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Natural
Features of the P/A Watershed
--Bird
Data:
| Wild turkeys have been observed near Portage Creek
in wooded wetland areas of the Portage Creek Bicentennial Park
in the spring of 2002. Green heron and great blue heron have
frequently been observed in the ponds at the City of Portage
Stormwater Quality and Trailways Facility, just north of Romence
Road Parkway. A great blue heron has been observed in an Arcadia
Creek impoundment, just east of Drake Road. |
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A 1999 natural features inventory was conducted at "The Groves",
a technology park of Kalamazoo Valley Community College, by the
Kalamazoo Nature Center. Seventy-eight bird species were observed
from March to November, 1999. In 1998, prior to a parking lot construction
project which converted a wetland into a stormwater runoff holding
pond, a pair of green heron was observed. The hooded warbler, a
Species of Special Concern was observed in four of the sampled lots
on the property.
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A 1995 natural features inventory was conducted
in the Portage Creek Basin for the City of Portage by the University
of Michigan-Flint. One hundred nine bird species were observed
during the study period. Two hundred seventy-three bird species
are known to typically breed in, migrate through, or winter
in Michigan. No Endangered or Threatened species of birds were
observed in the study area. Two special concern species, Cooper's
Hawk and Northern Goshawk, were observed. |
The following species, as identified by Brewer as common breeding
birds of each habitat type, were observed:
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Dry Deciduous Forest
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Downy Woodpecker |
Northern Flicker |
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Eastern Wood-Pewee |
Great Crested Flycatcher |
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Blue Jay |
Black-capped Chickadee |
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Tufted Titmouse |
White-breasted Nuthatch |
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American Robin |
Rey-eyed Vireo |
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Ovenbird |
Scarlet Tanager |
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Roes-breasted Grosbeak |
Indigo Bunting |
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American Goldfinch |
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Old Field
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Killdeer |
Eastern Kingbird |
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Eastern Bluebird |
Brown Thrasher |
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Indigo Bunting |
Field Sparrow |
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Vesper Sparrow |
Song Sparrow |
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Red-winged Blackbird |
American Goldfinch |
Shrub Upland
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Grey Catbird |
Brown Thrasher |
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Blue-winged Warbler |
Yellow Warbler |
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Northern Cardinal |
Rufous-sided Towhee |
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Indigo Bunting |
Field Sparrow |
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Song Sparrow |
American Goldfinch |
Edge Habitats
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Mourning Dove |
Eastern Phoebe |
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Eastern Kingbird |
Tree Swallow |
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Barn Swallow |
House Wren |
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American Robin |
European Starling |
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Chipping Sparrow |
Song Sparrow |
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Common Grackle |
House Sparrow |
Open Water
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Great Blue Heron |
Green-backed Heron |
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Canada Goose |
Wood Duck |
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Mallard |
Belted Kingfisher |
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Tree Swallow |
Barn Swallow |
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Open Wetland
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Wood Duck |
Mallard |
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Sedge Wren |
Common Yellowthroat |
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Swamp Sparrow |
Red-winged Blackbird |
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Common Grackle |
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Shrub Wetland
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Alder Flycatcher |
Willow Flycatcher |
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Grey Catbird |
Cedar Waxwing |
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Yellow Warbler |
Common Yellowthroat |
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Northern Cardinal |
Song Sparrow |
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Swamp Sparrow |
Red-winged Blackbird |
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Common Grackle |
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Sources:
Powless, D. A Pre-Development Natural Features
Inventory and Habitat Enhancement Plan for "The Groves": A 248-Acre
Education, Business and Technology Park of Kalamazoo Valley Community
College, Texas Township. Kalamazoo Nature Center Research Department.
1999.
Bruederle, L.P. et al. Natural Features Inventory
of Portage Creek Basin. Final Report to the City of Portage, Michigan.
1/22/95.
The following link lists birds observed at the Western Michigan
University Asylum Lake Preserve.
http://www.wmich.edu/asylumlake/natural/birds/birdtable.html
http://www.wmich.edu/asylumlake/natural/knc/index.html
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