Migratory Birds Committee

The Great Lakes ecosystem provides important migration corridors and critical breeding, feeding, and resting areas for numerous species of migratory and resident birds - especially colonial shorebirds, waterfowl, and neotropical migrants.

The Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem Team is addressing migratory bird issues through formation of a Migratory Birds Committee. The Service and partners have been actively involved with a number of species including the double-crested cormorant and Kirtland's warbler among others.

Some non-game migratory birds of management concern within the Great Lakes Basin ecosystem include:
American bittern Least bittern Double-crested cormorant Northern goshawk Red-shouldered hawk Black rail	Yellow rail Black tern Wood thrush Common tern Sedge wren Cerulean warbler	Golden-winged warbler Grasshopper sparrow Henslow's sparrow Bobolink Dickcissel Eastern meadowlark

Migratory Bird Issues
Double-Crested Cormorant Issues
FWS Migratory Bird Program's Draft Strategic Plan
Globally Important Bird Areas of the United States (American Bird Conservancy)
Birds Protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Laws and Treaties Protecting Migratory Birds

Migratory Bird Conservation Plans and Initiatives
North American Waterbird Conservation Plan
U.S. Shorebird Conservation Plan
North American Bird Conservation Initiative
Partners in Flight
Urban Conservation Treaty for Migratory Birds
North American Waterfowl Management Plan

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