AN ONLINE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION ON NATIVE AND OF provided by the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism 1994-2014

• Kansas Feeders (June 2002) • Kansas Bird Feeders (February 2012) • Kansas Bird Houses (September 2002) • Kansas Bird Houses (February 2012) • Native (February 11, 2008) • Native Species (August 11, 2011) • Scott State Lake Checklist (September 2002) • Kansas Bluebirds (October 2003) • Kansas Bluebirds (June 2011) • Box Turtles in Kansas (March 2003) • Box Turtles in Kansas (August 2013) • Keeping Kansas Reptiles and Amphibians (February 2006) • Do them a favor. Leave them alone! (March 2002) • Do them a favor. Leave them alone! (May 2014) • Cheyenne Bottoms Shorebird Viewing Guide (2006?) • Cheyenne Bottoms Driving Tour (March 2007) • Cheyenne Bottoms Reptiles, Turtles & Amphibians (March 2007) • of Cheyenne Bottoms (January 2009) • Birds of Cheyenne Bottoms (July 2013) • Cheyenne Bottoms Mammals (March 2007) • Cheyenne Bottoms Mammals (December 2014) • Birds of Wilson Reservoir (May 2009) • Birds of Wilson Reservoir (February 2013) • Kansas Darters [Poster] (2010?) • Kansas Mussels [Poster] (2010?) • Kansas Aquatic Turtles [Poster] (2012?) • Kansas Crayfish [Poster] (2012?) • A Refuge in the City: Backyard Wildlife Guide (1994?) • Attracting Hummingbirds & (March 2002) • Attracting Hummingbirds & Butterflies (February 2012) • Kansas Backyard Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program (March 2006) • Kansas Backyard Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program (February 2012) • Kansas 2009 Winter Bird Feeder Survey (January 2009) • Kansas 2014 Winter Bird Feeder Survey (January 2013) • Notice of State Wildlife Grant Applications and Deadlines (2009) • The Chickadee Checkoff (December 2006) • The Chickadee Checkoff (December 2014) Kinds of Bird Feeders KANSAS

Hummingbird Feeders Bird Feeders

Seed Hoppers & Window-Whelf Feeders Suet Sticks & Bin Feeders Bags Feeders

Platform Feeders Sponsored by CHICKADEE CHECKOFF Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs described herein is available to all individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or handicap. Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the Department Website: Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 900 Jackson St., Suite 502, Topeka, KS 66612. 06/02 www.kdwp.state.ks.us You may want to provide mixes of cracked containers can provide water but must be Bird Feeding corn and sunflower seeds with some millet and renewed often. Small pools should only be a thistle. few inches Try to avoid milo unless you want to attract deep and have Inviting Birds to house sparrows. Put out suet to attract chick- Feeding Suggestions bottoms that Dinner adees, nuthatches and woodpeckers. slope gradually Hummingbirds can be found in many parts Best ● from the edge. Most It doesn’t take a lot of the state and many migrate through Kansas Good ❍ yards can accommo-

of money and supplies in the spring and fall. Feeding solutions of Sunflower Seeds Proso Millet Cracked Suet Corn Thistle date a 4-by-10 foot to feed birds success- one-part sugar dissolved in four-parts clear white-crowned ● ● ❍ pool but larger fully. However, there are water is recommended. Most hummingbird sparrow pools are also some basic things you can feeders have red features so you do not have to song sparrow ❍ ● ❍ excellent bird do to entice desirable color the solution red. tree sparrow ❍ ● ● ❍ attractors. Plants species to your back door. You may put out seed for birds all year long. can be added to Harris' sparrow ● ❍ ● The three basic require- During stress periods of blizzards and extend- supply oxygen and ments of backyard wildlife ed snow cover, your feeding may be important cardinal ● ❍ shelter for fish which are food, cover, and water. to local populations. You need not worry about purple ● ❍ ❍ ❍ can help keep the pool mosquito free. All of these are important stopping your feeding during normal and mild Daily fresh water is needed during the winter. but the food you supply weather as birds will be able to find alternate house finch ● ❍ ❍ ❍ Water can be kept from freezing by letting it through planting or feeders food sources. dark-eyed junco ● ❍ ❍ ❍ trickle or by using electric heating coils avail- will be the best attraction for Feeding birds can be a lot of fun and very able at hardware stores and nurseries. goldfinch ● ❍ ● ● birds. The simplest feeding educational. It can take the blues away from strategy is to spread sunflower dreary winter weather and put sparkles in the pine siskin ● ❍ ● seeds or other grains on the ground or snow. eyes of children and adults, alike. Try your black-capped chickadee ● ● Habitat Many of our native sparrow species love to luck at bringing the birds to dinner. tufted titmouse ● ● scratch and feed on the ground. Probably the Having the right habitat can enhance the red-breasted most popular feeding tactic is to put black-oil nuthatch ● ● numbers and kinds of birds you have coming sunflower seeds in a hopper style feeder on a Water white-breasted ● ● ● to dinner. The most common way to improve wooden or steel post at about eye level. nuthatch this is to plant shrubs and trees that provide Depending on business, you may have to fill Nothing attracts birds more during hot sea- blue jay ● ❍ ● both food and cover. Kansas State and the feeder once every two to three days. sons than a fresh water supply provided for red-bellied Extension Forestry in cooperation with the woodpecker ● ❍ ❍ There are several ways to discourage pesky drinking and bathing purposes. In times of Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks pro- hairy woodpecker ❍ ● squirrels if you don’t want them around. drought it may even save lives. A larger bird vides an inxpensive mix of desirable shrubs Isolating your bird feeder from trees may help. bath that can be easily cleaned and refilled is downy woodpecker ❍ ● called the “Songbird Bundle”. It includes such You may need to put protective shields above best. Giant concrete saucers work well, as do common flicker ❍ ● species as tartarian honeysuckle,eastern red or below your feeder. pools made from concrete or metal, so long as cedar, nanking cherry, and aromatic sumac. Sunflower seeds can be purchased in bulk the surface has been layered with gravel or is Sometimes just adding a brush pile or a used and are excellent for a wide variety of birds. roughened. Flowerpot saucers and other small Christmas tree will help a lot. Kinds of Bird Feeders KANSAS

Hummingbird Feeders Bird Feeders

Seed Hoppers & Window-Shelf Feeders Suet Sticks & Bin Feeders Bag Feeders

Platform Feeders

Sponsored By CHICKADEE CHECKOFF Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs described herein is available to all individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, political affiliation, and military or veteran status. Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, 1020 S Kansas Ave., Topeka, KS 66612-1327. 02/12 Website: www.kdwpt.state.ks.us You may want to provide mixes of cracked containers can provide water but must be Bird Feeding corn and sunflower seeds with some millet and renewed often. Small pools should only be a thistle. few inches Try to avoid milo unless you want to attract deep and have Inviting Birds to house sparrows. Put out suet to attract chick- Feeding Suggestions bottoms that Dinner adees, nuthatches, and woodpeckers. slope gradually Hummingbirds can be found in many parts Best ● from the edge. Most It doesn’t take a lot of the state, and many migrate through Kansas Good ❍ yards can accommo- of money and supplies in the spring and fall. Feeding solutions of one date a 4-by-10 foot Sunflower Seeds Proso Millet Cracked Corn Thistle Suet to feed birds success- part sugar dissolved in four parts clear water is white-crowned ● ● ❍ pool, but larger fully. However, there are recommended. Most hummingbird feeders sparrow pools are also some basic things you can have red features, so you do not have to color song sparrow ❍ ● ❍ excellent bird do to entice desirable the solution red. tree sparrow ❍ ● ● ❍ attractors. Plants species to your back door. You may put out seed for birds all year long. can be added to Harris' sparrow ● ❍ ● The three basic require- During stress periods of blizzards and extend- supply oxygen and ments of backyard wildlife ed snow cover, your feeding may be important cardinal ● ❍ shelter for fish, which are food, cover, and water. to local populations. You need not worry about purple finch ● ❍ ❍ ❍ can help keep the pool mosquito free. All of these are important, stopping your feeding during normal and mild Daily fresh water is needed during the winter. house finch ● ❍ ❍ ❍ but the food you supply weather because birds will be able to find Water can be kept from freezing by letting it through planting or feeders alternate food sources. dark-eyed junco ● ❍ ❍ ❍ trickle or by using electric heating coils avail- will be the best attraction for Feeding birds can be a lot of fun and very goldfinch ● ❍ ● ● able at hardware stores and nurseries. birds. The simplest feeding educational. It can take the blues away from strategy is to spread sunflower dreary winter weather and put sparkles in the pine siskin ● ❍ ● seeds or other grains on the ground or snow. eyes of children and adults, alike. Try your black-capped chickadee ● ● Habitat Many of our native sparrow species love to luck at bringing the birds to dinner. tufted titmouse ● ● scratch and feed on the ground. Probably the Having the right habitat can enhance the red-breasted most popular feeding tactic is to put black-oil nuthatch ● ● numbers and kinds of birds you have coming sunflower seeds in a hopper style feeder on a Water white-breasted ● ● ● to dinner. The most common way to improve wooden or steel post at about eye level. nuthatch this is to plant shrubs and trees that provide Depending on business, you may have to fill Nothing attracts birds more during hot sea- blue jay ● ❍ ● both food and cover. Kansas State Extension the feeder once every two to three days. sons than a fresh water supply provided for red-bellied Forestry, in cooperation with the Kansas woodpecker ● ❍ ❍ There are several ways to discourage pesky drinking and bathing purposes. In times of Department of Wildlife and Parks, provides an hairy woodpecker ❍ ● squirrels if you don’t want them around. drought, it may even save lives. A larger bird inexpensive mix of desirable shrubs called the Isolating your bird feeder from trees may help. bath that can be easily cleaned and refilled is downy woodpecker ❍ ● “Songbird Bundle.” It includes such species as You may need to put protective shields above best. Giant concrete saucers work well, as do common flicker ❍ ● tartarian honeysuckle, eastern red cedar, or below your feeder. pools made from concrete or metal, so long as Nanking cherry, and aromatic sumac. Sunflower seeds can be purchased in bulk the surface has been layered with gravel or is Sometimes just adding a brush pile or a used and are excellent for a wide variety of birds. roughened. Flowerpot saucers and other small Christmas tree will help a lot. Purple Martin House KANSAS Materials: Nest Box Dimensions for Various Bird Species 4' x 8' x 1/4" plywood Entrance hole Height of inside Height of wall Min. height above On pole or tree On pole or tree 2" x 2" x 6' for chimney diameter, inches floor, inches panels, inches ground, feet near shrubs in open areas 4" x 8" metal window screen 1" x 1" x 8' (corner blocks) House wren 1 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 6 6 ● 4" x 4" x 14' cedar post Chickadee 1 1/8 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 8 6 ● 1" x 2" x 14' (base) Nuthatch 1 1/4 Downy woodpecker 1 1/4 ● NOTE: Bluebird 1 1/2 4 x 4 10 7 Bird This plan is for a one- Tree sparrow story house. To add a second story, make one more ceiling unit (25" x Red-headed woodpecker 2 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 12 1/2 10 ● 25"), four more sides, and four more room ● partitions. Hairy woodpecker 1 1/2 5 x 5 12 1/2 10 Houses Northern flicker 2 1/2 6 x 6 15 10 ●

Screech Owl 3 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 7 15 ● Americn kestrel

Purple martin 2 1/4 5 x 5 6 8 ● Waste

Waste Wood duck 3x4 10 x 10 20 8 ● ●

Expanded view of martin house. A 11" threaded rod inserts through the base and up through the chimney.

25" For more information, contact: 6" 3" 25" 24" 14 1/4" 6" 11"

9 3/8" Kansas Dept. of Wildlife & Parks 5" Square Roof (2) 18 3/4" Vent Vent Fisheries & Wildlife Division holes

25" hole 5/8" 1/4" Bevel edge 5/8" at peak 512 SE 25th Ave.

3 1/8" Floor (1) Ceiling (1)

Front & Sides (2) Room This edge fits under eave. This edge fits under eave. Pratt, KS 67124

25" Back (2) Partitions (4) 23 1/2" Locate 5/8" ventilation holes 1" below the top 12 1/2" 9 1/2" edges of sides. Phone: (620) 672-5911 8' (96") 2" x 2" x 6" for chimney All entrance holes Website Address: diameter 2 1/4" Layout Sponsored by Place 1/2" dowel Pattern railing around www.kdwp.state.ks.us CHICKADEE balcony to keep young from falling. End of roof (2) Screen 2 1/4" CHECKOFF placement square hole Kansas 4' (48") 25" 25" Department of End of roof (2) Wildlife & Parks Boards for base Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs (shown as two boards, 5 3/4" described herein is available to all individuals without regard to but all can be taken out Center support roof (2) race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or handicap. of one board 14' long) Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the Department Website: 24" Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 900 Jackson www.kdwp.state.ks.us 1 1/2" 1 1/2" St., Suite 502, Topeka, KS 66612. 09/02 American BIRDHOUSES Kestrel uilding and placing bird houses is a popular hobby for thousands of Kansans. This gives Bmany people fulfillment and some satisfac- tion that they may be helping our feathered friends. House Lumber: Robin, Lumber: In our backyards, there may be several opportuni- Wren One 1" x 6" x 4' Barn Swallow One 1" x 10" x 6' ties for bird houses. This brochure gives simple Back: 9 1/4" x 13" designs for construction of four types of bird hous- 2" Floor: 8" x 7" es for species most likely to use your backyard. 1/4" holes They include house wrens, American robins, north- Sides: 8" x 4 1/2" ern flickers, American kestrels, and purple martins. Top: 8 1/2" x 8"

Floor 4" While wrens, flickers, and robins may be attracted (Bevel 18.5 degrees) to trees and shrubs near your house, kestrels and 6" 1" martins like a little more room. 5 1/2" 5" The bird most people will likely attract will be 8" American Kestrel, the house wren. Wren houses should be placed 5 to 3" Waste Northern Flicker, 10 feet above the ground, under the eaves of a 1/4" holes 4 1/2" Eastern Screech Owl building or hanging in a tree. No perch is needed. Top Sides 8" Side

Clean the box after each brood. 8 1/4" Hinge or cleat Back Top Floor roof for cleaning

Place a purple martin house about 10 feet high, 9 1/4" 1/4" holes Side preferably on a retractable pole, at least 30 feet Side 16" from any trees. It is important to clean all bird 5 1/2" 5 1/2" 13" 7" 8 1/2" 8" houses very early in the spring. A handful of saw- Entrance hole dust may be used in the bottom of each compart- for Northern Pivot nails Flicker 2 1/2" ment of a martin house along with a small pinch of Front and Back 3" Hole rotenone to reduce future problems with lice. It is 1" Hole Front 16" 8" important to keep house sparrows out of martin Front 11 1/2" houses because the desirable birds will not nest Back 11" Place 3" of sawdust in Lumber: with the sparrows. Weekly maintenance is required bottom of box One 1" x 10" x 8' to remove sparrow nesting material similar to blue- 5 1/2" Back bird houses. (See bluebird brochure in this series.) 22" 1/4" holes Note:

Top 12" Put a kestrel box on a tree or post at least 10 feet Entrance hole 5 1/2" Waste Nail or screw Floor high (in open country, if you have a large yard or diameter is 1 " holds side closed. 7 3/4" country home). The secret to attracting flickers is 9 1/4" 9 1/4" 9 1/4" Back Front TopSide Side Floor Waste to use 1 1/2-inch thick cedar boards for nest boxes Two removable pivot nails allow side and to fill the interior of the box all the way to the to swing out for cleaning. Use a nail at bottom to close side. Back Side Side Front Top Floor top with sawdust. These boxes should be placed 4 11" 8" 8 1/4" 8" 8" 4" 22" 16" 16" 16" 12" 7 3/4" to 6 feet high along fence-rows that border crop fields, pastures, or woodlots. Purple Martin House Nest Box Dimensions for Various Bird Species KANSAS Materials: 4' x 8' x 1/4" plywood Entrance hole Height of inside Height of wall Min. height above On pole or tree On pole or tree 2" x 2" x 6' for chimney diameter, inches floor, inches panels, inches ground, feet near shrubs in open areas 4" x 8" metal window screen House wren 1 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 6 6 ● 1" x 1" x 8' (corner blocks) Chickadee 1 1/8 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 8 6 ● 4" x 4" x 14' cedar post Nuthatch 1 1/4 1" x 2" x 14' (base) Downy woodpecker 1 1/4 ● Bird Bluebird 1 1/2 4 x 4 10 7 NOTE: Tree sparrow This plan is for a one-story house. To Red-headed woodpecker 2 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 12 1/2 10 ● add a second story, make one more ceiling unit (25" x 25"), four Hairy woodpecker 1 1/2 5 x 5 12 1/2 10 ● Houses more sides, and four more room partitions. Northern flicker 2 1/2 6 x 6 15 10 ●

Screech Owl 3 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 7 15 ● Americn kestrel

Purple martin 2 1/4 5 x 5 6 8 ●

Waste Wood duck 3x4 10 x 10 20 8 ● ● Waste

Expanded view of martin house. A threaded rod inserts through the base and up through the chimney. 25" 6" 3" 25" 24" 14 1/4" For more information, contact: 11" 11"

9 3/8" Kansas Department of Wildlife, 5" Square Roof (2) 18 3/4" Vent Vent Parks and Tourism holes

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3 1/8" Floor (1) Ceiling (1) This edge fits under eave. This edge fits under eave. Front & Sides (2) Room This edge fits under eave. 512 SE 25th Ave.

25" Back (2) Partitions (4) 23 1/2" Locate 5/8" Pratt, KS 67124 ventilation holes 1" below the top 12 1/2" 9 1/2" edges of sides. 8' (96") 2" x 2" x 6" for chimney All entrance holes Phone: (620) 672-5911 diameter 2 1/4" Layout Place 1/2" dowel Pattern railing around Website Address: balcony to keep Sponsored By young from falling. End of roof (2) Screen 2 1/4" www.kdwpt.state.ks.us CHICKADEE CHECKOFF placement square hole

4' (48") Kansas Department of 25" 25" Wildlife, Parks and Tourism End of roof (2) Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs described herein is available to all individuals without regard to Boards for base race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, (shown as two boards, 5 3/4" gender identity, political affiliation, and military or veteran status. but all can be taken out Center support roof (2) Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the of one board 14' long) Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, 1020 24" S Kansas Ave., Topeka, KS 66612-1327. 02/12 Website: www.kdwpt.state.ks.us 1 1/2" 1 1/2" American BIRDHOUSES Kestrel

uilding and placing bird houses is a popular hobby for thousands of Kansans. This gives Bmany people fulfillment and some satisfac- tion that they may be helping our feathered friends. House Lumber: Robin, Lumber: In our backyards, there may be several opportuni- Wren One 1" x 6" x 4' Barn Swallow One 1" x 10" x 6' ties for bird houses. This brochure gives simple Back: 9 1/4" x 13" designs for construction of four types of bird hous- 2" Floor: 8" x 7" es for species most likely to use your backyard. 1/4" holes They include house wrens, American robins, north- Sides: 8" x 4 1/2" ern flickers, American kestrels, and purple martins. Top: 8 1/2" x 8"

Floor 4" While wrens, flickers, and robins may be attracted (Bevel 18.5 degrees) to trees and shrubs near your house, kestrels and 6" 1" martins like a little more room. 5 1/2" 5" The bird most people will likely attract will be 8" American Kestrel, the house wren. Wren houses should be placed 5 to 3" Northern Flicker, 1/4" holes Waste 10 feet above the ground, under the eaves of a 4 1/2" Eastern Screech Owl building or hanging in a tree. No perch is needed. Top Sides 8" Side Hinge or cleat Clean the box after each brood. 8 1/4" Back Top Floor roof for cleaning

Place a purple martin house about 10 feet high, 9 1/4" 1/4" holes preferably on a retractable pole, at least 30 feet Side Side 16" from any trees. It is important to clean all bird 5 1/2" 5 1/2" 13" 7" 8 1/2" 8" houses very early in the spring. A handful of saw- Entrance hole for Northern dust may be used in the bottom of each compart- Flicker 2 1/2" Pivot nails ment of a martin house along with a small pinch of Front and Back 3" Hole rotenone to reduce future problems with lice. It is 1" Hole Front 16" 11 1/2" important to keep house sparrows out of martin Front 8"

Back 11" Place 3" of houses because the desirable birds will not nest sawdust in Lumber: with the sparrows. Weekly maintenance is required bottom of box One 1" x 10" x 8' to remove sparrow nesting material similar to blue- 5 1/2" Back bird houses. (See bluebird brochure in this series.) 22" 1/4" holes

Put a kestrel box on a tree or post at least 10 feet Note: Top 12" Entrance hole 5 1/2" Nail or screw Floor

