{"id":6340,"date":"2024-04-01T05:50:28","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T09:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?page_id=6340"},"modified":"2025-12-18T15:29:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T19:29:02","slug":"gnb-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?page_id=6340","title":{"rendered":"GNB 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ground-Nesting Birds 2024<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
GNB 2024 Subpages:
\nList of all GNB<\/a>
\n American Woodcock<\/a> | Black & White Warbler<\/a>
\nCommon Nighthawk<\/a> | Dark Eyed Junco<\/a><\/td>\n		\n

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Dark-eyed Junco near East Pine Island Pond on April 15, 2023<\/strong>
Click on image to view video by Joshua Barss-Dunham and hear it sing<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

INTRO<\/strong> (Apr 1, 2024)<\/p>\n

Spring is in the air… and underfoot<\/p>\n

That\u2019s right, we said \u201cunderfoot\u201d and we\u2019re not talking about a budding crocus\u2026<\/p>\n

Have you noticed the birds have started to sing? These ‘early birds’ are staking out their territories and hoping to attract a mate. Soon, eggs\u00a0will be laid in carefully\u00a0hidden nests all over the Backlands, but not all these nests are in trees.<\/p>\n

Several of our most familiar (and threatened!) birds nest right on the ground where eggs and young are very vulnerable to being eaten or trampled. In fact, the success rate of these nests is quite low. Many of these birds make several attempts to raise young, from early spring\u00a0into the fall.<\/p>\n

Help give our hard working feathered friends a hand, by keeping our feet\u00a0and our pets\u00a0on the trail. A simple step (pun intended!) that will give them the best chance\u00a0possible to raise the next generation of songsters.<\/p>\n

Over the next few months, we will be sharing profiles of four ground-nesting bird species found in the Backlands. (See full List<\/a> of ground-nesting species.) Wondering what a ground nest looks like? When you might spot a nestling? What they eat? Where they will go in the winter?<\/p>\n

Stay tuned to find out!<\/a>
\n– The Ground-Nesting Bird Group:
\n Joshua Barss Donham, Ilona Inman, Fulton Lavender, Cathy Smalley, Katharine Studholme\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Ground-nesting Bird Wrap-up<\/strong> (27 Sep, 2024)<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udc26 It’s time to wrap up our 2024 Ground Nesting Bird Series with a big thank you from the heart \u2764\ufe0f of the Backlands for keeping your feet \ud83d\udc63 & your pet’s paws \ud83d\udc3e on the trails while our ground nesting feathered friends were hatching and raising their young this season!<\/span><\/p>\n

P.s. It’s best practice year-round to stick to trails, to minimize our impact on sensitive habitats and a wilderness area’s entire ecosystem. Help keep wilderness areas healthy for years to come, so that we can continue to enjoy the great benefits they provide us, from cleaner water & air, to places for recreation & relaxation.<\/span><\/p>\n

In our 2024 Ground Nesting Bird Series we featured:<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udc26 Dark-eyed Junco (nests March 20 – Sept 23)
\n\ud83d\udc26 American Woodcock (nests March 30 – Aug 30)
\n\ud83d\udc26 Black and White Warbler (nests mid-May – mid-August)
\n\ud83d\udc26 the Common Nighthawk (nests June 7 – Sept 7; Halifax’s 2024 Bird of the Year!)<\/p>\n

Find the whole series in our profile highlights & on our web page:\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?page_id=6340<\/a>
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\nLeft to Right:
\nBlack & White Warbler, West Pine Island Ponds, 18 May 2023
\nHeart of the Backlands
\nAmerican Woodcock (Dartmouth), 8 April 2015
\nJunco at Divide Trail, 11April2024<\/p>\n

– The Ground-Nesting Bird Group:
\n Joshua Barss Donham, Ilona Inman, Fulton Lavender, Cathy Smalley, Katharine Studholme<\/em><\/p>\n

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