Secretive Marsh Birds and Their Use of Allouez Bay

Tom Prestby,
Wisconsin Conservation Manager, Audubon Great Lakes

A group of fascinating difficult-to-detect birds called secretive marshbirds including rails, bitterns, grebes and others rely on high-quality wetlands and have been experiencing population decreases due to loss and degradation of habitat. Learn about these species, the threats they face, their use of Allouez Bay and other wetlands in the St. Louis River Estuary, and a restoration project in Allouez Bay that is restoring the habitat they rely on.

RIVER TALKS SERIES

River Talks is an annual free, informal speaker series about the St. Louis River Estuary in Duluth-Superior and a cooperative project between Wisconsin Sea Grant and the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve. The series will resume in Fall 2023. For more information, visit the River Talks page: go.wisc.edu/4uz720.

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