Waste 7 3/4" high (in open country, if you have a large yard or diameter is 1 " holds side closed. country home). The secret to attracting flickers is 9 1/4" 9 1/4" 9 1/4" Waste Back Front Top Side Side Floor to use 1 1/2-inch thick cedar boards for nest boxes Two removable pivot nails allow side and to fill the interior of the box all the way to the to swing out for cleaning. Back Side Side Front Top Floor 11" 8" 8 1/4" 8" 8" 4" Use a nail at bottom to close side. top with sawdust. These boxes should be placed 4 22" 16" 16" 16" 12" 7 3/4" to 6 feet high along fence-rows that border crop fields, pastures, or woodlots. Bird Species of Greatest Convention Conservation Need Number Group Ref Number Common Name Scientific Name (yes/no) Amphibians 1459 Eastern Tiger Salamander Ambystoma tigrinum Y Amphibians 1460 Smallmouth Salamander Ambystoma texanum N Amphibians 1461 Eastern Newt (T) Notophthalmus viridescens Y Amphibians 1462 Longtail Salamander (T) Eurycea longicauda Y Amphibians 1463 Cave Salamander (E) Eurycea lucifuga Y Amphibians 1465 Grotto Salamander (E) Eurycea spelaea Y Amphibians 1466 Common Mudpuppy Necturus maculosus Y Amphibians 1467 Plains Spadefoot Spea bombifrons N Amphibians 1468 American Toad Anaxyrus americanus N Amphibians 1469 Great Plains Toad Anaxyrus cognatus N Amphibians 1470 Green Toad (T) Anaxyrus debilis Y Amphibians 1471 Red-spotted Toad Anaxyrus punctatus Y Amphibians 1472 Woodhouse's Toad Anaxyrus woodhousii N Amphibians 1473 Blanchard's Cricket Frog Acris blanchardi Y Amphibians 1474 Gray Treefrog complex Hyla chrysoscelis/versicolor N Amphibians 1476 Spotted Chorus Frog Pseudacris clarkii N Amphibians 1477 Spring Peeper (T) Pseudacris crucifer Y Amphibians 1478 Boreal Chorus Frog Pseudacris maculata N Amphibians 1479 Strecker's Chorus Frog (T) Pseudacris streckeri Y Amphibians 1480 Boreal Chorus Frog Pseudacris maculata N Amphibians 1481 Crawfish Frog Lithobates areolata Y Amphibians 1482 Plains Leopard Frog Lithobates blairi N Amphibians 1483 Bullfrog Lithobates catesbeiana N Amphibians 1484 Bronze Frog (T) Lithobates clamitans Y Amphibians 1485 Pickerel Frog Lithobates palustris Y Amphibians 1486 Southern Leopard Frog Lithobates sphenocephalus N Amphibians 1487 Eastern Narrowmouth Toad (T Gastrophryne carolinensis Y Amphibians 1488 Great Plains Narrowmouth ToaGastrophryne olivacea N Amphibians 1490 Red River Mudpuppy Necturus louisianensis Y Amphibians 1498 Barred Tiger Salamander Ambystoma mavortium Amphibians 1500 Fowler's Toad Anaxyrus fowleri Amphipod 640 Kansas Well Amhipod Bactrurus hubrichti N Amphipod 641 A Cave Obligate Amphipod Stygobromus alabamensis N Amphipod 642 Onondaga Cave Amphipod Sygobromus onondagaensis N Crustaceans 612 Neosho Midget Crayfish Orconectes macrus Y Crustaceans 613 Calico Crayfish Orconectes immunis Y Crustaceans 614 A Crayfish Orconectes luteus Y Crustaceans 615 Devil Crayfish Orconectes diogenes Y Crustaceans 616 A Crayfish Orconectes nais Y Crustaceans 617 A Crayfish Orconectes neglectus Y Crustaceans 618 A Crayfish Orconectes palmeri Y Crustaceans 619 Virile Crayfish Orconectes virilis Y Crustaceans 620 White River Crayfish Procambarus acutus exotic Crustaceans 621 Prairie Crayfish Procambarus gracilis Y Crustaceans 622 A Crayfish Procambarus simulans Y Crustaceans 623 Versitle Fairy Shrimp Branchinecta lindahli N Crustaceans 624 Rock Pool Fairy Shrimp Branchinecta packardi N Crustaceans 625 Ethologist Fairy Shrimp Eubranchipus serratus N Crustaceans 626 Spinytail Fairy Shrimp Streptocephalus sealii N Crustaceans 627 Greater Plains Fairy Shrimp Streptocephalus texanus N Crustaceans 629 Beavertail Fairy Shrimp Thamnocephalus platyurus N Crustaceans 630 Longtail Tadpole Shrimp Triops longicaudatus N Crustaceans 631 Desert Tadpole Shrimp Triops newberryi N Crustaceans 632 Great Plains Clam Shrimp Cyzicus belfragei N Crustaceans 633 Mexican Clam Shrimp Cyzicus mexicanus N Crustaceans 634 Texan Clam Shrimp Eulimnadia texana N Crustaceans 635 Short Finger Clam Shrimp Lynceus brevifrons N Fish 706 Chestnut Lamprey (T) Ichthyomyzon castaneus Y Fish 707 Lake Sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens N Fish 708 Pallid Sturgeon (E) Scaphirhynchus albus Y Fish 709 Shovelnose Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorynchus Y Fish 710 Paddlefish Polyodon spathula Y Fish 711 Spotted Gar Lespisosteus oculatus Y Fish 712 Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus N Fish 713 Pugnose Shiner (x) Notropis anogenus N Fish 715 Western Sand Darter (x) Ammocrypta clara N Fish 716 Iowa Darter (x) Etheostoma exile N Fish 717 Bigeye Chub (x) Hybopsis amblops Y Fish 718 Shortnose Gar Lepisosteus platostomus N Fish 719 Bowfin Amia calva Fish 720 Goldeye Hiodon alosoides N Fish 721 American Eel Anguilla rostrata Y Fish 723 Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum N Fish 724 Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum N Fish 725 Bluntface Shiner Cyprinella camura N Fish 726 Red Shiner Cyprinella lutrensis N Fish 727 Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera Y Fish 728 Gravel Chub Erimystax x-punctatus Y Fish 729 Western Silvery Minnow (T) Hybognathus argyritis Y Fish 730 Brassy Minnow Hybognathus hankinsoni Y Fish 731 Plains Minnow (T) Hybognathus placitus Y Fish 732 Cardinal Shiner Luxilus cardinalis Y Fish 733 Striped Shiner Luxilus chrysocephalus N Fish 734 Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus Y Fish 735 Redfin Shiner Lythrurus umbratilis N Fish 736 Sturgeon Chub (T) Macrhybopsis gelida Y Fish 737 Sicklefin Chub (E) Macrhybopsis meeki Y Fish 738 Silver Chub (E) Macrhybopsis storeriana Y Fish 739 Peppered Chub (E) Macrhyhopsis tetranema Y Fish 740 Redspot Chub (T) Nocomis asper Y Fish 741 Hornyhead Chub (T) Nocomis biguttatus Y Fish 742 Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas N Fish 743 Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides N Fish 744 Red River Shiner Notropis bairdi N Fish 745 River Shiner Notropis blennius Y Fish 746 Bigeye Shiner Notropis boops Y Fish 747 Ghost Shiner Notropis buchanani N Fish 748 Bigmouth Shiner Notropis dorsalis N Fish 749 Arkansas River Shiner (E) Notropis girardi Y Fish 750 Blacknose Shiner (x) Notropis heterolepis N Fish 751 Ozark Minnow Notropis nubilus Y Fish 752 Sand Shiner Notropis stranineus N Fish 753 Silverband Shiner (T) Notropis shumardi Y Fish 754 Topeka Shiner (T) Notropis topeka Y Fish 755 Mimic Shiner Notropis volucellus N Fish 756 Pugnose Minnow (x) Opsopoeodus emiliae N Fish 757 Suckermouth Minnow Phenacobius mirabilis N Fish 758 Southern Redbelly Dace Phoxinus erythrogaster Y Fish 759 Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus N Fish 760 Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas N Fish 761 Slim Minnow Pimephales tenellus N Fish 762 Bullhead Minnow Pimephales vigilax N Fish 763 Flathead Chub (T) Platygobio gracilis Y Fish 764 Western Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys obtusus Y Fish 765 Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus N Fish 766 River Carpsucker Carpiodes carpio N Fish 767 Quillback Carpiodes cyprinus Y Fish 768 Highfin Carpsucker Carpiodes velifer Y Fish 769 White Sucker Catostomus commersonii Y Fish 770 Blue Sucker Cycleptus elongatus Y Fish 771 Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans Y Fish 772 Smallmouth Buffalo Ictiobus bubalus N Fish 773 Bigmouth Buffalo Ictiobus cyprinellus N Fish 774 Black Buffalo Ictiobus niger Y Fish 775 Spotted Sucker Minytrema melanops Y Fish 776 River Redhorse Moxostoma carinatum Y Fish 777 Black Redhorse Moxostoma duquesnei Y Fish 778 Golden Redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum Y Fish 779 Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum Y Fish 780 Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas N Fish 781 Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis N Fish 782 Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosis N Fish 783 Blue Catfish Ictalurus furcatus N Fish 784 Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus N Fish 785 Slender Madtom Noturus exilis Y Fish 786 Stonecat Noturus flavus Y Fish 787 Tadpole Madtom Noturus gyrinus Y Fish 788 Brindled Madtom Noturus miurus Y Fish 789 Freckled Madtom Noturus nocturnus Y Fish 790 Neosho Madtom (T) Noturus placidus Y Fish 792 Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris N Fish 793 Northern Pike Esox lucius N Fish 794 Burbot Lota lota N Fish 795 Brook Silverside Labidesthes sicculus N Fish 796 Northern Studfish Fundulus catenatus N Fish 797 Northern Plains Killifish Fundulus kansae Y Fish 798 Blackstripe Topminnow Fundulus notatus N Fish 799 Blackspotted Topminnow Fundulus olivaceus N Fish 800 Plains Topminnow Fundulus sciadicus N Fish 801 Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis N Fish 802 Banded Sculpin Cottus carolinae Y Fish 803 White Bass Morone chrysops N Fish 804 Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus N Fish 805 Warmouth Lepomis gulosus Y Fish 806 Orangespotted Sunfish Lepomis humilis N Fish 807 Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus N Fish 808 Longear Sunfish Lepomis megalotis N Fish 809 Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus N Fish 810 Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu N Fish 812 Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides N Fish 813 White Crappie Pomoxis annularis N Fish 814 Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus N Fish 815 Greenside Darter Etheostoma blennioides Y Fish 816 Bluntnose Darter Etheostoma chlorosoma Y Fish 817 Arkansas Darter (T) Etheostoma cragini Y Fish 818 Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare Y Fish 819 Slough Darter Etheostoma gracile Y Fish 820 Least Darter Etheostoma microperca Y Fish 821 Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum Y Fish 822 Stippled Darter Etheostoma punctulatum Y Fish 823 Orangethroat Darter Etheostoma spectabile Y Fish 824 Speckled Darter Etheostoma stigmaeum Y Fish 825 Redfin Darter Etheostoma whipplei Y Fish 826 Banded Darter Etheostoma zonale Y Fish 827 Logperch Percina caprodes Y Fish 828 Channel Darter Percina copelandi Y Fish 829 Blackside Darter (T) Percina maculata Y Fish 830 Slenderhead Darter Percina phoxocephala Y Fish 831 River Darter Percina shumardi Y Fish 832 Sauger Sander canadense N Fish 833 Walleye Sander vitreum N Fish 834 Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens N Fish 1509 Shoal Chub (T) Macrhybopsis hyostoma Y Fish 1510 Spotted Bass Micropterus punctulatus N Gastropods 688 Creeping Ancylid Ferrissia rivularis N Gastropods 689 Dusky Fossaria Fossaria dalli N Gastropods 690 Golden Fossaria Fossaria obrussa N Gastropods 691 Fossaria techella Fossaria techella N Gastropods 692 Ash Gyro Gyraulus parvus N Gastropods 693 Two-ridge Rams-horn Helisoma anceps N Gastropods 694 Dusky Ancylid Laevapex fuscus N Gastropods 695 Tadpole Physa Physella gyrina N Gastropods 696 Pewter Physa Physella heterostropha N Gastropods 697 Protean Physa Physella virgata N Gastropods 698 Sharp Hornsnail (T) Pleurocera acuta Y Gastropods 699 Slender Walker Snail (E) Pomatiopsis lapidaria Y Gastropods 700 Delta hydrobe (T) Probythinella emarginata Y Gastropods 701 Sharp Sprite Promenetus exacuous N Gastropods 702 Umbilicate Sprite Promenetus umbilicatellus N Gastropods 703 Mimic Lymnaea Pseudosuccinea columella N Gastropods 704 Flat-whorled Pondsnail Stagnicola exilis N Gastropods 705 Mottled Fingernailclam Eupera cubensis N 1 Pipevine Swallowtail Battus philenor N Insect 2 Zebra Swallowtail Eurytides marcellus N Insect 3 Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes N Insect 4 Bairdís Swallowtail Papilio machaon bairdii N Insect 5 Thoas Swallowtail Papilio thoas N Insect 6 Giant Swallowtail Papilio cresphontes N Insect 7 Ornythion Swallowtail Papilio ornythion N Insect 8 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus N Insect 9 Two-tailed Swallowtail Papilio multicaudata N Insect 10 Spicebush Swallowtail Papilio troilus N Insect 11 Ruby spotted Swallowtail Papilio anchisiades N Insect 12 Florida White Appias drusilla N Insect 13 Checkered White Pontia protodice N Insect 14 Western White Pontia occidentalis N Insect 15 Cabbage White Pieris rapae N Insect 16 Great Southern White Ascia monuste N Insect 17 Giant White Ganyra josephina N Insect 18 Olympia Marble Euchloe olympia N Insect 19 Falcate Orangetip Anthocharis midea N Insect 20 Clouded Sulphur Colias philodice N Insect 21 Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme N Insect 22 Southern Dogface Zerene cesonia N Insect 23 White Angled Sulphur Anteos chlorinde N Insect 24 Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae N Insect 25 Orange-barred Sulphur Phoebis philea N Insect 26 Large Orange Sulphur Phoebis agarithe N Insect 27 Statira Sulphur Phoebis statira N Insect 28 Lyside Sulphur Kricogonia lyside N Insect 29 Mexican Yellow Eurema mexicana N Insect 30 Tailed Orange Eurema proterpia N Insect 31 Little Yellow Pyrisitia lisa N Insect 32 Mimosa Yellow Pyrisitia nise N Insect 33 Sleepy Orange Abaeis nicippe N Insect 34 Dainty Sulphur Nathalis iole N Insect 35 Harvester Feniseca tarquinius N Insect 36 Little Copper Lycaena phlaeas N Insect 37 Gray Copper Lycaena dione††† N Insect 38 Bronze Copper Lycaena hyllus N Insect 39 Purplish Copper Lycaena helloides N Insect 40 Great Purple Hairstreak Atlides halesus X Insect 41 Soapberry Hairstreak Phaeostrymon alcestis N Insect 42 Coral Hairstreak Satyrium titus N Insect 43 Acadian Hairstreak Satyrium acadica N Insect 44 Edwardsí Hairstreak Satyrium edwardsii N Insect 45 Banded Hairstreak Satyrium calanus N Insect 46 Hickory Hairstreak Satyrium caryaevorum N Insect 47 Striped Hairstreak Satyrium liparops N Insect 48 Hairstreak Satyrium favonius N Insect 49 Frosted Elfin Callophrys irus X Insect 50 Henryís Elfin Callophrys henrici N Insect 51 Olive Hairstreak Callophrys gryneus gryneus N Insect 52 White-m Hairstreak Parrhasius m-album N Insect 53 Gray Hairstreak melinus N Insect 54 Red-banded Hairstreak Calycopis cecrops N Insect 55 Dusky-blue Groundstreak Calycopis isobeon N Insect 56 Gray Ministreak Ministrymon azia N Insect 57 Western Pygmy-Blue Brephidium exilis N Insect 58 Cassius Blue Leptotes cassius N Insect 59 Marine Blue Leptotes marina N Insect 60 Cyna Blue Zizula cyna N Insect 61 Ceraunus Blue Hemiargus ceraunus N Insect 62 Reakirtís Blue Hemiargus isola N Insect 63 Eastern Tailed-Blue Cupido comyntas N Insect 64 Spring Azure Celastrina ladon N Insect 65 Silvery Blue Glaucopsyche lygdamus N Insect 66 Melissa Blue Plebejus melissa N Insect 67 Acmon Blue Plebejus acmon N Insect 68 American Snout Libytheana carinenta N Insect 69 Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae N Insect 70 Banded Orange Heliconian Dryadula phaetusa N Insect 71 Julia Dryas iulia N Insect 72 Isabellaís Heliconian Eueides isabella N Insect 73 Zebra Heliconius charithonia N Insect 74 Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudia N Insect 75 Great Spangled Fritillary Speyeria cybele N Insect 76 Aphrodite Fritillary Speyeria aphrodite N Insect 77 Regal Fritillary Speyeria idalia Y Insect 78 Edwardsí Fritillary Speyeria edwardsii N Insect 79 Fulvia Checkerspot fulvia N Insect 80 Bordered Patch N Insect 81 Gorgone Checkerspot Chlosyne gorgone N Insect 82 Silvery Checkerspot Chlosyne nycteis N Insect 83 Texan Crescent Anthanassa texana N Insect 84 Vesta Crescent Phyciodes graphica N Insect 85 Phaon Crescent Phyciodes phaon N Insect 86 Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos N Insect 87 Field Crescent Phyciodes pulchella N Insect 88 Painted Crescent Phyciodes picta N Insect 89 Baltimore Checkerspot Euphydryas phaeton N Insect 90 Question Mark Polygonia interrogationis N Insect 91 Eastern Comma Polygonia comma N Insect 92 Gray Comma Polygonia progne x Insect 93 Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa N Insect 94 Milbertís Tortoiseshell Aglais milberti N Insect 95 American Lady Vanessa virginiensis N Insect 96 Painted Lady Vanessa cardui N Insect 97 West Coast Lady Vanessa annabella N Insect 98 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta N Insect 99 Common Buckeye Junonia coenia N Insect 100 White Peacock Anartia jatrophae N Insect 101 Malachite Siproeta stelenes N Insect 102 Red spotted Purple arthemis astyanax N Insect 103 Viceroy Limenitis archippus N Insect 104 Weidemeyerís Admiral Limenitis weidemeyerii N Insect 105 Sister californica N Insect 106 Dingy Purplewing Eunica monima N Insect 107 Florida Purplewing Eunica tatila N Insect 108 Common Mestra Mestra amymone N Insect 109 Ruddy Daggerwing Marpesia petreus N Insect 110 Tropical Leafwing Anaea aidea N Insect 111 Goatweed Leafwing Anaea andria N Insect 112 Hackberry Emperor Asterocampa celtis N Insect 113 Tawny Emperor Asterocampa clyton N Insect 114 Northern Pearly-Eye Enodia anthedon N Insect 115 Creole Pearly Eye Enodia creola N Insect 116 Gemmed Satyr Cyllopsis gemma N Insect 117 Carolina Satyr Hermeuptychia sosybius N Insect 118 Little Wood Satyr Megisto cymela N Insect 119 Red Satyr Megisto rubricata N Insect 120 Common Wood Nymph Cercyonis pegala N Insect 121 Monarch Danaus plexippus Y Insect 122 Queen Danaus gilippus N Insect 123 Silver spotted Epargyreus clarus N Insect 124 Long tailed Skipper Urbanus proteus N Insect 125 Hoary Edge Achalarus lyciades N Insect 126 Southern Cloudywing bathyllus N Insect 127 Northern Cloudywing N Insect 128 Confused Cloudywing Thorybes confusis N Insect 129 Hayhurstís Scallopwing Staphylus hayhurstii N Insect 130 Sickle winged Skipper Eantis tamernund Eantis tame N Insect 131 Hermit Skipper Grais stigmatica N Insect 132 White-patched Skipper Chiomara georgina N Insect 133 Sleepy Duskywing Erynnis brizo N Insect 134 Juvenalís Duskywing Erynnis juvenalis N Insect 135 Horaceís Duskywing Erynnis horatius N Insect 136 Mottled Duskywing Erynnis martialis Y Insect 137 Funereal Duskywing Erynnis funeralis N Insect 138 Columbine Duskywing Erynnis lucilius N Insect 139 Wild Indigo Duskywing Erynnis baptisiae N Insect 140 Afranius Duskywing Erynnis afranius N Insect 141 Persius Duskywing Erynnis persius N Insect 142 Common Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus communis N Insect 143 Common Sootywing Pholisora catullus N Insect 144 Russet Skipperling Piruna pirus N Insect 145 Swarthy Skipper Nastra lherminier N Insect 146 *Clouded Skipper Lerema accius N Insect 147 Common Least Skipper Ancyloxypha numitor N Insect 148 Orange Skipperling Copaeodes aurantiaca N Insect 149 Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus N Insect 150 Uncas Skipper uncas N Insect 151 Ottoe Skipper Hesperia ottoe Y Insect 152 Leonardís Skipper Hesperia leonardus N Insect 153 Pahaska Skipper Hesperia pahaska N Insect 154 Cobweb Skipper Hesperia metea N Insect 155 Green Skipper Hesperia viridis N Insect 156 Dotted Skipper Hesperia attralus attalus Y Insect 157 Dotted Skipper Hesperia attalus N Insect 158 Rhesus Skipper Polites rhesus N Insect 159 Peckís Skipper Polites peckius N Insect 160 Tawny-edged Skipper Polites themistocles N Insect 161 Byssus Skipper Problema byssus Y Insect 162 Crossline Skipper Polites origenes N Insect 163 Southern Broken-dash Wallengrenia otho N Insect 164 Northern Broken-dash Wallengrenia egeremet N Insect 165 Little Glassywing Pompeius verna N Insect 166 Sachem Atalopedes campestris N Insect 167 Arogos Skipper Atrytone arogos Y Insect 168 Iowa Skipper Atrytone arogos iowa duplicate Insect 169 Delaware Skipper Anatrytone logan N Insect 171 Hobomok Skipper Poanes hobomok N Insect 172 Zabulon Skipper Poanes zabulon N Insect 173 Two-spotted Skipper Euphyes bimacula illinois Y Insect 174 Dion Skipper Euphyes dion N Insect 175 Dun Skipper Euphyes vestris N Insect 176 Dusted Skipper Atrytonopsis hianna N Insect 177 Bronze Roadside-Skipper aenus N Insect 178 Oslarís Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes oslari N Insect 179 Nysa Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes nysa N Insect 180 Dotted Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes eos N Insect 181 Common Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes vialis N Insect 182 Bell's Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes belli Y Insect 183 Linda's Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes linda Y Insect 184 Eufala Skipper Lerodea eufala N Insect 185 Brazilian Skipper Calpodes ethlius N Insect 186 Yucca Giant-Skipper Megathymus yuccae N Insect 187 Streckerís Giant-Skipper Megathymus streckeri N Insect 188 Whitney's Underwing whitneyi Y Insect 189 Sage Sphinx Lintneria eremitoides Y Insect 190 Konza Prairie Leptophlebia konza Y Insect 191 A Sand-filtering Mayfly Homoeoneuria ammophila N Insect 192 A Mayfly minnoi Y Insect 193 A Mayfly Acentrella insignificans N Insect 194 A Mayfly Apobaetis etowah N Insect 195 A Mayfly Susperatus prudens N Insect 196 A Mayfly Callibaetis pictus N Insect 197 A Mayfly Eurylophella verisimilis N Insect 198 A Pentagenian Burrowing May Pentagenia vittigera N Insect 199 A Mayfly Pseudocloeon longipalpus N Insect 200 A Mayfly Raptoheptagenia cruentata N Insect 201 A Mayfly Siphlonurus occidentalis N Insect 202 Ozark Springfly Helopicus nalatus Y Insect 203 Austin Springfly Hydroperla fugitans Y Insect 204 American Salmonfly Pteronarcys dorsata N Insect 205 Midwestern Salmonfly Pteronarcys pictetii N Insect 206 Eastern Willowfly Taeniopteryx burksi N Insect 207 Ebony Jewelwing Calopteryx maculata N Insect 208 American Rubyspot Hetaerina americana N Insect 209 Smoky Rubyspot Hetaerina titia N Insect 210 Great Spreadwing Archilestes grandis N Insect 211 Southern Spreadwing Lestes australis N Insect 212 Amber-winged Spreadwing Lestes eurinus N Insect 213 Slender Spreadwing Lestes rectangularis N Insect 214 Lyre-tipped Spreadwing Lestes unguiculatus N Insect 215 Red Damsel Amphiagrion sp. N Insect 216 Paiute Dancer Argia alberta N Insect 217 Blue-fronted Dancer Argia apicalis N Insect 218 Seepage Dancer Argia bipunctulata N Insect 219 Variable Dancer Argia fumipennis N Insect 220 Kiowa Dancer Argia immunda N Insect 221 Powdered Dancer Argia moesta N Insect 222 Aztec Dancer Argia nahuana N Insect 223 Springwater Dancer Argia plana N Insect 224 Blue-ringed Dancer Argia sedula N Insect 225 Blue-tipped Dancer Argia tibialis N Insect 226 Dusky Dancer Argia translata N Insect 227 Rainbow Bluet Enallagma antennatum N Insect 228 Azure Bluet Enallagma aspersum N Insect 229 Double-striped Bluet Enallagma basidens N Insect 230 Tule Bluet Enallagma carunculatum N Insect 231 Familiar Bluet Enallagma civile N Insect 232 Turquoise Bluet Enallagma divagans N Insect 233 Stream Bluet Enallagma exsulans N Insect 234 Skimming Bluet Enallagma geminatum N Insect 235 Arroyo Bluet Enallagma praevarum N Insect 236 Orange Bluet Enallagma signatum N Insect 237 Slender Bluet Enallagma traviatum N Insect 238 Vesper Bluet Enallagma vesperum N Insect 239 Desert Forktail Ischnura barberi N Insect 240 Plains Forktail Ischnura damula N Insect 241 Mexican Forktail Ischnura demorsa N Insect 242 Black-fronted Forktail Ischnura denticollis N Insect 243 Citrine Forktail Ischnura hastata N Insect 244 Western Forktail Ischnura perparva N Insect 245 Fragile Forktail Ischnura posita N Insect 246 Eastern Forktail Ischnura verticalis N Insect 247 Sphagnum Sprite Nehalennia gracilis N Insect 248 Desert Firetail Telebasis salva N Insect 249 Gray Petaltail Tachopteryx thoreyi Y Insect 250 Lance-tipped Darner Aeshna constricta N Insect 251 Variable Darner Aeshna interrupta N Insect 252 Blue-eyed Darner Rhionaeschna multicolor N Insect 253 Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa N Insect 254 Common Green Darner Anax junius N Insect 255 Comet Darner Anax longipes N Insect 256 Springtime Darner Basiaeschna janata N Insect 257 Fawn Darner Boyeria vinosa N Insect 258 Swamp Darner Epiaeschna heros N Insect 259 Cyrano Darner Nasiaeschna pentacantha N Insect 260 Stillwater Clubtail Arigomphus lentulus N Insect 261 Jade Clubtail Arigomphus submedianus N Insect 262 Black-shouldered Spinyleg Dromogomphus spinosus N Insect 263 Flag-tailed Spinyleg Dromogomphus spoliatus N Insect 264 Eastern Ringtail Erpetogomphus designatus N Insect 265 Plains Clubtail Gomphus externus N Insect 266 Ozark Clubtail Gomphus ozarkensis N Insect 267 Cobra Clubtail Gomphus vastus N Insect 268 Pronghorn Clubtail Gomphus graslinellus N Insect 269 Sulpher-tipped Clubtail Gomphus militaris N Insect 270 Dragonhunter Hagenius brevistylus N Insect 271 Westfall's Snaketail Ophiogomphus westfalli N Insect 272 Pale Snaketail Ophiogomphus severus N Insect 273 Common Sanddragon Progomphus obscurus N Insect 274 Interior Least Clubtail Stylogomphus sigmastylus N Insect 275 Riverine Clubtail Stylurus amnicola N Insect 276 Brimstone Clubtail Stylurus intricatus N Insect 277 Russett-tipped Clubtail Stylurus plagiatus N Insect 278 Arrowhead Spiketail Cordulegaster obliqua N Insect 279 Stream Cruiser Didymops transversa N Insect 280 Swift River Cruiser ††† Macromia illinoiensis N Insect 281 Gilded River Cruiser Macromia pacifica N Insect 282 Royal River Cruiser Macromia taeniolata N Insect 283 Slender Baskettail Epitheca costalis N Insect 284 Common Baskettail† Epitheca cynosura N Insect 285 Dot-winged Baskettail† Epitheca petechialis N Insect 286 Prince Baskettail† Epitheca princeps N Insect 287 Smoky Shadowdragon Neurocordulia molesta N Insect 288 Orange Shadowdragon Neurocordulia xanthosoma N Insect 289 Mocha Emerald Somatochlora linearis N Insect 290 Ozark Emerald Somatochlora ozarkensis Y Insect 291 Clamp-tipped Emerald Somatochlora tenebrosa N Insect 292 Pale-faced Clubskimmer Brechmorhoga mendax N Insect 293 Calico Pennant Celithemis elisa N Insect 294 Halloween Pennant Celithemis eponina N Insect 295 Banded Pennant Celithemis fasciata N Insect 296 Double-ringed Pennant Celithemis verna N Insect 297 Checkered Setwing Dythemis fugax N Insect 298 Swift Setwing Dythemis velox N Insect 299 Eastern Pondhawk Erythemis simplicicollis N Insect 300 Great Pondhawk Erythemis vesiculosa N Insect 301 Band-winged Dragonlet† Erythrodiplax umbrata N Insect 302 Blue Corporal Ladona deplanata N Insect 303 Dot-tailed Whiteface Leucorrhinia intacta N Insect 304 Comanche Skimmer Libellula comanche N Insect 305 Bleached Skimmer Libellula composita Y Insect 306 Spangled Skimmer Libellula cyanea N Insect 307 Yellow-sided Skimmer Libellula flavida N Insect 308 Slaty Skimmer Libellula incesta N Insect 309 Widow Skimmer Libellula luctuosa N Insect 310 Twelve-spotted Skimmer Libellula pulchella N Insect 311 Flame Skimmer Libellula saturata N Insect 312 Painted Skimmer Libellula semifasciata N Insect 313 Great Blue Skimmer Libellula vibrans N Insect 314 Roseate Skimmer Orthemis ferruginea N Insect 315 Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis N Insect 316 Wandering Glider Pantala flavescens N Insect 317 Spot-winged Glider Pantala hymenaea N Insect 318 Eastern Amberwing Perithemis tenera N Insect 319 Common Whitetail Plathemis lydia N Insect 320 Desert Whitetail Plathemis subornata N Insect 321 Blue-faced Meadowhawk Sympetrum ambiguum N Insect 322 Variegated Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum N Insect 323 Saffron-winged Meadowhawk Sympetrum costiferum N Insect 324 Cherry-faced Meadowhawk Sympetrum internum N Insect 325 White-faced Meadowhawk Sympetrum obtrusum N Insect 326 Western Meadowhawk Sympetrum occidentale fascia N Insect 327 Ruby Meadowhawk Sympetrum rubicundulum N Insect 328 Autumn Meadowhawk Sympetrum vicinum N Insect 329 Carolina Saddlebags Tramea carolina N Insect 330 Black Saddlebags Tramea lacerata N Insect 331 Red Saddlebags Tramea onusta N Insect 332 Prairie Mole Cricket Gryllotalpa major Y Insect 333 A hellgrammite Corydalus cornutus N Insect 334 A hellgrammite † Chauliodes pectinicornis † N Insect 335 A hellgrammite Chauliodes rastricornis N Insect 336 A dobsonfly † Neohermes concolor † N Insect 337 A hellgrammite Nigronia serricornis N Insect 338 An alderfly † Sialis infumata(?) † N Insect 339 An alderfly Sialis itasca(?) N Insect 340 An alderfly † Sialis mohri(?) † N Insect 341 An alderfly † Sialis vagans(?) † N Insect 342 An alderfly Sialis velata(?) N Insect 343 An owlfly † Ascaloptynx appendiculatus(? N Insect 344 An owlfly † † Ululodes macleayana(?) † † N Insect 345 An owlfly † Ululodes quadripunctatus(?) †N Insect 346 A beaded lacewing †† Lomamyia banksi †† N Insect 347 A beaded lacewing† Lomamyia flavicornis † N Insect 348 A lacewing † Leucochrysa americana(?) † N Insect 349 A lacewing † Ceraeochrysa lineaticornis(?) N Insect 350 A lacewing† Chrysopa nigricornis(?) † N Insect 351 A lacewing †† Chrysopa oculata(?) †† N Insect 352 A lacewing† Chrysopa quadripunctata(?) † N Insect 353 A lacewing† Chrysoperla harrisii(?)† N Insect 354 A lacewing†† Chrysoperla plurabunda(?) ††N Insect 355 A lacewing † Chrysoperla rufilabris(?) † † N Insect 356 A lacewing† Eremochrysa sabulosa(?) † N Insect 357 A lacewing Eremochrysa fraterna(?) N Insect 358 Green Lacewing † Eremochrysa punctinervis † N Insect 359 A lacewing Meleoma arizonensis(?) † N Insect 360 Pseudomallada macleodi † Pseudomallada macleodi † N Insect 361 Pseudomallada perfectus †† Pseudomallada perfectus †† N Insect 362 Coniopteryx fitchi † Coniopteryx fitchi † N Insect 363 Coniopteryx westwoodi † Coniopteryx westwoodi † N Insect 364 Semidalis vicina † Semidalis vicina † N Insect 365 Hemerobius conjunctus †† Hemerobius conjunctus †† N Insect 366 Hemerobius humulinus †† Hemerobius humulinus †† N Insect 367 Hemerobius stigma † Hemerobius stigma † N Insect 368 Micromus posticus † Micromus posticus † N Insect 369 Micromus subanticus † Micromus subanticus † N Insect 370 Micromus variolosus †† Micromus variolosus †† N Insect 371 Sympherobius amiculus † † Sympherobius amiculus † † N Insect 372 Sympherobius barberi †† Sympherobius barberi †† N Insect 373 Sympherobius occidentalis † †Sympherobius occidentalis † †N Insect 374 Sympherobius perparvus † † Sympherobius perparvus † † N Insect 375 Climaciella brunnea † Climaciella brunnea † N Insect 376 Mantispa interrupta † Mantispa interrupta † N Insect 377 Mantispa sayi † Mantispa sayi † N Insect 378 Dendroleon obsoletus †† Dendroleon obsoletus †† N Insect 379 Psammoleon guttipes †† Psammoleon guttipes †† N Insect 380 Brachynemurus abdominalis † Brachynemurus abdominalis † N Insect 381 Brachynemurus blandus † † Brachynemurus blandus † † N Insect 382 Brachynemurus hubbardi † Brachynemurus hubbardi † N Insect 383 Brachynemurus irregularis † Brachynemurus irregularis † N Insect 384 Brachynemurus mexicanus † Brachynemurus mexicanus † N Insect 385 Brachynemurus nebulosus † † Brachynemurus nebulosus † † N Insect 386 Brachynemurus sackeni † † Brachynemurus sackeni † † N Insect 387 Brachynemurus signatus † † Brachynemurus signatus † † N Insect 388 Clathroneuria coquilletti † Clathroneuria coquilletti † N Insect 389 Scotoleon carrizonus †† Scotoleon carrizonus †† N Insect 390 Scotoleon minusculus † † Scotoleon minusculus † † N Insect 391 Scotoleon nigrilabris Scotoleon nigrilabris N Insect 392 Myrmeleon immaculatus † Myrmeleon immaculatus † N Insect 393 Myrmeleon rusticus † Myrmeleon rusticus † N Insect 394 Polystoechotes punctatus † † Polystoechotes punctatus † † N Insect 395 Climacia areolaris † Climacia areolaris † N Insect 396 Sisyra vicaria †† Sisyra vicaria †† N Insect 397 Asilus sericeus Asilus sericeus N Insect 398 Atomosia puella Atomosia puella N Insect 399 Atomosia punctifera Atomosia punctifera N Insect 400 Atomosia pusilla Atomosia pusilla N Insect 401 Atomosia rufipes Atomosia rufipes N Insect 402 Atomosia sayii Atomosia sayii N Insect 403 Beameromyia kawiensis Beameromyia kawiensis N Insect 404 Beameromyia pictipes Beameromyia pictipes N Insect 405 Beameromyia prairiensis Beameromyia prairiensis N Insect 406 Ceraturgus cruciatus Ceraturgus cruciatus N Insect 407 Cerotainia macrocera Cerotainia macrocera N Insect 408 Cerotainiops abdominalis Cerotainiops abdominalis N Insect 409 Cophura stylosa Cophura stylosa N Insect 410 Cyrtopogon profusus Cyrtopogon profusus N Insect 411 Dasylechia atrox Dasylechia atrox N Insect 412 Dicropaltum mesae Dicropaltum mesae N Insect 413 Dicropaltum pawneeae Dicropaltum pawneeae N Insect 414 Dicropaltum rubicundus Dicropaltum rubicundus N Insect 415 angustipennis Diogmites angustipennis N Insect 416 Diogmites misellus Diogmites misellus N Insect 417 Diogmites neoternatus Diogmites neoternatus N Insect 418 Diogmites platypterus Diogmites platypterus N Insect 419 Diogmites symmachus Diogmites symmachus N Insect 420 Diogmites ternatus Diogmites ternatus N Insect 421 Ecthodopa pubera Ecthodopa pubera N Insect 422 Efferia aestuans Efferia aestuans N Insect 423 Efferia albibarbis Efferia albibarbis N Insect 424 Efferia anomala Efferia anomala N Insect 425 Efferia argentifrons Efferia argentifrons N Insect 426 Efferia argyrosoma Efferia argyrosoma N Insect 427 Efferia aurimystacea Efferia aurimystacea N Insect 428 Efferia candida Efferia candida N Insect 429 Efferia helenae Efferia helenae N Insect 430 Efferia kansensis Efferia kansensis N Insect 431 Efferia leucocoma Efferia leucocoma N Insect 432 Efferia luna Efferia luna N Insect 433 Efferia nemoralis Efferia nemoralis N Insect 434 Efferia pallidula Efferia pallidula N Insect 435 Efferia plena Efferia plena N Insect 436 Efferia pogonias Efferia pogonias N Insect 437 Efferia prairiensis Efferia prairiensis N Insect 438 Efferia rapax Efferia rapax N Insect 439 Efferia snowi Efferia snowi N Insect 440 Efferia staminea Efferia staminea N Insect 441 Efferia texana Efferia texana N Insect 442 Efferia varipes Efferia varipes N Insect 443 Heteropogon phoenicurus Heteropogon phoenicurus N Insect 444 Hodophylax aridus Hodophylax aridus N Insect 445 Holcocephala abdominalis Holcocephala abdominalis N Insect 446 Holcocephala calva Holcocephala calva N Insect 447 Holopogon snowi Holopogon snowi N Insect 448 Lampria bicolor Lampria bicolor N Insect 449 Lampria rubiventris Lampria rubiventris N Insect 450 Laphria canis Laphria canis N Insect 451 Laphria grossa Laphria grossa N Insect 452 Laphria lata Laphria lata N Insect 453 Laphria sicula Laphria sicula N Insect 454 Laphria thoracica Laphria thoracica N Insect 455 Laphria vorax Laphria vorax N Insect 456 Laphystia canadensis Laphystia canadensis N Insect 457 Laphystia flavipes Laphystia flavipes N Insect 458 Laphystia notata Laphystia notata N Insect 459 Laphystia sexfasciata Laphystia sexfasciata N Insect 460 Laphystia snowi Laphystia snowi N Insect 461 Laphystia varipes Laphystia varipes N Insect 462 Leptogaster brevicornis Leptogaster brevicornis N Insect 463 Leptogaster coloradensis Leptogastercoloradensis N Insect 464 Leptogaster flavipes Leptogaster flavipes N Insect 465 Leptogaster incisuralis Leptogaster incisuralis N Insect 466 Leptogaster murina Leptogaster murina N Insect 467 Leptogaster panda Leptogaster panda N Insect 468 Machimus antimachus Machimus antimachus N Insect 469 Machimus delusus Machimus delusus N Insect 470 Machimus erythocnemius Machimus erythocnemius N Insect 471 Machimus formosus Machimus formosus N Insect 472 Machimus notatus Machimus notatus N Insect 473 Machimus prairiensis Machimus prairiensis N Insect 474 Machimus snowii Machimus snowii N Insect 475 Mallophora orcina Mallophora orcina N Insect 476 Megaphorus acrus Megaphorus acrus N Insect 477 Megaphorus guildiana Megaphorus guildiana N Insect 478 Microstylum galactodes Microstylum galactodes N Insect 479 Microstylum morosum Microstylum morosum N Insect 480 Ommatius gemma Ommatius gemma N Insect 481 Ommatius oklahomensis Ommatius oklahomensis N Insect 482 Ommatius ouchitensis Ommatius ouchitensis N Insect 483 Ospriocerus abdominalis Ospriocerus abdominalis N Insect 484 Ospriocerus aeacidinus Ospriocerus aeacidinus N Insect 485 Ospriocerus latipennis Ospriocerus latipennis N Insect 486 Ospriocerus pumilis Ospriocerus pumilis N Insect 487 Ospriocerus rhadamanthus Ospriocerus rhadamanthus N Insect 488 Philonicus rufipennis Philonicus rufipennis N Insect 489 Proctacanthella cacopiloga Proctacanthella cacopiloga N Insect 490 Proctacanthella leucopogon Proctacanthella leucopogon N Insect 491 Proctacanthus brevipennis Proctacanthus brevipennis N Insect 492 Proctacanthus duryi Proctacanthus duryi N Insect 493 Proctacanthus hinei Proctacanthus hinei N Insect 494 Proctacanthus micans Proctacanthus micans N Insect 495 Proctacanthus milbertii Proctacanthus milbertii N Insect 496 Proctacanthus nearno Proctacanthus nearno N Insect 497 Proctacanthus rodecki Proctacanthus rodecki N Insect 498 Proctacanthus rufus Proctacanthus rufus N Insect 499 Promachus albifacies Promachus albifacies N Insect 500 Promachus bastardii Promachus bastardii N Insect 501 Promachus dimidiatus Promachus dimidiatus N Insect 502 Promachus fitchii Promachus fitchii N Insect 503 Promachus hinei Promachus hinei N Insect 504 Promachus oklahomensis Promachus oklahomensis N Insect 505 Promachus vertebratus Promachus vertebratus N Insect 506 Psilocurus modestus Psilocurus modestus N Insect 507 Sarapogon combustus Sarapogon combustus N Insect 508 Scleropogon helvolus Scleropogon helvolus N Insect 509 Scleropogon picticornis Scleropogon picticornis N Insect 510 Scleropogon sublatus Scleropogon sublatus N Insect 511 Stenopogon martini Stenopogon martini N Insect 512 Stichopogon argenteus Stichopogon argenteus N Insect 513 Stichopogon pritchardi Stichopogon pritchardi N Insect 514 Stichopogon trifasciatus Stichopogon trifasciatus N Insect 515 Taracticus octopunctatus Taracticus octopunctatus N Insect 516 Tipulogaster glabrata Tipulogaster glabrata N Insect 517 Triorla interrupta Triorla interrupta N Insect 518 Zabrops flavipilis Zabrops flavipilis N Insect 519 Aegialia conferta Aegialia conferta N Insect 520 Caelius rufescens Caelius rufescens N Insect 521 Rhysothorax rufus Rhysothorax rufus N Insect 522 Stenotothorax badipes Stenotothorax badipes N Insect 523 Dellacasiellus concavus Dellacasiellus concavus N Insect 524 Teuchestes fossor Teuchestes fossor N Insect 525 Otophorus haemorrhoidalis Otophorus haemorrhoidalis N Insect 526 Cryptoscatomaseter iowensis Cryptoscatomaseter iowensis N Insect 527 Aphodius knausi Aphodius knausi N Insect 528 Blackburneus lentus Blackburneus lentus N Insect 529 Geomyphilus leptotarsis Geomyphilus leptotarsis N Insect 530 Geomyphilus russeus Geomyphilus russeus N Insect 531 Xeropsamobeus scabriceps Xeropsamobeus scabriceps N Insect 532 Pardalosus serval Pardalosus serval N Insect 533 Blackburneus stercorosus Blackburneus stercorosus N Insect 534 Lechorodius terminalis Lechorodius terminalis N Insect 535 Tetraclipeoides testaceiventris Tetraclipeoides testaceiventris N Insect 536 Drepanocanthoides walshii Drepanocanthoides walshii N Insect 537 Neopsammodius mimeticus Neopsammodius mimeticus N Insect 538 Neopsammodius interruptus Neopsammodius interruptus N Insect 539 Ataenius apicalis Ataenius apicalis N Insect 540 Ataenius hesperius Ataenius hesperius N Insect 541 Ataenius texanus Ataenius texanus N Insect 542 Ataenius robustus Ataenius robustus N Insect 543 Geotrupes opacus Geotrupes opacus N Insect 544 Canthon probus Canthon probus N Insect 545 Canthon chalcites Canthon chalcites N Insect 546 Canthon ebenus Canthon ebenus N Insect 547 Canthon pilularius Canthon pilularius N Insect 548 Canthon viridis Canthon viridis N Insect 549 Melanocanthon nigricornis Melanocanthon nigricornis N Insect 550 Copris fricator Copris fricator N Insect 551 Copris minutus Copris minutus N Insect 552 Dichotomius†carolinus Dichotomius†carolinus N Insect 554 Phanaeus vindex Phanaeus vindex N Insect 555 Onthophagus gazella Onthophagus gazella N Insect 556 Onthophagus hecate Onthophagus hecate N Insect 557 Onthophagus knausi Onthophagus knausi N Insect 558 Onthophagus oklahomensis Onthophagus oklhaomensis N Insect 559 Onthophagus orpheus pseudo Onthophagus orpheus pseudo N Insect 560 Onthophagus pennsylvanicus Onthophagus pennsylvanicus N Insect 561 Onthophagus striatulus Onthophagus striatulus N Insect 562 Onthophagus tuberculifrons Onthophagus tuberculifrons N Insect 563 Six-banded Longhorn Dryobius sexnotatus N Insect 564 Black Lordithon Rove Beetle Lordithon niger N Insect 565 American Burying Beetle (E) Nicrophorus americanus Y Insect 566 Scott Optioservus Riffle BeetleOptioservus phaeus Y Insect 567 A Tiger Beetle Amblycheila cylindriformis N Insect 568 A Tiger Beetle Cicindela belfragei N Insect 569 A Tiger Beetle Cicindela celeripes N Insect 570 A Tiger Beetle Cicindela circumpicta johnsoni N Insect 571 A Tiger Beetle Cicindela cuprascens N Insect 572 A Tiger Beetle Cicindela cursitans N Insect 573 A Tiger Beetle Cicindela denverensis N Insect 574 A Tiger Beetle Cicindela duodecimguttata N Insect 575 A Tiger Beetle Cicindela formosa N Insect 576 A Tiger Beetle Cicindela fulgida N Insect 577 Beach-dune Tiger Beetle Cicindela hirticollis N Insect 578 A Tiger Beetle Cicindela lengi N Insect 579 Little White Tiger Beetle Cicindela lepida N Insect 580 Cream-edged Tiger Beetle Cicindela circumpicta N Insect 581 Common Claybank Tiger Beet Cicindela limbalis N Insect 582 Common Claybank Tiger Beet Cicindela limbalis transfersa N Insect 583 Sandy Stream Tiger Beetle Cicindela macra N Insect 584 Sandy Stream Tiger Beetle Cicindela macra fluviatilis N Insect 585 Nevada Tiger Beetle Cicindela nevadica N Insect 586 Nevada Tiger Beetle Cicindela nevadica knausi N Insect 587 Black Sky Tiger Beetle Cicindela nigrocoerulea N Insect 588 Large Grassland Tiger Beetle Cicindela obsoleta N Insect 589 Beautiful Tiger Beetle Cicindela pulchra N Insect 590 Punctured Tiger Beetle Cicindela punctulata N Insect 591 Cow Path Tiger Beetle Cicindela purpurea N Insect 592 Cow Path Tiger Beetle Cicindela purpurea audubonii N Insect 593 Festive Tiger Beetle Cicindela scutellaris N Insect 594 Bronzed Tiger Beetle Cicindela repanda N Insect 595 Festive Tiger Beetle Cicindela scutellaris lecontei N Insect 596 Six-spotted Tiger Beetle Cicindela sexguttata N Insect 597 Splendid Tiger Beetle Cicindela splendida N Insect 598 Splendid Tiger Beetle Cicindela splendida cyanocephN Insect 599 Thin-lined Tiger Beetle Cicindela tenuisignata N Insect 600 White-cloaked Tiger Beetle Cicindela togata N Insect 601 White-cloaked Tiger Beetle Cicindela togata globicollis N Insect 602 Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle Cicindela tranquebarica N Insect 603 Williston's Tiger Beetle Cicindela willistoni N Insect 604 Williston's Tiger Beetle Cicindela willistoni hirtifrons N Insect 605 PanAmerican Big-headed TigeTetracha carolina N Insect 606 Virginia Big-headed Tiger BeetTetracha virginica N Insect 607 A Spur-throat Grasshopper Melanoplus beameri Y Insect 608 A Grasshopper Trimerotropis saxatilis N Insect 609 Low-ridged Pygmy Grasshopp Nomotettix parvus Y Insect 611 A Spring Stonefly Hydroperia fugitans N Insect 1491 A Prongill Mayfly Paraleptophlebia calcarica Y Insect 1513 Hyacinth Glider Miathyria marcella Isopods 636 A Cave Isopod Caecidotea metcalfi Y Isopods 637 An Isopod Caecidotea tridentata Y Isopods 638 An isopod Caecidotea steevesi Y Isopods 639 A cave obligate isopod Caecidotea simulator Y Mammals 835 Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana N Mammals 836 Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew Blarina hylophaga N Mammals 837 Least Shrew Cryptotis parva N Mammals 839 Eastern Mole Scalopus aquaticus N Mammals 840 Pallid Bat Antrozous pallidus Y Mammals 841 Northern Short-tailed Shrew Blarina brevicauda N Mammals 842 Masked Shrew Sorex cinereus N Mammals 843 Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum N Mammals 844 Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fuscus N Mammals 845 Silver-haired Bat Lasionycteris noctivagans N Mammals 846 Eastern Red Bat Lasiurus borealis N Mammals 847 Hoary Bat Lasiurus cinereus N Mammals 848 Gray Myotis (E) Myotis grisescens Y Mammals 849 Western Small-footed Myotis Myotis ciliolabrum Y Mammals 850 Little Brown Myotis Myotis lucifugus Y Mammals 851 Northern Myotis Myotis septentrionalis N Mammals 852 Cave Myotis Myotis velifer N Mammals 853 Evening Bat Nycticeius humeralis N Mammals 854 Tri-colored Bat Perimyotis subflavus N Mammals 855 Townsend's Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii Y Mammals 856 Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotis N Mammals 857 Brazilian Free-tailed Bat Tadarida brasiliensis N Mammals 858 Nine-banded Armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus N Mammals 859 White-tailed Jack Rabbit Lepus townsendii Y Mammals 860 Black-tailed Jack Rabbit Lepus californicus N Mammals 861 Swamp Rabbit Sylvilagus aquaticus Y Mammals 862 Desert Cottontail Sylvilagus audubonii N Mammals 863 Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus N Mammals 864 Black-tailed Prairie Dog Cynomys ludovicianus Y Mammals 865 Southern Flying Squirrel Glaucomys volans Y Mammals 866 Woodchuck Marmota monax N Mammals 867 Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis N Mammals 868 Fox Squirrel Sciurus niger N Mammals 869 Franklin's Ground Squirrel Spermophilus franklinii Y Mammals 870 Spotted Ground Squirrel Xerospermophilus spilosoma Y Mammals 871 Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel Ictidomys tridecemlineatus N Mammals 872 Eastern Chipmunk Tamias striatus N Mammals 873 Plains Pocket Gopher Geomys bursarius N Mammals 874 Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher Cratogeomys castanops Y Mammals 875 Hispid Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus hispidus N Mammals 876 Ord's Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys ordii N Mammals 877 Plains Pocket Mouse Perognathus flavescens N Mammals 878 Silky Pocket Mouse Perognathus flavus N Mammals 879 Beaver Castor canadensis N Mammals 880 Prairie Vole Microtus ochrogaster N Mammals 881 Meadow Vole Microtus pennsylvanicus N Mammals 882 Woodland Vole Microtus pinetorum N Mammals 883 Eastern Woodrat Neotoma floridana N Mammals 884 Southern Plains Woodrat Neotoma micropus N Mammals 885 Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus N Mammals 886 Northern Grasshopper Mouse Onychomys leucogaster N Mammals 887 Texas Mouse Peromyscus attwateri Y Mammals 888 White-footed Mouse Peromyscus leucopus N Mammals 889 Deer Mouse Peromyscus maniculatus N Mammals 890 Fulvous Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys fulvescens Y Mammals 891 Western Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys megalotis N Mammals 892 Plains Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys montanus N Mammals 893 Hispid Cotton Rat Sigmodon hispidus N Mammals 894 Southern Bog Lemming Synaptomys cooperi Y Mammals 895 House Mouse Mus musculus* N Mammals 896 Norway Rat Rattus norvegicus* N Mammals 897 Black Rat Rattus rattus* N Mammals 898 Meadow Jumping Mouse Zapus hudsonius N Mammals 899 North American Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum N Mammals 900 Coyote Canis latrans N Mammals 901 Gray Wolf (x) Canis lupus N Mammals 902 Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus Y Mammals 903 Swift Fox Vulpes velox Y Mammals 904 Red Fox Vulpes vulpes N Mammals 905 American Black Bear Ursus americanus Y Mammals 906 Grizzly Bear (x) Ursus arctos N Mammals 907 Ringtail Bassariscus astutus N Mammals 908 Northern Raccoon Procyon lotor N Mammals 909 Northern River Otter Lutra canadensis N Mammals 910 Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis N Mammals 911 Long-tailed Weasel Mustela frenata N Mammals 912 Black-footed Ferret (E) Mustela nigripes Y Mammals 913 Least Weasel Mustela nivalis N Mammals 914 Mink Neovison vison N Mammals 915 Spotted Skunk (T) Spilogale putorius Y Mammals 916 American Badger Taxidea taxus N Mammals 917 Bobcat Lynx rufus N Mammals 918 Wapiti Cervus elaphus N Mammals 919 Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus N Mammals 920 White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus N Mammals 921 Pronghorn Antilocapra americana N Mammals 922 Bison Bison bison N Mammals 1489 Mountain Lion Puma concolor Y Mussels 628 Round Pigtoe Mussel Pleurobema sintoxia Y Mussels 644 Mucket Actinonaias ligamentina N Mussels 645 Elktoe (E) Alasmidonta marginata Y Mussels 648 Flat Floater E) Anodonta suborbiculata Y Mussels 649 Cylindrical Papershell Anodontoides ferussacianus Y Mussels 650 Rock-Pocketbook (T) Arcidens confragosus Y Mussels 651 Spectaclecase (x) Cumberlandia monodonta Y Mussels 652 Purple Wartyback Cyclonaias tuberculata N Mussels 653 Western Fanshell (E) Cyprogenia aberti Y Mussels 654 Butterfly (T) Ellipsaria lineolata Y Mussels 655 Spike Elliptio dilatata Y Mussels 656 Snuffbox (x) Epioblasma triquetra Y Mussels 657 Wabash Pigtoe Fusconaia flava Y Mussels 660 Neosho Mucket (E) Lampsilis rafinesqueana Y Mussels 661 Fatmucket Lampsilis siliquoidea Y Mussels 662 Yellow Sandshell Lampsilis teres Y Mussels 664 Flutedshell (T) Lasmigona costata Y Mussels 667 Washboard Megalonaias nervosa Y Mussels 668 Threehorn Wartyback Obliquaria reflexa N Mussels 670 Pink Heelsplitter Potamilus alatus N Mussels 672 Pink Papershell Potamilus ohiensis N Mussels 673 Bleufer Potamilus purpuratus Y Mussels 674 Ouachita Kidneyshell (T) Ptychobranchus occidentalis Y Mussels 675 Giant Floater Pyganodon grandis N Mussels 676 Rabbitsfoot (E) Quadrula cylindrica Y Mussels 677 Monkeyface Quadrula metanevra Y Mussels 678 Wartyback Quadrula nodulata Y Mussels 680 Mapleleaf Quadrula quadrula Y Mussels 681 Lilliput Toxolasma parvus N Mussels 683 Fawnsfoot Truncilla donaciformis Y Mussels 684 Deertoe Truncilla truncata Y Mussels 685 Pondhorn Uniomerus tetralasmus Y Mussels 686 Paper Pondshell Utterbackia imbecillis N Mussels 687 Ellipse (E) Venustaconcha ellipsiformis Y Mussels 1492 Mucket (E) Actinonaias ligamenta Y Mussels 1493 Slippershell (x) Alasmidonta viridis Y Mussels 1494 Threeridge Amblema plicata Y Mussels 1495 Purple Wartyback Cyclonaias tuberculata Y Mussels 1496 Plain Pocketbook Lampsilis cardium Y Mussels 1497 White Heelsplitter Lasmigona complanata Y Mussels 1498 Fragile Papershell Leptodea fragilis Y Mussels 1499 Pondmussel Ligumia subrostrata Y Mussels 1500 Threehorn Wartyback Obliquaria reflexa Y Mussels 1501 Pink Heelsplitter Potamilus alatus Y Mussels 1502 Pink Papershell Potamilus ohiensis Y Mussels 1503 Giant Floater Pyganodon grandis Y Mussels 1504 Pimpleback Quadrula pustulosa Y Mussels 1505 Creeper Strophitus undulatus Y Mussels 1506 Lilliput Toxoplasma parvus Y Mussels 1507 Pistolgrip Tritogonia verrucosa Y Mussels 1508 Black Sandshell (x) Ligumia recta Y Planarians 643 Kansas Planarian Sphalloplana kansensis Y Reptiles 1405 Eastern Collard Lizard Crotaphytus collaris N Reptiles 1406 Lesser Earless Lizard Holbrookia maculata Y Reptiles 1407 Texas Horned Lizard Phrynosoma cornutum Y Reptiles 1408 Prairie Lizard Sceloporus consobrinus N Reptiles 1409 Coal Skink Plestiodon anthracinus Y Reptiles 1410 Five-lined Skink Plestiodon fasciatus N Reptiles 1411 Broadhead Skink (T) Plestiodon laticeps Y Reptiles 1412 Great Plains Skink Plestiodon obsoletus N Reptiles 1413 Southern Prairie Skink Plestiodon obtusirostris N Reptiles 1414 Northern Prairie Skink Plestiodon spetentrionalis N Reptiles 1415 Ground Skink Scincella lateralis N Reptiles 1416 Western Green Lacerta Lacerta bilineata* N Reptiles 1417 Italian Wall Lizard Podarcis siculus* N Reptiles 1418 Six-lined Racerunner Aspidoscelis sexlineatus N Reptiles 1419 Slender Glass Lizard Ophisaurus attenuatus N Reptiles 1420 Texas Blind Snake (T) Leptotyphlops dulcis Y Reptiles 1421 Western Worm Snake Carphophis vermis N Reptiles 1422 Ringneck Snake Diadophis punctatus N Reptiles 1423 Western Hognose Snake Heterodon nasicus Y Reptiles 1424 Eastern Hognose Snake Heterodon platirhinos Y Reptiles 1425 Chihuahuan Night Snake Hypsiglena jani Y Reptiles 1426 Flathead Snake Tantilla gracilis N Reptiles 1427 Plains Blackhead Snake Tantilla nigriceps N Reptiles 1428 Eastern Glossy Snake Arizona elegans Y Reptiles 1429 Eastern Racer Coluber constrictor N Reptiles 1430 Great Plains Rat Snake Pantherophis emoryi N Reptiles 1431 Western Rat Snake Scotophis obsoletus N Reptiles 1432 Prairie Kingsnake Lampropeltis calligaster N Reptiles 1433 Speckled Kingsnake Lampropeltis holbrooki N Reptiles 1434 Milk Snake Lampropeltis triangulum Y Reptiles 1435 Coachwhip Masticophis flagellum N Reptiles 1436 Rough Green Snake Opheodrys aestivus Y Reptiles 1437 Gopher Snake Pituophis catenifer N Reptiles 1438 Longnose Snake (T) Rhinocheilus lecontei Y Reptiles 1439 Ground Snake Sonora semiannulata Y Reptiles 1440 Plainbelly Water Snake Nerodia erythrogaster N Reptiles 1441 Diamondback Water Snake Nerodia rhombifer N Reptiles 1442 Northern Water Snake Nerodia sipedon N Reptiles 1443 Graham's Crayfish Snake Regina grahamii N Reptiles 1444 Brown Snake Storeria dekayi N Reptiles 1445 Redbelly Snake (T) Storeria occipitomaculata Y Reptiles 1446 Checkered Garter Snake (T) Thamnophis marcianus Y Reptiles 1447 Western Ribbon Snake Thamnophis proximus N Reptiles 1448 Plains Garter Snake Thamnophis radix N Reptiles 1449 Common Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis N Reptiles 1451 Lined Snake Tropidoclonion lineatum N Reptiles 1452 Rough Earth Snake Virginia striatula Y Reptiles 1453 Smooth Earth Snake (T) Virginia valeriae Y Reptiles 1454 Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix N Reptiles 1455 Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus Y Reptiles 1456 Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus Y Reptiles 1457 Prairie Rattlesnake Crotalus viridis Y Reptiles 1458 Massasauga Sistrurus catenatus Y Reptiles 1501 New Blind Snake Rena dissecta Turtles 1390 Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina N Turtles 1391 Alligator Snapping Turtle Macrochelys temminckii Y Turtles 1392 Yellow Mud Turtle Kinosternon flavescens N Turtles 1393 Common Musk Turtle Sternotherus odoratus N Turtles 1394 Northern Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta N Turtles 1395 Common Map Turtle (T) Graptemys geographica Y Turtles 1396 Ouachita Map Turtle Graptemys ouachitensis N Turtles 1397 False Map Turtle Graptemys pseudogeographic N Turtles 1398 Mississippi map Turtle Graptemys pseudogeographic N Turtles 1399 River Cooter Pseudemys concinna N Turtles 1400 Eastern Box Turtle Terrapene carolina N Turtles 1401 Ornate Box Turtle Terrapene ornata N Turtles 1402 Slider Trachemys scripta N Turtles 1403 Smooth Softshell Apalone mutica Y Turtles 1404 Spiny Softshell Apalone spinifera N 200 Birds 990 Black-bellied Whistling-duck Dendrocygna autumnalis N 400 Birds 991 Fulvous Whistling-duck Dendrocygna bicolor N 600 Birds 973 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons N 800 Birds 985 Snow Goose Chen caerulescens N 1000 Birds 986 Ross's Goose Chen rossii N 1200 Birds 980 Brant Branta bernicla N 1400 Birds 1514 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii 1600 Birds 984 Canada Goose Branta canadensis N 1800 Birds 988 Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator N 2000 Birds 989 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus N 2200 Birds 960 Wood Duck Aix sponsa N 2400 Birds 972 Gadwall Anas strepera N 2600 Birds 968 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope N 2800 Birds 962 American Wigeon Anas americana N 3000 Birds 971 American Black Duck Anas rubripes N 3200 Birds 969 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos N 3400 Birds 967 Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula N 3600 Birds 966 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors N 3800 Birds 965 Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera N 4000 Birds 963 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata N 4200 Birds 961 Northern Pintail Anas acuta Y 4400 Birds 970 Garganey Anas querquedula N 4600 Birds 964 Green-winged Teal Anas crecca N 4800 Birds 979 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Y 5000 Birds 975 Redhead Aythya americana N 5200 Birds 976 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris N 5400 Birds 977 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula N 5600 Birds 978 Greater Scaup Aythya marila N 5800 Birds 974 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis N 6000 Birds 1000 King Eider Somateria spectabilis N 6200 Birds 999 Common Eider Somateria mollissima N 6400 Birds 1001 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus N 6600 Birds 995 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata N 6800 Birds 993 White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca N 7000 Birds 994 Black Scoter Melanitta americana N 7200 Birds 987 Long-tailed duck Clangula hyemalis N 7400 Birds 981 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola N 7600 Birds 982 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula N 7800 Birds 983 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica N 8000 Birds 992 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus N 8200 Birds 996 Common Merganser Mergus merganser N 8400 Birds 997 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator N 8600 Birds 998 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis N 8800 Birds 1032 Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata Y 9000 Birds 1033 Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus Y 9200 Birds 1028 Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus* N 9300 Birds 1025 Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus N 9400 Birds 1031 Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus N 9500 Birds 1026 Gunnison Sage-Grouse (x) Centrocercus minimus N 9600 Birds 1029 Greater Prairie-Chicken Tympanuchus cupido Y 9800 Birds 1030 Lesser Prairie-Chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus Y 10000 Birds 1027 Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo N 10200 Birds 926 Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata N 10400 Birds 925 Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica N 10600 Birds 924 Common Loon Gavia immer N 10800 Birds 923 Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii N 11000 Birds 933 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps N 11200 Birds 929 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus N 11400 Birds 930 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena N 11600 Birds 931 Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Y 11800 Birds 928 Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis Y 12000 Birds 927 Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii N 12200 Birds 959 American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber N 12400 Birds 956 Wood Stork Mycteria americana N 12600 Birds 939 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens N 12800 Birds 937 Neoptropic Cormorant Phalacrocroax brasilianus N 13000 Birds 936 Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocroax auritus N 13200 Birds 938 Anhinga Anhinga anhinga N 13400 Birds 934 American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Y 13600 Birds 935 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis N 13800 Birds 942 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Y 14000 Birds 949 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Y 14200 Birds 941 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias N 14400 Birds 940 Great Egret Ardea alba Y 14600 Birds 946 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Y 14800 Birds 945 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Y 15000 Birds 948 Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor N 15200 Birds 947 Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens N 15400 Birds 943 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis N 15600 Birds 944 Green Heron Butorides virescens N 15800 Birds 951 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Y 16000 Birds 950 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea N 16200 Birds 953 White Ibis Eudocimus albus N 16400 Birds 955 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus N 16600 Birds 954 White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi N 16800 Birds 952 Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja N 17000 Birds 958 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus N 17200 Birds 957 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura N 17400 Birds 1018 Osprey Pandion haliaetus N 17600 Birds 1511 Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus N 17800 Birds 1015 White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus N 18000 Birds 1016 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Y 18000 Birds 1017 Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis Y 18200 Birds 1013 Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus N 18400 Birds 1005 Sharp-skinned Hawk Accipiter striatus N 18600 Birds 1002 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii N 18800 Birds 1003 Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis N 19000 Birds 1019 Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus N 19200 Birds 1009 Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus N 19400 Birds 1010 Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus N 19600 Birds 1004 Gray Hawk Buteo nitida N 19800 Birds 1012 Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni Y 20000 Birds 1007 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis N 20200 Birds 1011 Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis Y 20400 Birds 1008 Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus N 20600 Birds 1006 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Y 20800 Birds 1024 American Kestrel Falco sparverius N 21000 Birds 1020 Merlin Falco columbarius N 21200 Birds 1023 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus N 21400 Birds 1022 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Y 21600 Birds 1021 Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus N 21800 Birds 1034 Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis N 22000 Birds 1037 Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis Y 22200 Birds 1040 King Rail Rallus elegans N 22400 Birds 1041 Virginia Rail Rallus limicola N 22600 Birds 1039 Sora Porzana carolina N 22800 Birds 1038 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica N 23000 Birds 1036 Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata N 23200 Birds 1035 American Coot Fulica americana N 23400 Birds 1043 Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis N 23600 Birds 1516 Common Crane Grus grus 23800 Birds 1042 Whooping Crane (E) Grus americana Y 24000 Birds 1051 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola Y 24200 Birds 1050 American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica Y 24400 Birds 1044 Snowy Plover (T) Charadrius nivosus Y 24600 Birds 1049 Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia N 24800 Birds 1047 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus N 25000 Birds 1045 Piping Plover (T) Charadrius melodius Y 25200 Birds 1048 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus N 25400 Birds 1046 Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus Y 25600 Birds 1052 Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus Y 25800 Birds 1053 American Avocet Recurvirostra americana Y 26000 Birds 1054 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius N 26200 Birds 1085 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria N 26400 Birds 1082 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus N 26600 Birds 1084 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Y 26800 Birds 1068 Willet Tringa semipalmata N 27000 Birds 1083 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Y 27200 Birds 1056 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Y 27300 Birds 1075 Eskimo Curlew (E) Numenius borealis Y 27400 Birds 1076 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus N 27600 Birds 1074 Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus Y 27800 Birds 1073 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Y 28000 Birds 1072 Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa Y 28200 Birds 1055 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres N 28400 Birds 1060 Red Knot Calidris canutus N 28600 Birds 1057 Sanderling Calidris alba N 28800 Birds 1067 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Y 29000 Birds 1064 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri N 29200 Birds 1066 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Y 29400 Birds 1062 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Y 29600 Birds 1059 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Y 29800 Birds 1065 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Y 30000 Birds 1058 Dunlin Calidris alpina N 30200 Birds 1061 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea N 30400 Birds 1063 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Y 30600 Birds 1086 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis Y 30800 Birds 1080 Ruff Philomachus pugnax N 31000 Birds 1070 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus N 31200 Birds 1071 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Y 31400 Birds 1069 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata N 31600 Birds 1081 American Woodcock Scolopax minor N 31800 Birds 1079 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Y 32000 Birds 1078 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus N 32200 Birds 1077 Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius N 32400 Birds 1103 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla N 32600 Birds 1114 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini N 32800 Birds 1099 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia N 33000 Birds 1101 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus N 33200 Birds 1098 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus N 33400 Birds 1518 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea 33600 Birds 1089 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla N 33650 Birds 1100 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan N 33660 Birds 1091 Mew Gull Larus canus N 33670 Birds 1092 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis N 34400 Birds 1090 California Gull Larus californicus N 34410 Birds 1088 Herring Gull Larus argentatus N 34460 Birds 1102 Thayer's Gull Larus thayeri N 34470 Birds 1095 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides N 34480 Birds 1093 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus N 34490 Birds 1094 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens N 34495 Birds 1096 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus N 34800 Birds 1097 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus N 35000 Birds 1108 Least Tern (E) Sternula antillarum Y 35200 Birds 1112 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica N 35400 Birds 1109 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia N 35600 Birds 1087 Black Tern Chlidonias niger Y 35800 Birds 1111 Common Tern Sterna hirundo N 36000 Birds 1113 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea N 36200 Birds 1110 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Y 36400 Birds 1104 Black Skimmer Rynchops niger N 36600 Birds 1107 Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus N 36700 Birds 1106 Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus N 36800 Birds 1105 Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus N 37000 Birds 1115 Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix N 37200 Birds 1117 Rock Pigeon Columba livia* N 37400 Birds 1116 Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata N 37600 Birds 1121 Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto* N 37800 Birds 1122 White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica N 38000 Birds 1123 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura N 38100 Birds 1120 Passenger Pigeon (X) Ectopistes migratorius N 38200 Birds 1118 Inca Dove Columbina inca N 38400 Birds 1119 Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina N 38600 Birds 1124 Carolina Parakeet (X) Conuropsis carolinensis N 39000 Birds 1125 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus N 39200 Birds 1126 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Y 39400 Birds 1128 Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus N 39600 Birds 1127 Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris N 39800 Birds 1129 Barn Owl Tyto alba Y 40000 Birds 1139 Flammulated Owl Otus flammeolus N 40200 Birds 1137 Western Screech-owl Megascops kennicotti N 40400 Birds 1136 Eastern Screech-owl Megascops asio N 40600 Birds 1134 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus N 40800 Birds 1135 Snowy Owl Nyctea scandiaca N 41000 Birds 1133 Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia Y 41200 Birds 1138 Barred Owl Strix varia N 41400 Birds 1132 Long-eared Owl Asio otus N 41600 Birds 1131 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Y 41800 Birds 1130 Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus N 42000 Birds 1143 Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis N 42200 Birds 1142 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Y 42400 Birds 1144 Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii Y 42600 Birds 1140 Chuck-will's-widow Caprimulgus carolinensis Y 42800 Birds 1141 Eastern Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus Y 43000 Birds 1146 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica N 43200 Birds 1145 White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis N 43400 Birds 1520 Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris 43600 Birds 1151 Magnificent Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens N 43800 Birds 1148 Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris N 44000 Birds 1147 Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri N 44200 Birds 1149 Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna N 44400 Birds 1150 Costa's Hummingbird Caplypte costae N 44600 Birds 1154 Calliope Hummingbird Stellula calliope N 44800 Birds 1152 Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus N 45000 Birds 1153 Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus N 45200 Birds 1155 Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin N 45400 Birds 1156 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon N 45600 Birds 1161 Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis Y 45800 Birds 1160 Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus Y 46000 Birds 1159 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus N 46200 Birds 1166 Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus N 46400 Birds 1167 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius N 46600 Birds 1165 Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis N 46800 Birds 1163 Ladder-backed Wodpecker Piciodes scalaris Y 47000 Birds 1162 Downy Woodpecker Piciodes pubescens N 47200 Birds 1164 Hairy Woodpecker Piciodes villosus N 47400 Birds 1521 American Three-toed Woodpe Picoides dorsalis 47600 Birds 1157 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus N 47800 Birds 1158 Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus Y 48000 Birds 1168 Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi N 48200 Birds 1169 Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus N 48400 Birds 1170 Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens Y 48600 Birds 1172 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris N 48800 Birds 1178 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens N 49000 Birds 1171 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum N 49100 Birds 1177 Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii N 49200 Birds 1174 Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus N 49400 Birds 1173 Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii N 49600 Birds 1179 Gray Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii N 49800 Birds 1175 Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri N 50000 Birds 1176 Cordilleran Flycatcher Empidonax occidentalis N 50200 Birds 1184 Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans N 50400 Birds 1185 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe N 50600 Birds 1186 Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya N 50800 Birds 1183 Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus N 51000 Birds 1180 Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens N 51200 Birds 1181 Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus N 51400 Birds 1182 Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus N 51600 Birds 1191 Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans N 51800 Birds 1190 Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis Y 52000 Birds 1189 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Y 52200 Birds 1187 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus Y 52400 Birds 1188 Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana N 52600 Birds 1193 Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus Y 52800 Birds 1192 Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor N 53000 Birds 1199 White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus N 53200 Birds 1195 Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii Y 53400 Birds 1194 Black-capped Vireo (E) Vireo atricapilla Y 53600 Birds 1204 Gray Vireo Vireo vicinior N 53800 Birds 1197 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo falvifrons N 54000 Birds 1202 Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus N 54200 Birds 1196 Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii N 54400 Birds 1203 Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius N 54600 Birds 1198 Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus N 54800 Birds 1201 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo phildelphicus N 55000 Birds 1200 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus N 55200 Birds 1213 Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus N 55400 Birds 1212 Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri N 55600 Birds 1211 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata N 55800 Birds 1205 Western Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica N 56000 Birds 1206 Mexican Jay Aphelocoma wollweberi N 56200 Birds 1214 Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana N 56400 Birds 1215 Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia N 56600 Birds 1207 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos N 56800 Birds 1210 Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus N 57000 Birds 1209 Chihuahuan Raven Corvus cryptoleucus Y 57200 Birds 1208 Common Raven Corvus corax N 57400 Birds 1216 Horned Lark Eremophilia alpestris N 57600 Birds 1219 Purple Martin Progne subis N 57800 Birds 1222 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor N 58000 Birds 1224 Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina N 58200 Birds 1221 Northern Rough-winged SwalloStelgidoptryx serripennis N 58400 Birds 1220 Bank Swallow Riparia riparia N 58600 Birds 1218 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota N 58800 Birds 1223 Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva N 59000 Birds 1217 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica N 59200 Birds 1228 Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis N 59400 Birds 1227 Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus N 59600 Birds 1229 Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli N 59800 Birds 1226 Juniper Titmouse Baeolophus ridgwayi N 60000 Birds 1225 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor N 60200 Birds 1230 Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus N 60400 Birds 1231 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canandensis N 60600 Birds 1232 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis N 60800 Birds 1234 Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea N 61000 Birds 1233 Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla N 61200 Birds 1235 Brown Creeper Certhia americana N 61400 Birds 1239 Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus N 61600 Birds 1236 Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus N 61800 Birds 1241 Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus N 62000 Birds 1240 Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii N 62200 Birds 1242 House Wren Troglodytes aedon N 62400 Birds 1243 Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis N 62600 Birds 1238 Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis N 62800 Birds 1237 Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris N 63000 Birds 1246 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea N 63200 Birds 1245 Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa N 63400 Birds 1244 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula N 63600 Birds 1253 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe N 63800 Birds 1257 Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis N 64000 Birds 1256 Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana N 64200 Birds 1255 Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides N 64400 Birds 1254 Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi N 64600 Birds 1247 Veery Catharus fuscescens N 64800 Birds 1249 Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus N 65000 Birds 1250 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus N 65200 Birds 1248 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus N 65400 Birds 1251 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina N 65600 Birds 1258 American Robin Turdus migratorius N 65800 Birds 1252 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius N 66000 Birds 1259 Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis N 66200 Birds 1260 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos N 66400 Birds 1261 Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus N 66600 Birds 1263 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Y 66800 Birds 1262 Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curcirostre Y 67000 Birds 1264 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris N 67200 Birds 1265 American Pipit Anthus rubescens N 67400 Birds 1266 Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii Y 67600 Birds 1268 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus N 67800 Birds 1267 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum N 68000 Birds 1269 Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens N 68200 Birds 932 Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus N 68400 Birds 1329 Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus Y 68600 Birds 1330 Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus Y 68800 Birds 1328 McCown's Longspur Rhynchopanes mccownii Y 69000 Birds 1342 Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis N 84790 Birds 1299 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla N 84800 Birds 1289 Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum N 84810 Birds 1300 Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla Y 84820 Birds 1301 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis N 84830 Birds 1305 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera N 84840 Birds 1307 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera N 84850 Birds 1292 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia N 84860 Birds 1298 Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea Y 84870 Birds 1291 Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii N 84871 Birds 1306 Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina N 84872 Birds 1304 Orange-crowned Warbler Oreothlypis celata N 84873 Birds 1308 Nashville Warbler Oreothlypis ruficapilla N 84874 Birds 1309 Virginia's Warbler Oreothlypis virginiae N 84875 Birds 1293 Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis N 85140 Birds 1296 MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei N 85150 Birds 1295 Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia N 85160 Birds 1294 Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosus Y 85170 Birds 1288 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas N 85180 Birds 1311 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina N 85190 Birds 1302 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla N 85195 Birds 1285 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina N 85196 Birds 1272 Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea Y 85197 Birds 1297 Northern Parula Setophaga americana N 85198 Birds 1277 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia N 85199 Birds 1271 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea N 85200 Birds 1276 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca N 85201 Birds 1282 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia N 85202 Birds 1281 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica N 85203 Birds 1270 Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens N 85203 Birds 1284 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata N 85204 Birds 1280 Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum N 85205 Birds 1283 Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus N 85206 Birds 1273 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata N 85207 Birds 1275 Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica Y 85208 Birds 1274 Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor N 85209 Birds 1278 Black-throated Gray Warbler Setophaga nigrescens N 85210 Birds 1286 Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi N 85211 Birds 1279 Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis N 85212 Birds 1287 Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens N 85213 Birds 1310 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis N 85214 Birds 1312 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla N 85215 Birds 1303 Painted Redstart Myioborus pictus N 85216 Birds 1290 Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens N 87800 Birds 1338 Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus N 88000 Birds 1341 Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus Y 88200 Birds 1339 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus N 88400 Birds 1318 Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps N 88600 Birds 1340 Canyon Towhee Melozone fuscus N 88800 Birds 1317 Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii Y 89000 Birds 1316 Bachman's Sparrow Peucaea aestivalis N 89200 Birds 1344 American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea Y 89400 Birds 1347 Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina N 89600 Birds 1346 Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida N 89800 Birds 1345 Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri 90000 Birds 1348 Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla Y 90200 Birds 1343 Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus N 90400 Birds 1331 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Y 90600 Birds 1325 Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata N 90800 Birds 1324 Sage Sparrow Amphispiza belli N 91000 Birds 1326 Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys Y 91200 Birds 1336 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis N 91400 Birds 1323 Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum Y 91600 Birds 1319 Baird's Sparrow Ammodramus bairdii Y 91800 Birds 1321 Henslow's Sparrow Ammodramus henslowii Y 92000 Birds 1322 Le Conte's Sparrow Ammodramus leconteii N 92200 Birds 1320 Nelson's Sparrow Ammodramus nelsoni N 92400 Birds 1327 Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca N 92600 Birds 1335 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia N 92800 Birds 1334 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii N 93000 Birds 1333 Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana N 93200 Birds 1349 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis N 93400 Birds 1352 Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula Y 93600 Birds 1351 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys N 93800 Birds 1350 Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla N 94000 Birds 1332 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis N 94200 Birds 1522 Hepatic Tanager Piranga flava 94400 Birds 1315 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra N 94600 Birds 1314 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea N 94800 Birds 1313 Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana N 95000 Birds 1353 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis N 95200 Birds 1354 Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus N 95400 Birds 1359 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus N 95600 Birds 1360 Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus N 95800 Birds 1355 Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea N 96000 Birds 1356 Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena N 96200 Birds 1358 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea N 96400 Birds 1357 Painted Bunting Passerina ciris Y 96600 Birds 1361 Dickcissel Spiza americana Y 96800 Birds 1363 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Y 97000 Birds 1362 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus N 97200 Birds 1374 Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna Y 97400 Birds 1375 Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta N 97600 Birds 1376 Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocaphalus xanthocaphal N 97800 Birds 1364 Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus Y 98000 Birds 1365 Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus Y 98200 Birds 1373 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula N 98400 Birds 1372 Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus N 98600 Birds 1371 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater N 98700 Birds 1524 Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus 98800 Birds 1370 Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius Y 99000 Birds 1367 Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii Y 99200 Birds 1368 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Y 99400 Birds 1369 Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum N 99600 Birds 1377 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla N 99800 Birds 1388 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator N 99800 Birds 1523 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis 100000 Birds 1384 Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus N 100200 Birds 1382 Cassin's Finch Carpodacus cassinii N 100400 Birds 1383 House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus N 100600 Birds 1386 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra N 100800 Birds 1387 White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera N 101000 Birds 1378 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea N 101200 Birds 1379 Pine Siskin Spinus pinus N 101400 Birds 1380 Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria N 101600 Birds 1381 American Goldfinch Spinus tristis N 101800 Birds 1385 Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus N 102000 Birds 1389 House Sparrow Passer domesticus N Group Common Name/Scientific Name Scientific Name SGCN

Amphibians Eastern Tiger Salamander Ambystoma tigrinum Y

Amphibians Smallmouth Salamander Ambystoma texanum N

Amphibians Eastern Newt (T) Notophthalmus viridescens Y

Amphibians Longtail Salamander (T) Eurycea longicauda Y

Amphibians Cave Salamander (E) Eurycea lucifuga Y

Amphibians Grotto Salamander (E) Eurycea spelaea Y Amphibians Common Mudpuppy Necturus maculosus Y Amphibians Plains Spadefoot Spea bombifrons N Amphibians American Toad Anaxyrus americanus N Amphibians Great Plains Toad Anaxyrus cognatus N Amphibians Green Toad (T) Anaxyrus debilis Y Amphibians Red-spotted Toad Anaxyrus punctatus Y Amphibians Woodhouse's Toad Anaxyrus woodhousii N

Amphibians Blanchard's Cricket Frog Acris blanchardi Y

Amphibians Gray Treefrog complex Hyla chrysoscelis/versicolor N

Amphibians Spotted Chorus Frog Pseudacris clarkii N Amphibians Spring Peeper (T) Pseudacris crucifer Y Amphibians Boreal Chorus Frog Pseudacris maculata N

Amphibians Strecker's Chorus Frog (T) Pseudacris streckeri Y Amphibians Boreal Chorus Frog Pseudacris maculata N Amphibians Crawfish Frog Lithobates areolata Y Amphibians Plains Leopard Frog Lithobates blairi N

Amphibians Bullfrog Lithobates catesbeiana N Amphibians Bronze Frog (T) Lithobates clamitans Y Amphibians Pickerel Frog Lithobates palustris Y

Amphibians Southern Leopard Frog Lithobates sphenocephalus N

Amphibians Eastern Narrowmouth Toad (T) Gastrophryne carolinensis Y

Amphibians Great Plains Narrowmouth Toad Gastrophryne olivacea N Amphibians Red River Mudpuppy Necturus louisianensis Y

Amphibians Barred Tiger Salamander Ambystoma mavortium Amphibians Fowler's Toad Anaxyrus fowleri Amphipod Kansas Well Amhipod Bactrurus hubrichti N

Amphipod A Cave Obligate Amphipod Stygobromus alabamensis N

Amphipod Onondaga Cave Amphipod Sygobromus onondagaensis N

Crustaceans Neosho Midget Crayfish Orconectes macrus Y Crustaceans Calico Crayfish Orconectes immunis Y Crustaceans A Crayfish Orconectes luteus Y Crustaceans Devil Crayfish Orconectes diogenes Y Crustaceans A Crayfish Orconectes nais Y

Crustaceans A Crayfish Orconectes neglectus Y Crustaceans A Crayfish Orconectes palmeri Y Crustaceans Virile Crayfish Orconectes virilis Y Crustaceans White River Crayfish Procambarus acutus exotic Crustaceans Prairie Crayfish Procambarus gracilis Y

Crustaceans A Crayfish Procambarus simulans Y

Crustaceans Versitle Fairy Shrimp Branchinecta lindahli N

Crustaceans Rock Pool Fairy Shrimp Branchinecta packardi N

Crustaceans Ethologist Fairy Shrimp Eubranchipus serratus N

Crustaceans Spinytail Fairy Shrimp Streptocephalus sealii N

Crustaceans Greater Plains Fairy Shrimp Streptocephalus texanus N

Crustaceans Beavertail Fairy Shrimp Thamnocephalus platyurus N

Crustaceans Longtail Tadpole Shrimp Triops longicaudatus N

Crustaceans Desert Tadpole Shrimp Triops newberryi N

Crustaceans Great Plains Clam Shrimp Cyzicus belfragei N Crustaceans Mexican Clam Shrimp Cyzicus mexicanus N Crustaceans Texan Clam Shrimp Eulimnadia texana N

