Species Accounts

Each species account contains life history information, types of habitats used in western Great Lakes forests and a discussion of how forest management may effect the species. Use the link below to get species accounts or a list of papers used in the species accounts (not updated since 1992).

Niemi,G.J. and J.M. Hanowski. 1992. Appendix 4: Detailed species descriptions - forest birds. In Forest wildlife. A technical paper for a generic environmental impact statement on timber harvesting and forest management in Minnesota, Jaakko Poyry Consulting, Raleigh, NC.

Choose Species Acadian Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher American Bittern American Black Duck American Crow American Goldfinch American Kestrel American Redstart American Robin American White Pelican American Woodcock Bald Eagle Baltimore Oriole Bank Swallow Barn Swallow Barred Owl Bay-breasted Warbler Bell's Vireo Belted Kingfisher Black-and-white Warbler Black-backed Woodpecker Black-billed Cuckoo Black-billed Magpie Blackburnian Warbler Black-capped Chickadee Black-crowned Night Heron Blackpoll Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blue Jay Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Blue-headed Vireo Blue-winged Teal Blue-winged Warbler Bobolink Bohemian Waxwing Boreal Chickadee Boreal Owl Brewer's Blackbird Broad-winged Hawk Brown Creeper Brown Thrasher Brown-headed Cowbird Bufflehead Canada Goose Canada Warbler Canvasback Cape May Warbler Cedar Waxwing Cerulean Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Chimney Swift Chipping Sparrow Clay-colored Sparrow Common Goldeneye Common Grackle Common Loon Common Merganser Common Nighthawk Common Raven Common Snipe Common Yellowthroat Connecticut Warbler Cooper's Hawk Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) Dickcissel Double-crested Cormorant Downy Woodpecker Eastern Bluebird Eastern Kingbird Eastern Meadowlark Eastern Phoebe Eastern Screech-Owl Eastern Towhee Eastern Wood-Pewee European Starling Evening Grosbeak Field Sparrow Golden-crowned Kinglet Golden-winged Warbler Gray Catbird Gray Jay Gray-cheeked Thrush Great Blue Heron Great Crested Flycatcher Great Egret Great Gray Owl Great Horned Owl Green Heron Green-winged Teal Hairy Woodpecker Hermit Thrush Herring Gull Hooded Merganser Hooded Warbler House Finch House Wren Indigo Bunting Killdeer Le Conte's Sparrow Least Flycatcher Lincoln's Sparrow Loggerhead Shrike Long-eared Owl Louisiana Waterthrush Magnolia Warbler Mallard Marsh Wren Merlin Mourning Dove Mourning Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Cardinal Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) Northern Goshawk Northern Harrier Northern Parula Northern Rough-winged Swallow Northern Saw-whet Owl Northern Waterthrush Olive-sided Flycatcher Orchard Oriole Osprey Ovenbird Palm Warbler (Western) Peregrine Falcon Philadelphia Vireo Pied-billed Grebe Pileated Woodpecker Pine Siskin Pine Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Purple Finch Purple Martin Red Crossbill Red-bellied Woodpecker Red-breasted Nuthatch Red-eyed Vireo Red-headed Woodpecker Red-Shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Red-winged Blackbird Ring-billed Gull Ring-necked Pheasant Rock Dove Rose-breasted Grosbeak Ruby-crowned Kinglet Ruby-throated Hummingbird Ruffed Grouse Rusty Blackbird Sandhill Crane Savannah Sparrow Scarlet Tanager Sedge Wren Sharp-shinned Hawk Solitary Sandpiper Song Sparrow Sora Spruce Grouse Swainson's Thrush Swamp Sparrow Tennessee Warbler Three-toed Woodpecker Tree Swallow Tufted Titmouse (Eastern) Turkey Vulture Upland Sandpiper Veery Vesper Sparrow Virginia Rail Warbling Vireo Western Meadowlark Whip-poor-will White-breasted Nuthatch White-throated Sparrow White-winged Crossbill Wild Turkey Willow Flycatcher Wilson's Warbler Winter Wren Wood Duck Wood Thrush Yellow Warbler Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Yellow-billed Cuckoo Yellow-breasted Chat Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) Yellow-throated Vireo

Compiled bibliography for species accounts

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