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Photo by @ScottGoldsmithPhoto // After a year of massive and tragic fires in California and around the globe, it feels odd to say, this fire was started by the US government.  It was a fire with several positive results.
As the “Year of the Bird” winds to a close, this story is about a rare bird called “Kirtand’s Warbler”. Under natural conditions, this type of Jack Pine forest that attracts the Kirtland's Warbler is produced by fire. Lumberjacks moved across Michigan in the 1800s, and cut down most of the Jack Pine trees, resulting in wildfires burning out of control over thousands of acres.
Three decades ago, the entire known population numbered 167 breeding pairs, scattered across the northern portion of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. But in the years since, the warbler has multiplied to more than 2,380 pairs and has spread, to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, northern Wisconsin, and across the border to Ontario.
The Kirtland’s Warbler, habitually nests on the ground beneath young Jack Pine trees. And it is there that the long story of its decline and near-extinction begins. They nest almost exclusively in large tracts of Jack Pine between 5 to 22 feet tall. It’s not clear why Kirtland’s Warblers will nest only among young trees. But it is clear that once the stand reaches about 15 years old, the birds vacate. 
Fire opens the pine cones and disperses the hidden Jack Pine seeds. This symbiotic process is critical to the survival of Jack Pines and makes large scale human planting almost impossible. This photo was part of a National Geographic story that looked at myriad reasons Neo-Tropical Migratory Songbird have been in decline. My thanks to @kfmoran of the NGS. 
#Jackpine #Kirklandswarbler #Michigan #songbirds #firestarter #smokey @thephotosociety

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