Crustaceans Short Finger Clam Shrimp Lynceus brevifrons N

Fish Chestnut Lamprey (T) Ichthyomyzon castaneus Y Fish Lake Sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens N Fish Pallid Sturgeon (E) Scaphirhynchus albus Y

Fish Shovelnose Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorynchus Y Fish Paddlefish Polyodon spathula Y

Fish Spotted Gar Lespisosteus oculatus Y Fish Longnose Gar Lepisosteus osseus N Fish Pugnose Shiner (x) Notropis anogenus N

Fish Western Sand Darter (x) Ammocrypta clara N Fish Iowa Darter (x) Etheostoma exile N Fish Bigeye Chub (x) Hybopsis amblops Y

Fish Shortnose Gar Lepisosteus platostomus N Fish Bowfin Amia calva Fish Goldeye Hiodon alosoides N Fish American Eel Anguilla rostrata Y

Fish Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum N Fish Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum N Fish Bluntface Shiner Cyprinella camura N Fish Red Shiner Cyprinella lutrensis N Fish Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera Y

Fish Gravel Chub Erimystax x-punctatus Y

Fish Western Silvery Minnow (T) Hybognathus argyritis Y

Fish Brassy Minnow Hybognathus hankinsoni Y

Fish Plains Minnow (T) Hybognathus placitus Y Fish Cardinal Shiner Luxilus cardinalis Y

Fish Striped Shiner Luxilus chrysocephalus N Fish Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus Y Fish Redfin Shiner Lythrurus umbratilis N Fish Sturgeon Chub (T) Macrhybopsis gelida Y Fish Sicklefin Chub (E) Macrhybopsis meeki Y

Fish Silver Chub (E) Macrhybopsis storeriana Y

Fish Peppered Chub (E) Macrhyhopsis tetranema Y Fish Redspot Chub (T) Nocomis asper Y

Fish Hornyhead Chub (T) Nocomis biguttatus Y

Fish Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas N Fish Emerald Shiner Notropis atherinoides N Fish Red River Shiner Notropis bairdi N Fish River Shiner Notropis blennius Y Fish Bigeye Shiner Notropis boops Y Fish Ghost Shiner Notropis buchanani N Fish Bigmouth Shiner Notropis dorsalis N

Fish Arkansas River Shiner (E) Notropis girardi Y Fish Blacknose Shiner (x) Notropis heterolepis N Fish Ozark Minnow Notropis nubilus Y Fish Sand Shiner Notropis stranineus N

Fish Silverband Shiner (T) Notropis shumardi Y Fish Topeka Shiner (T) Notropis topeka Y Fish Mimic Shiner Notropis volucellus N Fish Pugnose Minnow (x) Opsopoeodus emiliae N

Fish Suckermouth Minnow Phenacobius mirabilis N

Fish Southern Redbelly Dace Phoxinus erythrogaster Y Fish Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus N Fish Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas N Fish Slim Minnow Pimephales tenellus N Fish Bullhead Minnow Pimephales vigilax N

Fish Flathead Chub (T) Platygobio gracilis Y Fish Western Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys obtusus Y

Fish Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus N Fish River Carpsucker Carpiodes carpio N Fish Quillback Carpiodes cyprinus Y Fish Highfin Carpsucker Carpiodes velifer Y

Fish White Sucker Catostomus commersonii Y Fish Blue Sucker Cycleptus elongatus Y

Fish Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans Y

Fish Smallmouth Buffalo Ictiobus bubalus N Fish Bigmouth Buffalo Ictiobus cyprinellus N Fish Black Buffalo Ictiobus niger Y Fish Spotted Sucker Minytrema melanops Y

Fish River Redhorse Moxostoma carinatum Y

Fish Black Redhorse Moxostoma duquesnei Y Fish Golden Redhorse Moxostoma erythrurum Y

Fish Shorthead Redhorse Moxostoma macrolepidotum Y Fish Black Bullhead Ameiurus melas N Fish Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis N Fish Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosis N Fish Blue Catfish Ictalurus furcatus N Fish Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus N Fish Slender Madtom Noturus exilis Y Fish Stonecat Noturus flavus Y Fish Tadpole Madtom Noturus gyrinus Y Fish Brindled Madtom Noturus miurus Y Fish Freckled Madtom Noturus nocturnus Y

Fish Neosho Madtom (T) Noturus placidus Y Fish Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris N Fish Northern Pike Esox lucius N Fish Burbot Lota lota N Fish Brook Silverside Labidesthes sicculus N Fish Northern Studfish Fundulus catenatus N

Fish Northern Plains Killifish Fundulus kansae Y

Fish Blackstripe Topminnow Fundulus notatus N

Fish Blackspotted Topminnow Fundulus olivaceus N

Fish Plains Topminnow Fundulus sciadicus N Fish Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis N Fish Banded Sculpin Cottus carolinae Y Fish White Bass Morone chrysops N Fish Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus N Fish Warmouth Lepomis gulosus Y Fish Orangespotted Sunfish Lepomis humilis N Fish Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus N Fish Longear Sunfish Lepomis megalotis N

Fish Redear Sunfish Lepomis microlophus N

Fish Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu N

Fish Largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides N Fish White Crappie Pomoxis annularis N

Fish Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus N

Fish Greenside Darter Etheostoma blennioides Y

Fish Bluntnose Darter Etheostoma chlorosoma Y Fish Arkansas Darter (T) Etheostoma cragini Y Fish Fantail Darter Etheostoma flabellare Y Fish Slough Darter Etheostoma gracile Y

Fish Least Darter Etheostoma microperca Y Fish Johnny Darter Etheostoma nigrum Y

Fish Stippled Darter Etheostoma punctulatum Y

Fish Orangethroat Darter Etheostoma spectabile Y

Fish Speckled Darter Etheostoma stigmaeum Y Fish Redfin Darter Etheostoma whipplei Y Fish Banded Darter Etheostoma zonale Y Fish Logperch Percina caprodes Y Fish Channel Darter Percina copelandi Y

Fish Blackside Darter (T) Percina maculata Y

Fish Slenderhead Darter Percina phoxocephala Y Fish River Darter Percina shumardi Y Fish Sauger Sander canadense N Fish Walleye Sander vitreum N

Fish Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens N

Fish Shoal Chub (T) Macrhybopsis hyostoma Y

Fish Spotted Bass Micropterus punctulatus N Gastropods Creeping Ancylid Ferrissia rivularis N Gastropods Dusky Fossaria Fossaria dalli N Gastropods Golden Fossaria Fossaria obrussa N Gastropods Fossaria techella Fossaria techella N Gastropods Ash Gyro Gyraulus parvus N

Gastropods Two-ridge Rams-horn Helisoma anceps N Gastropods Dusky Ancylid Laevapex fuscus N Gastropods Tadpole Physa Physella gyrina N Gastropods Pewter Physa Physella heterostropha N Gastropods Protean Physa Physella virgata N Gastropods Sharp Hornsnail (T) Pleurocera acuta Y

Gastropods Slender Walker Snail (E) Pomatiopsis lapidaria Y

Gastropods Delta hydrobe (T) Probythinella emarginata Y Gastropods Sharp Sprite Promenetus exacuous N

Gastropods Umbilicate Sprite Promenetus umbilicatellus N

Gastropods Mimic Lymnaea Pseudosuccinea columella N

Gastropods Flat-whorled Pondsnail Stagnicola exilis N

Gastropods Mottled Fingernailclam Eupera cubensis N

Insect Pipevine Swallowtail Battus philenor N Insect Zebra Swallowtail Eurytides marcellus N Insect Black Swallowtail Papilio polyxenes N

Insect Baird’s Swallowtail Papilio machaon bairdii N Insect Thoas Swallowtail Papilio thoas N Insect Giant Swallowtail Papilio cresphontes N

Insect Ornythion Swallowtail Papilio ornythion N

Insect Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus N

Insect Two-tailed Swallowtail Papilio multicaudata N

Insect Spicebush Swallowtail Papilio troilus N

Insect Ruby spotted Swallowtail Papilio anchisiades N Insect Florida White Appias drusilla N Insect Checkered White Pontia protodice N Insect Western White Pontia occidentalis N Insect Cabbage White Pieris rapae N

Insect Great Southern White Ascia monuste N Insect Giant White Ganyra josephina N Insect Olympia Marble Euchloe olympia N Insect Falcate Orangetip Anthocharis midea N Insect Clouded Sulphur Colias philodice N Insect Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme N Insect Southern Dogface Zerene cesonia N

Insect White Angled Sulphur Anteos chlorinde N Insect Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae N

Insect Orange-barred Sulphur Phoebis philea N

Insect Large Orange Sulphur Phoebis agarithe N Insect Statira Sulphur Phoebis statira N Insect Lyside Sulphur Kricogonia lyside N Insect Mexican Yellow Eurema mexicana N Insect Tailed Orange Eurema proterpia N Insect Little Yellow Pyrisitia lisa N Insect Mimosa Yellow Pyrisitia nise N Insect Sleepy Orange Abaeis nicippe N Insect Dainty Sulphur Nathalis iole N Insect Harvester Feniseca tarquinius N Insect Little Copper Lycaena phlaeas N Insect Gray Copper Lycaena dione N Insect Bronze Copper Lycaena hyllus N Insect Purplish Copper Lycaena helloides N

Insect Great Purple Hairstreak Atlides halesus X

Insect Soapberry Hairstreak Phaeostrymon alcestis N Insect Coral Hairstreak Satyrium titus N Insect Acadian Hairstreak Satyrium acadica N Insect Edwards’ Hairstreak Satyrium edwardsii N Insect Banded Hairstreak Satyrium calanus N Insect Hickory Hairstreak Satyrium caryaevorum N Insect Striped Hairstreak Satyrium liparops N Insect Oak Hairstreak Satyrium favonius N Insect Frosted Elfin Callophrys irus X Insect Henry’s Elfin Callophrys henrici N

Insect Olive Hairstreak Callophrys gryneus gryneus N Insect White-m Hairstreak Parrhasius m-album N Insect Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus N

Insect Red-banded Hairstreak Calycopis cecrops N

Insect Dusky-blue Groundstreak Calycopis isobeon N Insect Gray Ministreak Ministrymon azia N Insect Western Pygmy-Blue Brephidium exilis N Insect Cassius Blue Leptotes cassius N Insect Marine Blue Leptotes marina N Insect Cyna Blue Zizula cyna N Insect Ceraunus Blue Hemiargus ceraunus N Insect Reakirt’s Blue Hemiargus isola N Insect Eastern Tailed-Blue Cupido comyntas N Insect Spring Azure Celastrina ladon N

Insect Silvery Blue Glaucopsyche lygdamus N Insect Melissa Blue Plebejus melissa N Insect Acmon Blue Plebejus acmon N

Insect American Snout Libytheana carinenta N Insect Gulf Fritillary Agraulis vanillae N

Insect Banded Orange Heliconian Dryadula phaetusa N Insect Julia Dryas iulia N Insect Isabella’s Heliconian Eueides isabella N Insect Zebra Heliconius charithonia N Insect Variegated Fritillary Euptoieta claudia N

Insect Great Spangled Fritillary Speyeria cybele N Insect Aphrodite Fritillary Speyeria aphrodite N Insect Regal Fritillary Speyeria idalia Y Insect Edwards’ Fritillary Speyeria edwardsii N Insect Fulvia Checkerspot Chlosyne fulvia N Insect Bordered Patch Chlosyne lacinia N

Insect Gorgone Checkerspot Chlosyne gorgone N Insect Silvery Checkerspot Chlosyne nycteis N Insect Texan Crescent Anthanassa texana N Insect Vesta Crescent Phyciodes graphica N Insect Phaon Crescent Phyciodes phaon N Insect Pearl Crescent Phyciodes tharos N Insect Field Crescent Phyciodes pulchella N Insect Painted Crescent Phyciodes picta N

Insect Baltimore Checkerspot Euphydryas phaeton N

Insect Question Mark Polygonia interrogationis N Insect Eastern Comma Polygonia comma N Insect Gray Comma Polygonia progne x Insect Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa N

Insect Milbert’s Tortoiseshell Aglais milberti N Insect American Lady Vanessa virginiensis N Insect Painted Lady Vanessa cardui N Insect West Coast Lady Vanessa annabella N Insect Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta N Insect Common Buckeye Junonia coenia N Insect White Peacock Anartia jatrophae N Insect Malachite Siproeta stelenesN

Insect Red spotted Purple Limenitis arthemis astyanax N Insect Viceroy Limenitis archippusN

Insect Weidemeyer’s Admiral Limenitis weidemeyerii N Insect California Sister Adelpha californica N Insect Dingy Purplewing Eunica monima N Insect Florida Purplewing Eunica tatila N Insect Common Mestra Mestra amymone N Insect Ruddy Daggerwing Marpesia petreus N Insect Tropical Leafwing Anaea aidea N Insect Goatweed Leafwing Anaea andria N Insect Hackberry Emperor Asterocampa celtis N Insect Tawny Emperor Asterocampa clyton N Insect Northern Pearly-Eye Enodia anthedon N Insect Creole Pearly Eye Enodia creola N Insect Gemmed Satyr Cyllopsis gemma N

Insect Carolina Satyr Hermeuptychia sosybius N Insect Little Wood Satyr Megisto cymela N Insect Red Satyr Megisto rubricata N

Insect Common Wood Nymph Cercyonis pegala N Insect Monarch Danaus plexippus Y Insect Queen Danaus gilippus N Insect Silver spotted Skipper Epargyreus clarus N Insect Long tailed Skipper Urbanus proteus N Insect Hoary Edge Achalarus lyciades N

Insect Southern Cloudywing N

Insect Northern Cloudywing Thorybes pylades N

Insect Confused Cloudywing Thorybes confusis N

Insect Hayhurst’s Scallopwing Staphylus hayhurstii N

Eantis tamernund Insect Sickle winged Skipper N Insect Hermit Skipper Grais stigmatica N

Insect White-patched Skipper Chiomara georgina N Insect Sleepy Duskywing Erynnis brizo N Insect Juvenal’s Duskywing Erynnis juvenalis N Insect Horace’s Duskywing Erynnis horatius N Insect Mottled Duskywing Erynnis martialis Y Insect Funereal Duskywing Erynnis funeralis N

Insect Columbine Duskywing Erynnis lucilius N

Insect Wild Indigo Duskywing Erynnis baptisiae N Insect Afranius Duskywing Erynnis afranius N Insect Persius Duskywing Erynnis persius N

Insect Common Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus communis N Insect Common Sootywing Pholisora catullus N Insect Russet Skipperling Piruna pirus N Insect Swarthy Skipper Nastra lherminier N Insect *Clouded Skipper Lerema accius N

Insect Common Least Skipper Ancyloxypha numitor N

Insect Orange Skipperling Copaeodes aurantiaca N Insect Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus N Insect Uncas Skipper Hesperia uncas N Insect Ottoe Skipper Hesperia ottoe Y Insect Leonard’s Skipper Hesperia leonardus N Insect Pahaska Skipper Hesperia pahaska N Insect Cobweb Skipper Hesperia metea N Insect Green Skipper Hesperia viridis N Insect Dotted Skipper Hesperia attralus attalus Y Insect Dotted Skipper Hesperia attalus N Insect Rhesus Skipper Polites rhesus N Insect Peck’s Skipper Polites peckius N Insect Tawny-edged Skipper Polites themistocles N Insect Byssus Skipper Problema byssus Y Insect Crossline Skipper Polites origenes N Insect Southern Broken-dash Wallengrenia otho N

Insect Northern Broken-dash Wallengrenia egeremet N Insect Little Glassywing Pompeius verna N

Insect Sachem Atalopedes campestris N Insect Arogos Skipper Atrytone arogos Y Insect Iowa Skipper Atrytone arogos iowa duplicate Insect Delaware Skipper Anatrytone logan N Insect Hobomok Skipper Poanes hobomok N Insect Zabulon Skipper Poanes zabulon N

Insect Two-spotted Skipper Euphyes bimacula illinois Y Insect Dion Skipper Euphyes dion N Insect Dun Skipper Euphyes vestris N Insect Dusted Skipper Atrytonopsis hianna N

Insect Bronze Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes aenus N

Insect Oslar’s Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes oslari N

Insect Nysa Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes nysa N

Insect Dotted Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes eos N

Insect Common Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes vialis N

Insect Bell's Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes belli Y

Insect Linda's Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes linda Y Insect Eufala Skipper Lerodea eufala N Insect Brazilian Skipper Calpodes ethlius N Insect Yucca Giant-Skipper Megathymus yuccae N

Insect Strecker’s Giant-Skipper Megathymus streckeri N Insect Whitney's Underwing Catocala whitneyi Y

Insect Sage Sphinx Lintneria eremitoides Y Insect Konza Prairie Mayfly Leptophlebia konza Y

Insect A Sand-filtering Mayfly Homoeoneuria ammophila N Insect A Mayfly Siphlonurus minnoi Y

Insect A Mayfly Acentrella insignificans N Insect A Mayfly Apobaetis etowah N Insect A Mayfly Susperatus prudens N Insect A Mayfly Callibaetis pictus N Insect A Mayfly Eurylophella verisimilis N

Insect A Pentagenian Burrowing Mayfly Pentagenia vittigera N

Insect A Mayfly Pseudocloeon longipalpus N

Insect A Mayfly Raptoheptagenia cruentata N

Insect A Mayfly Siphlonurus occidentalis N Insect Ozark Springfly Helopicus nalatus Y Insect Austin Springfly Hydroperla fugitans Y Insect American Salmonfly Pteronarcys dorsata N

Insect Midwestern Salmonfly Pteronarcys pictetii N Insect Eastern Willowfly Taeniopteryx burksi N Insect Ebony Jewelwing Calopteryx maculata N Insect American Rubyspot Hetaerina americana N Insect Smoky Rubyspot Hetaerina titia N Insect Great Spreadwing Archilestes grandis N

Insect Southern Spreadwing Lestes australis N

Insect Amber-winged Spreadwing Lestes eurinus N Insect Slender Spreadwing Lestes rectangularis N

Insect Lyre-tipped Spreadwing Lestes unguiculatus N Insect Red Damsel Amphiagrion sp. N Insect Paiute Dancer Argia alberta N Insect Blue-fronted Dancer Argia apicalis N Insect Seepage Dancer Argia bipunctulata N Insect Variable Dancer Argia fumipennis N Insect Kiowa Dancer Argia immunda N Insect Powdered Dancer Argia moesta N Insect Aztec Dancer Argia nahuana N Insect Springwater Dancer Argia plana N Insect Blue-ringed Dancer Argia sedula N Insect Blue-tipped Dancer Argia tibialis N Insect Dusky Dancer Argia translata N

Insect Rainbow Bluet Enallagma antennatum N Insect Azure Bluet Enallagma aspersum N Insect Double-striped Bluet Enallagma basidens N

Insect Tule Bluet Enallagma carunculatum N Insect Familiar Bluet Enallagma civile N Insect Turquoise Bluet Enallagma divagans N Insect Stream Bluet Enallagma exsulans N

Insect Skimming Bluet Enallagma geminatum N Insect Arroyo Bluet Enallagma praevarum N Insect Orange Bluet Enallagma signatum N Insect Slender Bluet Enallagma traviatum N Insect Vesper Bluet Enallagma vesperum N Insect Desert Forktail Ischnura barberi N Insect Plains Forktail Ischnura damula N Insect Mexican Forktail Ischnura demorsa N Insect Black-fronted Forktail Ischnura denticollis N Insect Citrine Forktail Ischnura hastata N Insect Western Forktail Ischnura perparva N Insect Fragile Forktail Ischnura posita N Insect Eastern Forktail Ischnura verticalis N Insect Sphagnum Sprite Nehalennia gracilis N Insect Desert Firetail Telebasis salva N Insect Gray Petaltail Tachopteryx thoreyi Y Insect Lance-tipped Darner Aeshna constricta N Insect Variable Darner Aeshna interrupta N

Insect Blue-eyed Darner Rhionaeschna multicolor N Insect Shadow Darner Aeshna umbrosa N

Insect Common Green Darner Anax junius N Insect Comet Darner Anax longipes N Insect Springtime Darner Basiaeschna janata N Insect Fawn Darner Boyeria vinosa N Insect Swamp Darner Epiaeschna heros N

Insect Cyrano Darner Nasiaeschna pentacantha N Insect Stillwater Clubtail Arigomphus lentulus N

Insect Jade Clubtail Arigomphus submedianus N

Insect Black-shouldered Spinyleg Dromogomphus spinosus N

Insect Flag-tailed Spinyleg Dromogomphus spoliatus N

Insect Eastern Ringtail Erpetogomphus designatus N Insect Plains Clubtail Gomphus externus N Insect Ozark Clubtail Gomphus ozarkensis N Insect Cobra Clubtail Gomphus vastus N

Insect Pronghorn Clubtail Gomphus graslinellus N

Insect Sulpher-tipped Clubtail Gomphus militaris N Insect Dragonhunter Hagenius brevistylus N

Insect Westfall's Snaketail Ophiogomphus westfalli N

Insect Pale Snaketail Ophiogomphus severus N

Insect Common Sanddragon Progomphus obscurus N

Insect Interior Least Clubtail Stylogomphus sigmastylus N Insect Riverine Clubtail Stylurus amnicola N Insect Brimstone Clubtail Stylurus intricatus N

Insect Russett-tipped Clubtail Stylurus plagiatus N Insect Arrowhead Spiketail Cordulegaster obliqua N Insect Stream Cruiser Didymops transversa N

Insect Swift River Cruiser Macromia illinoiensis N

Insect Gilded River Cruiser Macromia pacifica N Insect Royal River Cruiser Macromia taeniolata N Insect Slender Baskettail Epitheca costalis N

Insect Common Baskettail Epitheca cynosura N

Insect Dot-winged Baskettail Epitheca petechialis N Insect Prince Baskettail Epitheca princeps N

Insect Smoky Shadowdragon Neurocordulia molesta N

Insect Orange Shadowdragon Neurocordulia xanthosoma N Insect Mocha Emerald Somatochlora linearis N

Insect Ozark Emerald Somatochlora ozarkensis Y

Insect Clamp-tipped Emerald Somatochlora tenebrosa N

Insect Pale-faced Clubskimmer Brechmorhoga mendax N Insect Calico Pennant Celithemis elisa N Insect Halloween Pennant Celithemis eponina N Insect Banded Pennant Celithemis fasciata N

Insect Double-ringed Pennant Celithemis verna N Insect Checkered Setwing Dythemis fugax N Insect Swift Setwing Dythemis velox N

Insect Eastern Pondhawk Erythemis simplicicollis N Insect Great Pondhawk Erythemis vesiculosa N

Insect Band-winged Dragonlet Erythrodiplax umbrata N Insect Blue Corporal Ladona deplanata N Insect Dot-tailed Whiteface Leucorrhinia intacta N Insect Comanche Skimmer Libellula comanche N Insect Bleached Skimmer Libellula composita Y Insect Spangled Skimmer Libellula cyanea N

Insect Yellow-sided Skimmer Libellula flavida N Insect Slaty Skimmer Libellula incesta N Insect Widow Skimmer Libellula luctuosa N

Insect Twelve-spotted Skimmer Libellula pulchella N Insect Flame Skimmer Libellula saturata N Insect Painted Skimmer Libellula semifasciata N Insect Great Blue Skimmer Libellula vibrans N Insect Roseate Skimmer Orthemis ferruginea N

Insect Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis N Insect Wandering Glider Pantala flavescens N Insect Spot-winged Glider Pantala hymenaea N Insect Eastern Amberwing Perithemis tenera N Insect Common Whitetail Plathemis lydia N Insect Desert Whitetail Plathemis subornata N

Insect Blue-faced Meadowhawk Sympetrum ambiguum N

Insect Variegated Meadowhawk Sympetrum corruptum N

Insect Saffron-winged Meadowhawk Sympetrum costiferum N

Insect Cherry-faced Meadowhawk Sympetrum internum N

Insect White-faced Meadowhawk Sympetrum obtrusum N

Insect Western Meadowhawk Sympetrum occidentale fasciatum N

Insect Ruby Meadowhawk Sympetrum rubicundulum N

Insect Autumn Meadowhawk Sympetrum vicinum N

Insect Carolina Saddlebags Tramea carolina N Insect Black Saddlebags Tramea lacerata N Insect Red Saddlebags Tramea onusta N Insect Prairie Mole Cricket Gryllotalpa major Y Insect A hellgrammite Corydalus cornutus N

Insect A hellgrammite Chauliodes pectinicornis N

Insect A hellgrammite Chauliodes rastricornis N

Insect A dobsonfly Neohermes concolor N Insect A hellgrammite Nigronia serricornis N Insect An alderfly Sialis infumata(?) N Insect An alderfly Sialis itasca(?) N Insect An alderfly Sialis mohri(?) N Insect An alderfly Sialis vagans(?) N Insect An alderfly Sialis velata(?) N

Insect An owlfly Ascaloptynx appendiculatus(?) N

Insect An owlfly Ululodes macleayana(?) N

Insect An owlfly Ululodes quadripunctatus(?) N

Insect A beaded lacewing Lomamyia banksi N

Insect A beaded lacewing Lomamyia flavicornis N

Insect A lacewing Leucochrysa americana(?) N

Insect A lacewing Ceraeochrysa lineaticornis(?) N

Insect A lacewing Chrysopa nigricornis(?) N

Insect A lacewing Chrysopa oculata(?) N Insect A lacewing Chrysopa quadripunctata(?) N

Insect A lacewing Chrysoperla harrisii(?) N

Insect A lacewing Chrysoperla plurabunda(?) N

Insect A lacewing Chrysoperla rufilabris(?) N

Insect A lacewing Eremochrysa sabulosa(?) N

Insect A lacewing Eremochrysa fraterna(?) N

Insect Green Lacewing Eremochrysa punctinervis N

Insect A lacewing Meleoma arizonensis(?) N

Insect Pseudomallada macleodi Pseudomallada macleodi N

Insect Pseudomallada perfectus Pseudomallada perfectus N Insect Coniopteryx fitchi Coniopteryx fitchi N

Insect Coniopteryx westwoodi Coniopteryx westwoodi N Insect Semidalis vicina Semidalis vicina N

Insect Hemerobius conjunctus Hemerobius conjunctus N

Insect Hemerobius humulinus Hemerobius humulinus N Insect Hemerobius stigma Hemerobius stigma N Insect Micromus posticus Micromus posticus N

Insect Micromus subanticus Micromus subanticus N

Insect Micromus variolosus Micromus variolosus N

Insect Sympherobius amiculus Sympherobius amiculus N

Insect Sympherobius barberi Sympherobius barberi N

Insect Sympherobius occidentalis Sympherobius occidentalis N

Insect Sympherobius perparvus Sympherobius perparvus N

Insect Climaciella brunnea Climaciella brunnea N

Insect Mantispa interrupta Mantispa interrupta N Insect Mantispa sayi Mantispa sayi N

Insect Dendroleon obsoletus Dendroleon obsoletus N

Insect Psammoleon guttipes Psammoleon guttipes N

Insect Brachynemurus abdominalis Brachynemurus abdominalis N

Insect Brachynemurus blandus Brachynemurus blandus N

Insect Brachynemurus hubbardi Brachynemurus hubbardi N

Insect Brachynemurus irregularis Brachynemurus irregularis N Insect Brachynemurus mexicanus Brachynemurus mexicanus N

Insect Brachynemurus nebulosus Brachynemurus nebulosus N

Insect Brachynemurus sackeni Brachynemurus sackeni N

Insect Brachynemurus signatus Brachynemurus signatus N

Insect Clathroneuria coquilletti Clathroneuria coquilletti N

Insect Scotoleon carrizonus Scotoleon carrizonus N

Insect Scotoleon minusculus Scotoleon minusculus N

Insect Scotoleon nigrilabris Scotoleon nigrilabris N

Insect Myrmeleon immaculatus Myrmeleon immaculatus N Insect Myrmeleon rusticus Myrmeleon rusticus N

Insect Polystoechotes punctatus Polystoechotes punctatus N Insect Climacia areolaris Climacia areolaris N Insect Sisyra vicaria Sisyra vicaria N Insect Asilus sericeus Asilus sericeus N Insect Atomosia puella Atomosia puella N Insect Atomosia punctifera Atomosia punctifera N Insect Atomosia pusilla Atomosia pusilla N Insect Atomosia rufipes Atomosia rufipes N Insect Atomosia sayii Atomosia sayii N

Insect Beameromyia kawiensis Beameromyia kawiensis N

Insect Beameromyia pictipes Beameromyia pictipes N

Insect Beameromyia prairiensis Beameromyia prairiensis N Insect Ceraturgus cruciatus Ceraturgus cruciatus N

Insect Cerotainia macrocera Cerotainia macrocera N

Insect Cerotainiops abdominalis Cerotainiops abdominalis N Insect Cophura stylosa Cophura stylosa N Insect Cyrtopogon profusus Cyrtopogon profusus N Insect Dasylechia atrox Dasylechia atrox N Insect Dicropaltum mesae Dicropaltum mesae N

Insect Dicropaltum pawneeae Dicropaltum pawneeae N

Insect Dicropaltum rubicundus Dicropaltum rubicundus N

Insect Diogmites angustipennis Diogmites angustipennis N Insect Diogmites misellus Diogmites misellus N

Insect Diogmites neoternatus Diogmites neoternatus N

Insect Diogmites platypterus Diogmites platypterus N

Insect Diogmites symmachus Diogmites symmachus N Insect Diogmites ternatus Diogmites ternatus N Insect Ecthodopa pubera Ecthodopa pubera N Insect Efferia aestuans Efferia aestuans N Insect Efferia albibarbis Efferia albibarbis N Insect Efferia anomala Efferia anomala N Insect Efferia argentifrons Efferia argentifrons N Insect Efferia argyrosoma Efferia argyrosoma N Insect Efferia aurimystacea Efferia aurimystacea N Insect Efferia candida Efferia candida N Insect Efferia helenae Efferia helenae N Insect Efferia kansensis Efferia kansensis N Insect Efferia leucocoma Efferia leucocoma N Insect Efferia luna Efferia luna N Insect Efferia nemoralis Efferia nemoralis N Insect Efferia pallidula Efferia pallidula N Insect Efferia plena Efferia plena N Insect Efferia pogonias Efferia pogonias N Insect Efferia prairiensis Efferia prairiensis N Insect Efferia rapax Efferia rapax N Insect Efferia snowi Efferia snowi N Insect Efferia staminea Efferia staminea N Insect Efferia texana Efferia texana N Insect Efferia varipes Efferia varipes N

Insect Heteropogon phoenicurus Heteropogon phoenicurus N Insect Hodophylax aridus Hodophylax aridus N

Insect Holcocephala abdominalis Holcocephala abdominalis N Insect Holcocephala calva Holcocephala calva N Insect Holopogon snowi Holopogon snowi N Insect Lampria bicolor Lampria bicolor N Insect Lampria rubiventris Lampria rubiventris N Insect Laphria canis Laphria canis N Insect Laphria grossa Laphria grossa N Insect Laphria lata Laphria lata N Insect Laphria sicula Laphria sicula N Insect Laphria thoracica Laphria thoracica N Insect Laphria vorax Laphria vorax N

Insect Laphystia canadensis Laphystia canadensis N Insect Laphystia flavipes Laphystia flavipes N Insect Laphystia notata Laphystia notata N Insect Laphystia sexfasciata Laphystia sexfasciata N Insect Laphystia snowi Laphystia snowi N Insect Laphystia varipes Laphystia varipes N

Insect Leptogaster brevicornis Leptogaster brevicornis N

Insect Leptogaster coloradensis Leptogastercoloradensis N Insect Leptogaster flavipes Leptogaster flavipes N Insect Leptogaster incisuralis Leptogaster incisuralis N Insect Leptogaster murina Leptogaster murina N Insect Leptogaster panda Leptogaster panda N

Insect Machimus antimachus Machimus antimachus N Insect Machimus delusus Machimus delusus N

Insect Machimus erythocnemius Machimus erythocnemius N Insect Machimus formosus Machimus formosus N Insect Machimus notatus Machimus notatus N

Insect Machimus prairiensis Machimus prairiensis N Insect Machimus snowii Machimus snowii N Insect Mallophora orcina Mallophora orcina N Insect Megaphorus acrus Megaphorus acrus N

Insect Megaphorus guildiana Megaphorus guildiana N

Insect Microstylum galactodes Microstylum galactodes N

Insect Microstylum morosum Microstylum morosum N Insect Ommatius gemma Ommatius gemma N

Insect Ommatius oklahomensis Ommatius oklahomensis N Insect Ommatius ouchitensis Ommatius ouchitensis N

Insect Ospriocerus abdominalis Ospriocerus abdominalis N

Insect Ospriocerus aeacidinus Ospriocerus aeacidinus N

Insect Ospriocerus latipennis Ospriocerus latipennis N Insect Ospriocerus pumilis Ospriocerus pumilis N

Insect Ospriocerus rhadamanthus Ospriocerus rhadamanthus N

Insect Philonicus rufipennis Philonicus rufipennis N

Insect Proctacanthella cacopiloga Proctacanthella cacopiloga N

Insect Proctacanthella leucopogon Proctacanthella leucopogon N

Insect Proctacanthus brevipennis Proctacanthus brevipennis N Insect Proctacanthus duryi Proctacanthus duryi N Insect Proctacanthus hinei Proctacanthus hinei N

Insect Proctacanthus micans Proctacanthus micans N

Insect Proctacanthus milbertii Proctacanthus milbertii N

Insect Proctacanthus nearno Proctacanthus nearno N

Insect Proctacanthus rodecki Proctacanthus rodecki N Insect Proctacanthus rufus Proctacanthus rufus N

Insect Promachus albifacies Promachus albifacies N Insect Promachus bastardii Promachus bastardii N Insect Promachus dimidiatus Promachus dimidiatus N Insect Promachus fitchii Promachus fitchii N Insect Promachus hinei Promachus hinei N

Insect Promachus oklahomensis Promachus oklahomensis N

Insect Promachus vertebratus Promachus vertebratus N Insect Psilocurus modestus Psilocurus modestus N

Insect Sarapogon combustus Sarapogon combustus N

Insect Scleropogon helvolus Scleropogon helvolus N

Insect Scleropogon picticornis Scleropogon picticornis N

Insect Scleropogon sublatus Scleropogon sublatus N Insect Stenopogon martini Stenopogon martini N

Insect Stichopogon argenteus Stichopogon argenteus N

Insect Stichopogon pritchardi Stichopogon pritchardi N

Insect Stichopogon trifasciatus Stichopogon trifasciatus N

Insect Taracticus octopunctatus Taracticus octopunctatus N

Insect Tipulogaster glabrata Tipulogaster glabrata N Insect Triorla interrupta Triorla interrupta N Insect Zabrops flavipilis Zabrops flavipilis N Insect Aegialia conferta Aegialia conferta N Insect Caelius rufescens Caelius rufescens N Insect Rhysothorax rufus Rhysothorax rufus N

Insect Stenotothorax badipes Stenotothorax badipes N

Insect Dellacasiellus concavus Dellacasiellus concavus N Insect Teuchestes fossor Teuchestes fossor N

Insect Otophorus haemorrhoidalis Otophorus haemorrhoidalis N

Insect Cryptoscatomaseter iowensis Cryptoscatomaseter iowensis N Insect Aphodius knausi Aphodius knausi N Insect Blackburneus lentus Blackburneus lentus N

Insect Geomyphilus leptotarsis Geomyphilus leptotarsis N Insect Geomyphilus russeus Geomyphilus russeus N

Insect Xeropsamobeus scabriceps Xeropsamobeus scabriceps N Insect Pardalosus serval Pardalosus serval N

Insect Blackburneus stercorosus Blackburneus stercorosus N

Insect Lechorodius terminalis Lechorodius terminalis N

Insect Tetraclipeoides testaceiventris Tetraclipeoides testaceiventris N Insect Drepanocanthoides walshii Drepanocanthoides walshii N

Insect Neopsammodius mimeticus Neopsammodius mimeticus N

Insect Neopsammodius interruptus Neopsammodius interruptus N Insect Ataenius apicalis Ataenius apicalis N Insect Ataenius hesperius Ataenius hesperius N Insect Ataenius texanus Ataenius texanus N Insect Ataenius robustus Ataenius robustus N Insect Geotrupes opacus Geotrupes opacus N Insect Canthon probus Canthon probus N Insect Canthon chalcites Canthon chalcites N Insect Canthon ebenus Canthon ebenus N Insect Canthon pilularius Canthon pilularius N Insect Canthon viridis Canthon viridis N

Insect Melanocanthon nigricornis Melanocanthon nigricornis N Insect Copris fricator Copris fricator N Insect Copris minutus Copris minutus N Insect Dichotomius carolinus Dichotomius carolinus N Insect Phanaeus vindex Phanaeus vindex N

Insect Onthophagus gazella Onthophagus gazella N Insect Onthophagus hecate Onthophagus hecate N Insect Onthophagus knausi Onthophagus knausi N

Insect Onthophagus oklahomensis Onthophagus oklhaomensis N

Insect Onthophagus orpheus pseudorpheus Onthophagus orpheus pseudorpheus N

Insect Onthophagus pennsylvanicus Onthophagus pennsylvanicus N

Insect Onthophagus striatulus Onthophagus striatulus N

Insect Onthophagus tuberculifrons Onthophagus tuberculifrons N

Insect Six-banded Longhorn Beetle Dryobius sexnotatus N

Insect Black Lordithon Rove Beetle Lordithon niger N

Insect American Burying Beetle (E) Nicrophorus americanus Y

Insect Scott Optioservus Riffle Beetle (E) Optioservus phaeus Y

Insect A Tiger Beetle Amblycheila cylindriformis N Insect A Tiger Beetle Cicindela belfragei N Insect A Tiger Beetle Cicindela celeripes N

Insect A Tiger Beetle Cicindela circumpicta johnsonii N Insect A Tiger Beetle Cicindela cuprascens N Insect A Tiger Beetle Cicindela cursitans N Insect A Tiger Beetle Cicindela denverensis N Insect A Tiger Beetle Cicindela duodecimguttata N Insect A Tiger Beetle Cicindela formosa N Insect A Tiger Beetle Cicindela fulgida N

Insect Beach-dune Tiger Beetle Cicindela hirticollis N Insect A Tiger Beetle Cicindela lengi N

Insect Little White Tiger Beetle Cicindela lepida N

Insect Cream-edged Tiger Beetle Cicindela circumpicta N

Insect Common Claybank Tiger Beetle Cicindela limbalis N

Insect Common Claybank Tiger Beetle Cicindela limbalis transfersa N

Insect Sandy Stream Tiger Beetle Cicindela macra N

Insect Sandy Stream Tiger Beetle Cicindela macra fluviatilis N Insect Nevada Tiger Beetle Cicindela nevadica N

Insect Nevada Tiger Beetle Cicindela nevadica knausi N

Insect Black Sky Tiger Beetle Cicindela nigrocoerulea N

Insect Large Grassland Tiger Beetle Cicindela obsoleta N Insect Beautiful Tiger Beetle Cicindela pulchra N

Insect Punctured Tiger Beetle Cicindela punctulata N

Insect Cow Path Tiger Beetle Cicindela purpurea N

Insect Cow Path Tiger Beetle Cicindela purpurea audubonii N Insect Festive Tiger Beetle Cicindela scutellaris N

Insect Bronzed Tiger Beetle Cicindela repanda N

Insect Festive Tiger Beetle Cicindela scutellaris lecontei N

Insect Six-spotted Tiger Beetle Cicindela sexguttata N Insect Splendid Tiger Beetle Cicindela splendida N

Insect Splendid Tiger Beetle Cicindela splendida cyanocephalata N

Insect Thin-lined Tiger Beetle Cicindela tenuisignata N

Insect White-cloaked Tiger Beetle Cicindela togata N

Insect White-cloaked Tiger Beetle Cicindela togata globicollis N

Insect Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle Cicindela tranquebarica N

Insect Williston's Tiger Beetle Cicindela willistoni N

Insect Williston's Tiger Beetle Cicindela willistoni hirtifrons N

Insect PanAmerican Big-headed Tiger Beetle Tetracha carolina N

Insect Virginia Big-headed Tiger Beetle Tetracha virginica N Insect A Spur-throat Grasshopper Melanoplus beameri Y Insect A Grasshopper Trimerotropis saxatilis N

Insect Low-ridged Pygmy Grasshopper Nomotettix parvus Y Insect A Spring Stonefly Hydroperia fugitans N

Insect A Prongill Mayfly Paraleptophlebia calcarica Y Insect Hyacinth Glider Miathyria marcella Isopods A Cave Isopod Caecidotea metcalfi Y

Isopods An Isopod Caecidotea tridentata Y Isopods An isopod Caecidotea steevesi Y

Isopods A cave obligate isopod Caecidotea simulator Y Mammals Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana N

Mammals Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew Blarina hylophaga N Mammals Least Shrew Cryptotis parva N Mammals Eastern Mole Scalopus aquaticus N Mammals Pallid Bat Antrozous pallidus Y

Mammals Northern Short-tailed Shrew Blarina brevicauda N Mammals Masked Shrew Sorex cinereus N Mammals Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum N Mammals Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fuscus N

Mammals Silver-haired Bat Lasionycteris noctivagans N Mammals Eastern Red Bat Lasiurus borealis N Mammals Hoary Bat Lasiurus cinereus N Mammals Gray Myotis (E) Myotis grisescens Y

Mammals Western Small-footed Myotis Myotis ciliolabrum Y

Mammals Little Brown Myotis Myotis lucifugus Y

Mammals Northern Myotis Myotis septentrionalis N Mammals Cave Myotis Myotis velifer N Mammals Evening Bat Nycticeius humeralis N Mammals Tri-colored Bat Perimyotis subflavus N

Mammals Townsend's Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii Y

Mammals Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotis N

Mammals Brazilian Free-tailed Bat Tadarida brasiliensis N

Mammals Nine-banded Armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus N

Mammals White-tailed Jack Rabbit Lepus townsendii Y

Mammals Black-tailed Jack Rabbit Lepus californicus N Mammals Swamp Rabbit Sylvilagus aquaticus Y Mammals Desert Cottontail Sylvilagus audubonii N Mammals Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus N Mammals Black-tailed Prairie Dog Cynomys ludovicianus Y

Mammals Southern Flying Squirrel Glaucomys volans Y Mammals Woodchuck Marmota monax N Mammals Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis N Mammals Fox Squirrel Sciurus niger N

Mammals Franklin's Ground Squirrel Spermophilus franklinii Y

Mammals Spotted Ground Squirrel Xerospermophilus spilosoma Y

Mammals Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel Ictidomys tridecemlineatus N

Mammals Eastern Chipmunk Tamias striatus N

Mammals Plains Pocket Gopher Geomys bursarius N

Mammals Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher Cratogeomys castanops Y

Mammals Hispid Pocket Mouse Chaetodipus hispidus N

Mammals Ord's Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys ordii N

Mammals Plains Pocket Mouse Perognathus flavescens N

Mammals Silky Pocket Mouse Perognathus flavus N Mammals Beaver Castor canadensis N Mammals Prairie Vole Microtus ochrogaster N

Mammals Meadow Vole Microtus pennsylvanicus N Mammals Woodland Vole Microtus pinetorum N Mammals Eastern Woodrat Neotoma floridana N

Mammals Southern Plains Woodrat Neotoma micropus N Mammals Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus N

Mammals Northern Grasshopper Mouse Onychomys leucogaster N Mammals Texas Mouse Peromyscus attwateri Y

Mammals White-footed Mouse Peromyscus leucopus N

Mammals Deer Mouse Peromyscus maniculatus N

Mammals Fulvous Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys fulvescens Y

Mammals Western Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys megalotis N

Mammals Plains Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys montanus N

Mammals Hispid Cotton Rat Sigmodon hispidus N

Mammals Southern Bog Lemming Synaptomys cooperi Y Mammals House Mouse Mus musculus* N Mammals Norway Rat Rattus norvegicus* N Mammals Black Rat Rattus rattus* N Mammals Meadow Jumping Mouse Zapus hudsonius N

Mammals North American Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum N Mammals Coyote Canis latrans N Mammals Gray Wolf (x) Canis lupus N

Mammals Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus Y Mammals Swift Fox Vulpes velox Y Mammals Red Fox Vulpes vulpes N Mammals American Black Bear Ursus americanus Y Mammals Grizzly Bear (x) Ursus arctos N Mammals Ringtail Bassariscus astutus N Mammals Northern Raccoon Procyon lotor N

Mammals Northern River Otter Lutra canadensis N Mammals Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis N

Mammals Long-tailed Weasel Mustela frenata N

Mammals Black-footed Ferret (E) Mustela nigripes Y Mammals Least Weasel Mustela nivalis N Mammals Mink Neovison vison N Mammals Spotted Skunk (T) Spilogale putorius Y Mammals American Badger Taxidea taxus N Mammals Bobcat Lynx rufus N Mammals Wapiti Cervus elaphus N Mammals Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus N

Mammals White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus N

Mammals Pronghorn Antilocapra americana N Mammals Bison Bison bison N Mammals Mountain Lion Puma concolor Y

Mussels Round Pigtoe Mussel Pleurobema sintoxia Y

Mussels Mucket Actinonaias ligamentina N

Mussels Elktoe (E) Alasmidonta marginata Y

Mussels Flat Floater E) Anodonta suborbiculata Y

Mussels Cylindrical Papershell Anodontoides ferussacianus Y Mussels Rock-Pocketbook (T) Arcidens confragosus Y

Mussels Spectaclecase (x) Cumberlandia monodonta Y

Mussels Purple Wartyback Cyclonaias tuberculata N Mussels Western Fanshell (E) Cyprogenia aberti Y Mussels Butterfly (T) Ellipsaria lineolata Y Mussels Spike Elliptio dilatata Y Mussels Snuffbox (x) Epioblasma triquetra Y Mussels Wabash Pigtoe Fusconaia flava Y Mussels Neosho Mucket (E) Lampsilis rafinesqueana Y Mussels Fatmucket Lampsilis siliquoidea Y Mussels Yellow Sandshell Lampsilis teres Y Mussels Flutedshell (T) Lasmigona costata Y

Mussels Washboard Megalonaias nervosa Y Mussels Threehorn Wartyback Obliquaria reflexa N Mussels Pink Heelsplitter Potamilus alatus N Mussels Pink Papershell Potamilus ohiensis N Mussels Bleufer Potamilus purpuratus Y

Mussels Ouachita Kidneyshell (T) Ptychobranchus occidentalis Y Mussels Giant Floater Pyganodon grandis N Mussels Rabbitsfoot (E) Quadrula cylindrica Y

Mussels Monkeyface Quadrula metanevra Y Mussels Wartyback Quadrula nodulata Y Mussels Mapleleaf Quadrula quadrula Y Mussels Lilliput Toxolasma parvus N

Mussels Fawnsfoot Truncilla donaciformis Y Mussels Deertoe Truncilla truncata Y

Mussels Pondhorn Uniomerus tetralasmus Y

Mussels Paper Pondshell Utterbackia imbecillis N

Mussels Ellipse (E) Venustaconcha ellipsiformis Y

Mussels Mucket (E) Actinonaias ligamenta Y Mussels Slippershell (x) Alasmidonta viridis Y Mussels Threeridge Amblema plicata Y

Mussels Purple Wartyback Cyclonaias tuberculata Y Mussels Plain Pocketbook Lampsilis cardium Y

Mussels White Heelsplitter Lasmigona complanata Y Mussels Fragile Papershell Leptodea fragilis Y Mussels Pondmussel Ligumia subrostrata Y Mussels Threehorn Wartyback Obliquaria reflexa Y Mussels Pink Heelsplitter Potamilus alatus Y Mussels Pink Papershell Potamilus ohiensis Y Mussels Giant Floater Pyganodon grandis Y Mussels Pimpleback Quadrula pustulosa Y Mussels Creeper Strophitus undulatus Y Mussels Lilliput Toxoplasma parvus Y Mussels Pistolgrip Tritogonia verrucosa Y Mussels Black Sandshell (x) Ligumia recta Y

Planarians Kansas Planarian Sphalloplana kansensis Y Reptiles Eastern Collard Lizard Crotaphytus collaris N

Reptiles Lesser Earless Lizard Holbrookia maculata Y Reptiles Texas Horned Lizard Phrynosoma cornutum Y

Reptiles Prairie Lizard Sceloporus consobrinus N

Reptiles Coal Skink Plestiodon anthracinus Y Reptiles Five-lined Skink Plestiodon fasciatus N

Reptiles Broadhead Skink (T) Plestiodon laticeps Y Reptiles Great Plains Skink Plestiodon obsoletus N

Reptiles Southern Prairie Skink Plestiodon obtusirostris N

Reptiles Northern Prairie Skink Plestiodon spetentrionalis N Reptiles Ground Skink Scincella lateralis N

Reptiles Western Green Lacerta Lacerta bilineata* N Reptiles Italian Wall Lizard Podarcis siculus* N

Reptiles Six-lined Racerunner Aspidoscelis sexlineatus N

Reptiles Slender Glass Lizard Ophisaurus attenuatus N

Reptiles Texas Blind Snake (T) Leptotyphlops dulcis Y Reptiles Western Worm Snake Carphophis vermis N Reptiles Ringneck Snake Diadophis punctatus N

Reptiles Western Hognose Snake Heterodon nasicus Y

Reptiles Eastern Hognose Snake Heterodon platirhinos Y

Reptiles Chihuahuan Night Snake Hypsiglena jani Y Reptiles Flathead Snake Tantilla gracilis N

Reptiles Plains Blackhead Snake Tantilla nigriceps N

Reptiles Eastern Glossy Snake Arizona elegans Y Reptiles Eastern Racer Coluber constrictor N

Reptiles Great Plains Rat Snake Pantherophis emoryi N Reptiles Western Rat Snake Scotophis obsoletus N

Reptiles Prairie Kingsnake Lampropeltis calligaster N

Reptiles Speckled Kingsnake Lampropeltis holbrooki N

Reptiles Milk Snake Lampropeltis triangulum Y

Reptiles Coachwhip Masticophis flagellum N

Reptiles Rough Green Snake Opheodrys aestivus Y Reptiles Gopher Snake Pituophis catenifer N

Reptiles Longnose Snake (T) Rhinocheilus lecontei Y

Reptiles Ground Snake Sonora semiannulata Y

Reptiles Plainbelly Water Snake Nerodia erythrogaster N Reptiles Diamondback Water Snake Nerodia rhombifer N

Reptiles Northern Water Snake Nerodia sipedon N

Reptiles Graham's Crayfish Snake Regina grahamii N Reptiles Brown Snake Storeria dekayi N

Reptiles Redbelly Snake (T) Storeria occipitomaculata Y

Reptiles Checkered Garter Snake (T) Thamnophis marcianus Y

Reptiles Western Ribbon Snake Thamnophis proximus N Reptiles Plains Garter Snake Thamnophis radix N

Reptiles Common Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis N

Reptiles Lined Snake Tropidoclonion lineatum N Reptiles Rough Earth Snake Virginia striatula Y

Reptiles Smooth Earth Snake (T) Virginia valeriae Y

Reptiles Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix N Reptiles Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus Y

Reptiles Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus Y Reptiles Prairie Rattlesnake Crotalus viridis Y Reptiles Massasauga Sistrurus catenatus Y

Reptiles New Mexico Blind Snake Rena dissecta

Turtles Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina N

Turtles Alligator Snapping Turtle Macrochelys temminckii Y

Turtles Yellow Mud Turtle Kinosternon flavescens N

Turtles Common Musk Turtle Sternotherus odoratus N

Turtles Northern Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta N

Turtles Common Map Turtle (T) Graptemys geographica Y

Turtles Ouachita Map Turtle Graptemys ouachitensis N

Turtles False Map Turtle Graptemys pseudogeographica N

Turtles Mississippi map Turtle Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii N Turtles River Cooter Pseudemys concinna N Turtles Eastern Box Turtle Terrapene carolina N Turtles Ornate Box Turtle Terrapene ornata N Turtles Slider Trachemys scripta N Turtles Smooth Softshell Apalone mutica Y Turtles Spiny Softshell Apalone spinifera N

Birds Black-bellied Whistling-duck Dendrocygna autumnalis N Birds Fulvous Whistling-duck Dendrocygna bicolor N

Birds Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons N Birds Snow Goose Chen caerulescens N Birds Ross's Goose Chen rossii N Birds Brant Branta bernicla N Birds Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Birds Canada Goose Branta canadensis N Birds Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator N Birds Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus N Birds Wood Duck Aix sponsa N Birds Gadwall Anas strepera N Birds Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope N Birds American Wigeon Anas americana N

Birds American Black Duck Anas rubripes N Birds Mallard Anas platyrhynchos N Birds Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula N Birds Blue-winged Teal Anas discors N Birds Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera N

Birds Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata N Birds Northern Pintail Anas acuta Y Birds Garganey Anas querquedula N

Birds Green-winged Teal Anas crecca N Birds Canvasback Aythya valisineria Y Birds Redhead Aythya americana N Birds Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris N Birds Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula N Birds Greater Scaup Aythya marila N Birds Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis N

Birds King Eider Somateria spectabilis N

Birds Common Eider Somateria mollissima N

Birds Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus N Birds Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata N

Birds White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca N Birds Black Scoter Melanitta americana N Birds Long-tailed duck Clangula hyemalis N Birds Bufflehead Bucephala albeola N

Birds Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula N

Birds Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica N

Birds Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus N

Birds Common Merganser Mergus merganser N Birds Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator N Birds Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis N Birds Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata Y Birds Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus Y

