{"id":6740,"date":"2024-06-09T20:18:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T00:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=6740"},"modified":"2024-06-09T20:18:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T00:18:41","slug":"ground-nesting-birds-lets-talk-habitat-9jun2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/?p=6740","title":{"rendered":"Ground-nesting birds – let’s talk habitat 9Jun2024"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The hardwood slope<\/strong> in this photo (taken mid-May) is a perfect spot for ground-nesting birds\/ he approx. location is indicated by the arrow in the map below. 18 May 2023. Palm Warblers were sighted nesting there,\u00a0 Ovenbirds nearby<\/p><\/div>\n

By The Bird Team: Joshua Barss Donham, Fulton Lavender, Cathy Smalley, Katie Studholme. Photos by Joshua Barss Donham<\/em><\/p>\n

June 9, 2024<\/p>\n

Over the past few months, we\u2019ve been sharing about ground nesting birds that call the Backlands home. So far we\u2019ve met the Dark-Eyed Junco, the American Woodcock, and the Black-and-white Warbler, with the Common Nighthawk soon to come (hint\u2026 not common & not a hawk\u2026 stay tuned to learn more\u2026).<\/p>\n

But first, let\u2019s talk habitat! Different species of ground nesting birds prefer vastly different habitats, so we\u2019re going to stick to those that frequent the Halifax wilderness area that we call the Backlands.<\/p>\n

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By The Bird Team: Joshua Barss Donham, Fulton Lavender, Cathy Smalley, Katie Studholme. Photos by Joshua Barss Donham June 9, 2024 Over the past few months, we\u2019ve been sharing about ground nesting birds that call the Backlands home. So far … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds","category-conservation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6740"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6741,"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6740\/revisions\/6741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backlandscoalition.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}