{"id":560,"date":"2019-09-04T17:13:57","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T22:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/?page_id=560"},"modified":"2019-09-05T21:38:20","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T02:38:20","slug":"rush-creek-forest-prairie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/sites\/rush-creek-forest-prairie\/","title":{"rendered":"Rush Creek Forest-Prairie"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-560\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-560-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-560-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-560-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h3>Site Description<\/h3>\n<p>This site covers the area in and adjacent to the Rush Creek State Natural Area. This area has one of the most intact forestland in the driftless portion of the state, including the connecting floodplain forest. Topography is steep with bedrock close to the surface in many places. Most slopes are forested with oaks and hickory; north-facing slopes are mostly maple, basswood and oak. Silver maple, hackberry, and swamp white oak dominate the floodplain forest. Dry prairie, cool season grasses, oak savanna, and wet meadows also are present.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_665\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-665\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-665\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/RushCreek2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Rush Creek, photo by Eric Epstein\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/RushCreek2-1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/RushCreek2-1-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-665\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rush Creek, photo by Eric Epstein<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-560-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-560-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<div id=\"attachment_562\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-562\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-562\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/RushCreek1.jpg\" alt=\"Rush Creek Forest-Prairie, photo by Eric Epstein\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/RushCreek1.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/RushCreek1-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rush Creek Forest-Prairie, photo by Eric Epstein<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Ornithological Importance<\/h3>\n<p>Numerous species breed in the forested areas, including Acadian flycatcher, wood thrush, yellow-throated vireo, Kentucky warbler, and cerulean warbler. Also present are blue-winged warblers and red-headed woodpeckers. The dry prairies and grasslands support field sparrows and Henslow\u2019s sparrows. Thousands of migrating raptors concentrate here in both spring and fall, and numerous bald eagles are present in the winter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Site Description This site covers the area in and adjacent to the Rush Creek State Natural Area. This area has one of the most intact forestland in the driftless portion of the state, including the connecting floodplain forest. Topography is steep with bedrock close to the surface in many places. Most slopes are forested with&#8230; <a class=\"readmore\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/sites\/rush-creek-forest-prairie\/\">[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-560","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/560","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=560"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":666,"href":"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/560\/revisions\/666"}],"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=560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}