Birds Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus* N Birds Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus N

Birds Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus N

Birds Gunnison Sage-Grouse (x) Centrocercus minimus N

Birds Greater Prairie-Chicken Tympanuchus cupido Y

Birds Lesser Prairie-Chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus Y Birds Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo N

Birds Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata N Birds Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica N Birds Common Loon Gavia immer N

Birds Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii N

Birds Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps N Birds Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus N Birds Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena N Birds Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Y

Birds Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis Y

Birds Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii N

Birds American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber N Birds Wood Stork Mycteria americana N

Birds Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens N

Birds Neoptropic Cormorant Phalacrocroax brasilianus N

Birds Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocroax auritus N Birds Anhinga Anhinga anhinga N

Birds American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Y

Birds Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis N

Birds American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Y Birds Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Y Birds Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias N Birds Great Egret Ardea alba Y Birds Snowy Egret Egretta thula Y Birds Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Y Birds Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor N Birds Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens N Birds Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis N Birds Green Heron Butorides virescens N

Birds Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Y

Birds Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea N Birds White Ibis Eudocimus albus N Birds Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus N Birds White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi N Birds Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja N Birds Black Vulture Coragyps atratus N Birds Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura N Birds Osprey Pandion haliaetus N Birds Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus N Birds White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus N

Birds Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Y

Birds Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis Y Birds Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus N

Birds Sharp-skinned Hawk Accipiter striatus N Birds Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii N Birds Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis N Birds Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus N

Birds Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus N

Birds Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus N Birds Gray Hawk Buteo nitida N Birds Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni Y Birds Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis N Birds Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis Y

Birds Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus N Birds Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Y Birds American Kestrel Falco sparverius N Birds Merlin Falco columbarius N Birds Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus N Birds Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Y Birds Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus N

Birds Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis N

Birds Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis Y Birds King Rail Rallus elegans N Birds Virginia Rail Rallus limicola N Birds Sora Porzana carolina N Birds Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica N Birds Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata N Birds American Coot Fulica americana N Birds Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis N Birds Common Crane Grus grus Birds Whooping Crane (E) Grus americana Y

Birds Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola Y

Birds American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica Y Birds Snowy Plover (T) Charadrius nivosus Y Birds Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia N

Birds Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus N Birds Piping Plover (T) Charadrius melodius Y Birds Killdeer Charadrius vociferus N Birds Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus Y

Birds Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus Y

Birds American Avocet Recurvirostra americana Y

Birds Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius N

Birds Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria N

Birds Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus N

Birds Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Y Birds Willet Tringa semipalmata N Birds Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Y

Birds Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Y Birds Eskimo Curlew (E) Numenius borealis Y Birds Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus N

Birds Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus Y

Birds Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Y Birds Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa Y Birds Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres N Birds Red Knot Calidris canutus N Birds Sanderling Calidris alba N

Birds Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Y

Birds Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri N Birds Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Y

Birds White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Y Birds Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Y

Birds Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Y Birds Dunlin Calidris alpina N Birds Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea N Birds Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Y

Birds Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis Y Birds Ruff Philomachus pugnax N Birds Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus N

Birds Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Y Birds Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata N

Birds American Woodcock Scolopax minor N

Birds Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Y

Birds Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus N Birds Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius N

Birds Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla N Birds Sabine's Gull Xema sabini N

Birds Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia N

Birds Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus N Birds Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus N Birds Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea

Birds Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla N

Birds Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan N Birds Mew Gull Larus canus N Birds Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis N Birds California Gull Larus californicus N Birds Herring Gull Larus argentatus N Birds Thayer's Gull Larus thayeri N Birds Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides N

Birds Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus N

Birds Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens N Birds Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus N

Birds Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus N Birds Least Tern (E) Sternula antillarum Y

Birds Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica N Birds Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia N Birds Black Tern Chlidonias niger Y Birds Common Tern Sterna hirundo N Birds Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea N Birds Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Y Birds Black Skimmer Rynchops niger N

Birds Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus N

Birds Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus N

Birds Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus N

Birds Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix N Birds Rock Pigeon Columba livia* N Birds Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata N

Birds Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto* N

Birds White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica N Birds Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura N

Birds Passenger Pigeon (X) Ectopistes migratorius N Birds Inca Dove Columbina inca N

Birds Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina N

Birds Carolina Parakeet (X) Conuropsis carolinensis N

Birds Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus N

Birds Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Y

Birds Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus N

Birds Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris N Birds Barn Owl Tyto alba Y Birds Flammulated Owl Otus flammeolus N

Birds Western Screech-owl Megascops kennicotti N

Birds Eastern Screech-owl Megascops asio N Birds Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus N Birds Snowy Owl Nyctea scandiaca N Birds Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia Y Birds Barred Owl Strix varia N Birds Long-eared Owl Asio otus N Birds Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Y

Birds Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus N

Birds Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis N

Birds Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Y

Birds Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii Y

Birds Chuck-will's-widow Caprimulgus carolinensis Y

Birds Eastern Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus Y Birds Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica N

Birds White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis N

Birds Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris

Birds Magnificent Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens N

Birds Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris N

Birds Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri N Birds Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna N

Birds Costa's Hummingbird Caplypte costae N

Birds Calliope Hummingbird Stellula calliope N

Birds Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus N

Birds Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus N

Birds Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin N Birds Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon N

Birds Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis Y

Birds Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus Y

Birds Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus N

Birds Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus N

Birds Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius N

Birds Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis N

Birds Ladder-backed Wodpecker Piciodes scalaris Y

Birds Downy Woodpecker Piciodes pubescens N Birds Hairy Woodpecker Piciodes villosus N

Birds American Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis Birds Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus N

Birds Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus Y

Birds Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi N

Birds Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus N

Birds Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens Y

Birds Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris N

Birds Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens N Birds Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum N Birds Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii N Birds Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus N

Birds Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii N Birds Gray Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii N

Birds Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri N

Birds Cordilleran Flycatcher Empidonax occidentalis N Birds Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans N Birds Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe N Birds Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya N Birds Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus N

Birds Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens N

Birds Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus N Birds Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus N Birds Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans N Birds Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis Y Birds Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Y

Birds Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus Y

Birds Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana N

Birds Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus Y Birds Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor N Birds White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus N Birds Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii Y

Birds Black-capped Vireo (E) Vireo atricapilla Y Birds Gray Vireo Vireo vicinior N

Birds Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo falvifrons N Birds Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus N Birds Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii N

Birds Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius N Birds Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus N

Birds Philadelphia Vireo Vireo phildelphicus N Birds Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus N

Birds Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus N Birds Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri N Birds Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata N

Birds Western Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica N

Birds Mexican Jay Aphelocoma wollweberi N Birds Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana N

Birds Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia N

Birds American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos N Birds Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus N

Birds Chihuahuan Raven Corvus cryptoleucus Y Birds Common Raven Corvus corax N Birds Horned Lark Eremophilia alpestris N Birds Purple Martin Progne subis N Birds Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor N

Birds Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina N

Birds Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidoptryx serripennis N Birds Bank Swallow Riparia riparia N

Birds Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota N Birds Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva N Birds Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica N

Birds Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis N

Birds Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus N

Birds Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli N Birds Juniper Titmouse Baeolophus ridgwayi N Birds Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor N Birds Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus N

Birds Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canandensis N

Birds White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis N Birds Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea N

Birds Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla N Birds Brown Creeper Certhia americana N Birds Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus N

Birds Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus N

Birds Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus N Birds Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii N Birds House Wren Troglodytes aedon N Birds Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis N Birds Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis N Birds Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris N

Birds Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea N

Birds Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa N

Birds Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula N

Birds Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe N Birds Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis N Birds Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana N

Birds Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides N

Birds Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi N Birds Veery Catharus fuscescens N

Birds Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus N

Birds Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus N Birds Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus N Birds Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina N Birds American Robin Turdus migratorius N Birds Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius N Birds Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis N

Birds Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos N

Birds Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus N Birds Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Y

Birds Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curcirostre Y Birds European Starling Sturnus vulgaris N Birds American Pipit Anthus rubescens N Birds Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii Y

Birds Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus N

Birds Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum N Birds Phainopepla Phainopepla nitens N Birds Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus N

Birds Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus Y Birds Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus Y

Birds McCown's Longspur Rhynchopanes mccownii Y

Birds Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis N Birds Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla N

Birds Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum N

Birds Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla Y

Birds Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis N

Birds Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera N

Birds Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera N

Birds Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia N

Birds Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea Y

Birds Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii N

Birds Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina N

Birds Orange-crowned Warbler Oreothlypis celata N Birds Nashville Warbler Oreothlypis ruficapilla N Birds Virginia's Warbler Oreothlypis virginiae N

Birds Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis N

Birds MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei N

Birds Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia N Birds Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosus Y

Birds Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas N Birds Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina N Birds American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla N Birds Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina N Birds Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea Y Birds Northern Parula Setophaga americana N

Birds Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia N

Birds Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea N

Birds Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca N Birds Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia N

Birds Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica N

Birds Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens N Birds Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata N

Birds Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum N Birds Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus N

Birds Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata N

Birds Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica Y Birds Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor N

Birds Black-throated Gray Warbler Setophaga nigrescens N

Birds Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi N

Birds Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis N

Birds Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens N

Birds Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis N Birds Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla N Birds Painted Redstart Myioborus pictus N

Birds Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens N

Birds Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus N Birds Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus Y

Birds Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus N

Birds Rufous-crowned Sparrow Aimophila ruficeps N Birds Canyon Towhee Melozone fuscus N Birds Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii Y

Birds Bachman's Sparrow Peucaea aestivalis N

Birds American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea Y Birds Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina N

Birds Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida N Birds Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri Birds Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla Y Birds Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus N

Birds Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Y

Birds Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata N Birds Sage Sparrow Amphispiza belli N

Birds Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys Y

Birds Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis N

Birds Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum Y Birds Baird's Sparrow Ammodramus bairdii Y

Birds Henslow's Sparrow Ammodramus henslowii Y

Birds Le Conte's Sparrow Ammodramus leconteii N Birds Nelson's Sparrow Ammodramus nelsoni N Birds Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca N Birds Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia N Birds Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii N Birds Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana N

Birds White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis N Birds Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula Y

Birds White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys N

Birds Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla N Birds Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis N Birds Hepatic Tanager Piranga flava Birds Summer Tanager Piranga rubra N Birds Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea N Birds Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana N Birds Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis N Birds Pyrrhuloxia Cardinalis sinuatus N

Birds Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus N

Birds Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus N Birds Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea N Birds Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena N Birds Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea N Birds Painted Bunting Passerina ciris Y Birds Dickcissel Spiza americana Y

Birds Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Y

Birds Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus N

Birds Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna Y

Birds Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta N

Birds Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocaphalus xanthocaphalus N Birds Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus Y

Birds Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus Y Birds Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula N

Birds Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus N

Birds Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater N Birds Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus Birds Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius Y Birds Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii Y Birds Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Y Birds Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum N Birds Brambling Fringilla montifringilla N Birds Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator N

Birds Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis

Birds Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus N Birds Cassin's Finch Carpodacus cassinii N

Birds House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus N Birds Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra N

Birds White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera N Birds Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea N Birds Pine Siskin Spinus pinus N Birds Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria N

Birds American Goldfinch Spinus tristis N

Birds Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus N Birds House Sparrow Passer domesticus N tat t S e L t a o k c e S

P l t an is t Checkl Lake Scott State Park, with its large natural springs and protected basin, has long been recognized for the unique characteristics of its flora. Because of the variety of habi- tats present within the park, the diversity of plant species is said to be greater than any other area in the western half of Kansas. This checklist is meant to aid in the enjoyment and appreciation of plants that might be found while visiting Scott State Lake. This checklist does not replace a field guide or other identification reference. There are many good wildflower guides available, with pho- tographs or drawings and plant descriptions. In order to learn to recognize the plants and to learn more about them, it is advisable to purchase a guide for your individual level of interest and experience. Included in this list are native flora and introduced species that have naturalized. Non- native plants are designated by an asterisk (*). This brochure contains a wide diversi- ty of plants. However, this is by no means a complete list of the plants at Scott State Lake. The symbols used are: OCCURRENCE: C = common U = uncommon R = rare OCCURRENCE, particularly of annuals and in relation to the flowering of perennials, can vary greatly from year to year depending on fluctuations in rainfall, temperature, and stress factors that influence growth. HABITAT: M = moist ground or in standing water W = woodland or shady, sheltered areas P = prairie, open with full sun D = disturbed areas, such as roadsides U = bryophyte (mosses and liverworts) and lichen habitats R = found growing on rocks S = grows on soil B = grows on tree bark Some plants are found in more than one habitat, but they are listed by only the habitat in which they are most likely to be found. SEASON = the range of flowering dates, by months, that a particular plant may be found blooming. If you have information to add to this list, please report it to the park office. Do not disturb any of the plants in the park. They are protected for everyone to enjoy.

Scott State Park 520 W Scott Lake Dr., Scott City, KS 67871-1075 (620) 872-2061 Wildflowers (flowering forbs) COMMON NAME Scientific name OCCURRENCE HABITAT SEASON ___ YARROW ...... Achillea millefolium ...... U P 05-06 ___ SLENDER GERARDIA ...... Agalinis tenuifolia ...... R M 08-10 ___ DRUMMOND WILD ONION ...... Allium drummondii ...... C P 04-06 ___ TUMBLEWEED ...... Amaranthus albus ...... C D 06-10 ___ SANDHILL PIGWEED ...... Amaranthus arenicola ...... C D 07-10 ___ PROSTRATE PIGWEED ...... Amaranthus graecizans ...... C D 07-10 ___ ROUGH PIGWEED* ...... Amaranthus retroflexus ...... C D 07-10 ___ WATERHEMP ...... Amaranthus rudis ...... C D 06-10 ___ BUR RAGWEED ...... Ambrosia grayi ...... C M 08-10 ___ WESTERN RAGWEED ...... Ambrosia psilostachya ...... C P 07-10 ___ GIANT RAGWEED ...... Ambrosia trifida ...... C D 08-10 ___ ROBUST AMMANNIA ...... Ammannia robusta ...... U M 07-10 ___ INDIAN HEMP DOGBANE ...... Apocynum cannabinum ...... C M 05-09 ___ ROCK SANDWORT ...... Arenaria stricta ...... U P 05-06 ___ PRICKLY POPPY ...... Argemone polyanthemos ...... C P 05-08 ___ HEDGEHOG PRICKLY POPPY ...... Argemone squarrosa ...... C P 06-07 ___ COMMON SAGEWORT ...... Artemisia carruthii ...... C P 07-08 ___ SILKY WORMWOOD ...... Artemisia dracunculus ...... C P 08-09 ___ SAND SAGEBRUSH ...... Artemisia filifolia ...... C P 06-09 ___ WHITE SAGE ...... Artemisia ludoviciana ...... C P 08-10 ___ ENGLEMANN'S MILKWEED ...... Asclepias englemanniana ...... C P 06-08 ___ SWAMP MILKWEED ...... Ascelpias incarnata ...... C M 06-09 ___ BROADLEAF MILKWEED ...... Asclepias latifolia ...... U P 07-08 ___ PLAINS MILKWEED ...... Asclepias pumila ...... C P 07-09 ___ SHOWY MILKWEED ...... Asclepias speciosa ...... C M 05-08 ___ POISON MILKWEED ...... Asclepias subverticillata ...... C P 06-08 ___ GREEN MILKWEED ...... Asclepias viridiflora ...... U P 06-08 ___ ASPARAGUS* ...... Asparagus officinalis ...... U M 05-09 ___ WHITE ASTER ...... Aster ericoides ...... C P 09-10 ___ PLAINS ASTER ...... Aster falcatus ...... U D 08-10 ___ FENDLER'S ASTER ...... Aster fendleri ...... C D 07-10 ___ PANICLED ASTER ...... Aster simplex ...... U M 08-10 ___ GROUND-PLUM ...... Astragalus crassicarpus ...... C P 03-06 ___ SLENDER MILK-VETCH ...... Astragalus gracilis ...... C P 05-10 ___ LOTUS MILK-VETCH ...... Astragalus lotiflorus ...... C P 03-06 ___ MISSOURI MILK-VETCH ...... Astragalus missouriensis...... C P 03-07 ___ TINE-LEAVED MILK-VETCH ...... Astragalus pectinatus ...... U P 05-06 ___ ALKALI MILK-VETCH ...... Astragalus racemosus ...... U P 03-07 ___ SILVER-SCALE SALTBUSH ...... Atriplex argentea ...... U P 07-09 ___ WATER PARSNIP ...... Berula erecta ...... C M 05-10 ___ SPANISH NEEDLES ...... Bidens bipinnata ...... U M 08-10 ___ NODDLING BEGGAR-TICKS ...... Bidens cernua ...... U M 08-10 ___ BEGGAR-TICKS ...... Bidens frondosa ...... C M 08-10 ___ BRICKALLIA ...... Brickellia grandiflora ...... U P 08-10 ___ JAMES RUSH-PEA ...... Caesalpinia jamesii ...... U P 05-09 ___ PURPLE POPPY MALLOW ...... Callirhoe involucrata ...... C P 03-07 ___ LAVENDER LEAF PRIMROSE ...... Calylophus lavandulifolius ...... U P 05-08 ___ PLAINS YELLOW PRIMROSE ...... Calylophus serrulatus ...... C P 05-09 ___ HEDGE BINDWEED ...... Calystegia sepium ...... C P 06-08 ___ SMALL-SEEDED FALSE FLAX* . . . . . Camelina microcarpa ...... U D 04-08 1 Wildflowers (flowering forbs) COMMON NAME Scientific name OCCURRENCE HABITAT SEASON ___ CREEPING BELLFLOWER* ...... Campanula rapunculoides ...... R D 06-08 ___ SHEPHERD'S PURSE* ...... Capsella bursa-pastoris ...... C D 03-11 ___ SHOWY PARTRIDGE PEA ...... Cassia chamaecrista ...... U P 06-10 ___ PRAIRIE PAINTBRUSH ...... Castilleja purpurea ...... C P 04-05 ___ DOWNY PAINTBRUSH ...... Castilleja sessiliflora ...... U P 04-06 ___ HORNWORT ...... Ceratophyllum demersum ...... U M 05-09 ___ CHAMAESARACHA ...... Chamaesaracha conioides ...... C P 05-09 ___ PITSEED GOOSEFOOT ...... Chenopodium berlandieri ...... C D 07-09 ___ NARROWLEAVED GOOSEFOOT . . . . Chenopodium desiccatum ...... C D 07 09 ___ MAPLELEAF GOOSEFOOT ...... Chenopodium gigantospermum . . . . U D 07 09 ___ HOARY GOOSEFOOT ...... Chenopodium incanum ...... C D 07-08 ___ PALE GOOSEFOOT ...... Chenopodium pratericola ...... C D 07-09 ___ BLUE MUSTARD* ...... Chorispora tenella ...... U D 05-07 ___ HAIRY GOLDEN ASTER ...... Chrysopsis villosa ...... U P 07-09 ___ YELLOWSPINE THISTLE ...... Cirsium ochrocentrum ...... U P 07-08 ___ WAVY-LEAF THISTLE ...... Cirsium undulatum ...... C D 06-07 ___ BASTARD TOADFLAX ...... Comandra umbellata ...... C W 04-07 ___ POISON HEMLOCK* ...... Conium maculatum ...... U M 05-07 ___ FIELD BINDWEED ...... Convolvulus arvensis ...... C D 06-08 ___ CLASPING BINDWEED ...... Convolvulus equitans ...... R P 04-09 ___ HORSE-WEED ...... Conyza canadensis ...... C D 06-09 ___ SPREADING FLEABANE ...... Conyza ramosissima ...... U D 06-09 ___ PINCUSHION CACTUS ...... Coryphantha vivipara ...... U P 05-08 ___ TEXAS CROTON ...... Croton texensis ...... U P 06-10 ___ LEAST CRYPTANTHA ...... Cryptantha minima ...... C P 05-07 ___ BUFFALO-GOURD ...... Cucurbita foetidissima ...... C P 06-08 ___ CYCLANTHERA ...... Cyclanthera dissecta ...... C W 05-10 ___ STEMLESS CYMOPTERUS...... Cymopterus acaulis ...... C P 04-06 ___ GOLDEN PRAIRIE CLOVER ...... Dalea aurea ...... U P 06-09 ___ WHITE PRAIRIE CLOVER ...... Dalea candida ...... C P 05-09 ___ NINE-ANTHER PRAIRIE CLOVER . . . Dalea enneandra ...... U P 06-09 ___ PURPLE PRAIRIE CLOVER ...... Dalea purpurea ...... C P 05-08 ___ PRAIRIE LARKSPUR ...... Delphinium virescens ...... U P 05-06 ___ TANSY MUSTARD ...... Descurainia pinnata ...... C D 03-08 ___ FLIXWEED* ...... Descurainia sophia ...... C D 05-07 ___ ILLINOIS BUNDLEFLOWER ...... Desmanthus illinoensis ...... C P 06-08 ___ FETID MARIGOLD ...... Dyssodia papposa ...... C D 07-09 ___ PURPLE CONEFLOWER ...... Echinacea angustifolia ...... C P 06-07 ___ HEDGEHOG CACTUS ...... Echioncereus viridiflorus ...... U P 05-06 ___ WATERPOD ...... Ellisia nyctelea ...... C P 05-07 ___ ENGELMANN'S DAISY ...... Engelmannia pinnatifida ...... C P 05-08 ___ WILLOW-HERB ...... Epilobium ciliatum ...... C D 07-09 ___ PURPLE-LEAVED WILLOW-HERB . . . Epilobium coloratum ...... U M 08-10 ___ NARROW-LEAVED WILLOW-HERD . . Epilobium leptophyllum ...... R M 07 09 ___ WINGED ERIOGONUM ...... Eriogonum alatum ...... U P 06-10 ___ JAMES' WILD BUCKWHEAT ...... Eriogonum jamesii ...... R P 06-10 ___ WESTERN WALLFLOWER ...... Erysimum asperum ...... C P 04-06 ___ BUSHY WALLFLOWER* ...... Erysimum repandum ...... R P 05-07 ___ TOOTHED SPURGE ...... Euphorbia dentata ...... U P 05-10 ___ RIDGE-SEEDED SPURGE ...... Euphorbia glyptosperma ...... C P 05-10 2 Wildflowers (flowering forbs) COMMON NAME Scientific name OCCURRENCE HABITAT SEASON ___ SIX-ANGLED SPURGE ...... Euphorbia hexagona ...... U P 06-09 ___ SNOW-ON-THE-MOUNTAIN ...... Euphorbia marginata ...... C P 06-10 ___ MISSOURI SPURGE ...... Euphorbia missurica ...... U P 06-11 ___ PROSTRATE SPURGE* ...... Euphorbia prostrata ...... U D 06-10 ___ MAT SPURGE ...... Euphorbia stictospora ...... C D 06-10 ___ NUTTALL'S EVOLVULUS ...... Evolvulus nuttallianus ...... U P 05-07 ___ ROSE-RING GAILLARDIA ...... Gaillardia pulchella ...... U D 05-09 ___ CATCHWEED BEDSTRAW ...... Galium aparine ...... C W 05-08 ___ SCARLET GAURA ...... Gaura coccinea ...... U P 04-09 ___ VELVETY GAURA ...... Gaura parviflora ...... C P 05-10 ___ RIGID GILIA ...... Gilia rigidula ...... U P 04-08 ___ GROUND IVY* ...... Gleocoma hederacea ...... R W 04-06 ___ WILD LICORICE ...... Glycyrrhiza lepidota ...... U M 05-08 ___ CURLY-TOP GUMWEED ...... Grindelia squarrosa ...... C D 07-10 ___ SNAKEWEED ...... Gutierrezia sarothrae ...... C D 08-10 ___ GOLDENWEED ...... Haplopappus ciliatus ...... C P 08-10 ___ CUTLEAF IRONPLANT ...... Haplopappus spinulosus ...... C P 05-09 ___ DRUMMOND FALSE PENNYROYAL . Hedeoma drummondii ...... U P 05-09 ___ NARROWLEAF BLUET ...... Hedyotis nigricans...... C P 05-10 ___ COMMON SUNFLOWER ...... annuus ...... C P 07-09 ___ TEXAS BLUEWEED* ...... Helianthus ciliaris ...... U D 06-09 ___ MAXIMILIAN SUNFLOWER ...... Helianthus maximilianii ...... C D 08-10 ___ PLAINS SUNFLOWER ...... Helianthus petiolaris ...... C P 06-09 ___ BINDWEED HELIOTROPE ...... Heliotropium convolvulaceum . . . . . R P 07-08 ___ WILD HELIOTROPE ...... Heliotropium curassavicum ...... C M 06-10 ___ NODDING GREEN VIOLET ...... Hybanthus verticillatus ...... U P 04-06 ___ FINELEAF HYMENOPAPPUS ...... Hymenopappus filifolius ...... U P 06-08 ___ SLIMLEAF HYMENOPAPPUS ...... Hymenopappus tenuifolius ...... U P 05-08 ___ STEMLESS HYMENOXYS ...... Hymenoxys acaulis ...... C P 05-08 ___ PLAINS HYMENOXYS ...... Hymenoxys scaposa ...... C P 05-08 ___ BUSH MORNING-GLORY ...... Ipomoea leptophylla ...... C P 05-09 ___ SPIKE GILIA ...... Ipomopsis spicata ...... R P 05-07 ___ MARSH ELDER ...... Iva xanthifolia...... U M 07-09 ___ SUMMER CYPRESS* ...... Kochia scoparia ...... C D 07-10 ___ FALSE BONESET ...... Kuhnia eupatoriodes ...... C P 08-10 ___ WESTERN WILD LETTUCE ...... Lactuca ludoviciana ...... C P 06-09 ___ BLUE LETTUCE ...... Lactuca oblongifolia ...... U M 06-09 ___ PRICKLY LETTUCE* ...... Lactuca serriola ...... C D 06-09 ___ HENBIT* ...... Lamium amplexicaule ...... U D 03-05 ___ LOW STICKSEED ...... Lappula redowskii ...... C D 05-08 ___ CUPSEED STICKSEED ...... Lappula texana ...... C P 05-08 ___ HOARY VETCHLING ...... Lathyrus polymorphus ...... U P 05-06 ___ COMMON DUCKWEED ...... Lemna minor ...... C M ___ MOTHERWORT* ...... Leonurus cardiaca ...... U D 05-09 ___ DENSEFLOWER PEPPERWEED* . . . Lepidium densiflorum ...... C D 02-06 ___ OVAL-LEAF BLADDERPOD ...... Lesquerella ovalifolia ...... C P 04-06 ___ BABYWHITE ASTER ...... Leucelene ericoides ...... C P 05-08 ___ DOTTED GAYFEATHER ...... Liatris punctata ...... C P 07-10 ___ GROOVED FLAX ...... Linum rigidum ...... C P 04-09 ___ WEDGELEAF FOG-FRUIT ...... Lippia cuneifolia ...... C M 06-10 3 Wildflowers (flowering forbs) COMMON NAME Scientific name OCCURRENCE HABITAT SEASON ___ NARROWLEAF PUCCOON ...... Lithospermum incisum ...... C P 04-06 ___ CARDINAL FLOWER ...... Lobelia cardinalis ...... U M 08-10 ___ AMERICAN BUGLEWEED ...... Lycopus americanus ...... C M 07-09 ___ RUSH SKETELON PLANT ...... Lygodesmia juncea ...... C P 06-09 ___ WINGED LOOSESTRIFE ...... Lythrum alatium ...... U M 06-09 ___ CALIFORNIA LOOSESTRIFE ...... Lythrum californicum ...... R M 06-09 ___ TANSY ASTER ...... Machaeranthera tanacetifolia . . . . . U P 07-09 ___ COMMON MALLOW* ...... ...... C D 04-10 ___ ROUGH FALSE MALLOW ...... Malvastrum hispidum ...... U P 06-09 ___ COMMON HOREHOUND* ...... Marrubium vulgare ...... U D 05-07 ___ BLACK MEDICK* ...... Medicago lupulina ...... C D 04-11 ___ ALFALFA* ...... Medicago sativa ...... U D 05-09 ___ WHITE SWEET CLOVER* ...... Melilotus alba ...... C D 05-10 ___ YELLOW SWEET CLOVER* ...... Melilotus officinalis ...... C D 05-10 ___ TEN-PETAL MENTZELIA ...... Mentzelia decapetala ...... C D 07-09 ___ BRACTLESS MENTZELIA ...... Mentzelia nuda ...... C P 07-09 ___ STICKLEAF ...... Mentzelia oligosperma ...... C P 06-08 ___ WAVYLEAF AGOSERIS ...... Microseris cuspidata ...... U P 04-06 ___ ROUNDLEAF MONKEY-FLOWER . . . . Mimulus glabratus ...... U M 05-08 ___ NARROWLEAF FOUR-O'CLOCK . . . . . Mirabilis linearis ...... C P 05-09 ___ WILD FOUR-O'CLOCK ...... Mirabilis nyctaginea ...... C D 05-10 ___ POVERTY WEED ...... Monolepis nuttalliana ...... C D 04-09 ___ WATERCRESS* ...... Nasturtium officinale ...... C M 04-10 ___ CATNIP* ...... Nepeta cataria ...... U D 06-10 ___ COMMON EVENING PRIMROSE . . . . Oenonthera villosa ...... C P 07-10 ___ MISSOURI EVENING PRIMROSE . . . . Oenothera macrocarpa ...... C P 05-07 ___ MARBLESEED ...... Onosmodium molle ...... U P 06-07 ___ PLAINS PRICKLY PEAR ...... Opuntia macrorhiza ...... C P 05-06 ___ BROOMRAPE ...... Orobanche multiflora ...... R P 06-08 ___ GRAY-GREEN WOOD SORREL . . . . . Oxalis dillenii ...... R D 04-10 ___ PURPLE LOCOWEED ...... Oxytropis lambertii ...... C P 05-08 ___ WHITE LOCOWEED ...... Oxytropis sericea ...... C P 04-06 ___ OTHAKE ...... Palafoxia sphacelata ...... R P 07-09 ___ PENNSYLVANICA PELLITORY ...... Parietaria pensylvanica ...... U W 05-09 ___ JAMES' NAILWORT ...... Paronychia jamesii ...... C P 06-09 ___ WHITE BEARDTONGUE ...... Penstemon albidus...... C P 04-07 ___ IVY LEAF GROUND CHERRY ...... Physalis hederifolia ...... C P 06-09 ___ COMMON GROUND CHERRY ...... Physalis longifolia ...... C P 05-09 ___ PRAIRIE GROUND CHERRY ...... Physalis pumila ...... C P 05-09 ___ VIRGINIA GROUND CHERRY ...... Physalis virginiana ...... C W 05-09 ___ ENGLISH PLANTAIN* ...... Plantago lanceolata ...... U D 05-10 ___ PATAGONIAN PLANTAIN ...... Plantago patagonica ...... U P 03-08 ___ CLAMMY WEED ...... Polanisia dodecandra ...... C P 05-10 ___ WHITE MILKWORT ...... Polygala alba ...... U P 05-08 ___ WATER SMARTWEED ...... Polygonum amphibium ...... C M 07-09 ___ KNOTWEED*...... Polygonum arenastrum ...... C D 06-10 ___ PINK SMARTWEED ...... Polygonum bicorne ...... C D 07-10 ___ CLIMBING BUCKWHEAT* ...... Polygonum convolvulus...... C D 06-09 ___ PALE SMARTWEED ...... Polygonum lapathifolium ...... C M 07-10 ___ PENNSYLVANIA SMARTWEED . . . . . Polygonum pensylvanicum ...... C D 07-10 4 Wildflowers (flowering forbs) COMMON NAME Scientific name OCCURRENCE HABITAT SEASON ___ BUSHY KNOTWEED ...... Polygonum ramosissimum ...... C M 07-09 ___ FALSE BUCKWHEAT ...... Polygonum scandens...... U D 06-10 ___ LEAFY PONDWEED ...... Potamogeton foliosus ...... C M 06-08 ___ LONGLEAF PONDWEED ...... Potamogeton nodosus ...... U M 06-10 ___ SAGO PONDWEED ...... Potamogeton pectinatus ...... C M 06-09 ___ DEVIL'S CLAW ...... Proboscidea louisianica ...... U D 06-10 ___ SILVER-LEAF SCURF-PEA ...... Psoralea argophylla ...... C P 06-09 ___ TALL-BREAD SCURF-PEA ...... Psoralea cuspidata ...... U P 05-07 ___ SLIMLEAF SCURF-PEA ...... Psoralea linearifolia...... C P 05-08 ___ WILD ALFALFA ...... Psoralea tenuiflora ...... U P 05-07 ___ PURPLE GROUND CHERRY ...... Quincula lobata ...... C P 03-10 ___ SHORE BUTTERCUP ...... Ranunculus cymbalaria...... C M 04-09 ___ WHITE WATER CROWFOOT ...... Ranunculus longirostris ...... C M 04-07 ___ CURSED CROWFOOT ...... Ranunculus scleratus ...... C M 05-09 ___ PRAIRIE CONEFLOWER ...... Ratibida columnifera ...... C P 06-09 ___ SHORTRAY PRAIRIE CONEFLOWER Ratibida tagetes ...... U P 06-09 ___ SPREADING YELLOWCRESS ...... Rorippa sinuata ...... U M 04-08 ___ PALE DOCK ...... Rumex altissimus ...... C M 04-07 ___ CULRY DOCK* ...... Rumex crispus ...... C D 04-07 ___ ARROWHEAD ...... Sagittaria latifolia ...... C M 06-09 ___ RUSSIAN THISTLE* ...... Salsola iberica ...... C D 08-10 ___ BLUE SAGE ...... Salvia azurea ...... C P 07-10 ___ ROCKY MOUNTAIN SAGE ...... Salvia reflexa ...... C D 06-10 ___ BOUNCING BET* ...... Saponarai officinalis ...... C D 06-09 ___ CATCLAW SENSITIVE BRIER ...... Schrankia nuttallii ...... C P 04-09 ___ BLUE SKULLCAP ...... Scutellaria lateriflora ...... U M 07-09 ___ PRAIRIE RAGWORT ...... Senecio plattensis ...... C P 04-06 ___ RIDDELL RAGWORT ...... Senecio riddellii ...... U P 08-10 ___ STARRY SOLOMONPLUME ...... Smilacina stellata ...... C M 05-06 ___ SILVER-LEAF NIGHTSHADE ...... Solanum elaeagnifolium ...... C P 05-10 ___ PLAINS BLACK NIGHTSHADE ...... Solanum interius ...... U P 06-10 ___ BUFFALO BUR...... Solanum rostratum ...... C D 05-10 ___ CUT-LEAVED NIGHTSHADE ...... Solanum triflorum ...... R D 05-09 ___ LATE GOLDENROD ...... Solidago gigantea ...... C M 08-10 ___ PRAIRIE GOLDENROD ...... Solidago missouriensis ...... C P 07-10 ___ SOFT GOLDENROD ...... Solidago mollis ...... C P 07-10 ___ RIGID GOLDENROD ...... Solidago rigida...... C P 08-10 ___ WHITE LOCO ...... Sophora nuttalliana ...... C P 05-07 ___ SCARLET GLOBE MALLOW ...... Sphaeralcea coccinea ...... C P 04-09 ___ GREATER DUCKWEED ...... Spirodela polyrrhiza ...... U M ___ PRINCE'S PLUME ...... Stanleya pinnata ...... R P 04-08 ___ STENOSIPHON ...... Stenosiphon linifolius ...... C P 05-10 ___ SLICK-SEED BEAN ...... Strophostyles leiosperma ...... U P 05-10 ___ RED-SEEDED DANDELION* ...... Taraxacum laevigatum ...... U D 04-10 ___ COMMON DANDELION* ...... Taraxacum officinale ...... C D 04-10 ___ AMERICAN GERMANDER ...... Teucrium canadense ...... C M 06-09 ___ SLENDER GREENTHREAD ...... Thelesperma megapotamicum . . . . C P 05-09 ___ FIELD PENNYCRESS* ...... Thlaspi arvense ...... R D 04-06 ___ WOOLLY TIDESTROMIA ...... Tidestromia lanuginosa ...... U P 06-10 ___ STEMLESS TOWNSENDIA ...... Townsendia exscapa ...... U P 03-05 5 Wildflowers (flowering forbs) COMMON NAME Scientific name OCCURRENCE HABITAT SEASON ___ PRAIRIE SPIDERWORT ...... Tradescantia occidentalis ...... C P 05-08 ___ NOSEBURN ...... Tragia ramosa ...... C P 05-09 ___ GOATS BEARD* ...... Tragopogon dubius ...... C D 05-07 ___ PUNCTURE VINE* ...... Tribulus terrestris ...... C D 05-10 ___ NARROW-LEAVED CAT-TAIL ...... Typha angustifolia ...... C M 05-07 ___ SOUTHERN CAT-TAIL ...... Typha domingensis ...... U M 05-07 ___ BROAD-LEAVED CAT-TAIL ...... Typha latifolia ...... C M 05-07 ___ DAKOTA VERBENA ...... Verbena bipinnatifida...... C P 05-10 ___ PROSTRATE VERVAIN ...... Verbena bracteata ...... C D 04-10 ___ BLUE VERVAIN ...... Verbena hastata ...... U M 06-10 ___ HOARY VERVAIN...... Verbena stricta ...... C D 05-09 ___ WESTERN IRONWEED ...... Vernonia baldwinii ...... C D 07-09 ___ IRONWEED ...... Vernonia fasciculata ...... C M 07-10 ___ FIELD SPEEDWELL* ...... Veronica agrestis ...... C D 04-08 ___ PURSLANE SPEEDWELL ...... Veronica peregrina ...... C M 06-08 ___ AMERICAN VETCH ...... Vicia americana ...... U P 05-08 ___ NUTTAIL'S VIOLET ...... Viola nuttallii ...... U P 04-07 ___ DOWNY BLUE VIOLET ...... Viola sororia ...... U W 04-06 ___ SPINEY COCKLEBUR* ...... Xanthium spinosum ...... U D 07-10 ___ YUCCA ...... Yucca glauca ...... C P 05-07 ___ HORNED PONDWEED ...... Zannichellia palustris ...... U M 06-11

Grasses COMMON NAME Scientific name OCCURRENCE HABITAT SEASON

___ JOINTED GOATGRASS* ...... Aegilops cylindrica...... C D 05-06 ___ CRESTED WHEATGRASS ...... Agropyron cristatum ...... U D 06-08 ___ TALL WHEATGRASS* ...... Agropyron elongatum ...... U D 06-09 ___ WESTERN WHEATGRASS ...... Agropyron smithii ...... C P 05-09 ___ BIG BLUESTEM ...... Andropogon gerardii ...... C P 07-10 ___ SAND BLUESTEM ...... Andropogon hallii ...... C P 07-10 ___ SILVER BLUESTEM ...... Andropogon saccharoides ...... C P 07-10 ___ LITTLE BLUESTEM ...... Andropogon scoparius ...... C P 07-10 ___ PURPLE THREEAWN ...... Aristida purpurea ...... C D 05-09 ___ SIDEOATS GRAMA ...... Bouteloua curtipendula ...... C P 06-08 ___ BLUE GRAMA ...... ...... C P 06-08 ___ HAIRY GRAMA ...... Bouteloua hirsuta ...... C P 07-10 ___ SMOOTH BROME* ...... Bromus inermis ...... C D 05-07 ___ JAPANESE BROME* ...... Bromus japonicus ...... C D 05-07 ___ DOWNY BROME* ...... Bromus tectorum ...... C D 05-06 ___ RESCUE GRASS* ...... Bromus unioloides ...... R D 04-07 ___ BUFFALO GRASS ...... Buchloe dactyloides ...... C P 04-06 ___ SANDBUR ...... Cenchrus longispinus ...... U D 07-09 ___ WINDMILL GRASS ...... Chloris verticillata ...... C D 05-09 ___ SHOWY CHLORIS ...... Chloris virgata ...... U D 07-08 ___ BERMUDA GRASS* ...... Cynodon dactylon ...... C D 06-10 ___ HAIRY CRABGRASS* ...... Digitaria sanguinalis ...... C D 08-10 ___ INLAND SALTGRASS ...... Distichlis spicata ...... C M 05-08 6 Grasses COMMON NAME Scientific name OCCURRENCE HABITAT SEASON ___ ROUGH BARNYARD GRASS ...... Echinochloa muricata ...... C M 06-10 ___ CANADA WILD RYE ...... Elymus canadensis ...... C D 06-08 ___ VIRGINIA WILD RYE ...... Elymus virginicus ...... U M 05-07 ___ STINKGRASS* ...... Eragrostis cilianensis ...... C D 07-10 ___ CAROLINA LOVEGRASS ...... Eragrostis pectinacea ...... C D 06-10 ___ TALL FESCUE* ...... Festuca arundinacea ...... U D 05-10 ___ SIXWEEKS FESCUE ...... Festuca octoflora ...... C P 04-06 ___ FOWL MANNAGRASS ...... Glyceria striata ...... U M 05-07 ___ FOXTAIL BARLEY ...... Hordeum jubatum ...... C D 06-08 ___ LITTLE BARLEY ...... Hordeum pusillum ...... C D 05-06 ___ RICE CUTGRASS ...... Leersia oryzoides ...... U M 07-10 ___ MARSH MUHLY ...... Muhlenbergia racemosa ...... C D 07-10 ___ FALSE BUFFALO GRASS ...... Munroa squarrosa ...... C D 05-09 ___ COMMON WITCHGRASS ...... Panicum capillare ...... R D 07-10 ___ HILLMAN PANICUM ...... Panicum hillmanii ...... U D 07-08 ___ VINE MESQUITE ...... Panicum obtusum ...... C M 05-08 ___ SWITCHGRASS ...... Panicum virgatum ...... C M 07-09 ___ REED CANARY GRASS ...... Phalaris arundinacea ...... C M 05-07 ___ PLAINS BLUEGRASS ...... Poa arida ...... C P 04-06 ___ KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS* ...... Poa pratensis ...... C M 05-08 ___ TUMBLEGRASS ...... Schedonnardus paniculatus ...... C D 04-08 ___ YELLOW FOXTAIL* ...... Setaria glauca ...... C D 07-09 ___ GREEN FOXTAIL ...... Setaria viridis ...... C D 07-09 ___ SQUIRRELTAIL ...... Sitanion hystrix ...... C D 05-08 ___ INDIAN GRASS ...... Sorghastrum nutans ...... C P 08-10 ___ JOHNSON-GRASS* ...... Sorghum halepense ...... C D 06-10 ___ PRAIRIE CORDGRASS ...... Spartina pectinata ...... C M 06-10 ___ WEDGEGRASS ...... Sphenopholis obtusata ...... U M 05-08 ___ ALKALI SACATON ...... Sporobolus airoides ...... C P 07-10 ___ ROUGH DROPSEED ...... Sporobolus asper ...... C D 08-10 ___ SAND DROPSEED ...... Sporobolus cryptandrus ...... C D 06-09 ___ NEEDLE-AND-THREAD ...... Stipa comata ...... C P 05-07 ___ SANDGRASS ...... Triplasis purpurea ...... U P 07-10 ___ EASTERN GAMMAGRASS ...... Tripsacum dactyloides ...... U M 05-10

Ferns & Fern Alies COMMON NAME Scientific name OCCURRENCE HABITAT SEASON

___ SLENDER LIP FERN ...... Cheilanthes feei ...... R P ___ SMOOTH SCOURING RUSH ...... Equisetum laevigatum ...... C M ___ SMOOTH CLIFFBRAKE ...... Pellaea glabella ...... R P

Sedges & Rushes COMMON NAME Scientific name OCCURRENCE HABITAT SEASON ___ EMORY SEDGE ...... Carex emoryi ...... C M ___ HEAVY SEDGE ...... Carex gravida ...... C M ___ BOTTLEBRUSH SEDGE ...... Carex hystericina ...... C M 7 Sedges & Rushes COMMON NAME Scientific name OCCURRENCE HABITAT SEASON ___ WOOLLY SEDGE ...... Carex lanuginosa ...... U M ___ TUSSOCK SEDGE ...... Carex stricta ...... U M ___ FRAGRANT FLAT SEDGE ...... Cyperus odoratus ...... R M ___ NEEDLE SPIKE SEDGE ...... Eleocharis acicularis ...... C M ___ LONGSTEM SPIKE SEDGE ...... Eleocharis macrostachya ...... C M ___ BEAKED SPIKE SEDGE ...... Eleocharis rostellata ...... U M ___ INLAND RUSH ...... Juncus interior ...... U M ___ TORREY'S RUSH ...... Juncus torreyi ...... C M ___ PALE BULRUSH ...... Scirpus pallidus ...... U M ___ STIFF BULRUSH ...... Scripus pungens ...... C M ___ SOFTSTEM BULRUSH ...... Scripus validus ...... C M ___ AMERICAN BULLRUSH ...... Scripus americanus ...... C M ___ GREEN BULLRUSH ...... Scripus atrovirens ...... U M

Trees, Shrubs & Woody Vines COMMON NAME Scientific name OCCURRENCE HABITAT SEASON ___ BOX ELDER ...... Acer negundo ...... U M 04-05 ___ FALSE INDIGO ...... ...... U M 05-06 ___ HACKBERRY ...... Celtis occidentalis ...... C M 04-05 ___ NETLEAF HACKBERRY ...... Celtis reticulata ...... U P 04-09 ___ GREEN ASH ...... Fraxinus pennsylvanica ...... C W 04-05 ___ HONEY LOCUST ...... Gleditsia triacanthos ...... U M 04-06 ___ BLACK WALNUT ...... Juglans nigra ...... U W 04-05 ___ WHITE MULBERRY* ...... Morus alba ...... U W 04-05 ___ WOODBINE ...... Parthenocissus vitacea ...... U W 05-07 ___ COTTONWOOD ...... Populus deltoides ...... C M 03-06 ___ AMERICAN WILD PLUM ...... Prunus americana ...... C W 04-05 ___ CHOKE CHERRY ...... Prunus virginiana ...... C W 04-05 ___ FRAGRANT SUMAC ...... Rhus aromatica ...... C P 03-04 ___ SMOOTH SUMAC ...... Rhus glabra ...... C P 05-06 ___ BUFFALO CURRANT ...... Ribes odoratum ...... C P 04-05 ___ PRAIRIE WILD ROSE ...... Rosa arkansana ...... C P 05-08 ___ PEACHLEAF WILLOW ...... Salix amygdaloides ...... C M 05 ___ SANDBAR WILLOW ...... Salix exigua ...... C M 05-06 ___ COMMON ELDERBERRY ...... Sambucus canadensis ...... C M 05-08 ___ SOAPBERRY ...... Sapindus saponaria ...... R P 05-07 ___ WESTERN SNOWBERRY ...... Symphoricarpos occidentalis ...... C P 06 07 ___ POISON IVY ...... Toxicodendron radicans ...... C W 05-06 ___ ERECT POISON IVY ...... Toxicodendron rydbergii ...... C M 05-06 ___ AMERICAN ELM ...... Ulmus americana ...... R W 02-05 ___ SIBERIAN ELM* ...... Ulmus pumila ...... C W 03 ___ BUSH GRAPE ...... Vitis acerifolia ...... C P 07-08 ___ RIVER BANK GRAPE ...... Vitis riparia ...... C W 07-09

8 Lichens COMMON NAME Scientific name OCCURRENCE HABITAT SEASON ___ ...... Acarospora peltastica ...... C R ___ ...... Acarospora schleicheri ...... C R ___ ...... Catapyrenium lachneum ...... C S ___ ...... Diploschistes actinostomus ...... U R ___ ...... Lecanora muralis...... C R ___ ...... Physcia stellaris ...... C B ___ ...... Physcia tribacia ...... C R ___ ...... Polysporina simplex ...... C B ___ ...... Psora russellii...... CR ___ ...... Solorina saccata ...... U R ___ ...... Xanthoria candelaria...... C B

Bryophytes (mosses & liverworts) COMMON NAME Scientific name OCCURRENCE HABITAT SEASON ___ ...... Amblystegium tenax ...... R/M ___ ...... Astomum muhlenbergianum...... S/P ___ ...... Barbula acuta...... ___ ...... Brachythecium oxycladon ...... S,R/W ___ ...... Bryum argenteum ...... S,R ___ ...... Bryum caespiticium...... S ___ ...... Byrum creberrimum ...... S ___ ...... Bryum gemmiparum...... R S,R ___ ...... Campylium hispidulum ...... S,R ___ ...... Desmatodon obtusifolius ...... R/M,W ___ ...... Desmatodon plinthobius ...... R ___ ...... Didymodon rigidulus ...... U R/M ___ ...... Didymodon tophaceus...... R/M ___ ...... Grimmia raui ...... U R ___ ...... Grimmia teretinervis ...... R ___ ...... Grimmia wrightii ...... U R ___ ...... Hypnum cupressiforme...... R S,R,B ___ ...... Hypnum vaucheri ...... S,R ___ ...... Pterygoneurum subsessile ...... ___ ...... Rhynchostegiella compacta...... R/M ___ ...... Syntrichea ruralis ...... ___ ...... Weisia controversa ...... S/P

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Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs described herein is available to all individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or handicap. ,------1Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 900 Jackson I__ St., Suite 502, Topeka, KS 66612. 9/02 Bluebird Nest Box KANSAS Bluebirds 1/4" holes 1/4" holes

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Note: Entrance hole 5 1/2" is 2 1/4" x 1 3/8" Waste Piviot nails Front and Back Kansas Dept. of Wildlife and Parks Fisheries and Wildlife Division Back Front TopSide Side Floor Two pivot nails allow side 512 SE 25th Ave. to swing out for cleaning. Use nail at top to close side. Pratt, KS 67124 11" 8" 8" 8" 8" 4" Phone (620) 672-5911 Website: www.kdwp.state.ks.us E-mail: [email protected] A contribution from the Chickadee Checkoff, Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs described herein is available to all individuals without regard to Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or handicap. Sponsored by Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 1020 S Kansas Ave. Suite 200, Topeka, KS 66612-1327 10/03 Chickadee Checkoff KANSAS Bluebird Houses Bluebird Trails

Kansas Bluebirds Bluebird Nesting Record The bluebird house plan shown in the accom- By constructing bluebird trails, civic organi- Name: ______panying diagram is a simple pattern which can be zations, youth groups, and individuals can assist in made from a 1”x 6” cedar board that is four feet efforts to help bluebird populations recover. Nest Address: ______long. Cedar is the pre- boxes provide bluebirds with nesting cavities and Kansas Blues History ______ferred wood because it also give people a will last a long time. chance to remove the The Eastern bluebird, Telephone: ______The house can be left nests of undesirable with its brilliant blue and E-mail: ______unpainted or may be competitors. Bluebird rust colors and melodic painted a light color trails consist of 10 or song, is a bird appre- Location of nest box trail: that will reflect sun- more boxes mounted ciated and enjoyed by County ______light which reduces on fence posts or pipes. all who get the chance interior heat in the Boxes should not be to see or hear it. Total number of bluebird nesting boxes summer. placed in heavily Unfortunately, many monitored this year: ______wooded areas. Boxes people, especially should be placed 100 younger folks, have Date: ______yards or more apart never seen a bluebird Number of Number of because bluebirds are in the wild. Once Species Nesting Young Attempts* Fledged** territorial. Bluebirds abundant in Kansas, Pests Eastern Bluebird are not a typical back- the number of these Tree Swallow House sparrow nests should be removed from yard species, and will cavity nesting birds has bluebird boxes immediately. House wrens, chick- not usually nest near declined dramatically since the House Wren adees, nuthatches, tufted titmice, and tree swal- homes or buildings. middle part of the century. This decline has result- Other Species lows may also use the boxes. If these species ed from a loss of natural nesting holes, increased begin to occupy too many pesticide use, and competition with the introduced of the boxes you can add Three Bluebird Species house sparrow and European starling. But thanks * An "attempt" is a bird building a nest and laying at least one egg. more houses to the trail or to programs such as the Kansas Bluebird ** A young bird has "fledged" double them at each site. With its deep blue head and back and rusty Association, they are on the comeback. if it leaves the nest on its own. To prevent predators like colored chest, the Eastern bluebird is the most ______raccoons, opossums, and common of the bluebird species. The similar ______house cats from climbing Western bluebird rarely occurs in the extreme Habits the nest box poles, put tin Southwest corner of Kansas. The nearly all sky ______around the pole at the blue colored Mountain bluebird is a winter resi- Bluebirds arrive and begin housekeeping in ______base of the box. Grease dent in Kansas. Kansas in late February and early March, so boxes can be placed on metal should be ready by that time. Houses should be 4- Please use the space above for additional comments poles to prevent predators 6 feet above the ground. Check the boxes at least and to describe any unusual observation. Mail com- and ants from climbing. once a week from April through August to remove pleted form by Sept.1 to the address below. Entry holes can also be undesirable tenants, and detect problems. Kansas Dept. of Wildlife & Parks extended with wire mesh Although not necessary, the removal of old nests KANSAS BLUEBIRDS or wooden collums to are desirable by some. 512 SE 25th Ave. reduce . Pratt, KS 67124 Marvin Schwilling KANSAS Bluebird Nest Box Memorial Bluebird Program Bluebirds

