Kirtland's+Warbler+2010



By: Devon G.

Kirtland Warbler is a bird that was almost extinct. It is named after a doctor named JaredP.Kirtland. It was nearly extinct 50 years ago. It requires large areas and youth Jack pine for it can breed. Most of the entire population spend all the spring and summer in the northeastern lower of the Peninsula of Michigan. It spent its winter in the Bahamas. The birds bluish grey upperparts with dark streaks on the back and yellow upperparts with streaks flanks. Its breeding range is limited area. In recent years, their breeding have found on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Wisconsin and Ontario is likely due to rapidly expanding of their population. One way they’re going near extinct because the Jack Pinewood is to far North for the species to fly. The bird species found that threes a great amount of distance between them. While the Jack Pinewood is expanded far too Northwest territories. Another thing is that most of the Great Lakes trees were cut down and never restored. So the Kirtland Warbler was trapped on the Northern Pennisula. The Kirtland Warbler is being preserved and very little trees are getting cut down. The one way we can save them is “don’t cut down trees so much.” So their species would not become extinct.