Role of Habitat in the Distribution and Abundance of Marsh Birds
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Coyote Reservoir & Harvey Bear..…
Coyote Reservoir & Harvey Bear..…. February 24, south Santa Clara County Quick Overview – Watching the weather reports we all saw the storm coming, but a group of adventurous souls arrived with all their rain gear and ready to go regardless of the elements, and what a day we had! Once east of Gilroy and traveling through the country roads we realized that soaking wet birds create unique ID challenges. With characteristic feathers in disarray and the wet plumages now appearing much darker we had to leave some questionable birds off our list. We had wanted to walk some of the trails that make up the new Harvey Bear Ranch Park, but the rain had us doing most of our birding from the cars which was easy along Coyote Reservoir Road as it parallels the lake. It also makes it easy when no one else is in the park. We could stop anywhere we wanted and we were not in anyone’s way – a birder’s dream come true! Watching Violet Green Swallows by the hundreds reminded us all that spring is near. And at one stop we got four woodpecker species. Ending our day watching Bald Eagles grasp fish at the surface of the water was worth our getting all wet! And I’ll not soon forget our close encounter with the dam’s Rufous Crowned Sparrow. Since we started our day at the south entrance of the park we ended Rufous Crowned Sparrow our day at the north entrance. It was here we listened to above and hard working Western Meadowlarks and watched a Say’s Phoebe. -
Green Ribbon Project
GREEN RIBBON PROJECT (This page is intentionally left blank) GLACIAL LAKES & PRAIRIE ESCAPES OF NORTHWEST IOWA SUPPLEMENTAL PLAN – 2018 Planning & Technical Assistance Provided By: Northwest Iowa Planning & Development Commission 0 | Executive Summary REGIONAL MASTER PLAN GLACIERS & PRAIRIES Many of the celebrated GLACIAL LAKES natural resources in our region were the creation of & glaciers nearly 12,000 years ago. As a result, when the last PRAIRIE ESCAPES glaciers retreated, lakes, marshes, rich soils and OF NORTHWEST IOWA diverse plant and animal life remained. Though the prairies, OUR REGION: WHO WE ARE wetlands, and water formations have been altered SIX NEIGHBORING, YET DIVERSE COUNTIES CAME TOGETHER TO over time, what beauty FORM THE GLACIAL LAKES & PRAIRIE ESCAPES REGION OF remains should be enhanced NORTHWEST IOWA and preserved for generations This includes: of residents and visitors of the BUENA VISTA COUNTY region CLAY COUNTY DICKINSON COUNTY EMMET COUNTY O’BRIEN COUNTY & PALO ALTO COUNTY “The nation behaves well if it treats its natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased, and not impaired, in value.” - Theodore Roosevelt Speech to Colorado Livestock Association in Denver on August 29, 1910. i PARTNERS IN PLANNING The Master Plan for the Glacial Lakes & Prairie Escapes The Glacial Lakes Region of Northwest Iowa could not have come to fruition & Prairie Escapes Region without the involvement of community leaders, and public would like thank the efforts of input who lent their time and talents to the completion of this our committee members and project. their associated cities, The plan received input from all 6 counties throughout the counties and organizations. -
States of the Lakes
NORTH AMERICAN LAKE NONPROFIT ORG. MANAGEMENT SOCIETY US POSTAGE 1315 E. Tenth Street PAID Bloomington, IN 47405-1701 Bloomington, IN Permit No. 171 States of the Lakes the of States L L INE Volume 36, No. 4 • Winter 2016 Winter • 4 No. 36, Volume AKE A publication of the North American Lake Management Society Society Management Lake American North the of publication A AKE INE Contents L L Published quarterly by the North American Lake Management Society (NALMS) as a medium for exchange and communication among all those Volume 36, No. 4 / Winter 2016 interested in lake management. Points of view expressed and products advertised herein do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of 2 From the Editor NALMS or its Affiliates. Mention of trade names and commercial products shall not constitute 4 From the President an endorsement of their use. All rights reserved. Standard postage is paid at Bloomington, IN and 6 2016 NALMS Symposium Summary additional mailing offices. 