{"id":3982,"date":"2026-06-08T13:04:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/?page_id=3982"},"modified":"2026-06-08T13:04:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:04:55","slug":"riparian-forests-supporting-bird","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/riparian-forests-supporting-bird\/","title":{"rendered":"The Role of Riparian Forests in Supporting Bird Populations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Guest(s):<\/strong>\u00a0<br>Allan Strong (University of Vermont) &amp; Margaret Fowle (Audubon Vermont)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>February 23, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>View or download a copy of the transcript\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/sites\/default\/files\/uploads\/Episode%206_%20Riparian%20Forests%20and%20Bird%20Population_otter_ai.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-essential-blocks-button  root-eb-button-hdn3c\"><div class=\"eb-parent-wrapper eb-parent-eb-button-hdn3c \"><div class=\"eb-button-wrapper eb-button-alignment eb-button-hdn3c\"><div class=\"eb-button\"><div class=\"eb-button-inner-wrapper \"><a class=\"eb-button-anchor  \" href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1857814\/episodes\/16098512\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Alison Adams<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this episode we speak with Allan Strong and Margaret Fowle about the importance of riparian areas for birds, and how riparian forest restoration practitioners can best support bird populations. Allan is a professor in the wildlife biology program in The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at UVM. His research focuses on bird conservation and he currently serves as Chair of Vermont\u2019s Endangered Species Committee. Margaret Fowle is a senior conservation biologist with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/vt.audubon.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Audubon Vermont<\/a>; her work includes a variety of bird conservation projects that range from single species recovery and monitoring projects to habitat restoration on public and private lands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are many birds in the region that can be found in riparian areas, including a few that are endangered or of conservation concern. Birds in this category include bald eagles (which are listed as endangered in Vermont, though no longer federally), who build their nests in trees along rivers and on lakeshores. Great blue heron, American black duck, red-shouldered hawk, who all rely on riparian habitat, are listed by Vermont as species of \u201cgreatest conservation need.\u201d Riparian areas also provide nesting habitat for more common birds like bank swallows or belted kingfishers, who then use the waterways to find food.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Listen all the way to the end to hear us try Professor Strong\u2019s famous turkey call!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bird featured in this episode was the Yellow-throated Vireo. It was recorded by Martin St-Michel on May 18, 2014 at the George Montgomery Sanctuary in Brome-Missisquoi, Qu\u00e9bec The song was downloaded from xeno-canto.org.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This project has been funded wholly or in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under assistance agreement (LC00A00695-0) to NEIWPCC in partnership with the Lake Champlain Basin Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">* * *<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/restoration-roundup-podcast\/\">Go back\u00a0to all episodes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest(s):\u00a0Allan Strong (University of Vermont) &amp; Margaret Fowle (Audubon Vermont)&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-3982","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3982"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3985,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3982\/revisions\/3985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}