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Piviot nails Marvin Schwilling was a long time employee Front and Back of the Kansas wildlife agency . Starting work in 2 1/4" Kansas in 1951, Marvin worked in several capac- 1 3/8" ities as a research biologist, an area manager, and 8" finally as the Endangered Species Specialist in Back 11" Lumber: the nongame program of the Kansas Department Front One 1" x 6" x 4' of Wildlife and Parks. Involved in many or gani- zations, most prominently the Kansas 5 1/2" Ornithological Society, Marvin gained universal Note: respect and admiration for his work and for his Entrance hole 5 1/2" cooperative attitude. Some of his most passionate is 2 1/4" x 1 3/8" Waste Nail or screw holds side closed. work was related to helping to establish Eastern Two pivot nails allow side Bluebird nesting boxes and trails throughout the Back Front Top Side Side Floor to swing out for cleaning. state. He retired from the state in 1990 and con- Bob Gress, BirdsInFocus.com Use nail at bottom to close side. tinued work with birds, butterflies and Kansas Department of Wildlife, 11" 8" 8" 8" 8" 4" until his abilities were lessened by a debilitating Parks and Tourism stroke. Marvin Schwilling passed in 2008 and the 512 SE 25th Ave. memorial fund created in his honor continues Pratt, KS 67124 through this program to promote bluebird recov- Phone (620) 672-5911 ery in Kansas. Website: www.kdwpt.state.ks.us A contribution from the Chickadee Checkoff, E-mail: [email protected] Equal opportunity to par ticipate in and benefit fr om programs described herein is a vailable to all individuals without regar d to Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism. race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, Sponsored by gender identity, political affiliation, and military or veteran status. Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, 1020 Chickadee Checkoff S Kansas Ave., Topeka, KS 66612-1327. 06 /11 KANSAS Nest boxes should be placed about 3-4 feet Marvin Schwilling Memorial Bluebird Nesting Record from the ground, facing any direction. It is not nec- Bluebird Trails Program Kansas Bluebirds essary to remove old bluebird nests unless they are very untidy. Wren nests composed of tightly By constructing bluebird trails, civic organiza- Name: ______packed twigs should be removed and discouraged tions, youth groups, and individuals can assist in Kansas Bluebird History Address: ______from using bluebird boxes since the male House efforts to help bluebird populations recover . Nest Telephone: ______Wren will build several nests and since wrens can boxes provide bluebirds The Eastern Bluebird, with its brilliant blue be quite territorial and competitive. Bluebirds may with nesting cavities and and rust colors and melodic song, is a bird appre- E-mail: ______have up to three clutches per year and will re-nest also give people a chance ciated and enjoyed by all who get the chance to see as well from earlier failed attempts. to remove the nests of or hear it. Unfortunately, many people, especially Location of nest box trail: County ______undesirable competitors. Bluebird trails consist of younger folks, have never seen a bluebird in the Total number of bluebird nesting boxes Bluebird Houses wild. Once abundant in Kansas, the number of boxes mounted on fence monitored this year: ______these cavity nesting birds has declined dramatical- The bluebird house plan shown in the accom- posts or pipes. Boxes ly since the middle part of the last century . This Date: ______panying diagram is a simple pattern which can be should not be placed in decline has resulted from a loss of natural nesting made from a 1” x 6” heavily wooded areas. holes, increased pesticide use, and competition Number of Number of cedar board that is four Boxes should be placed Nesting Young with the introduced House Sparrow and European Species Attempts* Fledged** feet long. Cedar is the 100 yards or more apart Starling for nesting cavities. But, thanks to nest Eastern Bluebird preferred wood because because bluebirds are box placement efforts by many citizens and organ- Tree Swallow it will last a long time. territorial. Bluebirds are izations, Eastern Bluebirds are on a comeback. The house can be left not a typical backyard House Wren unpainted or may be species, and will not usually nest near homes or Other Species Biology and Management painted a light color that buildings. Any organization may qualify to receive will reflect sunlight up to ten Bluebird boxes through the Marvin Eastern Bluebirds begin arriving in Kansas by which reduces interior Schwilling Memorial Bluebird Program. The coop- * An "attempt" is a bird building a nest early March. While some over -winter in the state, and laying at least one egg. heat in the summer. erator is required to place these boxes in appropri- this species is one of the earlier to return from the ** A young bird has "fledged" ate habitat (open country with sparse trees), check southern US to initiate breeding. The male bluebird, if it leaves the nest on its own. them through the nesting season from March which is the most colorful of the pair , entices a Pests through July to evict house sparrows or other female to a natural cavity or nest box. They look for ______unwanted guests, and to report nesting success with open country with sparse trees or shrubs. ______House Sparrow nests should be removed from the form on this brochure or on the listed website. The female will have from 4-7 light blue to white ______bluebird boxes immediately. House Wrens, chick- Contact your district wildlife biologist or email the eggs after building a grass-lined cup nest in the bot- ______adees, nuthatches, Tufted Titmice, and Tree department at [email protected] tom of the nest box. She alone incubates the clutch. Swallows may also use the boxes. If these species Hatching occurs in two weeks or a little longer . Please use the space above for additional comments begin to occupy too many of the boxes you can add Three Bluebird Species Female bluebirds are very tolerant of having the nest and to describe any unusual observation. Mail complet- more houses to the trail or double them at each site. box opened for inspection and sometimes will stay ed form by Oct. 1 to the address below or submit online To prevent predators like raccoons, opossums, and With its deep blue head and back and rusty col- on eggs during the disturbance. (However , boxes on the KDWPT website under "Kansas Bluebirds" in house cats from climbing the nest box poles, put tin ored chest, the Eastern Bluebird is the most com- should not be disturbed if there is the possibility of the Other Services/Wildlife Diversity web pages. around the pole at the base of the box up to 3 feet. mon of the bluebird species. The similar Western young fledging within a couple of days.) Hatchlings Grease can be placed on metal poles to prevent Bluebird rarely occurs in the extreme Southwest are brooded for several days and fed by both sexes. Kansas Department of Wildlife, predators and ants from climbing. Entry holes can corner of Kansas. The nearly all sky blue colored Parks and Tourism also be extended with wire mesh or wooden Mountain Bluebird is a winter resident in Kansas. After about 2 ½ weeks, the young fledge. KANSAS BLUEBIRDS 512 SE 25th Ave. columns to reduce predation. Pratt, KS 67124 ing tape which may be readily removed after use would be preferable to any other kind of identification method if it is necessary. Permanent markings, such Sources as indelible paint and ink, are not recommended and can be harmful to the and its survival. Box tur- BOX Charles Lee tles should be kept in sanitary conditions meaning Extension Specialist, Wildlife very few in each confined area with regular changing Kansas State Research and Extension of water. Adequate shade and ventilation should be RTLE provided. Summer races should be generally sched- Karen Graham U S uled during cooler times of the day. Fruits, canned Curator of Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fishes T dog food, berries, and vegetables may be supplied for Sedgwick County Zoo short periods of times for temporary keeping but these animals are omnivores and eat a wide variety of Ken Brunson food in the wild. Due to the natural diet plus the fact Wildlife Diversity Coordinator that they are very susceptible to respiratory-related Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks diseases in captivity, prolonged keeping of these ani- mals is not recommended. “Amphibians and Reptiles in Kansas” In no instances should box turtles be subject to any Joe Collins permanent markings other than specific, well-regulat- ed research studies. Box turtles should never be col- lected from general areas, used for an event and then released all at one site. They should be temporarily in Kansas housed in clean and humane conditions permitting adequate ventilation and sanitation. Participants should be cautioned to thoroughly clean their hands with soap and water after handling turtles of any kind. This is especially true of water turtles which are more susceptible for harboring and transmitting sal- monella bacteria. Box turtles are very interesting and enjoyable crea- tures. Our commitment to treating them properly and respecting their biological needs will ensure their per- Kansas Department of petuation for future Kansans to enjoy. Wildlife & Parks 512 SE 25th Ave. Pratt, KS 67124

Phone: (620) 672-5911 Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs described herein is available to all individuals without regard to Website: www.kdwp.state.ks.us race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or handicap. Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 1020 S Kansas Ave. Suite 200, Topeka, KS 66612-1327 03/03 skin. The innermost layer and the support structure of the feared that box turtles would soon be threatened with General Information shell is made of bone. These bones are very porous and are extinction if such collecting was not controlled, they were There are two box turtle species found in Kansas. Both filled with blood vessels which supply oxygen and food to given some international protection. can be identified by their hinged lower shell which permits all this living tissue. Along the middle line of the top shell Even within the United States, the pet trade can hurt them to withdraw their head and legs to become complete- (the carapace), the turtle’s backbone arches to connect the already declining turtle populations. Box turtles usual- ly enclosed and protected from predators. The Eastern Box entirely to the shell. The backbone houses the spinal cord ly have very shortened lives once taken into captivity. They Turtle, exhibiting a rather plain olive colored shell, occurs from which more nerves spread out along the shell. Thusly, succumb to respiratory failure or other stress-related ill- only in the southeast quarter of Kansas northward to the turtle has a very good sense of touch all over its shell. ness. Box turtles that are released after a period in captivi- Kansas City. The Ornate Box Turtle, with its more showy, ty must find and become familiar with a suitable home yellow striped shell, can be found statewide. It grows up to Kansas Treasure before winter. A turtle whose shell has been painted by 5 inches long in its upper shell length. The Eastern gets a well-meaning owners may not only suffer from chemical little larger – up to 6 inches. These cold-blooded reptiles Box turtles are fascinating animals, rivaling the beauty poisoning; the odd colors may attract predators or deter are long-lived, many surviving as long as 30 years. Adult of any turtle in the world. This is one reason why the potential mates. In fact, box turtles should not be kept as males have red eyes in both species as opposed to the yel- ornate box turtle is the state reptile of Kansas. It is unfor- pets for long at all. They need to eat food and find habitat lowish or brown eyes of the females. tunate that their attractiveness could work against their that only they know how to find. survival because of illegal pet trade. We can all lend box turtles a hand by respecting their role as wild animals. The Law Habits Enjoy a turtle for a couple of weeks, but be sure to return The home of the box turtle consists of several burrows it to its home (the exact spot where it was found). Because of the overall threats to these fascinating ani- and a home range of about 5 acres, of which it becomes Recognize the dangers of roads to box turtles, and help mals, there are restrictions on their use. Neither of the very familiar. Burrows are used as sleeping quarters and to them cross when you are able to safely do so. Kansas box turtle species may be bought or sold in Kansas avoid extremely hot or extremely cold weather. A few box or be transported out of the state for sale (K.S.A. 32-1002 turtles may inhabit part of the same home range. They first Troubling Times for and K.S.A. 32-1005). Kansas regulations (K.A.R. 115-20-20) become active during the first warm days in early spring, Turtles do permit the legal keeping of up to five individuals of coming out of winter hibernation. They may be active at each of these species providing the keeper has a valid temperatures ranging from 60 to 95 degrees F but will Living in coexistence with people is rough on box tur- hunting license or is exempt from needing one. Therefore, seek shade and shelter at the higher extremes. Both tles. Much of their habitat has been altered for human use. any person under 16 years of age or older than 65 may species are diurnal, meaning they are active during the Homes which fulfill their needs (such as food, security, legally keep up to five each under their own possession. day, returning to their burrows at night. mates, hibernation sites, and egg-laying sites) are increas- ingly harder to find. Some home ranges have been inter- Turtle Races The Living Armor sected with roads. Box turtles move slowly and often are unable to climb curbs, thus many perish on roads. Recognizing the biological needs of box turtles and the We all recognize turtles for their shells, but there’s a lot During recent years, another problem has become appar- threats to their existence, we must become sensitive to more to a turtle’s shell than meets the eye. Unlike the ent. Because box turtles are so beautiful, they are collected their proper enjoyment and use. If they are to be used dur- shell of a snail or a helmet on your head, this armor is a from the wild and sold overseas as pets. Many of the tur- ing turtle races or similar events, consideration must be living part of the turtle! Underneath a very thin layer of tles die in transit or due to improper care, and so the made to return each individual turtle to the site where it dead scutes (sections of the shell) are newer, living scutes. demand for more is very large. Tens of thousands of ani- was collected as soon as possible. This is similar to the outer and inner layers of a human’s mals were shipped each year until 1994. Because it was Using temporary markers and mask- ing tape which may be readily removed after use would be preferable to any other kind of identification method if it is necessary. Permanent markings, such Sources as indelible paint and ink, are not recommended and can be harmful to the animal and its survival. Box tur- BOX Charles Lee tles should be kept in sanitary conditions meaning Extension Specialist, Wildlife very few in each confined area with regular changing Kansas State Research and Extension of water. Adequate shade and ventilation should be RTLE provided. Summer races should be generally sched- Nathaniel Nelson U S uled during cooler times of the day. Fruits, canned Curator of Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fishes T dog food, berries, and vegetables may be supplied for Sedgwick County Zoo short periods of times for temporary keeping but these animals are omnivores and eat a wide variety of Ecological Services Section food in the wild. Due to the natural diet plus the fact Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism that they are very susceptible to respiratory-related diseases in captivity, prolonged keeping of these ani- “Amphibians and Reptiles in Kansas” mals is not recommended. Joe Collins In no instances should box turtles be subject to any permanent markings other than specific, well-regulat- ed research studies. Box turtles should never be col- lected from general areas, used for an event and then released all at one site. They should be temporarily in Kansas housed in clean and humane conditions permitting adequate ventilation and sanitation. Participants should be cautioned to thoroughly clean their hands with soap and water after handling turtles of any kind. This is especially true of water turtles which are more susceptible for harboring and transmitting sal- monella bacteria. Box turtles are very interesting and enjoyable crea- tures. Our commitment to treating them properly and respecting their biological needs will ensure their per- Kansas Department of petuation for future Kansans to enjoy. Wildlife, Parks and Tourism 512 SE 25th Ave. Pratt, KS 67124

Phone: (620) 672-5911 Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs described herein is available to all individuals without regard to Website: www.ksoutdoors.com race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, political affiliation, and military or veteran status. Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, 1020 S Kansas Ave., Topeka, KS 66612-1327. 08/13 skin. The innermost layer and the support structure of the feared that box turtles would soon be threatened with General Information shell is made of bone. These bones are very porous and are extinction if such collecting was not controlled, they were There are two box turtle species found in Kansas. Both filled with blood vessels which supply oxygen and food to given some international protection. can be identified by their hinged lower shell which permits all this living tissue. Along the middle line of the top shell Even within the United States, the pet trade can hurt them to withdraw their head and legs to become complete- (the carapace), the turtle’s backbone arches to connect the already declining turtle populations. Box turtles usual- ly enclosed and protected from predators. The Eastern Box entirely to the shell. The backbone houses the spinal cord ly have very shortened lives once taken into captivity. They Turtle, exhibiting a rather plain olive colored shell, occurs from which more nerves spread out along the shell. Thusly, succumb to respiratory failure or other stress-related ill- only in the southeast quarter of Kansas northward to the turtle has a very good sense of touch all over its shell. ness. Box turtles that are released after a period in captivi- Kansas City. The Ornate Box Turtle, with its more showy, ty must find and become familiar with a suitable home yellow striped shell, can be found statewide. It grows up to Kansas Treasure before winter. A turtle whose shell has been painted by 5 inches long in its upper shell length. The Eastern gets a well-meaning owners may not only suffer from chemical little larger – up to 6 inches. These cold-blooded reptiles Box turtles are fascinating animals, rivaling the beauty poisoning; the odd colors may attract predators or deter are long-lived, many surviving as long as 30 years. Adult of any turtle in the world. This is one reason why the potential mates. In fact, box turtles should not be kept as males have red eyes in both species as opposed to the yel- ornate box turtle is the state reptile of Kansas. It is unfor- pets for long at all. They need to eat food and find habitat lowish or brown eyes of the females. tunate that their attractiveness could work against their that only they know how to find. survival because of illegal pet trade. We can all lend box turtles a hand by respecting their role as wild animals. The Law Habits Enjoy a turtle for a couple of weeks, but be sure to return The home of the box turtle consists of several burrows it to its home (the exact spot where it was found). Because of the overall threats to these fascinating ani- and a home range of about 5 acres, of which it becomes Recognize the dangers of roads to box turtles, and help mals, there are restrictions on their use. Neither of the very familiar. Burrows are used as sleeping quarters and to them cross when you are able to safely do so. Kansas box turtle species may be bought or sold in Kansas avoid extremely hot or extremely cold weather. A few box or be transported out of the state for sale (K.S.A. 32-1002 turtles may inhabit part of the same home range. They first Troubling Times for and K.S.A. 32-1005). Kansas regulations (K.A.R. 115-20-20) become active during the first warm days in early spring, Turtles do permit the legal keeping of up to five individuals of coming out of winter hibernation. They may be active at each of these species providing the keeper has a valid temperatures ranging from 60 to 95 degrees F but will Living in coexistence with people is rough on box tur- hunting license or is exempt from needing one. Therefore, seek shade and shelter at the higher extremes. Both tles. Much of their habitat has been altered for human use. any person under 16 years of age or older than 65 may species are diurnal, meaning they are active during the Homes which fulfill their needs (such as food, security, legally keep up to five each under their own possession. day, returning to their burrows at night. mates, hibernation sites, and egg-laying sites) are increas- ingly harder to find. Some home ranges have been inter- Turtle Races The Living Armor sected with roads. Box turtles move slowly and often are unable to climb curbs, thus many perish on roads. Recognizing the biological needs of box turtles and the We all recognize turtles for their shells, but there’s a lot During recent years, another problem has become appar- threats to their existence, we must become sensitive to more to a turtle’s shell than meets the eye. Unlike the ent. Because box turtles are so beautiful, they are collected their proper enjoyment and use. If they are to be used dur- shell of a snail or a helmet on your head, this armor is a from the wild and sold overseas as pets. Many of the tur- ing turtle races or similar events, consideration must be living part of the turtle! Underneath a very thin layer of tles die in transit or due to improper care, and so the made to return each individual turtle to the site where it dead scutes (sections of the shell) are newer, living scutes. demand for more is very large. Tens of thousands of ani- was collected as soon as possible. This is similar to the outer and inner layers of a human’s mals were shipped each year until 1994. Because it was Using temporary markers and mask- Remember, never try to keep an ani- KeepingKeeping KansasKansas KansasKansas ReptilesReptiles mal until you find out exactly what Certain wild reptiles and species it is and what its require- ReptilesReptiles andand andand AmphibianAmphibian amphibians should be kept ments for life are. only by experts because Keep wild reptiles and amphibians AmphibiansAmphibians their needs are very diffi- LawsLaws for only short periods of time cult to provide in captivity. because it is difficult to duplicate T Only species not listed as “threat- These include the following: their wild habitats in captivity. It's ened,” “endangered,” or “in need of best not to keep them through the T conservation” may be collected. It is young turtles - they need winter. Release them at the same your responsibility to learn which lots of vitamins and minerals location you found them by mid- species are protected. for proper shell growth. Leave August to allow them to prepare for them in the wild; hibernation. T A current Kansas hunting license T is required for collecting reptiles and collared lizards - these amphibians, except the common lizards do not do well in captivi- snapping turtle, the soft-shelled tur- ty, for reasons which are poorly tle, and the bullfrog, which require a understood. Keep them only for Kansas fishing license. People under a week or two at the most; the age of 16 need no license. T narrowmouth toads - they So, thinking of keeping that cute little T The possession limit is 5 for all feed almost exclusively on ants, box turtle you found crossing the road? collectible species. which are difficult to provide in It's not such a bad idea; you can learn sufficient numbers; Wildlife professionals can help you find a lot by keeping and observing wild answers to your questions about rep- reptiles and amphibians. But before T In special cases, teachers, scien- T tiles and amphibians. Contact the you take the them home, make sure tists, and others may apply for a sci- texas horned lizards - also Milford Nature Center at (785) 238- you know what your resposibility is entific, education, or exhibition per- feed almost entirely on ants; and 5323 or your local Department of to the animal. Many reptiles and mit from the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks office. amphibians require special care in Wildlife and Parks and may not captivity. A trip to the library or a T venomous snakes - there is KANSAS need a hunting/fishing license to col- visit with a local wildlife professional lect reptiles and amphibians. no reason to keep these animals in your home. They inflict a may be necessary to learn how to keep the critter happy and healthy. T Prairie rattlesnakes may be col- serious and potentially deadly bite. Although they are beauti- Also, reptiles and amphibians in lected commercially in Kansas with Kansas are protected by collection ful, they are best left in the wild 3115 Hatchery Dr. * Junction City * Kansas 66441 * (785) 238-LEAF the proper permits. Contact the laws and limits. This brochure will Department of Wildlife and Parks and studied from a distance. Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs make you aware of some basics, but described herein is available to all individuals without regard to for more information. race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or handicap. make sure you understand the law Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 1020 S and the animal's life requirements Kansas Ave. Suite 200,Topeka, KS 66612-1327 02/06 before you take it home. Basic Care of Wild Kansas Reptiles Aquatic Turtles Snakes and Amphibians Keep aquatic turtles in an aquarium with Snakes should be kept like lizards. lots of room. Give them access to deep water Only whole animals should be offered No animal should be collected until you and to a spot where they can remove them- as food. A good rule of thumb is that a know what it is and how to properly selves from the water to bask. The basking snake can swallow something three care for it. Here are some guidelines, but area should be under an incandescent reflec- times the size of its head. The diet will a lot of reading or a visit with a wildlife tor light with the temperature under the vary depending on the species. Mice, professional will be necessary to fill in light 85-88 degrees. A varied diet is impor- young birds, lizards, frogs, fish, , the details for individual species. tant and should include chopped whole fish, and earthworms are all possible food insects, earthworms, chopped whole mice, items. Go to the library or ask a Terrestrial Amphibians leaf lettuce, spinach, and commercial floating wildlife professional about the food food sticks. habits of the species you wish to keep. Make sure the animal is kept in a con- When feeding, it is important to tainer with high humidity and access remove uneaten live animals from the to water. Aquariums with glass covers cage because some animals, especially are good homes. Several layers of tape mice, have been know to bite snakes if should be placed on two side of the left in the cage overnight. Most rodent- cover to light it up a fraction and pro- eating snakes can be induced to eat vide air circulation. Sphagnum and Lizards dead rodents in captivity, and this may peat moss are a good substrate for be the safest way to feed them. Snakes these creatures. Potted plants, bark, A water bowl, hiding places, and a bask- should be fed once a week and most branches, and rocks should be placed in ing area should be provided for lizards. should be kept at 75-85 degrees. the aquarium to providing hiding and The cage must be large enough to provide climbing places. Native amphibians are a temperature gradient from one end of best kept at 68-77 degrees. They should the cage to the other, allowing the lizard be fed earthworms or crickets once or a choice of temperatures. This can be twice a week. Mealworms are hard for accomplished by placing an incandescent them to digest and should not be fed. Box Turtles reflector light or a hot rock at one end of Amphibians should be handled as little the cage. Lizards also need to receive full as possible because their skins are eas- These are land turtles, and water should be spectrum fluorescent light (Vitalite) to ily damaged. provided only in a shallow dish. As with properly metabolize certain vitamins and aquatic turtles, a varied diet is important. minerals. Gravel or mulch are good sub- Try earthworms, crickets, mealworms, strates for most lizards. Lizards should be berries, diced melon, grapes, tomatoes, fed once or twice a week. The diet should thawed frozen mixed vegetables, and salad consist of insects such as crickets, fruit greens (not iceberg lettuce, it is of poor nutri- , and occasionally mealworms, sup- tional value). Make sure the terrarium is plemented with a calcium powder from a large enough to provide room to move pet store. Most lizards should be kept at around and a hiding place. 75-85 degrees. Do them a Common Questions Contacting Q. My dog found some baby bunnies. What should I do? Q. I found an abandoned fawn near the edge of a favor. field next to my property. I brought the fawn into my KDWP A. Put the bunnies back where you found them. If house to save it, but don’t know how to care for it. they are still in a nest, place a 2’ X 2’ or larger piece of What should I do? Operations Office flat wood over the nest, with the wood perched on 512 SE 25th Ave. bricks or other material so that the parent cottontail A. Immediately take the fawn back to the spot where Pratt, KS 67124 can get to the youngsters but dogs or cats can’t. you found it, and leave it there. The mother should (620) 672-5911 come back again looking for the fawn. Even one or two Q. I found a baby squirrel. 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I was walking through the woods and saw several nearest office of the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Region 5 Office mals, especially in spring and summer. baby raccoons on the ground near a large tree. Should Parks to get information on rehabilitators that have the 1500 W. 7th I bring them home and care for them? correct permits. Chanute, KS 66720 Some people have an irresistible attrac- (620) 431-0380 tion to these wild youngsters, and want to A. No. Most likely the young raccoons are merely Q. What if the parent doesn’t come back or the ani- exploring, and their mother is nearby. They are proba- mal dies? take them home. Every year, the lives of bly old enough to be fully capable of climbing back up the tree to their den when they are ready to return. If A. Death is an integral part of the natural world. It young wild animals are needlessly jeop- they were too young to climb, the mother would carry may even represent life to another wildlife species ardized by well-intentioned people who them back. which can use that animal as sustenance or to feed their young. Many animals die before reaching adult- take them from the wild in the mistaken hood. For example, more than 75 percent of all rabbits belief that the animals are abandoned or die before they reach five months of age. While it may

seem disheartening to see a young animal die, it repre- Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs orphaned and will die if not given care. In described herein is available to all individuals without regard to sents only one individual in an entire population which race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or handicap. Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the fact, rescuing wildlife from the wild often could not thrive if all young born survived. Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 900 Jackson St., Suite 502, Topeka, KS 66612. 03/02 results in the death of the animal. 3. They may carry disease.

Even though they may look cute and fuzzy, wild animals carry a number of potential health threats. Rabies can be transmitted from a bite or saliva contacting an open wound. Distemper and rabies are the most common illnesses that house- hold pets acquire from wild animals. Ticks and fleas borne by some animals carry lyme and other diseases. Wild animals may also carry bac- teria, roundworms, tapeworms, mites, and/or protozoans that can cause diseases in humans or their pets. 4. They’re not pets.

Although young animals may be cute and cud- dly, they are wild animals. Many well-meaning people have taken young animals home, then quickly learned that they’re not equipped to 5. Good intentions can handle the animal as it matures. “Adopting” be deadly. young wild animals may be an irresistible urge for some people, but wild animals typically Many animals taken into captivity soon die. There are a variety of problems and health hazards, to humans and animals alike, when people make poor pets as adults. Many people have Those that don’t are denied the opportunity to try to “adopt” a baby cottontail, fawn, or other wild youngster. All of these problems and hazards can been injured by animals that initially seemed learn how to survive in their natural environ- be avoided if people follow one simple rule when coming upon young wildlife: Leave them alone! easily-tamed. ment, so they seldom develop the skills neces- sary for them to survive when they are eventu- Five Good Reasons to ally returned to the wild. Their ability to find Leave Them in the Wild natural foods is hindered, and the natural wari- ness that is learned in the wild is impaired. Young wildlife raised in captivity often develop 1. They’re not abandoned. 2. It’s illegal. an attachment to humans. Upon their release to the wild, they may have little fear of people Bird and animal mothers will often leave their Picking up young animals is against the law. and return to make nuisances of themselves, or young while they search for food during the day. Both the Kansas Department of Wildlife and put themselves in danger of traffic or attack This is the time when the young are most vulner- Parks and the Kansas Department of Health from domestic animals. Further, when released able to well meaning humans. Young fawns, for and Environment have regulations against such to the wild they may be thrust as unwelcome example, are quite safe when left alone because activity. Fines can be up to $1,000. State per- intruders into the home range of another mem- their color pattern and lack of scent help them mits are required to legally possess most ber of their species. And you might relocate an to remain undetected until their mothers return. species of wild animals. For some species, fed- animal with disease into a population that did The adult animal is probably waiting for you to eral permits are required and fines are more not have the disease. leave so it can return to care for its young. severe. Common Questions Contacting Do them a KDWPT favor. Q. My dog found some baby rabbits. What should I do? Q. I found an abandoned fawn near the edge of a field next to my property. I brought the fawn into my house www.ksoutdoors.com A. Place the rabbits back where you found them or to save it, but don’t know how to care for it. What leave them in a nest. Place a large piece of flat wood should I do? Operations Office over the nest, perched on bricks or other material so 512 SE 25th Ave. that the parent cottontail can get to the youngsters but A. Immediately take the fawn back to the spot where Pratt, KS 67124 dogs or cats can’t. you found it, and leave it there. The mother should come (620) 672-5911 back again looking for the fawn. Fawns have been successfully reunited with their mothers by returning Region 1 Office Q. I found a baby squirrel. What should I do? them to the place where they were found, even one or 1426 Hwy 183 Alt. two days after removal from the wild. The mother was Hays, KS 67601 A. Put the squirrel in a small open box at the base of probably feeding not far away when you found the fawn. (785) 628-8614 the nearest tree. The adult squirrel will retrieve the baby if it is left alone. Region 2 Office Q. A bird flew into my picture window and seems 300 SW Wanamaker unable to fly. What should I do? Topeka, KS 66606 Q. A baby bird has fallen from its nest in a tree in my (785) 273-6740 backyard. Should I bring it into the house and feed it A. Often, birds are just stunned from impact with until it is able to fly? windows. Generally, they recover after a few minutes and Region 3 Office fly off. Keep your dogs and cats in the house, and leave the 1001 W McArtor A. No. The best thing to do is put the bird carefully bird alone so that it has a chance to recover on its own. back into the nest, or shepherd it into some thick Dodge City, KS 67801 Photo by Addie Bruns shrubbery or other protected space in your yard. The (620) 227-8609 parents will continue to feed and care for the fledgling. Q. I saw a hawk that acts like it has a broken wing. Region 4 Office Keep your dogs and cats in the house to allow the What should I do? Leave them young bird’s parents to care for it. As a last resort, a 6232 E 29th St. N nestling can be placed in a clear plastic butter dish A. Since there are federal laws against possession of Wichita, KS 67220 with a napkin in the bottom. This artificial nest can migratory birds, including hawks and owls, contact the (316) 683-8069 alone! then be put in a bush or tree near the place the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism for nestling was found. instructions. Region 5 Office 1500 W 7th It’s common to encounter young wild Chanute, KS 66720 animals, especially in spring and summer. Q. I was walking through the woods and saw several Q. What if the parent doesn’t come back or the (620) 431-0380 baby raccoons on the ground near a large tree. Should animal dies? However, it’s not only illegal to try to “save” I bring them home and care for them? these animals, it’s unethical. Every year, the A. Death is an integral part of the natural world. It A. No. Most likely the young raccoons are merely may even represent life to another wildlife species lives of young wild animals are needlessly exploring, and their mother is nearby. They are which can use that animal as sustenance or to feed jeopardized by well-intentioned people who probably old enough to be fully capable of climbing their young. Many animals die before reaching back up the tree to their den when they are ready to adulthood. For example, more than 75 percent of all take them from the wild in the mistaken return. If they were too young to climb, the mother rabbits die before they reach five months of age. While belief that the animals are abandoned or would carry them back. it may seem disheartening to see a young animal die, it Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs orphaned and will die if not given care. In represents only one individual in an entire population described herein is available to all individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, which could not thrive if all young born survived. gender identity, political affiliation, and military or veteran status. fact, rescuing wildlife from the wild often Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, 1020 results in the death of the animal. S Kansas Ave., Topeka, KS 66612-1327. 05/14 3. They may carry disease. Even though they may look cute, wild ani- mals carry a number of potential health threats. Rabies can be transmitted from a bite or saliva contacting an open wound. Distemper and rabies are the most common illnesses that household pets acquire from wild animals. Ticks and fleas borne by some animals carry lyme and other diseases. Wild animals may also carry bacteria, roundworms, tapeworms, mites, and/or protozoans that can cause diseases in humans and their pets. 4. They’re not pets. A young wild animal’s best chance to survive is Photo by Levi Bruns in the wild. Many well-meaning people have taken young animals home, then quickly learned that they’re not equipped to handle the 5. Good intentions can animal as it matures. “Adopting” young wild be deadly. animals may be an irresistible urge for some When people try to “adopt” a baby cottontail, fawn, or other wild youngster, there are a variety of people, but wild animals typically make poor problems and health hazards, to humans and animals alike. All of these problems and hazards can be Many animals taken into captivity soon die. avoided if people follow one simple rule when coming upon young wildlife: leave them alone! pets. Many people have been injured by ani- Those that don’t are denied the opportunity to mals that initially seemed easily-tamed. learn how to survive in their natural environ- ment, so they seldom develop the skills neces- sary for them to survive if they are eventually Five Good Reasons to returned to the wild. Their ability to find natu- ral foods is hindered, and the natural wariness Leave Them in the Wild that is learned in the wild is impaired. Young wildlife raised in captivity often develop an 1. They’re not abandoned. 2. It’s illegal. attachment to humans. Upon their release to the wild, they may have little fear of people Bird and animal mothers will often leave their Picking up young animals is against the law. and return to make nuisances of themselves, or young while they search for food during the day. Both the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks put themselves in danger of traffic or attack This is the time when the young are most vulner- and Tourism and the Kansas Department of from domestic animals. Further, when released able to well meaning humans. Young fawns, for Health and Environment have regulations to the wild they may be thrust as unwelcome example, are quite safe when left alone because against such activity. Fines can be up to intruders into the home range of another mem- their color pattern and lack of scent help them $1,000. State permits are required to legally ber of their species. And you might relocate an to remain undetected. In fact, does may only feed possess most species of wild animals. For some animal with disease into a population that did their fawns periodically to avoid drawing the species, federal permits are required and fines not have the disease. attention of predators . are more severe. Cheyenne Bottoms Shorebird Viewing Guide

The following migration chronology graphs provide prospective visitors information to help plan trips to view shorebirds. The graphs illustrate average migration chronology over a 30-year period, however, migration chronology varies annually. Thus, there is no guarantee that future migration chronology will mirror that shown in the graphs.

The migration chronology graphs are based on shorebird surveys conducted at Cheyenne Bottoms during 1976-1993 by Ed Martinez, a volunteer from Great Bend, and 1994-present by Helen Hands, Wildlife Biologist with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks. In general, shorebird counts were conducted weekly, primarily from a vehicle, and on the wildlife area. Ed Martinez also counted shorebirds on adjacent private land when habitat was available there. Counts conducted during January 1-June 30 were arbitrarily defined as spring and counts during July 1-December 31 as summer-fall. For more information about the surveys and how the data were analyzed to create the graphs, contact Helen Hands at 620-793-3066 or [email protected].

How many shorebirds are likely to be at Cheyenne Bottoms during spring?

400,000

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1 1 3 5 7 9 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 986 990 992 994 198019 19821983198419851 19871 19 1 19 1 19 199619 199819 200020 20 20 20 20 Numbers of shorebirds are extremely variable on a daily, weekly, and yearly basis. Numbers on any given day can range from 0 to a few hundred thousand. Red lines show range in counts for that year and black dots show median values (50% of counts were higher and 50% lower than the median). How many shorebirds are likely to be at Cheyenne Bottoms during summer-fall?

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6 5 2 6 3 78 79 81 83 86 90 91 94 99 01 02 04 97 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 0 0 0 1 197719 1 19801 19821 1984198 1 19871 1 199 1 1995199 199719981 20002 2 200 2 2005

Same kind of graph as the previous one. Numbers on any given day can range from 0 to over 100,000 and are usually lower than in spring.

When do shorebirds typically reach their peak numbers in spring? 30%

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MEAN PERCENT OF ALL SHOREBIRDS PERCENT MEAN 4 1 8 4 0 8 4 0 -2 -3 - 7-24 1- 1 17 25 PR 1 R 9-16 AY MAR 1-8AR 9-16R R A P M JUN 1-8 N 17-2N 25-3 M A A MAY 9-16 JUN 9-16U U FEB M MA APR 17-2APR 25-3 MAY 17-24MAY 25-31 J J On average, peak shorebird numbers in spring occur during the second week of May, with the first week of May a close second. However, migration chronology can vary from year to year. When do shorebirds typically reach their peak numbers in summer-fall?

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0% MEAN PERCENT OF ALL SHOREBIRDS 6 4 1 6 0 6 8 -8 1 16 -8 1 - -3 -24 -31 1 1-8 -16 1- 9 1-8 9- 7 5 9 17-2 25 G P T 17-24 25-31 L U G E P 9-1 JUL UL A U S E OCT NOV 1-8OV 9-1 DEC J U UL A S OC N J J AUG AUG1 2 SEP SEP17-24 25-3 OCT OCT NOV NOV17-24 25-30

On average, there is no discernable peak in shorebird numbers during summer-fall. The peak varies annually based on habitat conditions. What are the most common shorebird species in spring?

Wilson's phalarope Least sandpiper Dowitchers White-rump. sandp. Baird's sandpiper Semipalm. sandp. Stilt sandpiper Lesser yellowlegs American avocet Hudsonian godwit Killdeer Pectoral sandpiper Western sandpiper Greater yellowlegs Black-necked stilt Black-bellied plover Semipalmated plover Snowy plover Spotted sandpiper Dunlin Wilson's snipe Sanderling Marbled godwit Willet Ruddy turnstone Am. golden-plover Upland sandpiper

0.0% 2.5% 5.0% 7.5% 10.0% 12.5% MEAN PERCENT OF ALL SHOREBIRDS On average, Wilson’s phalaropes, least sandpipers, and dowitchers are the most common species in spring. Both dowitcher species occur at the Bottoms, but long-billed are by far the most common. What are the most common shorebird species in summer-fall?

Dowitchers Stilt sandpiper Lesser yellowlegs Western sandpiper Semipalm. sandp. American avocet Least sandpiper Killdeer Pectoral sandpiper Baird's sandpiper Wilson's phalarope Greater yellowlegs Wilson's snipe Black-necked stilt Semipalmated plover Black-bellied plover Snowy plover Spotted sandpiper Dunlin Sanderling Buff-breasted sandp. Am. golden-plover Willet Solitary sandpiper Marbled godwit White-rumped sandp. Red-necked ph. Hudsonian godwit

0.0% 2.5% 5.0% 7.5% 10.0% 12.5% 15.0% MEAN PERCENT OF ALL SHOREBIRDS On average, dowitchers and stilt sandpipers are the most common species in summer-fall. When is the best time to see Wilson’s phalaropes in spring? 60%

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This and the following graphs show migration chronology as the average percent of the species for each week of the season relative to the total number of the species for the entire season. Thus, on average, Wilson’s phalaropes peak in the first week of May, but migration chronology can vary from year to year. When is the best time to see Wilson’s phalaropes in summer-fall?

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MEAN PERCENT OF MEANEACH SPECIES PERCENT OF 4 8 6 -8 6 4 24 16 2 -31 1- 1 31 2 9- 5 7-24 7-24 5- 1 9-1 7- 2 1 25-30 N 1 R PR U N 25-30 B 17-MAR 1-8A A MAY 1-8 J U N E M AR 17- APR 9- MAY 9-16 J F M MAR APR APR MAY 1MAY 2 JUN JU Black-bellied Golden Snowy Semipalmated Piping

On average, American golden-plovers peak in April, semipalmateds in late April to early May, and black-bellieds in mid-May. Others have variable chronologies. Note that black-bellied, semipalmated, and snowy plovers are by far more common than golden- and piping plovers in spring. When is the best time to see the different species of plovers in summer-fall?

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On average, snowy plovers peak in late July. Others have no discernable peaks in abundance. Note that black-bellied, semipalmated, and snowy plovers are by far more common than golden- and piping plovers in summer-fall. CHEYENNE BOTTOMS Driving Tour

Funded in part by your hunting license dollars and the federal excise tax on sporting arms and ammunition for wildlife restoration CHEYENNE BOTTOMS DRIVING TOUR

Stop 1. The Entrance

Distance to next stop: about 0.5 mile Welcome to Cheyenne Bottoms, one of the world’s most important wildlife areas. In the fall of 1988, Cheyenne Bottoms was designated a “Wetland of International Importance” under a worldwide treaty. You are starting this driving tour at the southeast corner of the area. The tour will take you through the marsh in about 45 minutes. Please take your time and enjoy the astonishing array of animals and plants that make the Bottoms so important to wildlife and people alike. This tour will help you enjoy and understand Cheyenne Bottoms—its shorebirds, waterfowl, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and insects…and the factors that will determine its future.

VOCABULARY: wildlife – living things that are not tame marsh – an area of wet soils and water plants, sometimes covered with water shorebirds – wading birds usually found in marshes or coastal areas (examples: sandpipers, plovers) waterfowl – swimming and diving birds (examples: ducks, geese, grebes) mammals – animals with backbones, hair and milk glands (examples: deer, muskrats, and mice) reptiles – animals with short legs or no legs, scales and lungs (examples: snakes, turtles, and lizards) amphibians – animals that have water-living young and land-living adults (examples: frogs, toads, and salamanders)

1 KANSAS DEPARTMENT LEGEND OF WILDLIFE AND PARKS GRAVEL SURFACE ROADWAY RED WING R12W IMPROVED EARTH ROADWAY Claflin 4mi. CHEYENNE BOTTOMS UNIMPROVED EARTH ROADWAY 4 DRIVING TOUR ROUTE DIKE WITH GRAVEL SURFACE ROADWAY REFUGE AREA DIKE CLOSED TO ALL ACTIVITIES DIKE AVAILABLE FOR FOOT TRAVEL ONLY 3 PROPERTY LINE 5 4 2 1 1794.5 NORMAL POOL ELEVATION 281 CHEYENNE BOTTOMS 70 DUCK AND GOOSE BLINDS 70 N RENOVATION ISLAND 156 Great FOOT CROSSING Bend 281 BOAT RAMP REFUGE AREA PARKING AREA 8 9 1794.5 00 DRIVING TOUR STOPS 10 11 12

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4 POOL 1B POOL 1A 26 25 27 29 28 27 HEADQUARTERS & CHECK STATION POOL 4B 156 13 12 11 3 10 2 D.O.T. REST CAMPING AREA INLET CANAL AREA POOL 5 OUTLET 35 CANAL 3436 313233 34 1 35 36 Hoisington 5mi. US 281-2mi. 1794.5 MITIGATION from Headquarters MARSH Great Bend 5mi.

GOOSE HUNTING ZONE Ellinwood 5mi. S & 3mi. E R13W R12W

Stop 2. Controlling The Water

Distance to next stop: about 50 feet These large metal gates control water from Pool 1 (ahead), Pool 4 (right) and Pool 5 (left). If you face the center of the gate area, the gate immediately to your left lets water flow out of the Bottoms through the outlet canal. Before the canal was built, there was no channel for water to leave the natural marsh basin. During floods, water once spread many miles in every direction. Now the outlet canal carries water east into Little Cheyenne Creek, then into Cow Creek near Lyons, and finally into the Arkansas River near Hutchinson. But even the outlet canal cannot always carry water away fast enough to prevent flooding during heavy rains.

VOCABULARY: canal – a ditch constructed to carry water

2 Stop 3. A Grand View of Cheyenne Bottoms

Distance to next stop: about 1.1 miles

From the top of the observation tower you can get a bird’s eye view of the 41,000-acre Cheyenne Bottoms basin. Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area includes about 20,000 acres of this basin, about 12,000 acres of which are generally covered with shallow water. This observation tower was erected with monies from the state Chickadee Checkoff income tax donation program. WATCH FOR ICE ON THE STEPS DURING COLD WEATHER, AND ALWAYS USE THE HAND RAILS! You are now at the southeast edge of a huge dish in the Earth’s surface. Great movements in the crust caused this sink about 100 million years ago. Geologists believe the shifts also caused the Smoky Hill River to change its route and flow to the east, rather than south to Cheyenne Bottoms. On the Bottoms’ north side are 100-foot-high rock bluffs. On the south are also high bluffs and 40- foot deep alluvial deposits. Many wetlands help to refill and purify groundwa- Migration Routes ter reserves by allowing of the White-rumped Sandpiper and Whooping Crane water to slowly filter downward. The soil beneath Cheyenne Bottoms Wood Buffalo National Park doesn’t allow much water (Northwest Territories) to pass through, however. Cheyenne The Bottoms, like all wet- Bottoms lands, also filters out pollu- WA Aransas National Wildlife Refuge tants as the water flows (Texas) through. There were once 12 large marshes in central Kansas. Most of these have been White-rumped Sandpiper destroyed for farming and Northbound Route Southbound Route other developments. Only Whooping Crane Quivira, Jamestown, Slate Migration Route Creek, McPherson Wetlands and Cheyenne Bottoms remain today.

3 VOCABULARY: migration – seasonal travel between nesting and wintering areas (example: geese flying south in winter and north in summer) sink – a low place in the land surface (examples: ducks, geese, grebes) alluvial deposit – soil, sand, gravel and other material dropped by moving water

Stop 4. A Place for Food and Rest

Distance to next stop: about 2.1 miles

Cheyenne Bottoms, like all wetlands, provides migrating birds with the huge amounts of special foods they need to survive long flights. It’s easy to see how shorebirds are specially adapted to probing the rich march bottom mud for insects and other small animals. Avocets, for example, sweep their long up-curved bills through the shallows to catch , dragon fly nymphs and other larvae. The larvae of midge flies (called chironomids) are among the most important shore- bird foods. Long-billed and short-billed dowitchers find many of the same foods by probing the mud. The white-faced ibis uses its down- curved bill to catch snails, insects, leeches, worms, frogs, fish and crayfish. The common snipe’s unique bill is soft, pliable (except the tip is hard) and sensitive to the touch. The snipe plunges its bill straight down into the mud and “feels” for insects, worms, snails and insect larvae.

4 Stop 5. Getting Water Where it’s Needed

Distance to next stop: about 0.5 mile On your left is Pool 1. You will continue to drive around it counter- clockwise until you reach Stop 10 (about four miles). The huge propane-fueled engines on your right turn giant pumps that move water from Pools 3 and 4 into Pool 1, where it is stored for use dur- ing drought. These machines can move enough water in about one minute to fill an average in-ground home swimming pool. When available, water from Pool 1 is sometimes used to drown out pest plants, especially the narrow leaf cattails you see all around the Bottoms. The cattails die after being submerged where sunlight and oxygen can’t reach them for long periods. Cattails, like most other marsh plants, provide food and shelter for many wetland birds and other animals. But uncontrolled, they can spread over an entire marsh, choking out the open water spaces that are important to marsh wildlife.

VOCABULARY: drought – a long period without rain or snow cattails – tall marsh plants with thin leaves

5 Stop 6. Homes for Marsh Mammals

Distance to next stop: about 0.6 miles Cheyenne Bottoms is most important to ducks, geese and shore- birds, but other animals live here, too. Mammals found here include beaver, mink and many small rodents. The mammal most often seen at the Bottoms is the muskrat. These large rat-shaped creatures are important because they help clear the water of cattails. You may be able to see their large cattail-pile houses. Cattails are also part of the muskrat’s diet. Beavers, large rodents, are plant eaters too. They feed mainly on small, tender tree branches. They do not eat bark. Beavers at Cheyenne Bottoms live in dens beneath the shoreline soil. Trees are scarce in the Bottoms, because the water beneath the soil is quite salty. When trees become large enough for their roots to reach the salt water, they die. The marsh bottom soils are salty because evaporating water leaves behind its salt and minerals. Only a small amount of water leaks downward from the Bottoms and con- tributes to the saltiness of the groundwater. Much of the groundwa- ter salt comes from natural salt deposits deep below the surface. The only trees that thrive in these conditions are salt cedars, which are not valuable to many wild animals. Controlling these invaders may involve burning and flooding them.

6 VOCABULARY: cover – plants in which animals take shelter from predators and severe weather salt cedar – a short, bushy tree that grows in salty soils evaporating – water turning into vapor and entering the air groundwater – water naturally found beneath the earth’s surface

Stop 7. When Water was Abundant

Distance to next stop: about 1.4 miles

If you turned right here, you would be driving on the dike that divides Pools 2 and 3. Pool 2, covering almost 3,000 acres on the Bottoms’ northwest side, occasionally received water from Blood Creek and Deception Creek. These two small streams were once the natural suppliers of Cheyenne Bottoms water. Blood Creek is said to be so named because the Cheyenne Indians once battled a rival on its banks. The fight, presumably for hunting rights, was so fierce that the creek reportedly flowed red with the warriors’ blood. A system of dams and canals now carries water to the Bottoms from Wet Walnut Creek and the Arkansas River. When first con- structed, the system brought ample water to the marsh. Today, because area streams and ground water are overused, little or no water reaches the Bottoms through the inlet system.

VOCABULARY: dike – an artificial wall to control water dam – a wall constructed to hold back water in a stream

7 Stop 8. Threatened Ecosystem

Distance to next stop: about 0.6 miles

You are looking southeast across Pool 1. This part of Cheyenne Bottoms is a 3,300-acre refuge where no disturbance of wildlife is allowed. This protection encourages shorebirds and waterfowl to stay at the Bottoms while replenishing energy reserves necessary for migration. This great bird gathering attracts birdwatchers from all over the world. Like other marshes, Cheyenne Bottoms offers food and shelter to many wild animals. Its wet soils support unique plants and animals generally not found in lakes or uplands. Its shallow waters allow the sun’s energy to reach the fertile marsh bottom. This causes rapid plant growth and provides the food needed by insects, crustaceans, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals that inhabit Cheyenne Bottoms.

8 The variety and abundance of wildlife found in marshes is among the greatest of any of habitat. Sadly, more than half of the North American wetlands that once existed have been destroyed for farming, highways and growing cities and towns. Every year in the United States about 300,000 more wetland acres are destroyed.

VOCABULARY: refuge – a place where wildlife is not hunted or disturbed birdwatcher – a person who identifies and studies wild birds upland – land that is not normally wet (examples: prairie hills, mountain forests) insect – often used as a slang word for very small animals that live in the marsh soil and water (examples: worms, beetles, centipedes) crustacean – animal with jointed body, hard covering and antennae (example: crayfish) habitat – the land, water and plants that provide wildlife with food and cover ecosystem – a community consisting of animals, plants and their local environment (example: marsh ecosystem, woodland ecosystem)

9 Stop 9. A Place for Hunting

Distance to next stop: about 0.9 miles

The concrete boxes you can see on the small islands in this pool are hunting blinds, built in the 1950s. They have been used by thou- sands of sportsmen, who come to Cheyenne Bottoms to enjoy the area’s fine duck and goose hunting. Blinds have also been built in Pool 3 and Pool 4. During the early 1900s, market hunters hauled ducks from Cheyenne Bottoms to large cities, where the birds were prized table fare. Often, hundreds of ducks were shot with huge shotguns, mount- ed on small wooden boats. A dozen canvasback ducks were worth eight dollars in the Chicago markets in the early 1900s. Market hunting is no longer allowed. Today, ducks, geese and other game animals are hunted only under strict laws that keep wildlife populations healthy. Money from hunting license and duck stamp sales helps to pay for work that benefits wildlife at Cheyenne Bottoms and elsewhere. Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area was origi- nally purchased with these funds.

10 Many of the funds for rebuilding and protecting Kansas wetlands come from the sale of duck stamps. The Kansas state duck stamp, first issued in 1987, has provided nearly $300,000 to benefit marsh- es. Waterfowlers are also required to purchase federal duck stamps, which provide millions of dollars annually to protect and rebuild wet- lands.

VOCABULARY: sportsman – a responsible person who hunts, traps or fishes and obeys the laws, behaves properly in the field and helps to protect wildlife habitat blind – a camouflaged place where a hunter waits for game market hunter – a person who hunted animals to sell for profit game animal – wildlife that can legally be hunted, trapped or fished wildlife population – the animals of one species, or particular kind, in a certain area duck stamp – a stamp sold to raise money to improve waterfowl habitat

11 Stop 10. Rare and Endangered Animals

Distance to next stop: about 0.9 miles You are looking south across the inlet canal and into Pool 5. Many threatened and endangered species depend on the marsh during their spring and fall migrations. Bald eagles, interior least terns, pip- ing plovers and whooping cranes are among the endangered animals you might see at the Bottoms. Many of the world’s whooping cranes migrate through central Kansas. In fact, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officals have designat- ed the Bottoms as critical habitat for the cranes. They are most likely to be here in late October and early November. When whooping cranes are present, parts of Cheyenne Bottoms are closed to visitors to allow the birds to rest and feed without disturbance. During the 1940s, there were only about 16 whooping cranes left in the world. Today, thanks partly to protection of marshes like Cheyenne Bottoms, more than 175 of these huge white birds survive.

VOCABULARY: threatened – so few in number as to almost be endangered endangered – so few in number that almost none are left in the wild

12 Stop 11. A Long History of Water

Distance to next stop: about 0.7 miles

This canal was built in the early 1950s to bring water 23 miles from the Arkansas River into the Bottoms.. Other canals and dams have also been built to help get water from smaller streams to the marsh. The streams that once supplied the Bottoms seldom flow today. Irrigation and other human activities have lowered the levels of groundwater that once kept them flowing. The future of Cheyenne Bottoms and other ecosystems is threatened by this dangerous and growing water shortage. Early attempts to develop Cheyenne Bottoms included plans for a huge lake and a water wheel driven by a man-made waterfall. These ideas were abandoned, mainly because they were too costly. Other developers even wanted to drain the great marsh so it could be farmed. Wetlands lose large amounts of water through evaporation and through plant leaves (a process called transpiration). Cheyenne Bottoms loses about 60 inches of water to evaporation annually. Only about 24 inches of rain falls here each year. The Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks began purchasing land for the Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area in 1942. The internal dikes were constructed in the mid 1940s. Totaling more than 20 miles long, the dikes help to control and conserve water. More than 50 miles of channels also help to move water. A floating backhoe, pur- chased with license money and funds from Ducks Unlimited and Chickadee Checkoff, is used to maintain the canals and other water control structures.

