Peninsula and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
		What You Can Do Kirtland's Warbler Habitat Map
	www.michiganaudubon.org /kirtlands/state_bird.html (1072 words)

	Kirtland's Warbler
		Discusses the mysteries of the wintering Kirtland's Warbler.
		This article gives the history of this rare warbler as well as information on status, habitat, and tours.
		Visitor information to Michigan to see this rare warbler is included.
	www.kidwings.com /bmi/species/kirtlandswarbler.htm (137 words)

	Kirtland Ohio Resource Guide, City or community of Kirtland, Ohio Facts, Information, Relocation, Real Estate, Advertising
		Kirtland's Warbler, Kirtlands Garter Snake, etc. are named after him.
		Kirtland is positioned 41.59 degrees north of the equator and 81.33 degrees west of the prime meridian.
		The population of Kirtland is approximately 6,670 (2000).
	www.usacitiesonline.com /ohcountykirtland.htm (460 words)

	Olive Warbler
		Indeed, only the short distance migrants Colima and Swainson's Warblers, and the endangered Kirtland's Warbler (nests in Michigan, winter in the Bahamas), have not yet made a California appearance.
		The Olive Warbler (left) is a small passerine that is primarily resident in pine-oak forests of mountains from southeastern Arizona to Nicaragua.
		It now appears that the Olive Warbler is a relict of a New World expansion of the accentors, left behind after the last Ice Age, just as the Wrentit Chamaea fasciata is a relict babbler, the only one in the New World.
	montereybay.com /creagrus/olive_warbler.html (577 words)

	eNature: FieldGuides: Species Detail
		It is unusual among warblers of the genus Dendroica in nesting on the ground; the only other species that does this is the rare Kirtland's Warbler.
		Discussion The Palm Warbler is one of the first warblers to arrive in the spring, and at this season is commonly found feeding quietly on the ground, sometimes with flocks of sparrows.
		An olive-drab, streaked, ground-feeding warbler with bright olive rump, bright yellow undertail coverts, and distinctive habit of wagging its tail.
	www.enature.com /fieldguide/showSpeciesIMG.asp?imageID=17233 (259 words)

	Canada Warbler status in Ohio
		Kirtland 1838: The Canada Flycatcher was rather common about a cranberry marsh in Trumbull county, during most of the month of May of the present year.
		Jones 1903: The Canadian Warbler [sic] should be found as a migrant anywhere in the state, both spring and autumn.
		At Oberlin this warbler makes its appearance about May 7, remaining untiul the 20th.
	www.aves.net /birds-of-ohio/birdcawa.htm (299 words)

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