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| Backyard feeding station with pups looking for dropped seed. |
Lots of birds at my
feeder this morning. Black-capped Chickadees, Blue Jays, Gray Jay, Northern
Cardinal, Dark-eyed Juncos, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Mourning Dove and Hairy/Downy
Woodpecker all converging on my little feeding station looking for sustenance. Of
course the Juncos, ground feeders, had to compete with my dogs who love to eat
the seed that has fallen from the feeders, but once my pups were back inside the
Juncos had free reign once again. These are some of the birds found in my yard but there
are clearly additional birds found within my ecoregion yet to be discovered.
In addition to birds, we
also have wolves, bears, bobcats, fox, rabbits, skunk, deer and coyote in my
ecoregion. Not to mention all of the fish, amphibians & reptiles, insects, etc…
Listing all of these would be too time consuming so I am going to give some
Michigan specific guide books which may be helpful:
Of course none of these
animals would be here without the habitat plants provide. Based on research acquired
through the book “A
Field Guide to the Natural Communities of Michigan,” I believe according to
the best of my ability that I live in what would be called Dry Northern Forest.
A dry northern forest is found on a sandy glacial outwash plain and is made up
of pine and hardwood trees. Some of the trees found in this community are red
maple, paper birch, big toothed and trembling aspen, white pine and northern
pin oak.
Obviously I am a long
way from having knowledge regarding the plants and animals residing within my
ecoregion. I am going to pick up some of the guidebooks listed here and start
making discoveries about the natural beings I share space with, but what I find
most interesting as I begin this research is how everything is tied together,
interrelated and depending on one another.
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