VOCABULARY: irrigation – artificially watering land in order to grow crops conserve – to use something from nature wisely without wasting it erosion – the movement of soil by water or wind siltation – the depositing of fine soil due to erosion

13 Stop 12. Making Habitat

Distance to next stop: about 1.4 miles

Looking south here, you can see a dike that surrounds several small islands. These were built to provide nesting places for endan- gered interior least terns and other shorebirds. The terns, like many wetland birds, need open sand bars for nesting. Least terns are endangered, in part, because many wetland and stream sand bars have been destroyed or seriously damaged by human activities. Other examples of artificial habitat you might see at Cheyenne Bottoms include duck and goose nesting baskets supported on metal poles. Brush piles placed on the dikes are the homes of many rab- bits, raccoons and other small animals. Sunning “logs” for turtles, snakes and other cold-blooded animals have been made by extending wooden poles from the shore into the water. VOCABULARY: sand bar – a deposit of sand usually left by moving water cold-blooded – animal type with body temperature the same as its sur- roundings (examples: reptiles and amphibians)

14 Stop 13. The End / The Beginning

Distance to next stop: about one-half mile This concludes your driving tour of one of the world’s most impor- tant wildlife habitat areas. Let this be a beginning of your knowledge of Cheyenne Bottoms and other wetlands. There is much more to know. You can learn more about this and other great marshes by reading Kansas Wildlife & Parks magazine, visiting your public library or contacting the Department of Wildlife & Parks, Cheyenne Bottoms or Pratt office. Cheyenne Bottoms’ future can be bright only if you support it. Come and visit the Bottoms often, but don’t stop there. Tell your government representatives that wetlands are important to you. Support local and state conservation organizations. Work to change farming and other land use practices that destroy wetlands. Support policies that protect water for wildlife. Adopt a lifestyle that protects wildlife habitat and the environment in general. Contribute to the Chickadee Checkoff, and buy state and federal duck stamps. Cheyenne Bottoms is a valuable part of your great wildlife heritage.

Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs described herein is available to all individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability. Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 1020 S Kansas Ave. Suite 200, Topeka, KS 66612-1327 03/07 CLASS SCIENTIFIC Common Name Amphibians Scientific Name CHEYENNE AMPHIBIANS heyenne Bottoms Wildlife FAMILY AMBYSTOMATIDAE BOTTOMS CArea is home to at least Barred Tiger Salamander eight species of amphibians. Ambystoma mavortium More species probably occur at FAMILY PELOBATIDAE the Bottoms but have not yet Plains Spadefoot Spea bombifrons been observed. Amphibians begin life as eggs deposited in FAMILY BUFONIDAE Great Plains Toad TIGER SALAMANDER water. They later metamorphose Bufo cognatus (change bodies) into tadpoles Woodhouse’s Toad and then into adults. Adults are Bufo woodhousii Reptiles, more terrestrial (land living) FAMILY HYLIDAE Reptiles, than tadpoles and eggs but are Northern Cricket Frog still dependent on water. Acris crepitans TTuurrttlleess Western Chorus Frog Amphibians eat aquatic (water Pseudacris triseriata && living) and terrestrial insects, FAMILY RANIDAE tadpoles, fish, frogs, and toads. Plains Leopard Frog AAmmpphhiibbiiaannss Amphibians also are important Rana blairi Bullfrog food items for wading birds, rap- Rana catesbeiana tors, and some mammals, such Thanks to Joe Collins as striped skunks and raccoons. for his scientific expertise in updating this list.

Funded in part by your hunt- ing license dollars and the federal excise tax on sporting Cheyenne Bottoms arms and ammunition for Wildlife Area 56 NE 40 Rd. wildlife restoration Great Bend, KS 67530 (620) 793-7730 (24-hr. Hotline) Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs described herein is available to all individuals without regard to (620) 793-3066 (Area Office) race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability. Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the (620) 227-8609 (Regional Office) Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 1020 S Kansas Ave. Suite 200, Topeka, KS 66612-1327 03/07 Department Website: PLAINS LEOPARD FROG www.kdwp.state.ks.us CLASS FAMILY COLUBRIDAE SCIENTIFIC FAMILY Eastern Racer Common Name Coluber constrictor Turtles & Scientific Name Gopher Snake Pituophis catenifer TURTLES Reptiles Prairie Kingsnake FAMILY CHELYDRIDAE Lampropeltis calligaster ineteen species of turtles Snapping Turtle Common Kingsnake Nand reptiles have been Chelydra serpentina Lampropeltis getula observed at Cheyenne Bottoms FAMILY KINOSTERNIDAE FAMILY NATRICIDAE Wildlife Area. Because many Yellow Mud Turtle Plains Garter Snake species are secretive and difficult Kinosternon flavescens Thamnophis radix Common Garter Snake to observe, there may be several Thamnophis sirtalis other species present at the Lined Snake Bottoms, as well. In general, turtles Tropidoclonion lineatum and reptiles are more more terres- Graham’s Crayfish Snake Regina grahamii trial (land living) than amphibians. Diamondback Watersnake However, turtles are commonly Nerodia rhombifer found in water. Turtles, lizards, and Northern Water Snake some snakes, such as eastern rac- FAMILY EMYDIDAE Nerodia sipedon Painted Turtle Texas Brown Snake ers and bullsnakes, lay eggs on Storeria dekayi land. Other snakes, such as garter Chrysemys picta Slider FAMILY VIPERIDAE snakes and water snakes, produce Trachemys scripta litters of live young. The diet of tur- Massasauga Sistrurus catenatus tles and reptiles include aquatic FAMILY TRIONYCHIDAE Spiny softshell Western Rattlesnake plants, insects, crayfish, fish, Apalone spinifera Crotalus viridis amphibians, snakes, turtles, bird eggs, small birds, and small mam- REPTILES mals. Some snakes may be impor- FAMILY SCINCIDAE tant predators of ground nesting Great Plains Skink birds. Reptiles themselves are Eumeces obsoletus eaten by wading birds, raptors, and FAMILY TEIIDAE Six-lined Racerunner SIX-LINED RACERUNNER raccoons. Cnemidophorus sexlineatus SSFW SSFW SSFW VIREOS STARLINGS GROSBEAKS, BUNTINGS ____ White-eyed Vireo ...... r ____ European Starling* ...... a c a a ____ Northern Cardinal* ...... u u u u Birds of ____ Bell’s Vireo* ...... u u u ____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak ...... u u u ____ Blue-headed Vireo ...... u PIPITS ____ Black-headed Grosbeak ...... r r r ____ Warbling Vireo* ...... u u u ____ American Pipit ...... u u ____ Blue Grosbeak* ...... r r r ____ Philadelphia Vireo ...... r ____ Sprague’s Pipit ...... r r ____ Lazuli Bunting ...... accidental Cheyenne Bottoms ____ Red-eyed Vireo ...... u u u ____ Indigo Bunting* ...... r u r WAXWlNGS ____ Dickcissel* ...... c c c JAYS, MAGPIES, CROWS ____ Bohemian Waxwing ...... accidental ____ Blue Jay* ...... u u u u ____ Cedar Waxwing ...... o o o BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES ____ Clark’s Nutcracker ...... accidental ____ Bobolink* ...... u u u ____ Black-billed Magpie* ...... r r r r WARBLERS ____ Red-winged Blackbird* ...... a a a a ____ American Crow* ...... u u u u ____ Golden-winged Warbler ...... accidental ____ Eastern Meadowlark* ...... c u c u ____ Tennessee Warbler ...... o ____ Western Meadowlark* ...... c c c c LARKS ____ Orange-crowned Warbler ...... u u ____ Yellow-headed Blackbird* ...... c c c r ____ Horned Lark* ...... a o a a ____ Nashville Warbler ...... u u ____ Rusty Blackbird ...... o o r ____ Yellow Warbler* ...... u u u ____ Brewer’s Blackbird ...... u u u SWALLOWS ____ Chestnut-sided Warbler ...... r r ____ Common Grackle* ...... c c c u The Cheyenne Bottoms basin ____ Purple Martin* ...... u u u ____ Yellow-rumped Warbler ...... u u o ____ Great-tailed Grackle* ...... c u c o is a 41,000-acre lowland, located ____ Tree Swallow* ...... c u c ____ Black-throated Gray Warbler ...... accidental ____ Brown-headed Cowbird* ...... c c a c ____ Violet-green Swallow ...... accidental ____ Black-throated Green Warbler ...... r ____ Orchard Oriole* ...... u u u seven miles northeast of Great ____ N. Rough-winged Swallow* ...... c c c ____ Blackburnian Warbler ...... accidental ____ Baltimore Oriole* ...... u u u Bend in Barton County, Kansas. ____ Bank Swallow ...... c r c ____ Prairie Warbler ...... accidental The protected land consists of the ____ Cliff Swallow* ...... a a a ____ Palm Warbler ...... r r NORTHERN 19,857-acre Cheyenne Bottoms ____ Cave Swallow ...... accidental ____ Bay-breasted Warbler ...... accidental ____ Purple Finch ...... u u ____ Barn Swallow* ...... a c a ____ Blackpoll Warbler ...... o r ____ House Finch* ...... u u u u Wildlife Area managed by the ____ Black-and-White Warbler ...... o o ____ Red Crossbill ...... r Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks and the 7,695-acre CHICKADEES, TITMICE ____ American Redstart ...... o o ____ White-winged Crossbill ...... accidental Cheyenne Bottoms Preserve managed by The Nature ____ Black-capped Chickadee* ...... o o o o ____ Prothonotary Warbler ...... accidental ____ Common Redpoll ...... accidental Conservancy. The Bottoms is primarily wetland habitat but ____ Tufted Titmouse ...... r r r ____ Worm-eating Warbler ...... accidental ____ Pine Siskin ...... u u u ____ Ovenbird ...... r r ____ American Goldfinch* ...... c u c c also includes grasslands, agricultural land, shelterbelts and NUTHATCHES ____ Northern Waterthrush ...... r ____ Evening Grosbeak ...... r r riparian areas Management of the Wildlife Area is directed at ____ Red-breasted Nuthatch ...... u u u ____ Louisiana Waterthrush ...... accidental migratory waterfowl and shorebirds, while the Preserve man- ____ White-breasted Nuthatch* ...... u o u u ____ Kentucky Warbler ...... r OLD WORLD SPARROWS ages for shorebirds and grassland birds. ____ Mourning Warbler ...... r r ____ House Sparrow* ...... u u u u CREEPERS ____ MacGillivray’s Warbler ...... accidental Cheyenne Bottoms is considered one of the most impor- ____ Brown Creeper ...... o o o ____ Common Yellowthroat* ...... c c c tant ecosystems in Kansas and has been designated a ____ Wilson’s Warbler ...... o o “Wetlands of International Importance” by the Ramsar WRENS ____ Yellow-breasted Chat ...... o o o Date:______Time: ______Convention on Wetlands and a “Globally Important Bird ____ Rock Wren ...... accidental ____ Carolina Wren* ...... o o o o SPARROWS Weather: ______Area” by The American Bird Conservancy. ____ Bewick’s Wren ...... r r ____ Spotted Towhee ...... u u u Observations: ______At least 333 of the 471 species of birds known to occur in ____ House Wren* ...... u u u ____ Eastern Towhee ...... r r Kansas have been recorded at the Bottoms. There are 134 ____ Winter Wren ...... r r ____ American Tree Sparrow ...... c c a species that breed and nest on the area, 148 species that may ____ Sedge Wren* ...... r r r ____ Chipping Sparrow ...... u u SEASON CODES ____ Marsh Wren* ...... u r u u ____ Clay-colored Sparrow ...... u u (S) Spring = MARCH - MAY winter here and 63 species that are permanent residents. ____ Field Sparrow ...... u u Approximately 40 species of waterfowl and nearly 40 KINGLETS ____ Vesper Sparrow ...... c c (S) Summer = JUNE - AUGUST (F) Fall = SEPT - NOV species of shorebirds have been reported from the Bottoms. ____ Golden-crowned Kinglet ...... u u o ____ Lark Sparrow* ...... u u u In both spring and fall migration, large numbers of geese, ____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet ...... u u r ____ Lark Bunting* ...... u o u (W) Winter = DEC - FEB ____ Savannah Sparrow ...... u u r ducks and shorebirds can be observed in the tens of thou- GNATCATCHERS ____ Grasshopper Sparrow* ...... c c u ABUNDANCE CODES sands. Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area is one of the premier ____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher* ...... u r u ____ Baird’s Sparrow ...... accidental waterfowl hunting locations in the Central Flyway. The com- a–abundant : common, numerous birds can be seen daily ____ Le Conte’s Sparrow ...... r r bined state-owned and Nature Conservancy properties com- THRUSHES ____ Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow ...... accidental c–common : certain to be seen in suitable habitat ____ Eastern Bluebird* ...... u o u o ____ Fox Sparrow ...... o u u o–occasional : present, but not always seen prise one of the best birding areas in the country. ____ Mountain Bluebird ...... r r r ____ Song Sparrow ...... c c c u–uncommon : seen a few times per season ____ Townsend’s Solitaire ...... accidental ____ Lincoln’s Sparrow ...... u o u r–rare : seen in 2-5 year intervals Cheyenne Bottoms ____ Gray-cheeked Thrush ...... r r ____ Swamp Sparrow ...... u u u : very few records exist ____ Swainson’s Thrush ...... o o ____ White-throated Sparrow ...... u u r accidental Wildlife Area ____ Hermit Thrush ...... r r ____ Harris’s Sparrow ...... c c c (*) Documented breeding species, meeting the requirements for 56 NE 40 Rd. ____ American Robin* ...... c o c u ____ White-crowned Sparrow ...... c c u ____ Dark-eyed Junco ...... c c c a Probable or Confirmed Breeder as defined by the Kansas Great Bend, KS 67530 Breeding Bird Atlas Project. THRASHERS ____ McCown’s Longspur ...... accidental (620) 793-7730 (24-hr. Hotline) ____ Gray Catbird* ...... u u u ____ Lapland Longspur ...... c c a Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs (620) 793-3066 (Area Office) ____ Northern Mockingbird* ...... u u u o ____ Chestnut-collared Longspur ...... r r described herein is available to all individuals without regard to ____ Brown Thrasher* ...... u u u ____ Snow Bunting ...... r race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, (620) 227-8609 (Regional Office) ____ Curve-billed Thrasher ...... accidental gender identity, political affiliation, and military or veteran status. Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the Department Website: Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 1020 S Kansas Ave., Topeka, KS 66612-1327. 01/09 www.kdwp.state.ks.us SSFW SSFW SSFW SSFW WHISTLING-DUCKS CORMORANTS PLOVERS SKIMMERS ____ Black-bellied Whistling-Duck ...... accidental ____ Neotropic Cormorant* ...... r r r ____ Black-bellied Plover ...... u o u ____ Black Skimmer† ...... accidental ____ Fulvous Whistling-Duck ...... accidental ____ Double-crested Cormorant* ...... a u a r ____ American Golden-Plover ...... u o o ____ Snowy Plover* ...... u u u JAEGERS GEESE, SWANS DARTERS ____ Semipalmated Plover ...... u o u ____ Pomarine Jaeger ...... accidental ____ Greater White-fronted Goose ...... a a c ____ Anhinga ...... accidental ____ Piping Plover ...... u r u ____ Parasitic Jaeger ...... accidental ____ Snow Goose ...... c a a ____ Killdeer* ...... c c c u ____ Long-tailed Jaeger ...... accidental ____ Ross’s Goose ...... u u u HERONS ____ Mountain Plover ...... accidental ____ Brant ...... accidental ____ American Bittern* ...... c u c PIGEONS, DOVES ____ Cackling Goose ...... c c c ____ Least Bittern* ...... u u o STILTS, AVOCETS ____ Rock Pigeon* ...... u u u u ____ Canada Goose* ...... a c a a ____ Great Blue Heron* ...... c c c u ____ Black-Necked Stilt* ...... u u r ____ Eurasian Collared-Dove* ...... u u u u ____ Trumpeter Swan ...... accidental ____ Great Egret* ...... c c c ____ American Avocet* ...... a c a ____ White-winged Dove ...... accidental ____ Tundra Swan ...... r r r ____ Snowy Egret* ...... c c c ____ Mourning Dove* ...... c c c u ____ Little Blue Heron* ...... u u u SANDPIPERS DUCKS ____ Tricolored Heron* ...... r r ____ Spotted Sandpiper* ...... c u c CUCKOOS ____ Wood Duck* ...... c u c r ____ Reddish Egret ...... accidental ____ Solitary Sandpiper ...... u u u ____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo* ...... u u u ____ Gadwall* ...... a u a c ____ Cattle Egret* ...... a a a ____ Greater Yellowlegs ...... c u c ____ Black-billed Cuckoo ...... r r r ____ Eurasian Wigeon ...... accidental ____ Green Heron* ...... u u u ____ Willet ...... u u u ____ American Wigeon* ...... a u a c ____ Black-crowned Night-Heron* ...... c c c ____ Lesser Yellowlegs ...... a u a BARN OWLS ____ American Black Duck* ...... r r r r ____ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron* ...... u u u ____ Upland Sandpiper* ...... c u c ____ Barn Owl* ...... u u u o ____ Mallard* ...... a c a a ____ Whimbrel ...... o o ____ Mottled Duck* ...... r r r r IBISES ____ Long-billed Curlew ...... u r u OWLS ____ Blue-winged Teal* ...... a c a r ____ White Ibis ...... accidental ____ Hudsonian Godwit ...... u r ____ Eastern Screech-Owl* ...... u u u u ____ Cinnamon Teal* ...... u r u r ____ Glossy Ibis ...... r r ____ Marbled Godwit ...... u r u ____ Great Horned Owl* ...... u u u u ____ Northern Shoveler* ...... a u a c ____ White-faced Ibis* ...... c c c ____ Ruddy Turnstone ...... u u u ____ Snowy Owl ...... r r ____ Northern Pintail* ...... a u a u ____ Roseate Spoonbill† ...... accidental ____ Red Knot ...... r r r ____ Burrowing Owl* ...... u u u ____ Green-winged Teal* ...... a u a c ____ Sanderling ...... u u u ____ Barred Owl ...... accidental ____ Canvasback* ...... u u u u STORKS ____ Semipalmated Sandpiper ...... a u a ____ Long-eared Owl ...... r r ____ Redhead* ...... c u c u ____ Wood Stork ...... accidental ____ Western Sandpiper ...... u u c ____ Short-eared Owl ...... u r u u ____ Ring-necked Duck ...... u r u r ____ Least Sandpiper ...... a u a ____ Greater Scaup ...... o o VULTURES ____ White-rumped Sandpiper ...... a u r GOATSUCKERS ____ Lesser Scaup* ...... c r c r ____ Turkey Vulture* ...... u u u ____ Baird’s Sandpiper ...... a u a ____ Common Nighthawk* ...... u u o ____ Surf Scoter ...... r ____ Pectoral Sandpiper ...... a u a ____ Chuck-will’s-widow ...... accidental ____ White-winged Scoter ...... r r HAWKS, KITES, EAGLES ____ Dunlin ...... u u u ____ Whip-poor-will ...... accidental ____ Black Scoter ...... r ____ Osprey ...... u u ____ Curlew Sandpiper† ...... accidental ____ Long-tailed Duck ...... r r ____ Mississippi Kite* ...... u u u ____ Stilt Sandpiper ...... a c a SWIFTS ____ Bufflehead ...... c c u ____ Bald Eagle ...... r u u ____ Buff-breasted Sandpiper ...... u r u ____ Chimney Swift* ...... u u o ____ Common Goldeneye ...... u u u ____ Northern Harrier* ...... c o c c ____ Ruff ...... accidental ____ Barrow’s Goldeneye ...... accidental ____ Sharp-shinned Hawk ...... u u u ____ Short-billed Dowitcher ...... u u u HUMMINGBIRDS ____ Hooded Merganser ...... u r u ____ Cooper’s Hawk* ...... u o u u ____ Long-billed Dowitcher ...... a u a ____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird ...... r r r ____ Common Merganser ...... c r c u ____ Northern Goshawk ...... r r ____ Wilson’s Snipe ...... c o c o ____ Red-breasted Merganser ...... o o ____ Harris’s Hawk† ...... accidental ____ Wilson’s Phalarope* ...... a u a KINGFISHERS ____ Ruddy Duck* ...... a c a r ____ Red-shouldered Hawk ...... r r ____ Red-necked Phalarope ...... u u ____ Belted Kingfisher* ...... u u u o ____ Broad-winged Hawk ...... r r ____ Red Phalarope ...... r r PHEASANTS ____ Swainson’s Hawk* ...... c u c WOODPECKERS ____ Ring-necked Pheasant* ...... c c c c ____ Red-tailed Hawk* ...... c c c c GULLS ____ Red-headed Woodpecker* ...... u u u ____ Ferruginous Hawk ...... o o o ____ Black-legged Kittiwake ...... accidental ____ Red-bellied Woodpecker* ...... u u u u GROUSE ____ Rough-legged Hawk ...... u u u ____ Sabine’s Gull ...... u ____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ...... r o o ____ Greater Prairie-Chicken ...... r r r r ____ Golden Eagle ...... r r r ____ Bonaparte’s Gull ...... u u ____ Downy Woodpecker* ...... u u u u ____ Black-headed Gull† ...... accidental ____ Hairy Woodpecker* ...... u u u u TURKEYS FALCONS ____ Little Gull ...... accidental ____ Northern Flicker* ...... c c c c ____ Wild Turkey* ...... u u u u ____ American Kestrel* ...... u u u u ____ Laughing Gull ...... accidental ____ Merlin ...... u u u ____ Franklin’s Gull* ...... a o a o FLYCATCHERS QUAIL ____ Gyrfalcon ...... accidental ____ Ring-billed Gull ...... a o a c ____ Olive-sided Flycatcher ...... r r ____ Northern Bobwhite* ...... u u u u ____ Peregrine Falcon ...... u u r ____ California Gull ...... accidental ____ Eastern Wood-Pewee ...... r r ____ Prairie Falcon ...... u u u ____ Herring Gull ...... u u u ____ Willow Flycatcher ...... r r LOONS ____ Thayer’s Gull ...... accidental ____ Least Flycatcher ...... o o ____ Common Loon ...... r r r r RAILS, GALLINULES ____ Iceland Gull† ...... accidental ____ Eastern Phoebe* ...... u u u ____ Yellow Rail ...... accidental ____ Lesser Black-backed Gull ...... accidental ____ Say’s Phoebe ...... o o o GREBES ____ Black Rail* ...... r r r ____ Glaucous Gull ...... r u ____ Ash-throated Flycatcher ...... accidental ____ Pied-billed Grebe* ...... c u c o ____ King Rail* ...... u u u ____ Great Black-backed Gull ...... accidental ____ Great Crested Flycatcher* ...... u u u ____ Horned Grebe ...... u o ____ Virginia Rail* ...... c c c ____ Western Kingbird* ...... c c c ____ Red-necked Grebe ...... accidental ____ Sora* ...... c c c TERNS ____ Eastern Kingbird* ...... c c c ____ Eared Grebe* ...... c r u ____ Common Moorhen* ...... o o o ____ Least Tern* ...... o o r ____ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher* ...... u u u ____ Western Grebe* ...... o o o ____ American Coot* ...... a c a u ____ Caspian Tern ...... u r u ____ Clark’s Grebe* ...... r r r ____ Black Tern* ...... c u c SHRIKES CRANES ____ Common Tern ...... o o ____ Loggerhead Shrike* ...... u u u u PELICANS ____ Sandhill Crane ...... a a r ____ Forster’s Tern* ...... c u c ____ Northern Shrike ...... r r ____ American White Pelican ...... a c a o ____ Whooping Crane ...... r r ____ Brown Pelican ...... accidental SSFW SSFW SSFW VIREOS PIPITS GROSBEAKS, BUNTINGS ____ White-eyed Vireo ...... r ____ American Pipit ...... u u ____ Summer Tanager ...... accidental Birds of ____ Bell’s Vireo* ...... u u u ____ Sprague’s Pipit ...... r r ____ Northern Cardinal* ...... u u u u ____ Blue-headed Vireo ...... u r ____ Rose-breasted Grosbeak ...... u u u ____ Warbling Vireo* ...... u u u WAXWlNGS ____ Black-headed Grosbeak ...... r r r ____ Philadelphia Vireo ...... r ____ Bohemian Waxwing ...... accidental ____ Blue Grosbeak* ...... r r r ____ Cedar Waxwing ...... o o o Cheyenne Bottoms ____ Red-eyed Vireo ...... u u u ____ Lazuli Bunting ...... accidental ____ Indigo Bunting* ...... r u r JAYS , M AGP IES , C ROW S LONGSPURS ____ Dickcissel* ...... c c c ____ Blue Jay* ...... u u u u ____ McCown’s Longspur ...... accidental ____ Clark’s Nutcracker ...... accidental ____ Lapland Longspur ...... c c a BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES ____ Black-billed Magpie* ...... r r r r ____ Chestnut-collared Longspur ...... r r ____ Bobolink* ...... u u u ____ American Crow* ...... u u u u ____ Snow Bunting ...... r ____ Red-winged Blackbird* ...... a a a a ____ Eastern Meadowlark* ...... c u c u WARBLERS ____ Western Meadowlark* ...... c c c c LARKS ____ Ovenbird ...... r r ____ Horned Lark* ...... a o a a ____ Yellow-headed Blackbird* ...... c c c r ____ Worm-eating Warbler ...... accidental ____ Louisiana Waterthrush ...... accidental ____ Rusty Blackbird ...... o o r SWALLOWS ____ Brewer’s Blackbird ...... u u u ____ Northern Waterthrush ...... r The Cheyenne Bottoms ____ Purple Martin* ...... u u u ____ Golden-winged Warbler ...... accidental ____ Common Grackle* ...... c c c u ____ Tree Swallow* ...... c u c ____ Black-and-White Warbler ...... o o ____ Great-tailed Grackle* ...... c u c o ecosystem is a 41,000-acre basin, ____ Violet-green Swallow ...... accidental ____ Prothonotary Warbler ...... accidental ____ Brown-headed Cowbird* ...... c c a c located in Barton County, Kansas. ____ N. Rough-winged Swallow* ...... c c c ____ Orchard Oriole* ...... u u u ____ Tennessee Warbler ...... o The protected land consists of the ____ Bank Swallow ...... c r c ____ Orange-crowned Warbler ...... u u ____ Baltimore Oriole* ...... u u u ____ Cliff Swallow* ...... a a a ____ Nashville Warbler ...... u u 19,857-acres Cheyenne Bottoms ____ Cave Swallow* ...... rr r ____ MacGillivray’s Warbler ...... accidental NORTHERN FINCHES Wildlife Area managed by the ____ Barn Swallow* ...... a c a ____ Purple Finch ...... u u ____ Mourning Warbler ...... r r Kansas Department of Wildlife, ____ Kentucky Warbler ...... r ____ House Finch* ...... u u u u CHICKADEES, TITMICE ____ Common Yellowthroat* ...... c c c ____ Red Crossbill ...... r Parks & Tourism and the 7,694-acre Cheyenne Bottoms ____ Black-capped Chickadee* ...... o o o o ____ American Redstart ...... o o ____ White-winged Crossbill ...... accidental Preserve managed by The Nature Conservancy. Cheyenne ____ Tufted Titmouse ...... r r r ____ Northern Parula ...... accidental ____ Common Redpoll ...... accidental ____ Bay-breasted Warbler ...... accidental ____ Pine Siskin ...... u u u Bottoms is primarily a prairie marsh but also includes wet NUTHATCHES ____ Blackburnian Warbler ...... accidental ____ American Goldfinch* ...... c u c c meadows, grasslands, agricultural land, shelterbelts and ripar- ____ Red-breasted Nuthatch ...... u u u ____ Yellow Warbler* ...... u u u ____ Evening Grosbeak ...... r r ian areas. Management of the Wildlife Area is directed at ____ White-breasted Nuthatch* ...... u o u u ____ Chestnut-sided Warbler ...... r r migratory waterfowl and shorebirds, while the Preserve man- ____ Blackpoll Warbler ...... o r OLD WORLD SPARROWS CREEPERS ____ Palm Warbler ...... r r ____ House Sparrow* ...... u u u u ages for grassland birds and shorebirds. ____ Brown Creeper ...... o o o ____ Yellow-rumped Warbler ...... u u o Cheyenne Bottoms is considered one of the most important ____ Yellow-throated Warbler ...... accidental ecosystems in Kansas and has been designated a “Wetlands of WRENS ____ Prairie Warbler ...... accidental ____ Rock Wren ...... accidental ____ Black-throated Gray Warbler ...... accidental Date:______Time: ______International Importance” by the Ramsar Convention on ____ Carolina Wren* ...... o o o o ____ Townsend’s Warble ...... accidental Weather: ______Wetlands, a Western Hemispheric Shorebird Reserve Site and ____ Bewick’s Wren ...... r r ____ Black-throated Green Warbler ...... r a “Globally Important Bird Area” by the National Audubon ____ House Wren* ...... u u u ____ Canada Warbler ...... accidental Observations: ______Winter Wren ...... r r ____ Wilson’s Warbler ...... o o Society and the American Bird Conservancy. ____ Sedge Wren* ...... r r r ____ Yellow-breasted Chat ...... o o o At least 347 of the 472 species of birds known to occur in ____ Marsh Wren* ...... u r u u SEASON CODES SPARROWS Kansas have been recorded at Cheyenne Bottoms. There are ____ Spotted Towhee ...... u u u (S) Spring = MARCH - MAY approximately 138 species that breed and nest on the area, GNATCATCHERS ____ Eastern Towhee ...... r r ____ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher* ...... u r u (S) Summer = JUNE - AUGUST 148 species that may winter here and nearly 70 species that ____ Cassin’s Sparrow ...... r r r (F) Fall = SEPT - NOV ____ American Tree Sparrow ...... c c a may occur year-round. KINGLETS ____ Chipping Sparrow ...... c c (W) Winter = DEC - FEB Approximately 40 species of waterfowl and nearly 40 ____ Golden-crowned Kinglet ...... u u o ____ Clay-colored Sparrow ...... c c species of shorebirds have been reported at Cheyenne ____ Ruby-crowned Kinglet ...... u u r ____ Field Sparrow ...... u u ABUNDANCE CODES ____ Vesper Sparrow ...... c c Bottoms. In both spring and fall migration, large number of THRUSHES ____ Lark Sparrow* ...... u u u a–abundant : common, numerous birds can be seen daily geese, ducks and shorebirds can be observed in the tens of ____ Eastern Bluebird* ...... u o u o ____ Lark Bunting* ...... u o u c–common : certain to be seen in suitable habitat thousands when habitat conditions are favorable. ____ Mountain Bluebird ...... r r r ____ Savannah Sparrow ...... u u r o–occasional : present, but not always seen ____ Townsend’s Solitaire ...... accidental ____ Grasshopper Sparrow* ...... c c u u–uncommon : seen a few times per season ____ Gray-cheeked Thrush ...... r r ____ Baird’s Sparrow ...... accidental ____ Swainson’s Thrush ...... o o ____ Henslow’s Sparrow ...... accidental r–rare : seen in 2-5 year intervals ____ Hermit Thrush ...... r r ____ Le Conte’s Sparrow ...... r r accidental : very few records exist ____ American Robin* ...... c o c u ____ Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow ...... accidental ____ Fox Sparrow ...... o u u (*) Documented breeding species, meeting the requirements for THRASHERS ____ Song Sparrow ...... c c c a Probable or Confirmed Breeder as defined by the Kansas ____ Gray Catbird* ...... u u u ____ Lincoln’s Sparrow ...... u o u Breeding Bird Atlas Project. ____ Northern Mockingbird* ...... u u u o ____ Swamp Sparrow ...... u u u ____ Brown Thrasher* ...... u u u ____ White-throated Sparrow ...... u u r ____ Curve-billed Thrasher ...... accidental ____ Harris’s Sparrow ...... c c c Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs ____ White-crowned Sparrow ...... c c u described herein is available to all individuals without regard to ____ Dark-eyed Junco ...... c c c race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, STARLINGS gender identity, political affiliation, and military or veteran status. ____ European Starling* ...... a c a a Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, 1020 S Kansas Ave., Topeka, KS 66612-1327. 07/13 www.ksoutdoors.com SSFW SSFW SSFW SSFW WHISTLING-DUCKS PELICANS STILTS, AVOCETS PIGEONS, DOVES ____ Black-bellied Whistling-Duck ...... accidental ____ American White Pelican ...... a c a o ____ Black-Necked Stilt* ...... u u r ____ Rock Pigeon* ...... u u u u ____ Fulvous Whistling-Duck ...... accidental ____ Brown Pelican ...... accidental ____ American Avocet* ...... a c a ____ Eurasian Collared-Dove* ...... u u u u ____ White-winged Dove ...... accidental GEESE, SWANS STORKS SANDPIPERS ____ Mourning Dove* ...... c c c u ____ Greater White-fronted Goose ...... a r a c ____ Wood Stork ...... accidental ____ Spotted Sandpiper* ...... c u c ____ Snow Goose ...... c r a a ____ Solitary Sandpiper ...... u u u CUCKOOS ____ Ross’s Goose ...... u u u HERONS ____ Greater Yellowlegs ...... c u c ____ Yellow-billed Cuckoo* ...... u u u ____ Brant ...... accidental ____ American Bittern* ...... c u c ____ Willet ...... u u u ____ Black-billed Cuckoo ...... r r r ____ Cackling Goose ...... c c c ____ Least Bittern* ...... u u o ____ Lesser Yellowlegs ...... a u a ____ Greater Roadrunner ...... accidental ____ Canada Goose* ...... a c a a ____ Great Blue Heron* ...... c c c u ____ Upland Sandpiper* ...... c u c ____ Trumpeter Swan ...... accidental ____ Great Egret* ...... c c c ____ Whimbrel ...... o o BARN OWLS ____ Tundra Swan ...... r r r ____ Snowy Egret* ...... c c c ____ Long-billed Curlew ...... u r u ____ Barn Owl* ...... u u u ____ Little Blue Heron* ...... u u u ____ Hudsonian Godwit ...... u r DUCKS ____ Tricolored Heron* ...... r r ____ Marbled Godwit ...... u r u OWLS ____ Wood Duck* ...... c u c r ____ Reddish Egret ...... accidental ____ Ruddy Turnstone ...... u u u ____ Eastern Screech-Owl* ...... u u u u ____ Gadwall* ...... a u a c ____ Cattle Egret* ...... a a a ____ Red Knot ...... r r r ____ Great Horned Owl* ...... u u u u ____ Eurasian Wigeon ...... accidental ____ Green Heron* ...... u u u ____ Sanderling ...... u u u ____ Snowy Owl ...... r r ____ American Wigeon* ...... a u a c ____ Black-crowned Night-Heron* ...... c c c ____ Semipalmated Sandpiper ...... a u a ____ Burrowing Owl* ...... u u u ____ American Black Duck* ...... r r r r ____ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron* ...... u u u ____ Western Sandpiper ...... u u c ____ Barred Owl ...... accidental ____ Mallard* ...... a c a a ____ Least Sandpiper ...... a u a ____ Long-eared Owl ...... r r ____ Mottled Duck* ...... r r r r IBISES ____ White-rumped Sandpiper ...... a u r ____ Short-eared Owl ...... u r u u ____ Blue-winged Teal* ...... a c a r ____ White Ibis ...... accidental ____ Baird’s Sandpiper ...... a u a ____ Cinnamon Teal* ...... u r u r ____ Glossy Ibis ...... r r ____ Pectoral Sandpiper ...... a u a NIGHTJARS ____ Northern Shoveler* ...... a u a c ____ White-faced Ibis* ...... c c c ____ Dunlin ...... u u u ____ Common Nighthawk* ...... u u o ____ Northern Pintail* ...... a u a u ____ Roseate Spoonbill ...... accidental ____ Curlew Sandpiper ...... accidental ____ Chuck-will’s-widow ...... accidental ____ Green-winged Teal* ...... a u a c ____ Stilt Sandpiper ...... a c a ____ Eastern Whip-poor-will ...... accidental ____ Canvasback* ...... u u u u VULTURES ____ Buff-breasted Sandpiper ...... u r u ____ Redhead* ...... c u c u ____ Turkey Vulture* ...... u u u ____ Ruff ...... accidental SWIFTS ____ Ring-necked Duck ...... u r u r ____ Black Vulture ...... accidental ____ Short-billed Dowitcher ...... u u u ____ Chimney Swift* ...... u u o ____ Greater Scaup ...... o o ____ Long-billed Dowitcher ...... a u a ____ Lesser Scaup* ...... c r c r OSPREY, HAWKS, KITES, EAGLES ____ Wilson’s Snipe ...... c o c o HUMMINGBIRDS ____ Surf Scoter ...... r ____ Osprey ...... u u ____ American Woodcock ...... accidental ____ Ruby-throated Hummingbird ...... r r r ____ White-winged Scoter ...... r r ____ Mississippi Kite* ...... u u u ____ Wilson’s Phalarope* ...... a u a ____ Black-chinned Hummingbird accidental ____ Black Scoter ...... r ____ Bald Eagle* ...... r r u u ____ Red-necked Phalarope ...... u u ____ Long-tailed Duck ...... r r ____ Northern Harrier* ...... c o c c ____ Red Phalarope ...... r KINGFISHERS ____ Bufflehead ...... c c u ____ Sharp-shinned Hawk ...... u u u ____ Belted Kingfisher* ...... u u u o ____ Common Goldeneye ...... u u u ____ Cooper’s Hawk* ...... u o u u GULLS ____ Barrow’s Goldeneye ...... accidental ____ Northern Goshawk ...... r r ____ Black-legged Kittiwake ...... accidental WOODPECKERS ____ Hooded Merganser* ...... u r u ____ Harris’s Hawk ...... accidental ____ Sabine’s Gull ...... u ____ Red-headed Woodpecker* ...... u u u ____ Common Merganser ...... c r c u ____ Red-shouldered Hawk ...... r r ____ Bonaparte’s Gull ...... u u ____ Red-bellied Woodpecker* ...... u u u u ____ Red-breasted Merganser ...... o o ____ Broad-winged Hawk ...... r r ____ Black-headed Gull ...... accidental ____ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ...... r o o ____ Ruddy Duck* ...... a c a r ____ Swainson’s Hawk* ...... c u c ____ Little Gull ...... accidental ____ Downy Woodpecker* ...... u u u u ____ Red-tailed Hawk* ...... c c c c ____ Laughing Gull ...... r r ____ Hairy Woodpecker* ...... u u u u QUAIL ____ Ferruginous Hawk ...... o o o ____ Franklin’s Gull* ...... a o a o ____ Northern Flicker* ...... c c c c ____ Northern Bobwhite* ...... u u u u ____ Rough-legged Hawk ...... u u u ____ Ring-billed Gull ...... a o a c ____ Golden Eagle ...... r r r ____ California Gull ...... accidental FALCONS PHEASANTS ____ Herring Gull ...... u u u ____ American Kestrel* ...... u u u u ____ Ring-necked Pheasant* ...... c c c c RAILS, GALLINULES ____ Thayer’s Gull ...... accidental ____ Merlin ...... u u u ____ Yellow Rail ...... accidental ____ Iceland Gull ...... accidental ____ Gyrfalcon ...... accidental GROUSE ____ Black Rail* ...... r r r ____ Lesser Black-backed Gull ...... accidental ____ Peregrine Falcon ...... u u r ____ Greater Prairie-Chicken ...... r r r r ____ King Rail* ...... u u u ____ Glaucous Gull ...... r u ____ Prairie Falcon u u u ____ Virginia Rail* ...... c c c ____ Great Black-backed Gull ...... accidental TURKEYS ____ Sora* ...... c c c FLYCATCHERS ____ Wild Turkey* ...... u u u u ____ Purple Gallinule accidental TERNS ____ Olive-sided Flycatcher ...... r r ____ Common Gallinule* ...... o o o ____ Least Tern* ...... o o r ____ Eastern Wood-Pewee ...... r r LOONS ____ American Coot* ...... a c a u ____ Caspian Tern ...... u r u ____ Willow Flycatcher ...... r r ____ Common Loon ...... r r r r ____ Black Tern* ...... c u c ____ Least Flycatcher ...... o o CRANES ____ Common Tern ...... o o ____ Eastern Phoebe* ...... u u u GREBES ____ Sandhill Crane ...... a a r ____ Forster’s Tern* ...... c u c ____ Say’s Phoebe* ...... o o o ____ Pied-billed Grebe* ...... c u c o ____ Whooping Crane ...... r r ____ Ash-throated Flycatcher ...... accidental ____ Horned Grebe ...... u o ____ Great Crested Flycatcher* ...... u u u ____ Red-necked Grebe ...... accidental PLOVERS SKIMMERS ____ Western Kingbird* ...... c c c ____ Eared Grebe* ...... c r u ____ Black-bellied Plover ...... u o u ____ Black Skimmer ...... accidental ____ Eastern Kingbird* ...... c c c ____ Western Grebe* ...... o o o ____ American Golden-Plover ...... u o o ____ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher* ...... u u u ____ Clark’s Grebe* ...... r r r ____ Snowy Plover* ...... u u u ____ Fork-tailed Flycatcher ...... accidental ____ Semipalmated Plover ...... u o u JAEGERS CORMORANTS ____ Piping Plover ...... u r u ____ Pomarine Jaeger ...... accidental SHRIKES ____ Neotropic Cormorant* ...... r r r ____ Killdeer* ...... c c c u ____ Parasitic Jaeger ...... accidental ____ Loggerhead Shrike* ...... u u u u ____ Double-crested Cormorant* ...... a u a r ____ Mountain Plover ...... accidental ____ Long-tailed Jaeger ...... accidental ____ Northern Shrike ...... r r

DARTERS ____ Anhinga ...... accidental FAMILY HETEROMYIDAE Plains pocket mouse Perognathus flavescens Hispid pocket mouse Chaetodipus hispidus CHEYENNE Ord’s kangaroo rat Dipodomys ordii BOTTOMS FAMILY CASTORIDAE Beaver Castor canadensis

FAMILY MURIDAE FOX SQUIRREL MAMMALS Western harvest mouse Reithrodontomys megalotis Plains harvest mouse Reithrodontomys montanus White-footed mouse Peromyscus leucopus Deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus Northern grasshopper mouse Onychomys leucogaster VIRGINIA OPOSSUM Hispid cotton rat Sigmodon hispidus Eastern woodrat Neotoma floridana MUSKRAT Prairie vole Microtus ochrogaster WHITE FOOTED MOUSE Southern bog lemming Synaptomys cooperi Muskrat Thanks to Dr. Jerry Choate Ondatra zibethicus for his scientific expertise in updating this list. House mouse Mus musculus Norway rat Funded in part by your hunt- Rattus norvegicus ing license dollars and the Cheyenne Bottoms federal excise tax on sporting Wildlife Area LAGAMORPHA- arms and ammunition for 56 NE 40 Rd. Pikas, Rabbits, and Hares Great Bend, KS 67530 Pikas, Rabbits, and Hares wildlife restoration FAMILY LEPORIDAE (620) 793-7730 (24-hr. Hotline) (620) 793-3066 (Area Office) Eastern cottontail Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs described herein is available to all individuals without regard to (620) 227-8609 (Regional Office) Sylvilagus floridanus race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability. Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 1020 S Kansas Department Website: Black-tailed jackrabbit Ave. Suite 200, Topeka, KS 66612-1327 03/07 Lepus californicus www.kdwp.state.ks.us ORDER FAMILY MUSTELIDAE SCIENTIFIC FAMILY Long-tailed weasel Common Name Mustela frenata Scientific Name Least weasel MAMMALS Mustela nivalis DIDELPHIMORPHIA- Marsupials Mink orty-four species of mammals FAMILY DIDELPHIDAE Mustela vison Fhave been identified at Virginia opossum Badger Didelphis virginiana Taxidea taxus Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area. XENARTHRA- Edentates FAMILY MEPHITIDAE After birth, young of all species, XENARTHRA- Edentates FAMILY DASYPODIDAE Eastern spotted skunk except opossums, nurse outside Nine-banded Armadillo Spilogale putorius Dasypus novemcinctus Striped skunk their mother’s body. Newborn Mephitis mephitis opossums nurse from within their INSECTIVORA- Insectivores FAMILY SORICIDAE FAMILY PROCYONIDAE mother’s pouch for about 80 days. Elliot’s short-tailed shrew Raccoon Diets of mammals at the Bottoms Blarina hylophaga Procyon lotor Least Shrew FAMILY FELIDAE vary. Members of the Leporidae, Cryptotis parva Castoridae,Geomydidae, Bobcat FAMILY TALPIDAE Lynx rufus Heteromydidae, Muridae (except Eastern Mole ARTIODACTYLA- muskrats), and Cervidae families Scalopus aquaticus Even-toed Ungulates eat only plants. Shrews, badgers, CHIROPTERA- Bats FAMILY CERVIDAE FAMILY VESPERTILIONIDAE Mule deer minks, and bobcats eat primarily Odocoileus hemionus Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fuscus White-tailed deer other animals. Opossums, coy- O. virginianus otes, raccoons, and skunks eat a Red Bat Lasiurus borealis RODENTIA- Rodents variety of animal and plant foods. Hoary Bat FAMILY SCIURDAE Lasiurus cinereus Members of the Leporidae, Thirteen-lined ground squirrel Little Brown Myotis Spermophilus tridecemlineatus Myotis lucifugus Sciuridae, Geomyidae, Hetero- Black-tailed prairie dog Evening Bat Cynomys ludovicianus myidae, and Muridae are preyed Nycticeius humeralis Fox squirrel upon by raptors, coyotes, red CARNIVORA- Carnivores Sciurus niger foxes, raccoons, badgers, striped FAMILY CANIDAE FAMILY GEOMYIDAE skunks, and bobcats. Coyote Plains pocket gopher Canis latrans Geomys bursarius Red fox Vulpes vulpes FAMILY HETEROMYIDAE Plains pocket mouse Perognathus flavescens Hispid pocket mouse Chaetodipus hispidus CHEYENNE Ord’s kangaroo rat Dipodomys ordii BOTTOMS FAMILY CASTORIDAE Beaver Castor canadensis

