Western North American Naturalist Volume 64 Number 3 Article 20 8-27-2004 Full Issue, Vol. 64 No. 3 Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/wnan Recommended Citation (2004) "Full Issue, Vol. 64 No. 3," Western North American Naturalist: Vol. 64 : No. 3 , Article 20. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/wnan/vol64/iss3/20 This Full Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Western North American Naturalist Publications at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Western North American Naturalist by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. Western North American Naturalist 64(3), © 2004, pp. 277–292 NESTING ECOLOGY OF WATERBIRDS AT GRAYS LAKE, IDAHO Jane E. Austin1 and William H. Pyle2,3 ABSTRACT.—Montane wetlands provide valuable habitat for nesting waterfowl and other waterbirds in the western United States, but relatively little information is available about the nesting ecology of their waterbird communities. We describe the general nesting ecology of breeding waterbirds at a large, shallow, montane wetland in southeastern Idaho during 1997–2000. Habitats include upland grasslands and intermittently to semipermanently flooded wetland habitats. We located a total of 1207 nests of 23 bird species: Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis), Canada Goose (Branta canaden- sis), Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), Gadwall (A. strepera), American Wigeon (A. americana), Green-winged Teal (A. crecca), Blue-winged Teal (A. discors), Cinnamon Teal (A. cyanoptera), Northern Shoveler (A. clypeata), Northern Pintail (A. acuta), Redhead (Aythya americana), Canvasback (A. valisineria), Lesser Scaup (A.