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The document outlines a plan to restore an island in Lake Muhlenberg and increase its native bird population. It identifies 10 target bird species and 2 species to discourage. Requirements for attracting birds include clean water, shelter like bird boxes and buffer zones, and a variety of food sources like grasses, berries, and flowers. Specific planting recommendations are provided for 3 types of grasses, 3 medium to large trees, and 7 small trees and shrubs to provide shelter, nesting areas, and food. Diagrams and specifications for different types of bird and bat boxes are also included to provide additional shelter.
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- 1. By: Nina Sanders Island Restoration Plan and Efforts to Increase the Native Bird Population at Lake Muhlenberg
- 2. Target Species • Tree swallows • Chickadee species • Song sparrows • Goldfinches • Gray Catbirds • Orchard and Baltimore Orioles • Blue Birds • Blue-Gray Gnatcatchers • Common Yellowthroat and Yellow Warblers • DON’T WANT • Introduced, foreign species • European Starling • House/ English Sparrow • Compete for blue birds for nesting
- 3. Requirements to Attract Birds 1. Clean, running water • Remove land bridge • Limit human access • Limit litter • Observation decks • Thin the goose populations 2. Shelter • Buffer Zone • Bird boxes • Return island to natural, untouched state 3. Food
- 5. Grasses: • Riverbank wild-rye • Virginia wild-rye • Little bluestem Riverbank Wild-Rye • good waterfront vegetation for stream bank conditions • 3-5 ft • can grow in sunlight and shade • Wet/moist soil Little bluestem • Prefers sunny , riverbank areas • Clump grass, tolerates poor, dry soil • 2-4 ftVirginia Wild-Rye • Tolerates a wide range of conditions- • 2-4 ft • Wet/moist soil, any light preference
- 7. • Located on south side of Lake • In possible buffer zone • About 200 ft apart • On island • Blue bird boxes placed throughout • Cost about $20 each • Examples of Scott Burnet’s blue bird boxes at the Fish Hatchery Shelter-bird boxes
- 10. http://free.woodworking-plans.org/bat-house-plans.html • 1’7” wide, 2’ tall, 4” deep • ~$50.00 (Amazon.com) • Houses ~300 Bats http://batmanagement.com/Ordering/batboxes/smallbox.html • 18” wide, 2’ tall, 4'‘ deep; weight: 12 lbs. • Houses~100 bats • $59.00 (kit), $79.00 (assembled)
- 11. http://valleyforgeaudubon.blogspot.com/2012/05/new-home-for-chimney-swifts- at-john.html The tower offers one pair of Chimney Swifts a nest site and can accommodate several hundred roosting birds during migration. • 8’ tall, 14” diameter • Freestanding, partially wooded/shaded area • Wood or cinder-blocks- as long as insulation • Depending on materials, costs will vary (~$100- 400) http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/wingnut/2009/03/14/chimney-swift- nesting-towers/ Bat Box Chimney Swift Tower
- 15. On shore -Berry bushes (attract winter birds) -Grey or red twig or silky dogwood -Service berry -Black berries -Winter berry holly -Native dogwoods for wet areas -Black Eyed Susans -Purple Cone Flower In water -Native cattails -Blue flag iris food Blue Flag Iris Purple cone flower Winterberry holly Red twig dogwood Red twig dogwood
- 16. Trees • Provide excellent shelter, nesting space hemlock evergreen
- 17. Medium to large Trees: • 1 River Birch • 1 Red Maple • 1 Evergreen Grasses: • Riverbank wild-rye • Virginia wild-rye • Little bluestem Small Trees and Shrubs: • Gray Dogwood • Silky Dogwood • Red twig Dogwood • Elderberry • Red and Black chokeberry • High Bush, low bush Blueberry • Inkberry, American Holly • Viburnum species