FAMILY MURIDAE FOX SQUIRREL MAMMALS Western harvest mouse Reithrodontomys megalotis Plains harvest mouse Reithrodontomys montanus White-footed mouse Peromyscus leucopus Deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus Northern grasshopper mouse Onychomys leucogaster VIRGINIA OPOSSUM Hispid cotton rat Sigmodon hispidus Eastern woodrat Neotoma floridana MUSKRAT Prairie vole Microtus ochrogaster WHITE FOOTED MOUSE Southern bog lemming Synaptomys cooperi Muskrat Thanks to Dr. Jerry Choate Ondatra zibethicus for his scientific expertise in updating this list. House mouse Mus musculus Norway rat Funded in part by your hunting Rattus norvegicus license dollars and the federal Cheyenne Bottoms excise tax on sporting arms Wildlife Area LAGAMORPHA- and ammunition for wildlife 56 NE 40 Rd. Pikas, Rabbits, and Hares Great Bend, KS 67530 Pikas, Rabbits, and Hares restoration FAMILY LEPORIDAE (620) 793-7730 (24-hr. Hotline) (620) 793-3066 (Area Office) Eastern cottontail Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs (620) 227-8609 (Regional Office) described herein is available to all individuals without regard to Sylvilagus floridanus race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, political affiliation, and military or veteran status. Black-tailed jackrabbit Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the Department Website: Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, Lepus californicus 1020 S Kansas Ave., Topeka, KS 66612-1327. 12/14 www.ksoutdoors.com ORDER FAMILY MUSTELIDAE SCIENTIFIC FAMILY Long-tailed weasel Common Name Mustela frenata Scientific Name Least weasel MAMMALS Mustela nivalis DIDELPHIMORPHIA- Marsupials Mink orty-four species of mammals FAMILY DIDELPHIDAE Mustela vison Fhave been identified at Virginia opossum Badger Didelphis virginiana Taxidea taxus Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area. XENARTHRA- Edentates FAMILY MEPHITIDAE After birth, young of all species, XENARTHRA- Edentates FAMILY DASYPODIDAE Eastern spotted skunk except opossums, nurse outside Nine-banded Armadillo Spilogale putorius Dasypus novemcinctus Striped skunk their mother’s body. Newborn Mephitis mephitis opossums nurse from within their INSECTIVORA- Insectivores FAMILY SORICIDAE FAMILY PROCYONIDAE mother’s pouch for about 80 days. Elliot’s short-tailed shrew Raccoon Diets of mammals at the Bottoms Blarina hylophaga Procyon lotor Least Shrew FAMILY FELIDAE vary. Members of the Leporidae, Cryptotis parva Castoridae,Geomydidae, Bobcat FAMILY TALPIDAE Lynx rufus Heteromydidae, Muridae (except Eastern Mole ARTIODACTYLA- muskrats), and Cervidae families Scalopus aquaticus Even-toed Ungulates eat only plants. Shrews, badgers, CHIROPTERA- Bats FAMILY CERVIDAE FAMILY VESPERTILIONIDAE Mule deer minks, and bobcats eat primarily Odocoileus hemionus Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fuscus White-tailed deer other animals. Opossums, coy- O. virginianus otes, raccoons, and skunks eat a Red Bat Lasiurus borealis RODENTIA- Rodents variety of animal and plant foods. Hoary Bat FAMILY SCIURDAE Lasiurus cinereus Members of the Leporidae, Thirteen-lined ground squirrel Little Brown Myotis Spermophilus tridecemlineatus Myotis lucifugus Sciuridae, Geomyidae, Hetero- Black-tailed prairie dog Evening Bat Cynomys ludovicianus myidae, and Muridae are preyed Nycticeius humeralis Fox squirrel upon by raptors, coyotes, red CARNIVORA- Carnivores Sciurus niger foxes, raccoons, badgers, striped FAMILY CANIDAE FAMILY GEOMYIDAE skunks, and bobcats. Coyote Plains pocket gopher Canis latrans Geomys bursarius Red fox Vulpes vulpes SP SU FA WT SS F W SP SU FA WT SS F W SP SU FA WT SS F W JAYS, MAGPIES, CROWS WAXWINGS GROSBEAKS, BUNTINGS ___ Blue Jay* ...... FC UC FC UC ___ Bohemian ...... AC ___ Northern Cardinal* ...... FC FC FC FC ___ Pinyon Jay ...... AC AC ___ Cedar* ...... RR RR UC UC ___ Rose-breasted Grosbeak ...... RR RR Birds of ___ Black-billed Magpie* ...... RR RR RR UC ___ Black-headed Grosbeak ...... RR RR VR ___ American Crow* ...... CC FC CC FC WARBLERS ___ Blue Grosbeak* ...... UC UC RR ___ Tennessee ...... RR RR ___ Lazuli Bunting ...... CS AC LARKS ___ Orange-crowned ...... FC FC ___ Indigo Bunting* ...... UC UC RR ___ Horned Lark* ...... CC UC CC AB ___ Nashville ...... RR RR ___ Painted Bunting ...... VR VR ___ Northern Parula ...... VR ___ Dickcissel* ...... CC CC UC SWALLOWS ___ Yellow ...... FC UC FC WWIILLSSOONN ___ Purple Martin* ...... RR RR ___ Chestnut-sided ...... RR BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES ___ Tree* ...... UC UC UC ___ Magnolia ...... VR ___ Bobolink ...... VR ___ Northern Rough-winged* ...... FC FC UC ___ Black-throated Blue ...... AC ___ Red-winged Blackbird* ...... AB CC AB AB ___ Bank* ...... UC UC ___ Yellow-rumped ...... AB AB UC ___ Eastern Meadowlark* ...... FC FC UC UC ___ Cliff* ...... AB AB VR ___ Black-throated Green ...... RR RR ___ Western Meadowlark* ...... AB CC AB CC Reservoir ___ Barn* ...... FC FC FC ___ Blackburnian ...... AC ___ Yellow-headed Blackbird* ...... UC RR UC VR ___ Pine ...... AC ___ Rusty Blackbird ...... VR RR RR CHICKADEES, TITMICE ___ Prairie ...... AC ___ Brewer’s Blackbird ...... RR RR RR ___ Black-capped Chickadee* ...... UC UC UC UC ___ Palm ...... VR ___ Common Grackle* ...... CC CC CC RR ___ Blackpoll ...... RR VR ___ Great-tailed Grackle* ...... UC UC UC NUTHATCHES ___ Black-and-white ...... RR ___ Brown-headed Cowbird* ...... CC CC CC RR ___ Red-breasted ...... RR RR RR ___ American Redstart ...... RR VR ___ Orchard Oriole* ...... UC UC UC ___ White-breasted* ...... UC RR UC UC ___ Prothonotary ...... AC ___ Baltimore Oriole* ...... FC FC FC ___ Worm-eating ...... AC CREEPERS ___ Ovenbird ...... VR NORTHERN FINCHES ___ Brown Creeper ...... RR RR RR ___ Northern Waterthrush ...... RR ___ Pine Grosbeak ...... AC ___ Mourning ...... CS VR ___ Purple Finch ...... VR VR WRENS ___ MacGillivray’s ...... AC ___ House Finch* ...... UC UC UC UC ___ Rock* ...... UC UC RR RR ___ Common Yellowthroat* ...... FC FC FC ___ Red Crossbill ...... AC VR ___ Carolina ...... VR VR ___ Hooded ...... CS ___ Common Redpoll ...... CS ___ Bewick’s* ...... RR RR RR VR ___ Wilson’s ...... RR RR ___ Pine Siskin ...... UC CS UC FC ___ House* ...... CC CC CC VR ___ Canada ...... VR ___ American Goldfinch* ...... CC RR FC CC ___ Winter ...... RR RR ___ Yellow-breasted Chat ...... RR VR RR ___ Evening Grosbeak ...... VR VR ___ Sedge ...... CS ___ Marsh ...... UC UC UC TANAGERS OLD WORLD SPARROWS ___ Summer ...... VR ___ House Sparrow* ...... FC FC FC FC ___ Scarlet ...... CS KINGLETS ___ Golden-crowned ...... RR UC UC ___ Ruby-crowned ...... FC FC RR SPARROWS ___ Green-tailed Towhee ...... AC ___ Spotted Towhee ...... UC UC UC Date:______Time: ______GNATCATCHES ___ American Tree ...... CC CC AB ___ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ...... RR RR RR ___ Chipping* ...... CC CS CC Weather: ______Clay-colored ...... UC UC THRUSHES ___ Field* ...... UC UC UC Observations: ______Eastern Bluebird* ...... UC UC UC UC ___ Vesper ...... CC AC CC ______Mountain Bluebird ...... RR UC UC ___ Lark* ...... CC CC RR ___ Townsend’s Solitaire ...... RR RR RR ___ Lark Bunting ...... RR VR RR ___ Veery ...... VR VR ___ Savannah ...... UC UC RR ___ Gray-cheeked Thrush ...... RR SP = MAR. - MAY, SU = JUNE - AUG. ___ Grasshopper* ...... CC CC UC FA = SEPT. - NOV., WT = DEC - FEB ___ Swainson’s Thrush ...... UC UC ___ Baird’s ...... AC ___ Hermit Thrush ...... RR RR ___ LeConte’s ...... RR AB=abundant - over 100/day ___ Wood Thrush ...... CS ___ Nelson’s Sharp-tailed ...... VR 25-100/day ___ American Robin* ...... CC FC AB FC CC=common - ___ Fox ...... RR RR RR FC=fairly common - 10-25/day ___ Song ...... CC CC FC THRASHERS ___ Lincoln’s ...... RR RR RR UC=uncommon - 1-10/day usually seen daily ___ Gray Catbird* ...... UC UC UC AC ___ Swamp ...... RR RR RR RR=rare -1-5/day & 1-10/season, usually not seen daily ___ Northern Mockingbird* ...... UC UC UC RR ___ White-throated ...... RR RR RR VR=very rare - 10-40/records ___ Brown* ...... FC FC FC VR ___ Harris’s ...... CC AC CC AB CS=casual - 4-9/records ___ White-crowned ...... FC AC FC CC AC=accidental - 1-3/records STARLINGS ___ Golden-crowned ...... CS Wilson State Park ___ European Starling* ...... AB CC AB CC ___ Dark-eyed Junco ...... CC CC AB (*) Denotes nesting record for area. ___ Lapland Longspur ...... CC AB AB & Wildlife Area Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs PIPITS ___ Chestnut-coll. Longspur ...... VR VR described herein is available to all individuals without regard to #3 State Park Rd. ___ American ...... RR UC ___ Snow Bunting ...... CS race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, Sylvan Grove, KS 67481 ___ Sprague’s ...... CS CS gender identity, political affiliation, and military or veteran status. Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the (785) 658-2465 Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 1020 S Kansas Ave., Topeka, KS 66612-1327. 05/09 SP SU FA WT SS F W SP SU FA WT SS F W SP SU FA WT SS F W SP SU FA WT GEESE, SWANS HERONS ___ Lesser Yellowlegs ...... FC UC FC CUCKOOS ___ Greater White-fronted ...... CC VR AB UC ___ American Bittern ...... RR RR RR ___ Upland Sandpiper* ...... FC FC UC ___ Yellow-billed ...... UC UC UC ___ Snow ...... UC UC UC ___ Least Bittern ...... CS CS ___ Whimbrel ...... CS ___ Black-billed* ...... RR RR RR ___ Ross’s ...... VR VR VR ___ Great Blue* ...... FC FC FC UC ___ Long-billed Curlew ...... VR VR ___ Greater Roadrunner ...... AC ___ Cackling ...... UC UC UC ___ Great Egret ...... UC UC UC ___ Hudsonian Godwit ...... RR ___ Canada* ...... AB FC AB CC ___ Snowy Egret ...... UC UC UC ___ Marbled Godwit ...... RR VR RR BARN OWLS ___ Trumpeter ...... CS CS CS ___ Little Blue ...... RR RR RR ___ Ruddy Turnstone ...... VR VR VR ___ Barn Owl* ...... RR RR RR RR ___ Tundra ...... RR RR CS ___ Cattle Egret ...... FC UC UC ___ Red Knot ...... VR VR ___ Green* ...... RR RR RR ___ Sanderling ...... RR VR UC OWLS DUCKS ___ Black-crowned Night-Heron ...... RR RR RR ___ Semipalmated Sandpiper ...... FC RR FC ___ Eastern Screech-Owl* ...... UC UC UC UC ___ Wood Duck* ...... UC UC UC RR ___ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron ...... AC ___ Western Sandpiper ...... RR RR RR ___ Great Horned* ...... UC UC UC UC ___ Gadwall ...... CC RR CC UC ___ Least Sandpiper ...... FC RR FC ___ Snowy ...... AC ___ American Wigeon ...... CC RR CC UC IBISES ___ White-rumped Sandpiper ...... UC UC ___ Burrowing* ...... RR RR RR ___ American Black Duck ...... AC CS ___ White-faced ...... RR RR RR ___ Baird’s Sandpiper ...... FC UC FC ___ Long-eared* ...... UC VR UC UC ___ Mallard* ...... AB UC AB CC ___ Pectoral Sandpiper ...... UC UC UC ___ Short-eared ...... UC UC UC ___ Blue-winged Teal* ...... AB UC AB CS VULTURES ___ Dunlin ...... RR VR RR ___ Northern Saw-whet ...... AC ___ Cinnamon Teal ...... VR VR ___ Turkey* ...... CC CC UC ___ Stilt Sandpiper ...... UC UC UC ___ Northern Shoveler ...... AB RR AB RR ___ Buff-breasted Sandpiper ...... VR VR VR GOATSUCKERS ___ Northern Pintail ...... CC RR CC UC ___ Short-billed Dowitcher ...... RR RR VR ___ Green-winged Teal ...... AB RR AB UC HAWKS, KITES, EAGLES ___ Common Nighthawk* ...... CC CC CC ___ Osprey ...... UC VR UC ___ Long-billed Dowitcher ...... FC UC FC ___ Common Poorwill* ...... UC UC UC ___ Canvasback ...... UC VR UC RR ___ Wilson’s Snipe ...... UC UC RR ___ Redhead ...... AB RR AB UC ___ Mississippi Kite ...... RR RR RR ___ Bald Eagle ...... UC AC UC FC ___ American Woodcock ...... VR SWIFTS ___ Ring-necked Duck ...... FC VR FC RR ___ Wilson’s Phalarope ...... UC UC UC ___ Greater Scaup ...... CS CS ___ Northern Harrier* ...... FC RR FC UC ___ Chimney* ...... UC UC UC ___ Lesser Scaup ...... AB RR AB CC ___ Sharp-shinned Hawk ...... UC UC UC ___ Red-necked Phalarope ...... VR ___ Surf Scoter ...... CS ___ Cooper’s Hawk* ...... UC RR UC UC ___ Red Phalarope ...... AC HUMMINGBIRDS ___ White-winged Scoter ...... CS ___ Northern Goshawk ...... CS VR CS ___ Ruby-throated ...... VR VR RR ___ Black Scoter ...... CS ___ Red-shouldered Hawk ...... AC GULLS ___ Long-tailed Duck ...... VR RR VR ___ Broad-winged Hawk ...... RR VR ___ Black-legged Kittiwake ...... AC KINGFISHERS ___ Bufflehead ...... CC CC UC ___ Swainson’s Hawk* ...... UC UC UC ___ Sabine’s ...... AC ___ Belted Kingfisher* ...... UC UC UC UC ___ Common Goldeneye ...... CC CC CC ___ Red-tailed Hawk* ...... CC FC CC CC ___ Bonaparte’s ...... RR UC RR ___ Hooded Merganser ...... FC FC UC ___ Ferruginous Hawk ...... RR RR RR ___ Little ...... AC ___ Laughing ...... AC AC WOODPECKERS ___ Common Merganser ...... CC AB AB ___ Rough-legged Hawk ...... UC UC UC ___ Red-headed* ...... UC UC UC VR ___ Franklin’s ...... AB VR AB ___ Red-breasted Merganser ...... CS VR CS ___ Golden Eagle ...... RR AC RR RR ___ Red-bellied* ...... UC UC UC UC ___ Ring-billed ...... AB UC AB CC ___ Ruddy Duck ...... CC RR CC RR ___ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ...... RR RR RR ___ California ...... AC VR FALCONS ___ Downy* ...... UC UC UC UC ___ Herring ...... CC AB FC PHEASANTS ___ American Kestrel* ...... UC UC UC UC ___ Hairy* ...... UC UC UC UC ___ Ring-necked Pheasant* ...... CC CC CC CC ___ Thayer’s ...... AC VR ___ Merlin ...... RR RR RR ___ Northern Flicker* ...... FC FC CC FC ___ Gyrfalcon ...... AC ___ Iceland ...... AC PRAIRIE-CHICKENS, GROUSE ___ Lesser Black-backed ...... AC ___ Peregrine Falcon ...... VR VR VR VR FLYCATCHERS ___ Greater Prairie-chicken* ...... FC UC UC UC ___ Prairie Falcon ...... RR RR RR ___ Glaucous ...... VR VR ___ Great Black-backed ...... AC ___ Olive-sided ...... RR RR ___ Western Wood-Pewee ...... CS TURKEYS RAILS, GALLINULES ___ Wild Turkey* ...... FC UC UC UC ___ Eastern Wood-Pewee* ...... RR RR RR ___ Virginia Rail ...... RR RR RR RR TERNS ___ Alder ...... CS ___ Least ...... VR VR ___ Sora ...... RR RR ___ Willow ...... RR RR ___ Caspian ...... CS VR VR QUAIL ___ American Coot ...... AB UC AB UC ___ Least ...... UC AC UC ___ Northern Bobwhite* ...... UC UC UC UC ___ Black ...... FC UC UC ___ Eastern Phoebe* ...... UC UC UC ___ Common ...... VR VR CRANES ___ Say’s Phoebe* ...... RR RR RR VR ___ Forster’s ...... FC UC FC LOONS ___ Sandhill ...... CC CC VR ___ Great Crested* ...... UC UC UC ___ Red-throated ...... AC AC ___ Whooping ...... VR VR ___ Pacific ...... VR CS ___ Western Kingbird* ...... FC FC FC SKIMMERS ___ Eastern Kingbird* ...... FC FC FC ___ Common ...... RR CS UC RR ___ Black Skimmer ...... AC ___ Yellow-billed ...... AC PLOVERS ___ Scissor-tailed* ...... RR RR RR ___ Black-bellied ...... RR VR RR ___ American Golden-plover ...... RR VR JAEGERS SHRIKES GREBES ___ Snowy Plover* ...... RR RR RR ___ Pomarine ...... AC ___ Pied-billed* ...... FC UC FC RR ___ Loggerhead* ...... RR RR RR RR ___ Semipalmated Plover ...... RR RR RR ___ Parasitic ...... AC AC AC ___ Northern ...... RR RR ___ Horned ...... UC UC RR ___ Piping Plover ...... VR VR VR ___ Red-necked ...... CS ___ Killdeer* ...... CC FC CC RR ALCIDS VIREOS ___ Eared ...... UC UC ___ Long-billed Murrelet ...... AC ___ Western ...... RR CS UC VR ___ Bell’s* ...... UC UC UC ___ Clark’s ...... RR STILTS, AVOCETS ___ Yellow-throated ...... CS ___ Black-necked Stilt ...... VR PIGEONS, DOVES ___ Blue-headed ...... RR RR ___ Rock Pigeon* ...... UC UC UC UC PELICANS ___ American Avocet ...... UC RR UC ___ Warbling* ...... FC UC UC ___ Eurasian Collared-Dove ...... CS CS CS CS ___ Philadelphia ...... CS ___ American White ...... AB RR AB R R ___ White-winged ...... AC AC AC ___ Brown ...... AC AC AC SANDPIPERS ___ Red-eyed ...... RR RR RR ___ Spotted Sandpiper ...... UC UC UC ___ Mourning* ...... AB AB AB UC CORMORANTS ___ Solitary Sandpiper ...... UC RR UC ___ Neotropic ...... AC CS ___ Greater Yellowlegs ...... FC UC FC ___ Double-crested ...... CC UC CC RR ___ Willet ...... UC RR UC SP SU FA WT SP SU FA WT SP SU FA WT JAYS, MAGPIES, CROWS WAXWINGS GROSBEAKS, BUNTINGS ___ Pinyon Jay ...... AC AC ___ Bohemian ...... AC ___ Northern Cardinal* ...... FC FC FC FC ___ Blue Jay* ...... FC UC FC UC ___ Cedar* ...... RR RR UC UC ___ Rose-breasted Grosbeak ...... RR RR Birds of ___ Black-billed Magpie* ...... RR RR RR UC ___ Black-headed Grosbeak ...... RR RR VR ___ American Crow* ...... CC FC CC FC LONGSPURS ___ Blue Grosbeak* ...... UC UC RR ___ Lapland Longspur ...... CC AB AB ___ Lazuli Bunting ...... CS AC LARKS ___ Chestnut-coll. Longspur ...... RR RR ___ Indigo Bunting* ...... UC UC RR ___ Horned Lark* ...... CC UC CC AB ___ Snow Bunting ...... CS ___ Painted Bunting ...... VR VR ___ Dickcissel* ...... CC CC UC SWALLOWS WARBLERS WWIILLSSOONN ___ Purple Martin* ...... RR RR ___ Ovenbird ...... VR BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES ___ Tree* ...... UC UC UC ___ Worm-eating ...... AC ___ Bobolink ...... VR ___ Northern Rough-winged* ...... FC FC UC ___ Northern Waterthrush ...... RR ___ Red-winged Blackbird* ...... AB CC AB AB ___ Bank* ...... UC UC ___ Black-and-white ...... RR ___ Eastern Meadowlark* ...... FC FC UC UC ___ Cliff* ...... AB AB VR ___ Prothonotary ...... AC ___ Western Meadowlark* ...... AB CC AB CC Reservoir ___ Barn* ...... FC FC FC ___ Tennessee ...... RR RR ___ Yellow-headed Blackbird* ...... UC RR UC VR ___ Orange-crowned ...... FC FC ___ Rusty Blackbird ...... VR RR RR CHICKADEES, TITMICE ___ Nashville ...... UC UC ___ Brewer’s Blackbird ...... RR RR UC ___ Black-capped Chickadee* ...... UC UC UC UC ___ MacGillivray’s ...... AC ___ Common Grackle* ...... CC CC CC RR ___ Mourning ...... CS VR ___ Great-tailed Grackle* ...... UC UC UC NUTHATCHES ___ Common Yellowthroat* ...... UC UC UC AC ___ Brown-headed Cowbird* ...... CC CC CC UC ___ Red-breasted ...... RR RR RR ___ Hooded ...... CS ___ Orchard Oriole* ...... UC UC UC ___ White-breasted* ...... UC RR UC UC ___ American Redstart ...... RR VR ___ Baltimore Oriole* ...... FC FC FC ___ Northern Parula ...... VR CREEPERS ___ Magnolia ...... VR NORTHERN FINCHES ___ Brown Creeper ...... RR RR RR ___ Blackburnian ...... AC ___ Pine Grosbeak ...... AC ___ Yellow ...... FC UC FC ___ Purple Finch ...... VR VR WRENS ___ Chestnut-sided ...... RR ___ House Finch* ...... UC UC UC UC ___ Rock* ...... UC UC RR RR ___ Blackpoll ...... RR VR ___ Red Crossbill ...... VR VR ___ Carolina ...... VR VR ___ Black-throated Blue ...... AC ___ Common Redpoll ...... CS ___ Bewick’s* ...... RR RR RR VR ___ Palm ...... VR ___ Pine Siskin ...... UC CS UC FC ___ House* ...... CC CC CC VR ___ Pine ...... AC ___ American Goldfinch* ...... CC RR FC CC ___ Winter ...... RR RR ___ Yellow-rumped ...... AB AB UC ___ Evening Grosbeak ...... CS CS ___ Sedge ...... VR ___ Prairie ...... AC ___ Marsh ...... UC UC UC ___ Black-throated Green ...... RR RR OLD WORLD SPARROWS ___ Canada ...... VR ___ House Sparrow* ...... FC FC FC FC KINGLETS ___ Wilson’s ...... RR RR ___ Golden-crowned ...... RR UC UC ___ Yellow-breasted Chat ...... RR VR RR ___ Ruby-crowned ...... FC FC RR SPARROWS GNATCATCHES ___ Green-tailed Towhee ...... AC Date:______Time: ______Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ...... RR RR RR ___ Spotted Towhee ...... UC UC UC ___ American Tree ...... CC CC AB Weather: ______THRUSHES ___ Chipping* ...... CC CS CC Observations: ______Eastern Bluebird* ...... FC UC FC FC ___ Clay-colored ...... UC UC ___ Mountain Bluebird ...... RR UC UC ___ Field* ...... UC UC UC CS ______Townsend’s Solitaire ...... RR RR RR ___ Vesper ...... CC AC CC ___ Veery ...... VR VR ___ Lark* ...... CC CC RR ___ Gray-cheeked Thrush ...... RR ___ Lark Bunting ...... RR VR RR SP = MAR. - MAY, SU = JUNE - AUG. ___ Swainson’s Thrush ...... UC UC ___ Savannah ...... UC UC RR FA = SEPT. - NOV., WT = DEC - FEB ___ Hermit Thrush ...... RR RR ___ Grasshopper* ...... CC CC UC ___ Wood Thrush ...... CS ___ Baird’s ...... AC AB=abundant - over 100/day ___ American Robin* ...... CC FC AB FC ___ LeConte’s ...... RR CC=common - 25-100/day ___ Nelson’s Sharp-tailed ...... VR FC=fairly common - 10-25/day THRASHERS ___ Fox ...... RR RR UC UC=uncommon - 1-10/day usually seen daily ___ Gray Catbird* ...... UC UC UC AC ___ Song ...... CC CC FC Wilson State Park & WA ___ Lincoln’s ...... RR RR RR RR=rare -1-5/day & 1-10/season, usually not seen daily ___ Northern Mockingbird* ...... UC UC UC RR #3 State Park Rd. ___ Brown* ...... FC FC FC VR ___ Swamp ...... RR RR RR VR=very rare - 10-40/records ___ White-throated ...... RR RR RR CS=casual - 4-9/records Sylvan Grove, KS 67481 STARLINGS ___ Harris’s ...... CC AC CC AB AC=accidental - 1-3/records ___ European Starling* ...... AB CC AB CC ___ White-crowned ...... FC AC FC CC (Area Office) ___ Golden-crowned ...... CS (*) Denotes nesting record for area. (785) 658-2465 ___ Dark-eyed Junco ...... CC CC AB PIPITS Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs ___ American ...... RR UC described herein is available to all individuals without regard to (Regional Office) TANAGERS race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, ___ Sprague’s ...... CS VR gender identity, political affiliation, and military or veteran status. (316) 683-8069 ___ Summer ...... VR Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the ___ Scarlet ...... CS Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, 1020 S Kansas Ave., Topeka, KS 66612-1327. 02/13 www.ksoutdoors.com SP SU FA WT SP SU FA WT SP SU FA WT SP SU FA WT GEESE, SWANS PELICANS ___ Long-billed Curlew ...... VR VR BARN OWLS ___ Greater White-fronted ...... CC VR AB UC ___ American White ...... AB RR AB RR ___ Hudsonian Godwit ...... RR ___ Barn Owl* ...... RR RR RR RR ___ Snow ...... UC UC UC ___ Brown ...... AC AC AC ___ Marbled Godwit ...... RR VR RR ___ Ross’s ...... RR RR RR ___ Ruddy Turnstone ...... VR VR VR OWLS ___ Cackling ...... UC FC FC HERONS ___ Red Knot ...... VR VR ___ Eastern Screech-Owl* ...... UC UC UC UC ___ Canada* ...... AB FC AB CC ___ American Bittern ...... RR RR RR ___ Sanderling ...... RR VR UC ___ Great Horned* ...... UC UC UC UC ___ Trumpeter ...... CS CS CS ___ Least Bittern ...... CS CS ___ Semipalmated Sandpiper ...... FC RR FC ___ Snowy ...... CS VR ___ Tundra ...... RR RR CS ___ Great Blue Heron* ...... FC FC FC UC ___ Western Sandpiper ...... RR RR RR ___ Burrowing* ...... VR VR VR ___ Great Egret ...... UC UC UC ___ Least Sandpiper ...... FC RR FC ___ Long-eared* ...... RR VR RR RR DUCKS ___ Snowy Egret ...... UC UC UC ___ White-rumped Sandpiper ...... UC UC ___ Short-eared ...... RR RR RR ___ Wood Duck* ...... UC UC UC RR ___ Little Blue Heron ...... RR RR RR ___ Baird’s Sandpiper ...... FC UC FC ___ Northern Saw-whet ...... AC ___ Gadwall ...... CC RR CC UC ___ Cattle Egret ...... FC UC UC ___ Pectoral Sandpiper ...... UC UC UC ___ American Wigeon ...... CC RR CC UC ___ Green Heron* ...... RR RR RR ___ Dunlin ...... RR VR RR GOATSUCKERS ___ American Black Duck ...... CS CS ___ Black-crowned Night-Heron ...... RR RR RR ___ Stilt Sandpiper ...... UC UC UC ___ Common Nighthawk* ...... CC CC CC ___ Mallard* ...... AB UC AB AB ___ Yellow-crowned Night-Heron ...... AC ___ Buff-breasted Sandpiper ...... VR VR VR ___ Common Poorwill* ...... UC UC UC ___ Blue-winged Teal* ...... AB UC AB CS ___ Short-billed Dowitcher ...... RR RR VR ___ Cinnamon Teal ...... VR VR IBISES ___ Long-billed Dowitcher ...... FC UC FC SWIFTS ___ Northern Shoveler ...... AB RR AB RR ___ White-faced ...... RR RR RR ___ Wilson’s Snipe ...... UC UC RR ___ Chimney* ...... UC UC UC ___ Northern Pintail ...... CC RR CC UC ___ American Woodcock ...... VR ___ Green-winged Teal ...... AB RR AB UC VULTURES ___ Wilson’s Phalarope ...... UC UC UC HUMMINGBIRDS ___ Canvasback ...... UC VR UC UC ___ Turkey* ...... CC CC UC ___ Red-necked Phalarope ...... VR ___ Ruby-throated ...... VR VR RR ___ Redhead ...... AB RR AB UC ___ Red Phalarope ...... AC ___ Ring-necked Duck ...... FC VR FC RR HAWKS, KITES, EAGLES KINGFISHERS ___ Greater Scaup ...... CS CS ___ Osprey ...... UC VR UC GULLS ___ Belted Kingfisher* ...... UC UC UC UC ___ Lesser Scaup ...... AB RR AB CC ___ Mississippi Kite ...... RR RR RR ___ Black-legged Kittiwake ...... AC ___ Surf Scoter ...... CS ___ Bald Eagle ...... UC AC UC FC ___ Sabine’s ...... AC WOODPECKERS ___ White-winged Scoter ...... CS AC ___ Northern Harrier* ...... FC RR FC UC ___ Bonaparte’s ...... RR UC UC ___ Red-headed* ...... UC UC UC VR ___ Black Scoter ...... CS ___ Sharp-shinned Hawk ...... UC UC UC ___ Little ...... AC ___ Red-bellied* ...... UC UC UC UC ___ Long-tailed Duck ...... VR VR VR ___ Cooper’s Hawk* ...... UC RR UC UC ___ Laughing ...... CS AC ___ Williamson’s Sapsucker ...... AC AC ___ Bufflehead ...... CC CC FC ___ Northern Goshawk ...... CS VR CS ___ Franklin’s ...... AB VR AB ___ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ...... RR RR RR ___ Common Goldeneye ...... CC AB AB ___ Red-shouldered Hawk ...... AC ___ Ring-billed ...... AB UC AB CC ___ Downy* ...... UC UC UC UC ___ Barrow’s Goldeneye ...... AC ___ Broad-winged Hawk ...... RR VR ___ California ...... AC VR ___ Hairy* ...... UC UC UC UC ___ Hooded Merganser ...... FC FC UC ___ Swainson’s Hawk* ...... UC UC UC ___ Herring ...... CC AB FC ___ Northern Flicker* ...... FC FC CC FC ___ Common Merganser ...... CC AB AB ___ Red-tailed Hawk* ...... CC FC CC CC ___ Thayer’s ...... AC VR ___ Red-breasted Merganser ...... CS VR CS ___ Ferruginous Hawk ...... RR RR RR ___ Iceland ...... AC FALCONS ___ Ruddy Duck ...... CC RR CC RR ___ Rough-legged Hawk ...... UC UC UC ___ Lesser Black-backed ...... AC ___ American Kestrel* ...... UC UC UC UC ___ Golden Eagle ...... RR AC RR RR ___ Glaucous ...... VR RR ___ Merlin ...... RR RR RR QUAIL ___ Great Black-backed ...... AC ___ Gyrfalcon ...... AC ___ Northern Bobwhite* ...... UC UC UC UC RAILS, GALLINULES ___ Peregrine Falcon ...... VR VR VR VR ___ Virginia Rail ...... RR RR RR RR TERNS ___ Prairie Falcon ...... RR RR RR PHEASANTS ___ Sora ...... RR RR AC ___ Least ...... VR VR ___ Ring-necked Pheasant* ...... CC CC CC CC ___ American Coot ...... AB UC AB CC ___ Caspian ...... CS VR VR FLYCATCHERS ___ Black ...... FC UC UC ___ Olive-sided ...... RR RR PRAIRIE-CHICKENS, GROUSE CRANES ___ Common ...... VR VR ___ Western Wood-Pewee ...... AC ___ Greater Prairie-Chicken* ...... FC UC UC UC ___ Sandhill ...... CC CC RR ___ Forster’s ...... FC UC FC ___ Eastern Wood-Pewee* ...... RR RR RR ___ Whooping ...... VR VR ___ Alder ...... CS CS TURKEYS SKIMMERS ___ Willow ...... RR RR ___ Wild Turkey* ...... FC UC UC UC PLOVERS ___ Black Skimmer ...... AC ___ Least ...... UC AC UC ___ Black-bellied ...... RR VR RR ___ Eastern Phoebe* ...... UC UC UC LOONS ___ American Golden-plover ...... RR VR JAEGERS ___ Say’s Phoebe* ...... RR RR RR VR ___ Red-throated ...... AC AC ___ Snowy Plover* ...... RR RR RR ___ Pomarine ...... AC ___ Great Crested* ...... UC UC UC ___ Pacific ...... VR CS ___ Semipalmated Plover ...... RR RR RR ___ Parasitic ...... AC AC AC ___ Western Kingbird* ...... FC FC FC ___ Common ...... RR CS UC UC ___ Piping Plover ...... VR VR VR ___ Eastern Kingbird* ...... FC FC FC ___ Yellow-billed ...... AC ___ Killdeer* ...... CC FC CC RR ALCIDS ___ Scissor-tailed* ...... RR RR RR ___ Long-billed Murrelet ...... AC GREBES STILTS, AVOCETS SHRIKES ___ Pied-billed* ...... FC UC FC UC ___ Black-necked Stilt ...... VR PIGEONS, DOVES ___ Loggerhead* ...... RR RR RR RR ___ Horned ...... UC UC RR ___ American Avocet ...... UC RR UC ___ Rock Pigeon* ...... UC UC UC UC ___ Northern ...... RR RR ___ Red-necked ...... CS AC ___ Eurasian Collared-Dove ...... VR VR VR VR ___ Eared ...... UC UC SANDPIPERS ___ White-winged ...... AC AC AC VIREOS ___ Western ...... RR CS UC RR ___ Spotted Sandpiper ...... UC UC UC ___ Mourning* ...... AB AB AB UC ___ Bell’s* ...... UC UC UC ___ Clark’s ...... RR AC ___ Solitary Sandpiper ...... UC RR UC ___ Yellow-throated ...... CS ___ Greater Yellowlegs ...... FC UC FC CUCKOOS ___ Blue-headed ...... RR RR CORMORANTS ___ Willet ...... UC RR UC ___ Yellow-billed ...... UC UC UC ___ Warbling* ...... FC UC UC ___ Neotropic ...... AC CS ___ Lesser Yellowlegs ...... FC UC FC ___ Black-billed* ...... RR RR RR ___ Philadelphia ...... CS ___ Double-crested ...... CC UC CC RR ___ Upland Sandpiper* ...... FC FC UC ___ Greater Roadrunner ...... AC ___ Red-eyed ...... RR RR RR ___ Whimbrel ...... CS Kansas Darters

ARKANSAS DARTER • Etheostoma cragini

Photos by William Roston • Konrad Schmidt • Garold W. Sneegas • David Ostendorf •

BANDED DARTER • BLACKSIDE DARTER • BLUNTNOSE DARTER • Etheostoma zonale Percina maculata Etheostoma chlorosomum

CHANNEL DARTER • FANTAIL DARTER • GREENSIDE DARTER • JOHNNY DARTER • Percina copelandi Etheostoma flabellare Etheostoma blennioides Etheostoma nigrum

LEAST DARTER • LOGPERCH • ORANGETHROAT DARTER • REDFIN DARTER • Etheostoma microperca Percina caprodes Etheostoma spectabile Etheostoma whipplei

RIVER DARTER • SLENDERHEAD DARTER • SLOUGH DARTER • SPECKLED DARTER • Percina shumardi Percina phoxocephala Etheostoma gracile Etheostoma stigmaeum

Reference: Fishes in Kansas, Cross and Collins, 2nd Edition Go to www.kdwp.state.ks.us for more information.

Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Environmental Services Section

Funded by STIPPLED DARTER • The Chickadee Checkoff Etheostoma punctulatum Kansas Stream Life Poster Series KansasMussels

7 in. BLEUFER • Potamilus purpuratus

1 1 5 in. 4 ⁄2 in. 3 ⁄2 in. BUTTERFLY • CREEPER • CYLINDRICAL PAPERSHELL • Ellipsaria lineolata Strophitus undulatus Anodontoides ferussacianus

3 in. 5 in. 3 in. DEERTOE • ELKTOE • ELLIPSE • Truncilla truncata Alasmidonta marginata Venustaconcha ellipsiformis

1 1 1 1 6 ⁄2 in. 2 ⁄4 in. 8 in. 5 ⁄2 in. 6 ⁄4 in. 10 in. FATMUCKET • FAWNSFOOT • FLAT FLOATER • FLUTED-SHELL • FRAGILE PAPERSHELL • GIANT FLOATER • Lampsilis siliquoidea Truncilla donaciformis Anodonta suborbiculata Lasmigona costata Leptodea fragilis Pyganodon grandis

1 1 1 1 1 ⁄4 in. 5 in. 4 ⁄2 in. 6 in. 6 ⁄2 in. 4 ⁄2 in. LILLIPUT • MAPLELEAF • MONKEYFACE • MUCKET • NEOSHO MUCKET • OUACHITA KIDNEYSHELL • Toxolasma parvus Quadrula quadrula Quadrula metanevra Actinonaias ligamentina Lampsilis rafinesqueana Ptychobranchus occidentalis

3 3 ⁄4 in. 4 in. 8 in. 6 in. 7 in. 7 in. PAPER PONDSHELL • PIMPLEBACK • PINK HEELSPLITTER • PINK PAPERSHELL • PISTOLGRIP • PLAIN POCKETBOOK • Utterbackia imbecillis Quadrula pustulosa Potamilus alatus Potamilus ohiensis Tritogonia verrucosa Lampsilis cardium

1 3 1 4 ⁄2 in. 3 ⁄4 in. 6 in. 5 in. 6 in. 4 ⁄2 in. PONDHORN • PONDMUSSEL • PURPLE WARTYBACK • RABBITSFOOT • ROCK POCKETBOOK • ROUND PIGTOE • Uniomerus tetralasmus Ligumia subrostrata Cyclonaias tuberculata Quadrula cylindrica Arcidens confragosus Pleurobema sintoxia

1 1 1 3 5 ⁄2 in. 3 ⁄4 in. 7 in. 4 ⁄2 in. 2 ⁄4 in. 11 in. SPIKE • THREEHORN WARTYBACK • THREERIDGE • WABASH PIGTOE • WARTYBACK • WASHBOARD • Elliptio dilatata Obliquaria reflexa Amblema plicata Fusconaia flava Quadrula nodulata Megalonaias nervosa

Reference: Kansas Freshwater Mussels, by Miller, Couch, Mason Go to www.kdwp.state.ks.us for more information.

3 in. 8 in. WESTERN FANSHELL • WHITE HEELSPLITTER • Cyprogenia aberti Lasmigona complanata Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Environmental Services Section Photos by Bryan R. Simmons • Edwin J. Miller Funded by Bob Gress • • The Chickadee Checkoff

1 5 ⁄2 in. YELLOW SANDSHELL • Lampsilis teres Kansas Stream Life Poster Series Kansas Aquatic Turtles

Photos by Greg Sievert

ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE Macrochelys temminckii

COMMON MAP TURTLE EASTERN MUSK TURTLE FALSE MAP TURTLE Graptemys geographica Sternotherus odoratus Graptemys pseudogeographica

PAINTED TURTLE RED-EARED SLIDER RIVER COOTER Chrysemys picta Trachemys scripta Pseudemys concinna

SMOOTH SOFTSHELL SNAPPING TURTLE SPINY SOFTSHELL Apalone mutica Chelydra serpentina Apalone spinifera

Names from SSAR Herpetological Circular No. 39. Individuals within a species may vary in color regionally.

Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Ecological Services Section

Funded by The Chickadee Checkoff

YELLOW MUD TURTLE Kinosternon flavescens Kansas Stream Life Poster Series Kansas Crayfish

Photos by Chris Lukhaup

CALICO CRAYFISH Orconectes immunis

DEVIL CRAYFISH GOLDEN CRAYFISH Cambarus diogenes Orconectes luteus

GRAY-SPECKLED CRAYFISH NEOSHO MIDGET CRAYFISH PRAIRIE CRAYFISH Orconectes palmeri longimanus Orconectes macrus Procambarus gracilis

RINGED CRAYFISH SOUTHERN PLAINS CRAYFISH VIRILE CRAYFISH Orconectes neglectus Procambarus simulans Orconectes virilis

Names from NatureServe Individuals within a species may vary in color regionally.

Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Ecological Services Section

Funded by The Chickadee Checkoff

WHITE RIVER CRAYFISH Procambarus acutus Kansas Stream Life Poster Series A REFUGE IN THE C backyard wildlife guiuJ;ii: 6ringing wildlife to your back door

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1111d hulmniugbnd:l. Squirrt1i. bl ud~)'s, and olhtr 001 t•a t..':rs l'tli.sb ftla.tt·pru­ dud n.g tft'd: sucl1 a.s o.~k3, ftlckomo.s. W.:ttnut.."' i'U'\d l)t'C".:10S. Summ"'r bfrda can't rcs.il\ d~rrie.'- blatkbcrrlt.s. }tkl mulbtrric.. Orooght•re:sist:nH. shrub& !oUch as (ragrO\lll sutno~c, co.torl-l!a:ste.l, and py'(;)cantJ~ nur:.tl a Vi\tidy M wi.ldlift ru lall and winler. Tht ddiJlly of >Vur pl:anung.~ $1u.. M brmortilnt tf YJrltty. Orn.st CO'ItaiJtd dctr. [J he mo.sl dcpcmbhlt V."'«)' fot any. $tttech owls.. ~nd othet ttee-dwt:Uing )Uu'n: do.f.t to tht t:dgt nr cown. ln OI'W! to mk~ care of b.\c:k)·anS anim~lJ. Shrub$ and ihar1er trees fiR~ filC.l. (l'\Ltrs n..a,y bt* tht ocrfect wlld6k T\\•i1dJifu is to trtatt 3 n.'IW r.,l &)'So 1.•lt munk$. tf~-.rd~;, and rodent-eating In wildlife_.. '"'~· ltfd birds. ohey heir produ<< snnkcs Taiiii,!"MSei jCtve a.s nurst>ries 1'1-;e('t'nU."fl, of rlanh. itt- a Cletrot th:.t doli.-m n)Qft,:. pnwldtn)t pJ .. L~s 10 rt.CSt., for GottCinl:uls and 11ht.ltn (or quail mwt al.$1) be l-arefuU,r uiMncJ. fur the fftt'd1 roost. ;md \.'SC:lpt pn'(lnt.lir$. In Plt~nt \~rict)' ~t« illlOth{'r impor· best View of ~'I>Ur wildlife habft.11 - and l'"<:lunl. blrdi ...,tfl) dt.ln in$1;cb (rum ~at clcmtnl oi wtldl!fc habitat - food lh~ "ildh(c in it - Amngr -tr«"t~l!rll ~QhG, ~;"tlh;tr, and vld~ •ns«~• (or •II killfb ol bil1is. •nd to th.e $h orte~ dOiSe$l lo Ih e ho~Jse I Oc~'ff ~rJi>n can entice t! UUt:rflits Btolngi.sts knew.' 1h.:.t w\ldllf~ "re Bt:yo{ld }'our fmldd l:md!iGaping, r.-.uud in gre:att.\1. numhers aqd ij~ l · ""'"' 1 ai'K'tut all )'t'IU U h:t\'~ to do i.!i .sit ~ck t>l \+arltt)' in .'IT'i!;t.$ bctWffn hi*bitllt and ~:ci.IOY tb¢ $hqw, _)~r :lifter )Vat. A$ types. Th ~~ nrras .u~ ctJIJimonh• .1n -addilionaJ bon~. all UtoSt he~ c.11l~ ~wgc. t Tn crtat~ lhe m.b.l(itnum and b..uht.i wlll lneru<~t t.ht \QIUt tl( amowtt ot "l:'dgt' .,, ~'Our yard, mix ,)'Our pmptrt)'. tnd 'J'il.ct. ~'OUr planthl~ I( )'OU h4\'t' \':lntly, de.ns1ty, and l"d~ 01rc the clumps or b.IOlnd:s Pr dens!! ~hruhb~r)' m\*51 lmpartilnl tkmi."ntJ of ba

l Plant" .

....., ..U. lltt;tt of -..trw~ J'loal -.... otlh. ....-.... - butbet ...... ''"' how< .. •ttr.acl b\lltufht• t1W humm.lngbirW I "lint .1 S«tton of ara1n - -"kh u m•kl or wnllowuJ Jnd lc-.-.-t '' ~Jnat

~---11,.... )'¥d .t... .lo!, t.... kw ...... lr('U. duutn •JJ•ttoruJ J'lla.nhnJI, 11VUIAIII-. ShnJN-otJON rqltilft ~ ttw:n. for prntfCUun. II )'WI' et'Jc:r ltw'c• d:ie or hl\"' buar daJ M cbfDo ·~J bnnchu. dt~'U 1 auwmal~

.... - .... - ...... -on>~n~ lllf~ ~-,..,.. ~ .... £.\pma~W~t. INn to.UtC'd bwnJ dot\ f ..-. I-~ fiAI\-1Jc nwdl *&1Jh(~ (U\'"t, but fl"liW i~Mtotlr. ftunflln'IW'tD: )lr"lli'

I Legend large t:reetS

.. bushes

grae10e& e and flowe:re f' brush plio houee Plant large tre~s to &he ou&61de, medium 1:rees, 6hrub5, forbs, and ~raooes to the ineide.

hiqh!>uoh oranbony ~"'""""'")' -----­ ""''"'""'burr on~ eofdtn c:umtnt;. f'Ortht:rn reo mt c:otoncrti§Ur ehn.al7e pin

4 Feet.Jing through the winter

fld bir\1& aud other Ollli~lt amount of edge between m:Uor kb1d& m.atun.' t.rees, .)'n$ o( \II"'«Xb' ve~talion feeder. Cutt~ntaiJs will !otl up hc,UR> -and ) plaCt- 10 bm.>d. Th~s. i.s oo simple. min:d with grass 1md forbs creat.: kec.-pln te in Y.'ted"' bush~ or .:.\-'tn n requirerntnl ~.spc~Jb· when you try murt edj{e Jnd ;an: rnore aumctf\'t' to tw.':3p or dtbril, Ntar dusk. tmt'R hop to 'j'lto\•ldl' AIJ these eltmtr\U Iii ;\ wlldllft Hl.'ln 61mph: block$.. IJ\'tl' tb umpJt the tablt $0':tps $pilled ch11ng.ing lU'~)' of wlldllfe throulth four ~'1 ost _peov lc know thAt tht1- wim by the bitd£. If )'UUr prOpttt)i i\buu :t atu~:m.s. Variety ls tht key t() mtttlnA w3)' ro attra('t wildlife b to fetd Wm. "'OOdlot or olht• cxh~twvt ni\tural thm ch>ng!ng and oompllll< n...U. BhdJ are the mc»t pooub.r w1ktufe to area. )''OU Jlvt: near tood that /ted on lht' ground - _.utb ~ eel out 1\Jbltttt ttmoug lhemscJves hablt~l sudl as woods or brush)• fields, towhtes. rnour ni11g d()\·a il.mi Juncos • :a.xording tQ the ht!Jiht each prtf~Ji )'OU cou)d htft cles you're likd)• 10 stt. Varftty ln )VU olUmrt al$0 dtpend.S On the- prOX· rathtr M:ralch and pkk thf01.1Ah aotd lnyuut • t\"t!ll In falrty sm11l Art3S. the fmlly of 1100<1 l1>bl.. L Lf you ..., sc.atte~d till a ~rt &f)Ot fn )'OUr t:rwn.

5 6 Feeding . ..

peanut butter/euet log

milk carton feeder

euet feeder

fJnc~ thl')' bc&m f'1~1n~t" ~()IMJ.f, r~ fttl of :ihnJb~ ~tofOially ('.\'C-1 · ~\ill can build ,, plntiornl wtth raJ.scd lltt't'll:~. hul nt'K .:.o cln.~ UNit \.",llS illliJ t'dj,tts tu huld U1~ ~ed a ftw lncht~ ofl' utl~oCf p~~ but 11 i&ollbll~ Gill UJ or ~ther n•ctat out lhl.' wlntt"'', IL.shouJd be mount.:d diM b:ti:IE)C'f\1 0111 m~:t.'ll stop ol' damp rn1 ~ 11tunly post ,_,, tret bl'ilnch. H~\'f should dtJih~ trlc.Jc,. nil:'tAI •r.pers~&• uKJ rot fl!ndrtll -:aft' If_)'Oll c~Uy e1~1'J)' "-'Dtchln;t Mlt.i•rrtls asy to driw in t.he gtounJ. ~1.11d Qn bf bul iu.\t w:lltl to J.."'fcr th.:m11~y tN\In p43n:d wllt:t\.."\1:f vi~ilijl Opp(rrlunil)es ~•ur bhd fttdt:r, •~"'-'tr n.11 ~ar of et~m will be Qmt"l l'h< rctder wiU bo tu a "ilO tlrtw.n en 01 tl'<'t 0' I"Q!t.. mott e(fc~:tl\t> when obctd Wlthin a \v'h~n lt ~me.\ ln M'td. 11 s hanJ to

7 birdfeeder menu (who likes what)

SUET· nortnem ftick

SUNFLOWER SEEDS • whlte·crownt:tf eparrow. oong eparrow, t.= ~pa rmw, H.a m~· e>J'>'rrOW. oorhtem car­ donal. pur-pi~ flnch. hcuee flrJGh. dark-eyed junco, goldfinch. pine &i5Kin. olxh;appea chickadee, wf'te.l tltrtiOIJ!>e, rt:d ·Vrca!lted nuthDtCh, Mlite·l>ro.o~te.:l rJutlu>~;eh,!;luejsy. rt:d·i1el~ WOO<:Ipet;~er. hsir:t woo.~· pt'tk... d0Wt1/l WOO

PR050 MILLET · wh!U·crowne.i spllrTOw, oong spt"r­ raw. me Sf"lln'aW.f"'lrplr. fi r!Ch, houe.. Anch. dark·~ ]111100. tjOl

~0 CORN • whl~cd fi!J"rTOW. etJIT!J51'l'r row. trr.e 'irf'l'rr'OW. Hmns' eparTOW. ol(lf'f.llem GBrd 11111, pvrvle ftiiCh, llou.., ~nch, darl:·ey~d JUN:O, !JO'tlfln~h. wll~tm.Autcf<;l nu

llii5TlE • purr?U~ 111101. ~ldfl""' plnt ~~ '" ~M Juni14J't\'er$. l~p«io:dl)' the J()lld· lo haug hummingbfN (e~defl, tfnde-r has. .tptend through llllUK Onch PQI"U• blaclf llli·:Sttd type. T1tt"y're lue.xpru­ n:.tural t"'lndilion!l, humm~n may Iitke latiuns. No feisiba~: l're;atnw:~tl exls:U :.1\'\!, plli:kt.·~eoe. Thm.por;ary l'tlflU\'J.I of teedcr let. an~htr fncxp(nSR't qraln. )"OU sug;n ~·:t.ttr. In U\i! past. honey was ~MY be ncCCi.Sar)'. have a n~r~r(~ct m)X. Uoth can be rtcommtnd~ bul h-o~X')' t.an c;nlit" .1 OlnJ.s :md other ilnlrm.~ sunivt.>d purch3.se:d at most local gratn ele\'3\0ts \'lrit"l)' o( hralth ri:U!:~ to lht:k tiJ\Y wlnttr on tJ~e-CRat P1\ltn$ltmg b(fmc In AI> or S(J.pound b.\11'- biN$. Sug.\r ""'ilter should be: su Stning. Althoutlh rtptu't' har~h wintm. but lht primJry bentfll l~nQ. It in pjallt.k mt-M ~ ,·rom l.tt':t: \•at)~ h is rtcommended th.1t huln­ lit.s m tile rleasure It lfi\'¢' hUII!rul'- It br:mchts. \'ou ciln illso press 1l mla min~iN ft.."Cd~trs be rnke:n down before: ~160 lntrtues our ~;arl!ncss and hol ~~,-t boreJ fn a log f)r pba: il lq a cold wnthtr ~ts ~n~ u5ually by Ottu­ app.-edli.Uun of n•luR. ~nd thi.s: attio woode-n Qgt. (The nor drawb:~.tk ot bL"r. to enc,"'U!ilb'C a tfmeh' mi~tt3l101' tude: cnha.na1nen1 rnay benefit '-''iJdlifc. \u£t f:; that h atlr.ttt.r; S1:.ilin~~ Wh.Jito.-er )~)ur feedlnjl ktup, keep In u.~ lun' I '111, r\noth<• bunuf tu Although not necessary, oocask.lnal the ~r~ t tun dean. P~r iod)Qiif humal'li It tl1.:at bll'ds ~ill clt::iln irt$t<"ll ra.Jsh.s, .applu. llJ)d Olh~r fruh$ \lo-1ll cl c~r (ceJen ~O!f ftediflit ~JNS o( dnJp­ fru1n )''ur bwn and tf;ltdtn. n!duodug enhance- )V!Ur fc!'tdlng. ope~tlon f'lrlt\. whkh em $pre.ad dllt

8 Give them a home

ur ~n.imab, th.: h~:.~~rt tAke:ti no P:.,rt in choosing a home. I lome d1Nr.r. i$ FJl maller o( funcbon. and lniUl)f sp,:cles: h~'t" ~ifk nesti~ ~ Holes Jnd hoU()'Ws m ln:t$ are essentiaJ ~r the SUr\·i\~1 ol '\I.'QOd ducks,. WtreJs. bluebirds. flyimt $<1ulrf't-ls. Jmd dortus more s.p.._ock~ ~lln GlO J~nllte cavil)! 11C1iicrli by rentng dt."ad branchts iUld trunk$, Ult Yi'.rr rNI\'.tb.IJ needtd for ttood hotiQ'.\'!J. t:ortu­ nilt~l)•, lhest. .;:nn be: ttpb-cil~U~ clWL I.Jqt1 'l pot JOWti!OO. r:-=:1, Fwor: &M" r or- ttlhet pctchti. btnelth lh(l" ~lJ'iln(t: '-=-=-:J Side&:&'" lC:4 1/2" hole. Civil.)' neson~ bin15 J on'l netJ ..... T"''' 8 112" x &' IOMII\&..0...,_1 tht.-m. but f'll!:da 5uch :ts houst ap.1n~ c:t.ll ~ thtJ11 ~ l~ra~ml!tl l pbr.tlom\s. ·- Cut the n1Q( l:tr~-r than tilt' box and !ibnt lt tor~d ~o it $h~tds ~to atw.;y !rum .. , the hoi\!, 1 11~ tht. maf. Ooor, or onoe •kJc :[ ! .. I - ~~ ftO [}l:} yuu ClU1 dt:an t)Ut un.,.,~n ltd ~. ... ll pred!lwrs nre a prubiC!m, tnount htlu~ es tm ~ or poles- mthtr than in l~~ Sotn~: mak.:s, n.«OOII"S. and IM>We cau will rob 1lt$t$ i( lln'(n tJw dlllnct A OJI)ar­ i:UilrJ on tht f'O~I helow lh~ hOUSt WIJI .... . ki."t'' ffio.sl rtteb.IOY$ fllll W11t.:n pladr~ a binS hCi~. (act lh~ ..... ,.. hole iiW~ fl'\lm ptt\••tlmA wind Md __.... =:::rV"" 1)\fr _ _ toW3td bruah "' br v.-ood duck bc>xc.~ 0'\'1.1' or .... ,._.., '"'" , l h!~r wJh.•f. Pul ~m owl bo)(t'$ In L~ •-...-:-;:cw-...... -.... tr f · ev.r - ben or high un t.1w 0\Jt~ waU.,- ol build­ .. ,.. .. -.. --- lng.i 111 $liD&.. StN!t\'tli mount~ tmdtr

9 ,.,...... huUjf..... "~~· ..,. Meu\CR;ge barn ...... __. _, ______..., __ ..., •~•llowt. pl~i!N'•. tit rob.ns 1.o nm. ~\- ....~, ... •11114 >nd ~ • ------...... -__...... ktlith!l•. I'll!.'\!" ~ ·n ~·cr (J( S3\\\'lu6l In lhc htJoll•.lfll bftht house - •·•r ""' • lew oncha un.l

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Ill To quenc:;h a thirst

\'t'f)' h'i)C' 6f ttfl'dttlliil h:tbl!..:.l. th>n Just • ~ltO b.ult A botk)••rJ I)OOl II thit shallow. l)llcc a rock in the mld· locludlng }'Oltr h:\tk)':rtd rt:fl•W.. can bt- l10mt! tu bt1llfru~. tt

A noisy, dripping faucet is great for attrac:;ting small birds

Commerc:;ial water sourc:;es are available at farm supply stores

Commerc:;ial Upside-down bird baths garbage can lid I I II )'iJU d~m 't Wl!J1t to im'~t iu ;nl clab\'ff 0\nd tJi\'d'$'1\y a f... ""4• lish ~nd amphihl;am ftf'kll 1 l~t3r· ~Uuf hlnJ Nth nf SU{J)C'nJ the tfld flf ~ 11(•;,-r thr poo~ Uu~ flllm:. v.lJt~b!t.' il -...·HI bY st.fl:am '"" IXM'd. b-u1 n-tum th.:t•' ht*- owr lhc Wt\kt am.l lrt It drf!J, A hi.• IUM!CU Wnl li\'t'- ln lh~· W@l!taU()Il befor~ Win ItT ~u in. Ktt·p J pnruou (I( rOI,t-tletp IJI'Itll nl' $tr'kS M pools hi~ nwJ PI~ fooJ (ut' (rogl. ;:~lambn _yoor puol t•pco In wi1~tcr- ~lh 11 tlw.: IJ~thh:ll ~:'flh .1 f-cv. llliu, lft\lwt!e.~d ders. bh..J .s, otnd t'\'(n l\,ts.. $A.oc.k trou,Jh ....,,,rml!t. pl•• nu. G:Jtlll\s.. :.1\d uthef w;u"-r rt~nt.) 1-t.ardWOit\': ~Ore$ ~tid hil\1 fC1;dlnst

lllu&trat;lon from National Wildlife Federat ion'& book Gardening with Wildlife

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12 Getting along with wild neighbors

;wlng wll(LII(~ W)tcldng opportunltil*t from you1 li~ itni.l sc.aWtllo,ten :srt> only ~kin~t shtftet or ot l.lt.oce-nt ml'al. lng rol)m "induw is an lndt:scrl~bl.c ~t:u;un::. but Natu~ bas :t lltslgn (Qr illl cwlltureli, but knowin.:, thl.s dOtf-­ HIUlrlcting wOdUie au1 occ;ujon:all)' be 111nixed bleM> n't hell> wtw.-n )'QU're trymg tO ~t !~:)me steep. ing. f.:,..._.,.}'One t!1'\,i(J)'-i' the nufthtm c-ardln:tl'$ $0ttQ tlnd the lie~ art a few til» (o, dealinK w1th o-r ~din~t cnlli..."'' prob. 1 aquirrtl 6 ac.robatia., bulr.w uuc mce' tht ~mcll of ikunk or t(nu. If th~ tt<:hniQuei litll, l"All )'OUr a~a WildJif" and Lht soun.d of a r~<::ooon knoekinll O\'tt a ~bllgt am In the Pilrk$ of(il::c. (Cont~·t the Pratt o(lttallom offltt. (3161 mltldlt of the night. Yt•&. 1l's e~ tu ~mdc-rRrmd tN.I skunks 672- 59 11, for name!! ~nd numbtn.) A \1iltltly of lh"t-t.Rf'J t.an ai!O be purrh:.sed and u~ to ~I with problem .11n~b..