9 2016 NALMS Awards NALMS Officers President 14 2016 NALMS By the Numbers Frank Wilhelm Immediate Past-President 15 2016 NALMS Photo Contest Results Julie Chambers 16 2016 NALMS Election Results President-Elect Frank Browne Secretary Amy Smagula States of the States Treasurer Michael Perry 18 Tropical Storm Irene & the Passage of Vermont’s Shoreland Protection Act NALMS Regional Directors 21 Region 1 Perry Thomas Wisconsin Lake Management, Programs, Policy, and Region 2 Kiyoko Yokota Litigation Region 3 Lisa Borre Region 4 Diane Lauritsen 24 Lake Restoration in Iowa: Building Partnerships for Success Region 5 Eugene Braig Region 6 Brad Hufhines 30 Top-Down Water Quality Approach in Texas Region 7 George Antoniou Region 8 Mike Eytel Region 9 Ellen Preece 31 An Overview of Lake Monitoring and Management in Region 10 Shannon Brattebo Colorado Region 11 Anna DeSellas Region 12 John-Mark Davies 35 At-Large Sara Peel Lake Management In Ontario Student At-Large Sarah Burnet LakeLine Staff Editor: William W. -
Lake Restoration Report
Lake Restoration Program 2020 Report and 2021 Plan A cooperative dredging project between DNR and the City of Council Bluffs removed over 500,000 CY of sand from Lake Manawa (Monona County), providing materials for a local levee-building project and improving water quality within the lake. Watershed ponds, constructed at West Lake Park in Scott County, will protect the four lakes in the Lake of the Hills Complex for many years. Mariposa Lake (Jasper County) following restoration, completed in 2020. The project included building two new ponds in the park to protect the lake, dredging, shoreline stabilization, and fish habitat. Submitted To Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals and Legislative Services Agency 1 Executive Summary The Fiscal Year 2020 Iowa Lake Restoration Report and Fiscal Year 2021 Plan provides a status of past appropriated legislatively directed funding; outlines the future needs and demands for lake restoration in Iowa; and identifies a prioritized group of lakes and the associated costs for restoration. Iowans value water quality and desire safe healthy lakes that provide a full complement of aesthetic, ecological and recreational benefits. A recently completed water-based recreational use survey by Iowa State University found that six of 10 Iowans visit our lakes multiple times each year and spend $1.2 billion annually in their pursuit of outdoor lake recreation. The most popular activities are fishing, picnicking, wildlife viewing, boating, hiking/biking, swimming and beach use. In addition, visitations at lakes that have completed watershed and lake improvements efforts continue to exceed the state average and their own pre-restoration visitation levels. -
Cooper's Hawk
American Coot Although I look like a duck, I am part of the Coot family! Instead of webbed feet, I have chicken-like talons. I have a thick black body with a red eye and a white beak. I am a waterbird, and I am very aggressive and noisy. Great Egret I’m a Great White Egret! I have long, black legs and a very long neck, making me very tall. My feathers are a bright white, but my eyes are a piercing yellow. I like water, so I live in marshes, ponds, shores, and mudflats. Great Blue Heron I am a member of the Heron family. I have grayish-blue feathers, long legs and a large wingspan. My s-shaped neck makes me look hunched over. I’m adaptable and can live in marshes, swamps, shores and tide flats. Ruddy Duck I am recognizable by my bright blue bill! Females have brown bills. You can often find me in the water, diving for my food. I also have brown feathers, a black cap and white cheeks. I live in freshwater marshes, ponds and lakes. American Wigeon I am a member of the ducks and geese family. I have a pale blue beak, and a white crown on top of my brown speckled feathers. Since I am a male, I have a green patch on my eye. My habitat is the wetlands! I like living in marshes, lakes and bays. Mallard I am a part of the duck family. You’ve probably seen me before: I have a bright green head and a yellow beak! Females have brown and white feathers, making them better at camouflaging. -
