{"id":616,"date":"2019-09-05T18:27:44","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T23:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/?page_id=616"},"modified":"2019-09-05T18:27:44","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T23:27:44","slug":"straight-lake","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/sites\/straight-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Straight Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-616\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-616-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-616-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-616-0-0-0\" 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 IBA is located within the most intact deciduous forest in Polk County.\u00a0 It encompasses Straight Lake State Park, Straight Lake State Wildlife Area, and two State Natural Areas\u2014Tunnel Channel Woods and Straight Lake Tamarack Fen.\u00a0 The site includes Straight Lake, a wild, undeveloped lake drained by the Straight River; the adjacent wetlands, which are a diverse mosaic of sedge meadows, alder thicket, open and forested bogs, hardwood swamp, and ephemeral ponds; and a core of mature forest surrounding the wetlands.\u00a0 Oaks and hickories are common, with maples, basswood, and birches on north-facing slopes.\u00a0 Pockets of white pine, yellow birch, and tamarack are found throughout.<\/p>\n<h3>Ornithological Importance<\/h3>\n<p>Straight Lake is significant for breeding forest birds, notably cerulean warbler, found here breeding in unusually high densities and well north of the core of its range in Wisconsin.\u00a0 Others breeders include black-throated blue warbler (at its westernmost range limit), red-shouldered hawk, American woodcock, Eastern wood-pewee, yellow-throated vireo, veery, and Canada warbler.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-616-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-616-0-1-0\" 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_617\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-617\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-617\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/straightlake.jpg\" alt=\"Straight Lake, photo by Andy Clark\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/straightlake.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/straightlake-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Straight Lake, photo by Andy Clark<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Site Description This IBA is located within the most intact deciduous forest in Polk County.\u00a0 It encompasses Straight Lake State Park, Straight Lake State Wildlife Area, and two State Natural Areas\u2014Tunnel Channel Woods and Straight Lake Tamarack Fen.\u00a0 The site includes Straight Lake, a wild, undeveloped lake drained by the Straight River; the adjacent wetlands,&#8230; <a class=\"readmore\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/sites\/straight-lake\/\">[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-616","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/616","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=616"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":618,"href":"http:\/\/www.wisconsinbirds.org\/iba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/616\/revisions\/618"}],"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=616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}