{"id":463,"date":"2019-09-02T10:58:32","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T15:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/?page_id=463"},"modified":"2019-09-02T10:58:32","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T15:58:32","slug":"lower-green-bay-islands-bay-beach-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/sites\/lower-green-bay-islands-bay-beach-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Lower Green Bay Islands-Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Site Description<\/h3>\n

This IBA encompasses islands in the southernmost portion of Green Bay, including Cat Island and Lone Tree Island, as well as the adjacent Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary (BBWS) on the mainland.\u00a0 The islands are mostly gravel with sparse, scattered trees and shrubs.\u00a0 BBWS, an urban wildlife refuge that offers wildlife viewing, interpretive exhibits, and nature education programs to the public, has lowland hardwood forest, cattail wetlands, lagoons and ponds, and restored prairie.<\/p>\n

Ornithological Importance<\/h3>\n

The islands provide nesting habitat for colonial waterbirds, including American white pelican, double-crested cormorant, and the only great egret colony in Green Bay on Cat Island.\u00a0 Common terns and snowy egrets have nested here in the past.\u00a0 BBWS is a well-known migratory landbird concentration area in both spring and fall and is a foraging area for herons, egrets, and Forster\u2019s terns.\u00a0 Both the islands and the sanctuary are important for the research, monitoring, and education they have hosted over the years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Lower Green Bay Islands-Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary, photo by Eric Epstein<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Site Description This IBA encompasses islands in the southernmost portion of Green Bay, including Cat Island and Lone Tree Island, as well as the adjacent Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary (BBWS) on the mainland.\u00a0 The islands are mostly gravel with sparse, scattered trees and shrubs.\u00a0 BBWS, an urban wildlife refuge that offers wildlife viewing, interpretive exhibits,… [Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":22,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-463","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":465,"href":"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/463\/revisions\/465"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}