2Nd Owl Symposium Importance of Prairie
2nd Owl Symposium Importance of Prairie Wetlands and Avian Prey to Breeding Great Horned Owls (Bubo virginianus) in Northwestern North Dakota Robert K. Murphy 1 Abstract.—Prey use by Great Horned Owls (Bubo virginianus) is documented widely in North America, but not in the vast northern Great Plains. During spring through early summer 1986-1987, I recorded 2,900 prey items at 22 Great Horned Owl nesting areas in the prairie pothole farm- and rangelands of northwestern North Dakota. The owls relied heavily on wetland-dependent prey species (overall, 57 percent by number and 76 percent biomass) especially ducks (Anserinae) and rails (Rallidae). Far more avian (65 percent by number and 84 percent biomass) and less mammalian prey were used than typically reported. Variation in diet composition among owl families was not explained well by nesting area habitat, and was dominated by prey from wetlands regardless of wetland habitat availability. Diets of Great Horned Owls (Bubo virginianus) (Murphy 1993, Sargeant et al. 1993). The are better documented than those of most increase in this generalist predator may have other North American strigiforms. The owl implications for population dynamics of species preys mainly on small to mid-size mammals on which it preys. My objectives were to quan- especially small rodents and leporids tify diet composition of breeding Great Horned (Errington et al. 1940; Korschgen and Stuart Owls in an area of mixed farm- and rangeland 1972; McInvaille and Keith 1974; Marti and in the northern Great Plains, to assess varia- Kochert 1995, 1996; Voous 1988) although its tion in prey use among owl pairs, and to test list of prey includes diverse sizes and taxa (see whether such variation is explained by habitat Bent 1938). -
Stomach Content Analysis of Recent Snowy Owl (Bubo Scandiacus) Specimens from Nebraska Rachel L
University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Nebraska Bird Review Nebraska Ornithologists' Union 9-2014 Stomach Content Analysis of Recent Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) Specimens from Nebraska Rachel L. Valenziano University of Nebraska State Museum, [email protected] Thomas E. Labedz University of Nebraska State Museum, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nebbirdrev Part of the Ornithology Commons, Poultry or Avian Science Commons, and the Zoology Commons Valenziano, Rachel L. and Labedz, Thomas E., "Stomach Content Analysis of Recent Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) Specimens from Nebraska" (2014). Nebraska Bird Review. 1353. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nebbirdrev/1353 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Nebraska Bird Review by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Valenziano and Labedz, "Stomach Content Analysis of Recent Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) Specimens from Nebraska," from Nebraska Bird Review (September 2014) 82(3). Copyright 2014 Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union. Used by permission. 122 The Nebraska Bird Review Vol. 82 No. 3 Stomach Content Analysis of Recent Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) Specimens from Nebraska Rachel L. Valenziano1 and Thomas E. Labedz2 University of Nebraska State Museum, Division of Zoology W-436 Nebraska Hall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0514 1rvalenziano [email protected] 2tlabedz [email protected] (corresponding author) Introduction The Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) is a circumpolar bird of prey that breeds in extreme northern latitudes, including Canadian and Alaskan tundra. -
Interspecific Intolerance of the American Coot in Utah
