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Thursday, November 8, 2018

How to protect habitat for declining Bank Swallows

Bank Swallows use sandy or clay banks in many settings in which to excavate a nesting cavity. Bank Swallows are experiencing a population decline. The BBS trend for this species in Wisconsin is displayed below.


https://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/graphs15/s06160WIS.png
There is an excellent published set of "Best Management Practices" from the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry at this link:
https://www.ossga.com/multimedia/2017-03-27-100504-95129/bansbmpenpdffinalv.1.117mar17.pdf
Learn how you can help protect habitat for this declining species. 


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