Apart from tabulating the species making their home in region’s parks and preserves, a secondary aim of the survey has been to identify trends — which birds are losing population, which are gaining and which are pushing into new territory.
Judy Pollock, president of the Chicago Audubon Society, has been along for the ride since the project’s inception.
The network held a number of meetings with land managers prior to setting up the survey, consulting on monitoring locations and asking for feedback on what type of information would be most useful. Though Pollock said the network works closely with and has solid relationships with land managers, it can be an uneasy partnership at times.“We have 31,000 acres and 8 to 10 ecologists spread very, very thin,” said Glowacki, wildlife biologist at Lake County Forest Preserve District.
“It’s nice to have this proof that our natural areas are so important for these declining birds,” said Pollock. “I knew it, but it was nice to have that confirmed.” It’s a responsibility Glowacki feels acutely, with Lake County home to more threatened and endangered species than anywhere else in Illinois, in part because of its geography. The area is situated at the northern boundary of some species’ range and the southern limit for others.
At Wright Woods, red-headed woodpeckers, which prefer open forests, have benefited from the removal of invasive buckthorn. But the absence of a shrub layer has been detrimental to other species, demonstrating the complexity of habitat management.
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