[- Auk 424 LVoL76 INTERSPECIFIC INTOLERANCE OF THE AMERICAN COOT IN UTAH BY RONALD A. RYDER INTRODUCTION The American Coot (Fulica americana)is extremely territorial and vigorouslydefends its territoryagainst not only other cootsbut also a wide variety of vertebrates.The effectsof this interspecific intoleranceupon waterfowlproduction were investigated,with par- ticular emphasisupon comparativebehavior, nesting and young- rearingsuccess of cootsand ducks. The followingobservations con- cern primarily the first aspect. Nesting and young-rearingsuccess will be discussedin a later paper. This studywas financedthrough the Utah CooperativeWildlife Research Unit, with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Utah Fish and Game Department, Utah State University, and the Wildlife ManagementInstitute cooperating.Dr. JessopB. Low assistedin the direction and supervisionof the project. Observations were made at various marshes in northern Utah but primarily on Ogden Bay Refuge,one of six waterfowlmanagement areasdeveloped by the Utah Fish and GameDepartment. A detailed descriptionand history of this important waterfowl area has been publishedby Nelson (1954). Most findingsrelate to five studyareas, varyingin sizefrom 15 to 76 acres,three on OgdenBay Refugeand two on the Bay View Club, two miles west of Westpoint in Davis TABLE 1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF STUDY AREAS, WEBER AND DAVIS COUNTIF.•, UTAH PercentagesX Total Open Emer- Study Area AcreageX Water gents Upland Treatment Applied Unit 3 76.4 45 49 6 Control, no treatment Check Station N. Pond 17.• 21 48 •1 Control, no treatment S. Pond 14.8 16 46 •8 Coots reduced by shooting and trapping Westpoint N. Pond 48.0 38 1• 49 Cootsincreased by introduc- tion S. Pond 44.5 28 28 44 Coot hatch delayed by nest destruction x Basedon planimeteringcover maps prepared from aerial photosand ground inspection. -
Sacramento River Trail Bird Checklist
The Casual Birders Checklist of Birds on Sacramento River Trail SPECIES FREQUENCY SPECIES FREQUENCY LOONS Glaucous-winged Gull R Pacific Loon R Herring Gull U Common Loon R Forster's Tern R GREBES PIGEONS & DOVES Pied-billed Grebe R Rock Dove C CORMORANTS Band-tailed Pigeon R Double-crested Cormorant C Mourning Dove U DUCKS & GEESE OWLS Ruddy Duck R Western Screech-Owl R Canada Goose A Great Horned Owl R Wood Duck R HUMMINGBIRDS American Wigeon R Anna's Hummingbird U Gadwall R Rufous Hummingbird R Mallard C KINGFISHERS Ring-necked Duck R Belted Kingfisher U Lesser Scaup R WOODPECKERS Common Goldeneye U Acorn Woodpecker U Barrow's Goldeneye R Red-breasted Sapsucker R Bufflehead U Nuttall's Woodpecker U Hooded Merganser R Downy Woodpecker U Common Merganser A Northern Flicker C HERONS & EGRETS TYRANT FLYCATCHERS Great Blue Heron U Western Kingbird R Snowy Egret R Western Wood-Pewee R Great Egret U Willow Flycatcher R Snowy Egret R Pacific-slope Flycatcher R Green Heron U Black Phoebe C VULTURES Ash-throated Flycatcher R Turkey Vulture A VIREOS OSPREY Warbling Vireo R Osprey U Cassin's Verio R HAWKS & EAGLES CROWS & JAYS Sharp-shinned Hawk R Western Scrub-Jay A Cooper's Hawk R Yellow-billed Magpie R Red-shouldered Hawk U American Crow A Red-tailed Hawk R Common Raven R Bald Eagle R WAXWINGS FALCONS Cedar Waxwing R American Kestrel R THRUSHES Peregrine Falcon R Western Bluebird R PHEASANTS & TURKEYS Hermit Thrush U Wild Turkey R American Robin C WOOD-PARTRIDGES MOCKINGBIRDS & THRASHERS California Quail C Northern Mockingbird R COOTS California -
Texas Wildlife Identification Guide
TEXAS WILDLIFE IDENTIFICATION GUIDE A guide to game animals, game birds, furbearers and other wildlife of Texas. INTRODUCTION Texas game animals, game birds, furbearers and other wildlife are important for many reasons. They provide countless hours of viewing and recreational opportunities. They benefit the Texas economy through hunting and “nature tourism” such as birdwatching. Commercial businesses that provide birdseed, dry corn and native landscaping may be devoted solely to attracting many of the animals found in this book. Local hunting and trapping economies, guiding operations and hunting leases have prospered because of the abun- dance of these animals in Texas. