Peak Bird Migration is Coming to Northeast Ohio
An estimated 96 million people across the country engage in birdwatching, a hobby that has grown increasingly popular over the years. <\/p>\n
According to the National Audubon Society, bird watching has been shown to have a positive impact on people’s mood and mental wellbeing. <\/p>\n
Starting next week in Northeast Ohio, you will likely be noticing more birds in our area, because Lake Erie is known to be one of the best “rest stops” for migrating birds, as they travel north to their spring and summer habitats, after spending the winter in Central and Latin America. <\/p>\n
But migrating birds are facing some population decline due to climate change, habitat loss and other factors. <\/p>\n
On Tuesday’s “Sound of Ideas,” as we continue our Earth Week series, we’ll talk about bird migration, and how we can be better stewards of the environment these creatures depend on. <\/p>\n
The “Sound of Ideas” is partnering with Cleveland State University student journalists this semester. This segment about bird migration was produced in collaboration with students from the “Advanced Reporting” class at Cleveland State University.<\/p>\n
Guests:
– Jen Brumfield, Natural Resources Coordinator, Cleveland Metroparks
– Gabe Leidy, Nature Photographer<\/p>\n
Importance of Wetlands
Wetlands are ecologically unique and diverse environments that are sometimes referred to as “Earth’s kidney’s” because of the function they serve, which includes filtering pollutants out of the water that flows through them.<\/p>\n
Northern Ohio has numerous important wetlands, stretching from around the Maumee River in the Northwest portion of the state, to areas around the Cuyahoga River in our National Park, to the coastal wetlands that butt up against Lake Erie.<\/p>\n
The statewide H2Ohio program has allocated funding to study and protect Ohio’s wetlands, and locally, the Ohio Lake Erie Commission announced that Mentor Marsh is worthy of $750,000 for further restoration efforts.<\/p>\n
We’ll spend the rest of the hour talking about Northeast Ohio’s wetlands with experts.<\/p>\n
Guests:
– David Kriska, Ph.D., Restoration Ecologist, Cleveland Museum of Natural History
– Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Associate Professor, Kent State University
– Meredith Teehan, Naturalist, Medina County Park District <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Peak Bird Migration is Coming to Northeast Ohio An estimated 96 million people across the country engage in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171691,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":{"0":"post-171690","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-erie","8":"tag-erie","9":"tag-erie-headlines","10":"tag-erie-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}