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department benefits because of hunting license sales, but it uses these funds to research, manage and protect all wildlife populations – not just game animals. Game animals provide humans with cultural, social, aesthetic and spiritual pleasures found in wildlife art, taxidermy and historical artifacts. Conservation organiza- tions dedicated to individual species such as quail, turkey and deer, have funded thousands of wildlife projects throughout North America, demonstrating the mystique game animals have on people. Animals referenced in this pocket guide exist because their habitat exists in Texas. Habitat is food, cover, water and space, all suitably arranged. They are part of a vast food chain or web that includes thousands more species of wildlife such as the insects, non-game animals, fish and i rare/endangered species. Active management of wild landscapes is the primary means to continue having abundant populations of wildlife in Texas. Preservation of rare and endangered habitat is one way of saving some species of wildlife such as the migratory whooping crane that makes Texas its home in the winter. -
Fiscal Year 2009 Boat Fee Revenues and Expenditures Report
Fiscal Year 2009 Boat Fee Revenues and Expenditures Report Department of Natural Resources Conservation and Recreation Division December 31, 2009 (Extended to March 15, 2010) Richard A. Leopold, Director EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In 2005, in order to provide for continued outreach and resources to the citizens of Iowa, the Iowa General Assembly amended Iowa Code Chapter 462A.52 to increase boat registration fees for all types of watercraft, to change the registration cycle, and to begin requiring the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to report on increased revenues and how they are expended until December 31, 2013. This is the third such annual report. The increased fees are required to be used to control the spread of aquatic invasive species, the administration of enforcement of navigation laws and for water safety upon the inland waters of the state. The mandate required the Department to submit a report to the General Assembly by December 31 of each year beginning in 2007. (An extension for completing the 2009 report was requested until March 15, 2010.) It was directed that the report contain, but is not limited to, summarizing the activities of the Department on: 1. Administering and enforcing programs to control aquatic invasive species 2. Administering and enforcing navigation laws and water safety 3. Amount of revenues collected as a result of fee increases 4. Detail of how the revenues were expended 5. Amount and source of all other funds expended 6. Detail of how the funds were expended 7. The amount and source of other funds expended for the above purposes. -
A Systematic Study of Selcet Species Complexes Of
A SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF SELECT SPECIES COMPLEXES OF ELEOCHARIS SUBGENUS LIMNOCHLOA (CYPERACEAE) A Dissertation by DAVID JONATHAN ROSEN Submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies of Texas A&M University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY December 2006 Major Subject: Rangeland Ecology and Management A SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF SELECT SPECIES COMPLEXES OF ELEOCHARIS SUBGENUS LIMNOCHLOA (CYPERACEAE) A Dissertation by DAVID JONATHAN ROSEN Submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies of Texas A&M University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Approved by: Chair of Committee, Stephan L. Hatch Committee Members, J. Richard Carter William E. Fox III James R. Manhart Fred E. Smeins Head of Department, Steven G. Whisenant December 2006 Major Subject: Rangeland Ecology and Management iii ABSTRACT A Systematic Study of Select Species Complexes of Eleocharis Subgenus Limnochloa (Cyperaceae). (December 2006) David Jonathan Rosen, B.S., Texas State University; M.S., Texas A&M University Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. Stephan L. Hatch A systematic study of two complexes of closely related species within Eleocharis subg. Limnochloa was conducted to better define poorly understood species and to lay the foundation for a worldwide revision of this group. Research utilized scanning electron microscopy (SEM), study of more than 2300 herbarium specimens and types from 35 herbaria, multivariate analysis, and field studies in the southeast United States and Mexico. Examination of achene gross- and micromorphology using SEM indicated a relationship among the species of the Eleocharis mutata complex (comprising E. mutata, E. spiralis, and E. cellulosa), their distinctness from the E.