Skunks NormaJI}•. 1-kunks e3t inti!CU. rodents. ~od wild fruit, btll thl,.- c;an dn re)l datua~( to a gnrden. Under a I'I

Raccoons \Vhtfl oruu:cted (P $'-iburb>m •ellm~tc;, raetQt.lns ttukkly l~arn tt> ~p1<.1'1 the n1.1n~de environment. maJantt den~ irt Jtam$te$, d~# houses. imd chimne)'S. The>· lnm to open I'OCks and gates., manh4ndle llarba.ge: C.:tns.. and iCtal t'Ut fooJ off the bac:k steps. Somet1m~5 they e"\'tU $l.:al thto cat. If yoo don't w-3nt c:ocm:S, don t a:upply them \\ith den 5iti.'$. ilftd try to limiL food JUt>t~llts. If they Or1d )'OUr gal'dtn. try lruhln~ a- dog ne.1rby dl nhthL A ro~~il'l bl.:~rinJt lhmutth the ni¢\1 or iln tl«tric" (~:n«- aOOut 61• lnche5 ,,(!the l!ti'Ou~ m.Jgl\t also heir.

13 House sparrows and European starlings '0\c~e l\'t'O f;uropt3.1i lmmiitr.lRl$ vnen OUt'\."'Qmpete dC$ir· nhle. nllli\-t $JWdts for food, :md starfln~ an! notori®s ntst robb..-r.fi, Thl' two most pract~c;~,l control methods are cCI\'i'r· log, crt\'\icts :md tctJC:k$ in eaves around buildings with wire SCI\_--tn and fec.•dlng only oil·secd $Unn0\\~r and millet Suet put out for oth(r birds will attract the$e- species. espt.ocl.aiJ)' ~tarllnga. Starllnst.s wOn't nest in bo)!es with sh.in)' walls, so )"0\J might cooskier pJadng a ~hect ol tin or aluminum eon un one w:lll of )'Out btrd houses..

Rabbits When \~tables disappear fron1 the g<:~rdtn.lht lm.:tgtos uf BuJU tJunny and Pt-ter Cottonl:.:!.iJ OOmt' to ntind trnmt.-diatt• ly, Often. cott.,nlail.s art the culpriu. but .som~tlmts tht)' play st:a~at for ground squtrrcls. wood rats. CJO\\>£, and tvtn worms. Check the site ol d"-mag~ l'21refully (Of' tracks -...nd droppings lxfore paMing judgeme.nL (f you w'),nl ~ few nbbits around but nut (n )'OUt ga_rd(•:n, plilnt lure crOJ)S such as dover and alfalfa in ;, far rorncr M your y:.l'd. lbbbits will also t.sl d;,mdelions, which is an add~-d be:nefit of ha\·lnit them around. Keep brush In from tht ~a.rdtn. A Ui!.ht, l¥.'0 or three-foot f~ncc will ktcp tht'm ouL

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This compares to a 5 1/4 inch, 27 gram BUTTERFLIES house sparrow. The sphinx moth (adult form of the tomato hornworm), seen feeding at flowers during summer evenings, is sometimes mistaken HUMMINGBIRD FOODS for this darting atom of bird-life. Hummers can be seen in Kansas from mid-April to October. They Annuals winter along the Gulf Coast, Mexico, Panama, Petunia and Yucatan. Some even cross the 500 mile-wide Lady in Red Salvia (Scarlet Sage) Gulf of Mexico in about 20 hours, nonstop! Traditional Red Salvia These small birds must consume large amounts Perennials of energy to compensate for their high metabolic Aquilegia rate. Feeding about every 10 minutes, they eat 1/2 Digitalis of their body weight in insects and nectar each Phlox day. In order to prevent starving to death at night, Agastache hummingbirds go into a torpor or temporary hibernation and their heart rate lowers from 500 Bulbs to 40 beats-per-minute. Cannas Shrubs Abelia Artificial Feeders Mimosa Feeders can be used to attract hummingbirds Rose of Sharon KANSAS before many of your flowers bloom. Another Weigela advantage of feeders is that they can be moved Sponsored By Trees CHICKADEE CHECKOFF near a window or other desirable location where Honeysuckle plants may not be suitable. Place the feeder in a Kansas Department of semi-protected place where rain cannot dilute the Vines Wildlife & Parks Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs nectar mixture in the end of the tube. Avoid direct Trumpet Honeysuckle described herein is available to all individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or handicap. sunlight as heat may cause the nectar to expand Cardinal Climber Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the Website: Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 900 Jackson and be lost unnecessarily. Heat also enhances bac- St., Suite 502, Topeka, KS 66612. 03/02 www.kdwp.state.ks.us terial growth. If ants are attracted, moisten the Butterfly Planting Things To Remember ATTRACTING Plants attract butterflies for two reasons: because they provide nectar sources or because they are host BUTTERFLIES Pesticides plants for egg laying. Certain wildflowers, cultivat- ed flowers, trees, shrubs, and vines are particularly People who live in towns and cities may think Try to reduce using pesticides around your home attractive nectar sources and should make up most there is little they can do to bring wildlife up close and garden. Butterflies are insects that will succumb of the butterfly feature planting. Host plants may be and personal. But there is always room for butter- to insecticides. Also, remember that many of the included too. A drinking basin can be made using flies. Whether you create a windowbox or have a worms and caterpillars that you might consider a shallow sloping sides or a series of partially sub- Trees, Shrubs, and Vines garden in your backyard, you may be able to attract nuisance in your garden turn into interesting and merged flat rocks for perches. a dozen or more species. Many of the cultivated sometimes stunning butterflies and moths. Consider black haw lilac garden flowers attract butterflies. using a diversity of plants and organic gardening blueberries pear techniques to reduce pest and disease problems. 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Other plant- Larval Host Plants buckeyes, wood nymphs, and hackberry butterflies. ings may include a full array of annuals and peren- Wilder Species cherries & plums sennas nials to allow for blooming from spring to fall. common milkweed dogbanes dogbanes partridge The Full Treatment goldenrods ironweed false indigo hackberry Other Things to Consider pea false loosestrife Several small plots of various species of annuals Joe-Pye weed nettles and thistles snapdragons milkweeds and perennial flowers all attract many different but- If you are interested in satisfying the full needs of toadflax nettles terflies almost anywhere in Kansas. Certainly, you butterflies, consider planting some of the food and Cultivated Flowers will be able to attract more species in the eastern breeding area plants listed under “Caterpillar Food”. lead plant parsleys asters zinnias spice bush fennel third of the state than in the extreme west but butter- Also, consider becoming more involved in your aubretia marigolds local garden clubs and in entomological and butter- thistles carrot flies occur statewide. A planned and cultivated butter- calendula phlox fly garden of many of the varieties list (see listing of fly organizations. Check with these groups and with Virginia snakeroot dill coneflowers pink garden phlox suggested species in this brochure) will attract dozens the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks for violets parsley of species of butterflies. By incorporating many of information about checklists, identification guides red clover sedum spectabile willows parsnip these suggested species, along with some wild prairie and other organization that specialize in butterflies daisies or golden alyssum black willow pawpaw plantings of forbs and grasses and a pool or other and butterfly gardening. chrysanthemums honesty pussywillow plantains source of water, you will be amazed at the variety of thyme hyssop prairie clover gerardias these insects that will come visiting. yarrow sassafras hanging wire with salad oil. Bee guards prevent bees from using the feeder. Clusters of bees will ATTRACTING keep hummers away. Use either instant nectar preparation available at many nurseries and other Attracting HUMMINGBIRDS retailers, or prepare your own nectar with 1 part sugar to 4 parts boiled water. It is not necessary to add red food coloring although you may if your Hummingbirds, our smallest feathered friends, feeder tube lacks this color. live only in the Americas. Of the 319 species, 15 HUMMINGBIRDS are found in the United States and only the Ruby- throated Hummingbird is common in Kansas. It Backyard Plants nests along streams and woodland parks and is more abundant in the eastern half of the state. The Hummingbirds prefer red and orange colored & rufous and broad-tailed hummingbirds can be flowers and can be attracted to backyards with the seen during migrations. Ruby-throated hummers following plants. are a mere 3 1/2 inches long and weigh only 4.5 grams. This compares to a 5 1/4 inch, 27 gram BUTTERFLIES house sparrow. The sphinx moth (adult form of the tomato hornworm), seen feeding at flowers during summer evenings, is sometimes mistaken HUMMINGBIRD FOODS for this darting atom of bird-life. Hummers can be seen in Kansas from mid-April to October. They Annuals winter along the Gulf Coast, Mexico, Panama, Petunia and Yucatan. Some even cross the 500 mile-wide Lady in Red Salvia (Scarlet Sage) Gulf of Mexico in about 20 hours, nonstop! Traditional Red Salvia These small birds must consume large amounts Perennials of energy to compensate for their high metabolic Aquilegia rate. Feeding about every 10 minutes, they eat 1/2 Digitalis of their body weight in insects and nectar each Phlox day. In order to prevent starving to death at night, Agastache hummingbirds go into a torpor or temporary hibernation and their heart rate lowers from 500 Bulbs to 40 beats-per-minute. Cannas Shrubs Abelia Artificial Feeders Mimosa Feeders can be used to attract hummingbirds Rose of Sharon before many of your flowers bloom. Another Weigela advantage of feeders is that they can be moved Sponsored By Trees CHICKADEE CHECKOFF near a window or other desirable location where Honeysuckle plants may not be suitable. Place the feeder in a Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism semi-protected place where rain cannot dilute the Vines Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs Trumpet Honeysuckle described herein is available to all individuals without regard to nectar mixture in the end of the tube. Avoid direct race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, Cardinal Climber gender identity, political affiliation, and military or veteran status. sunlight as heat may cause the nectar to expand Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the and be lost unnecessarily. Heat also enhances bac- Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, 1020 S Kansas Ave., Topeka, KS 66612-1327. 02/12 Website: www.ksoutdoors.com terial growth. If ants are attracted, moisten the Butterfly Planting ATTRACTING Things To Remember Plants attract butterflies for two reasons: because BUTTERFLIES they provide nectar sources or because they are host Pesticides plants for egg laying. Certain wildflowers, cultivat- ed flowers, trees, shrubs, and vines are particularly People who live in towns and cities may think Try to reduce using pesticides around your home attractive nectar sources and should make up most there is little they can do to bring wildlife up close and garden. Butterflies are insects that will succumb of the butterfly feature planting. Host plants may be and personal. But there is always room for butter- to insecticides. Also, remember that many of the included too. A drinking basin can be made using flies. Whether you create a windowbox or have a worms and caterpillars that you might consider a shallow sloping sides or a series of partially sub- Trees, Shrubs, and Vines garden in your backyard, you may be able to attract nuisance in your garden turn into interesting and merged flat rocks for perches. a dozen or more species. Many of the cultivated sometimes stunning butterflies and moths. Consider black haw lilac garden flowers attract butterflies. using a diversity of plants and organic gardening blueberries pear techniques to reduce pest and disease problems. BUTTERFLY NECTAR SOURCES farkelberries huckleberries The Basics blue spiraea privet Sun and Wind Wildflowers buckeye redbud If your space and time are limited, you may be asters milkweeds bush honeysuckle smooth sumac interested in planting some annual flowers such as Try to place your butterfly garden and plants in bergamont butterfly milkweed butterfly bush spice bush zinnias, marigolds, and daisies in a window box or sunny areas. Butterflies and the plants they love clematis spiraea small flower garden near your patio. A pan of water need plenty of sunshine. Also, don’t expect too horsemint swamp milkweed black-eyed Susan New Jersey tea climbing viburnum may be added nearby and will attract butterflies as many butterflies to be out on cloudy and windy honeysuckle dewberry long as nectar sources are also nearby. You may days. They will be most plentiful on windless, blazing star phlox crabapple blackberry wish to periodically place melon rinds where they sunny days. You may need to consider shielding boneset rose verbena gooseberry fragrant sumac would not be a problem as they attract butterflies. your new butterfly garden from the wind. brown-eyed Susan meadowsweet wild plum European butterfly bush spearmint hawthorn cranberry bush The Medium Model Bloom Sequence common daylily coneflowers If you garden, you may wish to merely add a few Consider planting flowers so that something is tickseed sunflower daisies more flower species and plant a few members of the blooming all the time. Some plants such as Western wallflower ox-eyed daisy CATERPILLAR FOODS parsley family to provide food sources for butterfly marigolds have a long blooming period and would showy partridge pea caterpillars. Hackberry and fruit trees will attract be good choices if your space is small. Other plant- Larval Host Plants buckeyes, wood nymphs, and hackberry butterflies. ings may include a full array of annuals and peren- Wilder Species cherries & plums sennas nials to allow for blooming from spring to fall. common milkweed dogbanes dogbanes partridge The Full Treatment goldenrods ironweed false indigo hackberry Other Things to Consider pea false loosestrife Several small plots of various species of annuals Joe-Pye weed nettles and thistles snapdragons milkweeds and perennial flowers all attract many different but- If you are interested in satisfying the full needs of toadflax nettles terflies almost anywhere in Kansas. Certainly, you butterflies, consider planting some of the food and Cultivated Flowers lead plant parsleys will be able to attract more species in the eastern breeding area plants listed under “Caterpillar Food”. asters zinnias third of the state than in the extreme west but butter- Also, consider becoming more involved in your spice bush fennel aubretia marigolds thistles carrot flies occur statewide. A planned and cultivated butter- local garden clubs and in entomological and butter- calendula phlox fly garden of many of the varieties list (see listing of fly organizations. Check with these groups and with Virginia snakeroot dill coneflowers pink garden phlox suggested species in this brochure) will attract dozens the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks for violets parsley of species of butterflies. By incorporating many of information about checklists, identification guides red clover sedum spectabile willows parsnip these suggested species, along with some wild prairie and other organization that specialize in butterflies daisies or golden alyssum black willow pawpaw plantings of forbs and grasses and a pool or other and butterfly gardening. chrysanthemums honesty pussywillow plantains source of water, you will be amazed at the variety of thyme hyssop prairie clover gerardias these insects that will come visiting. yarrow sassafras CERTIFICATION Places to raise young: Who To Contact APPLICATION: Mature Trees Small Trees for Technical Shrub Masses Trees with Nest/ Assistance: Name:______Ground Dens Den Cavities Address:______Wildlife Pool Meadow, Scrub or City:______or Pond Prairie Patch Nesting Boxes Nesting Shelves REGION 1 OFFICE State:______Zip:______Regional Fisheries/Wildlife Supervisor Telephone:______Number and type of artificial houes: ______PO Box 338, U.S. 183 Bypass Property Address to be Certified ______Property Size (Sq. Ft. or Acres): Hays, KS 67601 ______(785) 628-8614 ______lease send photographs (slides pre- Description: P ferred) and/or drawings of your back- REGION 2 OFFICE Plants and number on your property which might yard wildlife habitat improvements. Wildlife Regional Fisheries/Wildlife Supervisor provide wildlife foods such as nuts, buds, berries, and Parks will not be able to return slides 3300 S.W. 29th seeds, acorns, nectar, etc. from large trees, small or drawings, so be sure you have duplicates trees, shrubs, annuals and perennials. Topeka, KS 66614 for your own use. (785) 273-6740 ______This program is funded through dona- ______tions to the Chickadee Checkoff. ______To receive an attractive sign and certifi- REGION 3 OFFICE ______Regional Fisheries/Wildlife Supervisor List the types and number of feeders and foods cate which officially recognizes your back- yard efforts for wildlife send this applica- 1001 McArtor you provide for the wildlife. Dodge City, KS 67801 ______tion and $5 to: ______(620) 227-8609 Wildlife visiting your area. ______Fisheries and Wildlife Division ______Kansas Dept. of Wildlife & Parks REGION 4 OFFICE ______512 SE 25th Ave. Regional Fisheries/Wildlife Supervisor ______Pratt, KS 67124 6232 E. 29th St. N Water provided for drinking/bathing: Wichita, KS 67220 Year-round Seasonally Gain National Recognition for your Methods: backyard wildlife habitat through the (316) 683-8069 Bird Bath Water dripping National Wildlife Federation! Call 1-800- Sponsored By Spring into bird bath 822-9919 or visit www.nwf.org. REGION 5 OFFICE CHICKADEE CHECKOFF Pond Stream Regional Fisheries/Wildlife Supervisor of the Wildlife Pool Other For more information about the Kansas 1500 W. 7th, PO Box 777 Kansas Department of Wildlife Federation and how to join, contact: Chanute, KS 66720 Wildlife & Parks Weather breaks and hiding places provided: (620) 431-0380 and the Dense Shrubs Evergreens Kansas Wildlife Federation Kansas Wildlife Federation Brush Piles Rock Piles/Walls P.O. Box 8237, Ground Covers Meadow, Scrub or Wichita, KS 67208 Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs described herein is available to all individuals without regard to Log Piles Prairie Patch race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or handicap. or through the Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the Other (describe)______Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 1020 S Kansas National Wildlife Federation's website Ave. Suite 200, Topeka, KS 66612-1327 03/06 ______www.nwf.org. Certification Program. For more informa- by placing and filling a shallow pan in or become problems, there are options avail- tion and help to improve your yard for near habitats. Check with Kansas able in dealing with them. Refer to our wildlife, contact our regional offices. Most Department of Wildlife and Parks biologists other brochures and information about con- of the time, technical assistance may be pro- for other detailed information about which trolling specific pests. vided over the phone by a wildlife biologist plants to use for desired wildlife. or information can be sent to assist the homeowner. The biologist may also be able Other Ideas to refer you to someone else or a business Cautions he Kansas Department of Wildlife and that specializes in this work. The Kansas ome cities may frown on people wanting TParks has a number of brochures and Department of Wildlife and Parks offers a Sto establish native plants such as some other materials concerning bird feeders, number of brochures and leaflets about of the warm season grasses and forbs that houses and habitats. We also have informa- backyard wildlife, habitat and problem solv- make our prairies beautiful. You may wish tion on bat houses, squirrel and wood duck ing. Refuge In The City is a popular color to visit with your city’s officials and explain nest boxes and many other things. Contact What Is It? booklet provided free to anyone who wants your landscaping plans so they can be us for more information or if you have any his program was initiated in 1985 to good information about developing urban informed early in your developmental phase. questions about our backyard program. Thelp homeowners improve their back- wildlife habitats in Kansas. You also should be aware of the possibility yards for wildlife. Kansas is an urban state for attracting nuisance wildlife. Having with about 80 percent of the people living ample bird feeders in the winter may also Do Something Wild in or near large cities. These people share a Three Essential attract unwanted common interest — they enjoy watching Elements starlings and ...in your backyard wildlife. Surveys show a large majority of hree essential elements that provide for blackbirds. The Backyard Wildlife Habitat Kansans annually participate in wildlife Tbackyard wildlife are habitat, food and Kansas Certification Program watching activities. Many people have devel- water. Typically, for established yards, Department f you manage for wildlife in your back- oped their backyards or other associated adding more shrubs, wildflowers and native of Wildlife Iyard, Kansas Department of Wildlife and areas for attracting wildlife to help satisfy grasses in planned areas is all that is need- and Parks Parks would like to give you credit through this desire. This may be as easy as adding a ed to enhance the site for wildlife. Plants has informa- the Backyard Wildlife Habitat Certification few select shrubs and a watering area or it that provide both cover and food are recom- tion that will Program. This program gives recognition to might be as complex as establishing native mended for attracting songbirds and other help prevent citizens who improve living conditions for prairie, trees, shrubs and a small pond. The animals, such as rabbits these problems but wildlife on their property. The Backyard possibilities are as numerous as the number and turtles. Including bird there may be some risks you will Wildlife Habitat Certification Program is of backyards and other areas in cities and feeders with natural have to be willing to accept in not restricted to home owners. Residents of towns throughout Kansas. foods enhances impor- attracting more wildlife to your high-rise apartment balconies and places of tant feature which can be backyard. Rabbits, skunks, squir- business can apply also. provided by a bird bath. rels, and other mammals may Just follow the directions on the back of Three Parts Water may become more numerous as you this brochure and send it to the Pratt his program has three main parts. also be seek to improve shrub Operations Office with $5. Once approved, T(1) technical assistance from Kansas supplied habitats and overall you will receive a handsome certificate and Department of Wildlife and Parks biologists, cover. Again, if an attractive sign to display in your yard. (2) informational materials and brochures, these animals Your name will be included on future mail- and (3) the Backyard Wildlife Habitat ing lists for special backyard wildlife materi- als. Good luck with your efforts! CERTIFICATION Places to raise young: Who To Contact APPLICATION: Mature Trees Small Trees for Technical Shrub Masses Trees with Nest/ Assistance: Name:______Ground Dens Den Cavities Address:______Wildlife Pool Meadow, Scrub or REGION 1 OFFICE City:______or Pond Prairie Patch Nesting Boxes Nesting Shelves PO Box 338, 1426 Hwy 183 Alt. State:______Zip:______Hays, KS 67601 Telephone:______Number and type of artificial houses: ______(785) 623-2945 Property Address to be Certified ______Property Size (Sq. Ft. or Acres): ______igital or print, if you have a picture REGION 2 OFFICE ______D you can supply, we would like to see 300 SW Wanamaker Rd. Description: what you have done. Topeka, KS 66606 Plants and number on your property which might This program is funded through dona- (785) 273-6740 provide wildlife foods such as nuts, buds, berries, seeds, acorns, nectar, etc. from large trees, small tions to the Chickadee Checkoff. trees, shrubs, annuals and perennials. To receive an attractive sign and certifi- REGION 3 OFFICE ______cate which officially recognizes your back- 1001 W McArtor, ______yard efforts for wildlife send this applica- Dodge City, KS 67801 ______tion and $5 to: (620) 227-8609 ______Ecological Services Section List the types and number of feeders and foods REGION 4 OFFICE Kansas Department of Wildlife, you provide for the wildlife. 6232 E 29th St. N ______Parks and Tourism ______512 SE 25th Ave. Wichita, KS 67220 Wildlife visiting your area. ______Pratt, KS 67124 (316) 683-8069 ______Make check out to KDWPT ______REGION 5 OFFICE ______For more information about the Kansas 1500 W 7th, PO Box 777 Water provided for drinking/bathing: Wildlife Federation and how to join, contact: Chanute, KS 66720 Year-round Seasonally Sponsored By (620) 431-0380 Methods: Gain National Recognition for your CHICKADEE Bird Bath Water dripping backyard wildlife habitat through the CHECKOFF Spring into bird bath National Wildlife Federation! Call 1-800- KANSAS CITY DISTRICT OFFICE of the Pond Stream 822-9919 or visit www.nwf.org. 8304 Hedge Lane Terr. Kansas Department of Wildlife Pool Other Shawnee, KS 66227 Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Kansas Wildlife Federation (913) 422-1314 and the Weather breaks and hiding places provided: PO Box 8237 Kansas Wildlife Federation Dense Shrubs Evergreens Wichita, KS 67208 Brush Piles Rock Piles/Walls or through the Ground Covers Meadow, Scrub or Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs National Wildlife Federation's website described herein is available to all individuals without regard to Log Piles Prairie Patch race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, www.nwf.org. gender identity, political affiliation, and military or veteran status. Other (describe)______Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, 1020 ______S Kansas Ave., Topeka, KS 66612-1327. 02/12 Habitat Certification Program. For more habitats. Check with Kansas Department of lems, there are options available in dealing information and help to improve your yard Wildlife, Parks and Tourism biologists for with them. Refer to our other brochures and for wildlife, contact our regional offices. other detailed information about which information about controlling specific pests. Most of the time, technical assistance may plants to use for desired wildlife. be provided over the phone by a wildlife biologist or information can be sent to Other Ideas assist the homeowner. The biologist may Cautions he Kansas Department of Wildlife, also be able to refer you to someone else or ome cities may frown on people wanting TParks and Tourism has a number of a business that specializes in this work. The Sto establish native plants such as some brochures and other materials concerning Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and of the warm season grasses and forbs that bird feeders, houses and habitats. We also Tourism offers a number of brochures and make our prairies beautiful. You may wish have information on bat houses, squirrel leaflets about backyard wildlife, habitat and to visit with your city’s officials and explain and wood duck nest boxes and many other problem solving. Check the KDWPT website your landscaping plans so they can be things. Contact us for more information or What Is It? at www.ksoutdoors.com for the latest and informed early in your developmental phase. if you have any questions about our back- his program was initiated in 1985 to updated information You also should be aware of the possibility yard program. Thelp homeowners improve their back- for attracting nuisance wildlife. Having yards for wildlife. Kansas is an urban state ample bird feeders in the winter may also Three Essential with about 80 percent of the people living attract unwanted starlings and blackbirds. Do Something Wild in or near large cities. These people share a Elements The Kansas common interest — they enjoy watching hree essential elements that provide for Department of ...in your backyard wildlife. Surveys show a large majority of Tbackyard wildlife are habitat, food and Wildlife, Parks Backyard Wildlife Habitat Kansans annually participate in wildlife water. Typically, for established yards, and Tourism Certification Program watching activities. Many people have devel- adding more shrubs, wildflowers and native has informa- f you manage for wildlife in your back- oped their backyards or other associated grasses in planned areas is all that is need- tion that Iyard, Kansas Department of Wildlife, areas for attracting wildlife to help satisfy ed to enhance the site for wildlife. Plants will help Parks and Tourism would like to give you this desire. This may be as easy as adding a that provide both cover and food are recom- prevent credit through the Backyard Wildlife few select shrubs and a watering area or it mended for attracting songbirds and other these prob- Habitat Certification Program. This pro- might be as complex as establishing native animals, such as rabbits and turtles. lems but there gram gives recognition to citizens who prairie, trees, shrubs and a small pond. The Including bird feeders with may be some risks improve living conditions for wildlife on possibilities are as numerous as the number natural foods enhances you will have to be willing to their property. The Backyard Wildlife of backyards and other areas in cities and important feature which accept in attracting more wildlife Habitat Certification Program is not towns throughout Kansas. can be provided by a bird to your backyard. Rabbits, restricted to home owners. Residents of bath. Water may also be skunks, squirrels, and other mam- high-rise apartment balconies and places of supplied by placing and fill- mals may become more numerous business can apply also. Three Parts ing a shal- as you seek to improve shrub Just follow the directions on the back of his program has three main parts. low pan in habitats and overall this brochure and send it to the Pratt T(1) technical assistance from Kansas or near cover. Again, if Operations Office with $5. Once approved, Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism these animals you will receive a handsome certificate and biologists, (2) informational materials and become prob- an attractive sign to display in your yard. brochures, and (3) the Backyard Wildlife Good luck with your efforts! DAY 1 - NUMBER OF BIRDS DAY 2 - NUMBER OF BIRDS ______Total number of birds seen Record the highest number seen at one Record the highest number seen at one KANSAS time for each species. Submit one (1) day of time for each species. Submit one (1) day of ______Total number of species data, for each of two (2) consecutive days. data, for each of two (2) consecutive days. How many of the birds listed above can you ____ Bobwhite (Northern) Quail ____ Bobwhite (Northern) Quail identify? (check one) 2009 ____ Rock Dove (Common Pigeon) ____ Rock Dove (Common Pigeon) ____ Mourning Dove ____ Mourning Dove ____ Less that 25% ____ 75% to 95% ____ Redheaded Woodpecker ____ Redheaded Woodpecker WINTER ____ Red-bellied Woodpecker ____ Red-bellied Woodpecker ____ 25% to 50% ____ 100% ____ Downy Woodpecker ____ Downy Woodpecker ____ Hairy Woodpecker ____ Hairy Woodpecker ____ 50% to 75% BIRD ____ Flicker (all races) ____ Flicker (all races) ____ Blue jay ____ Blue jay Feel free to copy this form ____ Crow (American) ____ Crow (American) for other participants and FEEDER ____ Black-capped Chickadee ____ Black-capped Chickadee THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF ____ Tufted Titmouse ____ Tufted Titmouse THIS SPECIAL SURVEY. ____ Red-breasted Nuthatch ____ Red-breasted Nuthatch SURVEY ____ White-breasted Nuthatch ____ White-breasted Nuthatch To participate on-line in the KWBFS, go to ____ Brown Creeper ____ Brown Creeper http://wbs.pathfinderscience.net . Click on ____ Robin (American) ____ Robin (American) the Enter Bird Data Now button. You may ____ Cedar Waxwing ____ Cedar Waxwing enter your survey results here. This also ____ Starling (European) ____ Starling (European) allows participants access to the data free of ____ Cardinal (Northern) ____ Cardinal (Northern) charge. ____ Tree Sparrow (American) ____ Tree Sparrow (American) ____ Song Sparrow ____ Song Sparrow ____ Check here if you submitted your ____ White-throated Sparrow ____ White-throated Sparrow data electronically. This will help ensure that ____ White-crowned Sparrow ____ White-crowned Sparrow there is no duplicate data entered. Sponsored by ____ Harris’ Sparrow ____ Harris’ Sparrow CHICKADEE ____ Dark-eyed Junco (all races) ____ Dark-eyed Junco (all races) Or mail the completed form, CHECKOFF ____ Meadowlark (East. & West.) ____ Meadowlark (East. & West.) no later than February 1, to: ____ Red-winged Blackbird ____ Red-winged Blackbird Kansas ____ Grackle (Common) ____ Grackle (Common) Department of ____ Brown-headed Cowbird ____ Brown-headed Cowbird Steven B. Case, Ph.D. Wildlife & Parks, ____ Purple Finch ____ Purple Finch Kansas Winter Bird Project Kansas Ornithological Society, ____ House Finch ____ House Finch 1000 Sunnyside Ave., Room 3078A and ____ Pine Siskin ____ Pine Siskin Lawrence, KS 66045-7555 Pathfinder Science ____ Goldfinch (American) ____ Goldfinch (American)

____ Evening Grosbeak ____ Evening Grosbeak Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs described herein is available to all individuals without regard to ____ House (English) Sparrow ____ House (English) Sparrow race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, political affiliation, and military or veteran status. Department Website: ______Other ______Other Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 1020 S www.kdwp.state.ks.us ______Other ______Other Kansas Ave., Topeka, KS 66612-1327. 01/09 8. The feeder survey period will run from Thursday, January 15, through Sunday, KANSAS WINTER BIRD Winter Bird January 18. Count birds on two consecutive FEEDER SURVEY Feeder Survey days only. Please record which days you counted birds for us in the space below. New and Improved Keep track for each of the two days, one INSTRUCTIONS day at a time. The Kansas Winter Bird Feeder Survey has been going on since 1988 in a cooperative Observe your feeder two consecutive days Only Check one: effort between the Kansas Department of during January 15-18, 2009. Use this form to Wildlife and Parks, the Kansas Ornithological describe your feeder and record the birds you ____ Thursday (1/15) & Friday (1/16) Society, and Pathfinder Science of the see. In the space provided, list the highest num- University of Kansas. In an effort to expand the ber of each species that you see together at any ____ Friday (1/16) & Sat. (1/17) educational utility of this long term project, a one time. For example, if you see 10 Juncoes at handover for data submission and manage- ____ Saturday (1/17)& Sunday (1/18) 9:00, 11 at 12:00, and 7 at 4:00, the number you ment was made to Pathfinder Science in 2000. should record is 11. When males and females Things have been going along every year with- 9. Is your feeder in Town (including suburbs) can be distinguished (cardinals, downy wood- out much change but we did update the sub- pecker, etc.), record the combined total. This or in the Country? Type and number of feeders in your yard: mission website this year at means if you see 3 male cardinals at 11:00, then 11. ____ sunflower (only) ____ thistle http://kwbs.pathfinderscience.net in order to 1 male and 2 females at 2:00, record 5 cardinals Circle T or C. ____ fruit ____ millet (only) make it a bit clearer for the non-educator. — the highest count for the males and highest Although the site is designed to help facilitate 10. Check which best describes the area with- ____ peanuts ____ mixed seed count for the females combined. classroom use and data application, we still are in a 2-block circle around your feeder: ____ peanut butter ____ suet ____ cracked sunflower ____ corn a Kansas based winter bird feeder survey and Count only during the two consecutive days will be continuing this long term project for ____ Residential, houses with shrubs ____ unfrozen water ____ safflower and record only the birds that you see at your determining trend information in winter birds and small trees with few tree diam- ____ other (explain) ______feeders, under your feeder, or in the trees of Kansas. In case you have interest in partici- around your feeders. Do not count birds which eters larger than 18 inches. 12. On what date did you start feeding: pating in more birding activities around the fly past your house and do not use your feeding state or simply just want to learn more about ____ Residential bordered by: (circle Approximate date: ______area. We want information only about birds birds in Kansas, go to the Kansas . If you cannot get one) timber, grass field, or row influenced by your feeders Comments or additional descriptions of Ornithological Society we site at an exact count, record your best estimate. An crop. 13. your feeder or yard: http://www.ksbirds.org/kos/index.html. Look honest estimate is more useful than “too many for more to come of this upgrade and much ____ Commercial area with buildings, to count”. Please fill out this form carefully. ______more data to be looked over in the coming parking lots, and major roads. months and years-and keep on feeding those DATA ______hungry winter birds! ____ Pasture or rangeland (circle one). ______1. Name ______Row crop (corn, milo, beans, etc.). 2. Address ______3. City ______Timber (circle one) upland or ______4. County ______bottomland. 5. Zip ______6. Phone ______Farmstead with trees greater than ______7. E-mail ______18 inches in diameter. DAY 1 - NUMBER OF BIRDS DAY 2 - NUMBER OF BIRDS ______Total number of birds seen Record the highest number seen at one Record the highest number seen at one KANSAS time for each species. Submit one (1) day of time for each species. Submit one (1) day of ______Total number of species data, for each of two (2) consecutive days. data, for each of two (2) consecutive days. How many of the birds listed above can you ____ Bobwhite (Northern) Quail ____ Bobwhite (Northern) Quail identify? (check one) 2014 ____ Rock Dove (Common Pigeon) ____ Rock Dove (Common Pigeon) ____ Mourning Dove ____ Mourning Dove ____ Less that 25% ____ 75% to 95% ____ Redheaded Woodpecker ____ Redheaded Woodpecker WINTER ____ Red-bellied Woodpecker ____ Red-bellied Woodpecker ____ 25% to 50% ____ 100% ____ Downy Woodpecker ____ Downy Woodpecker ____ Hairy Woodpecker ____ Hairy Woodpecker ____ 50% to 75% BIRD ____ Flicker (all races) ____ Flicker (all races) ____ Blue jay ____ Blue jay Feel free to copy this form ____ Crow (American) ____ Crow (American) for other participants and FEEDER ____ Black-capped Chickadee ____ Black-capped Chickadee ____ Tufted Titmouse ____ Tufted Titmouse THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THIS ____ Red-breasted Nuthatch ____ Red-breasted Nuthatch SPECIAL SURVEY. SURVEY ____ White-breasted Nuthatch ____ White-breasted Nuthatch ____ Brown Creeper ____ Brown Creeper ____ Robin (American) ____ Robin (American) ____ Cedar Waxwing ____ Cedar Waxwing Mail the completed form, ____ Starling (European) ____ Starling (European) no later than February 14, to: ____ Cardinal (Northern) ____ Cardinal (Northern) ____ Tree Sparrow (American) ____ Tree Sparrow (American) ____ Song Sparrow ____ Song Sparrow Ecological Services - KDWPT ____ White-throated Sparrow ____ White-throated Sparrow 512 SE 25th Ave. ____ White-crowned Sparrow ____ White-crowned Sparrow Pratt, KS 67124 ____ Harris’ Sparrow ____ Harris’ Sparrow ____ Dark-eyed Junco (all races) ____ Dark-eyed Junco (all races) ____ Meadowlark (East. & West.) ____ Meadowlark (East. & West.) ____ Red-winged Blackbird ____ Red-winged Blackbird Sponsored by ____ Grackle (Common) ____ Grackle (Common) CHICKADEE CHECKOFF ____ Brown-headed Cowbird ____ Brown-headed Cowbird ____ Purple Finch ____ Purple Finch Kansas Department of ____ House Finch ____ House Finch Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, ____ Pine Siskin ____ Pine Siskin Kansas Ornithological Society, ____ Goldfinch (American) ____ Goldfinch (American) and KU Center for Science Education ____ Evening Grosbeak ____ Evening Grosbeak Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs described herein is available to all individuals without regard to ____ House (English) Sparrow ____ House (English) Sparrow race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, political affiliation, and military or veteran status. Department Website: ______Other ______Other Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, 1020 ksoutdoors.com ______Other ______Other S Kansas Ave., Topeka, KS 66612-1327. 01/13 8. The feeder survey period will run from Thursday, January 30, through Sunday, KANSAS WINTER BIRD Winter Bird February 2. Count birds on two consecutive FEEDER SURVEY Feeder Survey days only. Please record which days you counted birds for us in the space below. New and Improved Keep track for each of the two days, one INSTRUCTIONS day at a time. The Kansas Winter Bird Feeder Survey has been going on since 1988 in a cooperative Observe your feeder two consecutive days Only Check one: effort between the Kansas Department of during Jan. 30 - Feb. 2, 2014. Use this form to Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, the Kansas describe your feeder and record the birds you ____ Thursday (1/30) & Friday (1/31) Ornithological Society, and KU Center for see. In the space provided, list the highest num- Science Education. In an effort to expand the ber of each species that you see together at any ____ Friday (1/31) & Sat. (2/1) educational utility of this long term project, a one time. For example, if you see 10 Juncoes at handover for data submission and manage- ____ Saturday (2/1) & Sunday (2/2) 9:00, 11 at 12:00, and 7 at 4:00, the number you ment was made to Pathfinder Science in 2000. should record is 11. When males and females Although the site is designed to help facilitate 9. Is your feeder in Town (including suburbs) can be distinguished (cardinals, downy wood- classroom use and data application, we still are pecker, etc.), record the combined total. This or in the Country? Type and number of feeders in your yard: a Kansas based winter bird feeder survey and means if you see 3 male cardinals at 11:00, then 11. ____ sunflower (only) ____ thistle will be continuing this long term project for 1 male and 2 females at 2:00, record 5 cardinals Circle T or C. ____ fruit ____ millet (only) determining trend information in winter birds — the highest count for the males and highest of Kansas. In case you have interest in partici- 10. Check which best describes the area with- ____ peanuts ____ mixed seed count for the females combined. pating in more birding activities around the in a 2-block circle around your feeder: ____ peanut butter ____ suet ____ cracked sunflower ____ corn state or simply just want to learn more about Count only during the two consecutive days birds in Kansas, go to the Kansas ____ Residential, houses with shrubs ____ unfrozen water ____ safflower and record only the birds that you see at your Ornithological Society web site at and small trees with few tree diam- ____ other (explain) ______feeders, under your feeder, or in the trees http://www.ksbirds.org/kos/index.html. Look around your feeders. Do not count birds which eters larger than 18 inches. 12. On what date did you start feeding: for more to come of this upgrade and much fly past your house and do not use your feeding more data to be looked over in the coming ____ Residential bordered by: (circle Approximate date: ______area. We want information only about birds months and years-and keep on feeding those . If you cannot get an one) timber, grass field, or row influenced by your feeders Comments or additional descriptions of hungry winter birds! exact count, record your best estimate. An hon- crop. 13. your feeder or yard: est estimate is more useful than “too many to ____ Commercial area with buildings, count”. Please fill out this form carefully. ______parking lots, and major roads. DATA ______Pasture or rangeland (circle one). ______1. Name ______Row crop (corn, milo, beans, etc.). 2. Address ______3. City ______Timber (circle one) upland or ______4. County ______bottomland. 5. Zip ______6. Phone ______Farmstead with trees greater than ______7. E-mail ______18 inches in diameter. NOTICE OF STATE WILDLIFE GRANT APPLICATIONS AND DEADLINES

Application materials for the State Wildlife Grants (SWG) are now available from the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP). The SWG is a federal grant program, which is funded in part by CFDA 15.634 Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior and administered in Kansas by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks. The priority of this program is to fund projects that benefit nongame fish and wildlife and their associated habitats. Federal regulations require that projects benefit “Species of Greatest Conservation Need,” which may include listed federal and state endangered and threatened species.

KDWP will distribute up to $400,000 of SWG funds through competitive subgrants. Eligible applicants include local governments, non-profit corporations, and educational institutions. Federal regulations require that a minimum of 50% of project costs be matched with non-federal funds.

To be eligible, proposals must address issues and strategies identified in the Kansas Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Plan, entitled “A Future for Kansas Wildlife.” Higher priority consideration will be given to research proposals that specifically address the following:

• Distribution, population dynamics, habitat requirements, and life history characteristics that further define specific habitat correlations with Broadhead Skink (Eumeces laticeps), Smooth Earth Snake (Virginia valeriae), Redbelly Snake (Storeria occipitomaculata), Delta Hydrobe (Probythinella emarginata), or Spotted Skunk (Spilogale putorius).

• The impacts of wind energy production and transmission in priority habitats as designated in the FKW. Special consideration will be given to projects that quantify the impacts of habitat fragmentation and/or large vertical structures (e.g., powerlines, turbines) on nesting dynamics of grassland birds or the behavior of migration/resident birds and/or bats.

• The impacts of in-stream obstructions (impoundments, low-water crossings, enclosed culverts, and diversions) on aquatic organism passage (AOP) in priority aquatic habitats as designated in the FKW. Special consideration will be given to projects that (1) evaluate the effectiveness of different engineering designs toward mitigating the impact of current in-stream obstructions on AOP, river and stream continuity, and wildlife passage.

Potential applicants have the option of submitting preliminary applications for review by March 27, 2009. The deadline for final applications is April 24, 2009. For more information concerning this program or to request application materials should contact the Office of Federal Aid, KDWP, 1020 SW Kansas, Room 200, Topeka, KS 66612 (785-296-2281). Persons with special communication needs may utilize the Kansas Relay Center, 1-800-766-3777. CHICKADEE CHECKOFF ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS Milestones of Progress THE 1980 - Kansas is the third state to pass a Chickadee Checkoff. 1981 - Chickadee Checkoff initiates Nursing Home Bird Feeder Program. ChickadeeChickadee 1982 - Chickadee Checkoff helps sponsor "Songbird Bundles" and several endangered species projects, surveys, and publica- tions. The Kansas Urban Wildlife Program is initiated. 1985 - Backyard Wildlife Habitat Certification Program is initiated. CheckofCheckofff 1988 - Chickadee Checkoff initiates Kansas Winter Bird Feeder Survey. 1990 - Chickadee Checkoff replaces "Nongame Notes" with an upgraded "The Field Glass" newsletter. CC focuses research in SE Kansas concerning endangered species and ecosystems. Two pilot OWLS are started. 1991 - Chickadee Checkoff conducts survey to help fight attack on state's endangered species protection efforts. A strong public mandate of support for endangered species is shown. Six additional pilot OWLS are started. 1992 - OWLS is officially begun. The Kansas Breeding Bird Atlas is initiated. Work is started on the Kansas wildlife viewing guide. 1993 - The "Watching Kansas Wildlife" book is published. With the help of KANSAS WILDSCAPE Foundation, OWLS begins to receive matching funds while establishing 25 sites. The Kansas Breeding Bird Atlas is in it's second year. 1996 - Through KANSAS WILDSCAPE Foundation, OWLS surpasses it's goal of 100 funded sites. The Chickadee Checkoff continues to support and defend threatened and endangered species programs including monitoring Bald Eagle nests and the first known Peregrine Falcon nest in Topeka, and in Kansas in recent times. 1998 - Kansas Breeding Bird Atlas completed and the Kansas Amphibian monitoring program is started. 2000 - Support for the nature-based tourism alliance and activities. 2002 - Kansas amphibians monitoring program completed. 2003 - Directed several State Wildlife Grants addressing grassland birds, sensitive riverine fish and mussels, and natural areas assessments. 2004 - Assessed grazing impacts on grassland birds while initiating new State Wildlife Grants projects and plan. 2005 - Completed State Wildlife Plan for directing future conservation efforts. Completed Kansas Herpetological Atlas assessing many sensitive species needs and status. 2006 - Initiated comprehensive Kansas Mammals Atlas to assess status and needs of Kansas mammals. Launched specific evalu- ation efforts for key species affected by major habitat modifications.

Comments or individual contributions can be made to the following address:

Chickadee Checkoff Be a part of the Chickadee Challenge Kansas Dept. of Wildlife & Parks contribute to Chickadee Checkoff! Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs described herein is available to all individuals without regard to 512 SE 25th Ave. race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability. Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, 1020 S Kansas Pratt, KS 67124 Ave. Suite 200, Topeka, KS 66612-1327 12/06 through the Kansas Forest Service. plied valuable bird nesting information. For several years the Chickadee Checkoff spon- In 1998, we also initiated the Kansas Amphibian sored the Nursing Home Bird Feeder Program with Monitoring Program which includes calling toads tremendous success. Over 250 sites have been pro- and frogs. vided with bird feeders and initial bird feed. One of the most exciting programs of the Since 1985, the checkoff has sponsored the Chickadee Checkoff has been Backyard Habitat Improvement Program. Besides OWLS (Outdoor Wildlife providing information and assistance to people for Learning Sites). This pro- improving their yards for wildlife, a certification gram gives schools the program is offered to recognize those people who opportunity to develop out- have done the necessary or exemplary things for door learning laboratories What Is It? wildlife in their own backyards. right on their school yards. The Chickadee Checkoff has supported the Over 200 OWLS have The Chickadee Checkoff is a line appearing on Kansas Winter Bird Feeder Survey since 1988. been funded. the Kansas Individual Tax forms. Since1980, it About 1,000 people participate each year and pro- has provided Kansans an opportunity to contribute vide valuable information about midwinter bird to wildlife programs. The checkoff has allowed populations. We Need More Help! donations to projects for species of wildlife not Research and normally hunted. In other words, if you want some habitat manage- Many of the Chickadee Checkoff's activities money to go to projects to help eagles, songbirds, ment have have been initiated with no additional funds. More threatened and endangered species, turtles, lizards, focused on sensi- money is desperately needed to fully fund these butterflies and pretty little stream darters, then this tive river species new initiatives and to help older Chickadee gives you the opportunity to donate directly to in southeast Checkoff programs. You can help wildlife by con- these programs. For more information visit us on Kansas, dwin- tributing to the Chickadee Checkoff. the web at www.kdwp.state.ks.us . dling resources in western Kansas and endangered species such as the Least Tern. The Challenge! What Does It Do? We have many projects submitted to us that we One of the most important activities of the Kansas New Initiatives - simply cannot fund because we don't have the Department of Wildlife and Parks is money. We want you to help us with these excel- protection and management of with your help! lent projects and especially our endangered threatened and endangered The Department of Wildlife and Parks has initi- species protection efforts. Our goal, with the help species. The checkoff ated some new and exciting programs. Because of the Kansas Society of CPA's, is to raise the has been able to fund of a fast-growing wildlife viewing demand, the amount of donations to the Chickadee Checkoff. dozens of projects checkoff sponsored a wildlife viewing guide for This will be very important for matching federal that assess the status Kansas. This book, "Watching Kansas Wildlife" dollars from the State Wildlife Grant Program. Be of threatened and was published by The University Press of Kansas a part of the Chickadee Challenge and donate by endangered species and is available for less than $10. It highlights any of the methods shown. If you already con- and other animals the best places in Kansas to see deer, ospreys, tribute through your individual income tax form; on the state's eagles, elk, buffalo, and hundreds of other inter- thank you! We owe our accomplishments to you. Species in Need of Conservation list. esting animals. The Checkoff has assisted with many In 1998, the checkoff completed the Kansas nongame habitat efforts. One of its first projects, Breeding Bird Atlas involving many amateur and still active, is underwriting the “Songbird Bundle” experienced birders across Kansas. This atlas sup- CHICKADEE CHECKOFF ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS Milestones of Progress 1980 - Kansas adopts the Chickadee Checkoff nongame contribution line on the individual income tax form. 1981 - Nursing Home Bird Feeder Program initiated. 1985 - Kansas Backyard Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program initiated. 1988 - Kansas Winter Bird Feeder Survey initiated. THE 1991 - Public attitudes survey about endangered species programs show strong support. ChickadeeChickadee 1992 - OWLS officially begins. Kansas Breeding Bird Atlas begins. Work on the Kansas wildlife viewing guide initiated. 1998 - Kansas Breeding Bird Atlas completed. Kansas Amphibian Monitoring Program is initiated. 2004 - State Wildlife Grants through the checkoff assess impacts of intensive grazing on ground-nesting birds in Red Hills. State wildlife action plan initiated. CheckoffCheckoff 2005 - Action plan, “A Future for Kansas Wildlife,” completed. Kansas Mammals Atlas begun. Surveys funded to determine habitat needs of many sensitive species. 2009 - Supported Prairie Windows project to help create and conserve native prairies. State Wildlife Grant supports a major habitat improvement project in SE Kansas. 2010 - Small grants program supports several species monitoring efforts including Black Rail, Checkered Garter Snake, Delta Hydrobe (snail), and Greater Prairie Chickens. Bat surveys and assessments related to White-nose Syndrome and wind development take on great importance. Efforts begin to update and revise “A Future for Kansas Wildlife.” 2011 - Creation of the Marvin Schwilling Memorial Bluebird Trails Program. Small gants program funded projects like the assessment of the Cylindrical papershell mussel population in western Kansas, and a field survey of the state-listed longnose snake. 2012 - Funding to develop species recovery plans for the longnose snake, redbelly snake and smooth earth snake. Small grants program funded projects like assessing habitat characteristic of prairie chicken leks in NW Kansas, effect of grazing treatments on nest success of wet meadow breeding birds, herpetofaunal survey of Sedgwick County Zoo, survey of rare herpetofauna at Fort Riley, and the occupancy and GIS modeling of priority grassland obligate birds in the Flint Hills.

2013 - In cooperation with other partners, constructed a multi-purpose shelter at Cheyenne Bottoms Wetlands. Small grants program supported research on pollinators response to patch burn grazing, species occurrence in Kansas and the restoration of purple martin houses in Parsons.

2014 - Support for the development and printing of Kansas Species Pocket Guides in partnership with Great Plains Nature Center, Westar, and other conservation partners. Small grant program supported the Bi-annual Red Hills Winter Bat Survey, assessment of occupancy, abundance, and species richness of marsh birds in eastern Kansas. The development of a new Sand Prairie Exhibit at Dillon Nature Center, Aquatic Organism Passage Mapper Inventory Tool with the Kansas Alliance for Wetlands and Streams. Promote grassland habitat management through the use of prescribed burn with prescribed burn association. Comments or individual contributions can be made to the following address: Chickadee Checkoff Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Care for Wildlife. 512 SE 25th Ave. Contribute to Chickadee Checkoff! Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs Pratt, KS 67124 described herein is available to all individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, political affiliation, and military or veteran status. For more info visit: www.ksoutdoors.com Complaints of discrimination should be sent to Office of the Secretary, Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, or email: [email protected] 1020 S Kansas Ave., Topeka, KS 66612-1327. 12/14 250 sites have been provided with bird feeders and In 1998, we also initiated the Kansas initial bird feed. Amphibian Monitoring Program which includes Since 1985, the checkoff has sponsored the calling toads and frogs. Backyard Habitat Improvement Program. Besides One of the most exciting programs initiated by providing information and assistance to people for Chickadee Checkoff has been improving their yards for wildlife, a certification OWLS (Outdoor Wildlife program is offered to recognize those people who Learning Sites). This have done the necessary or exemplary things for program gives schools the wildlife in their own backyards. opportunity to develop What Is It? The Chickadee Checkoff has supported the outdoor learning The Chickadee Checkoff is a line appearing Kansas Winter Bird Feeder Survey since 1988. laboratories right on their on the Kansas Individual Tax forms. Since 1980, it About 1,000 people participate each year and school yards. Over 200 has provided Kansans an opportunity to contribute provide valuable information about midwinter bird OWLS have been funded. to wildlife programs. The checkoff has allowed populations. In recent years, the checkoff has fronted major donations to projects for species of wildlife not Research and habitat management have focused projects matched by State Wildlife Grant money to normally hunted. In other words, if you want some on sensitive river species in southeast Kansas, do assessments of sensitive species and habitat money to go to projects to help eagles, songbirds, dwindling resources needs. These are contributing in a major fashion in threatened and endangered species, turtles, lizards, in western Kansas helping us manage and predict species needs well butterflies and native stream fish, then this gives and endangered into the future. Contributions to the Chickadee you the opportunity to donate directly to these species such as the Checkoff are largely matched with other sources programs. For more information visit us on the Least Tern. of money so that precious dollars are stretched to web at www.ksoutdoors.com. benefit more conservation efforts. Every dollar helps and means we can magnify its benefits to nongame wildlife. What Does It Do? One of the most important activities of the New Initiatives Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism with your help! The Challenge! is protection and management of threatened and The Department of Wildlife, Parks and We have many projects submitted to us that endangered species. The Tourism has initiated some new and exciting we simply cannot fund because we don't have the checkoff has been able to programs. Because of a fast-growing wildlife money. We want you to help us with these fund dozens of projects viewing demand, the checkoff sponsored a excellent projects and especially our endangered that assess the status wildlife viewing guide for Kansas. This book, species protection efforts. Our goal, with the help of threatened and "Watching Kansas Wildlife" was published by of the Kansas Society of CPA's, is to raise the endangered species The University Press of Kansas and is available amount of donations to the Chickadee Checkoff. and other animals for less than $10. It highlights the best places in This will be very important for matching federal on the state's Kansas to see deer, ospreys, eagles, elk, bison, dollars from the State Wildlife Grant Program. Be Species in Need of and hundreds of other interesting animals. This a part of the Chickadee Challenge and donate by Conservation list. can also be found at NaturalKansas.org. any of the methods shown. If you already The Checkoff has assisted with many nongame In 1998, the checkoff completed the Kansas contribute through your individual income tax habitat efforts. For several years the Chickadee Breeding Bird Atlas involving many amateur and form; thank you! We owe our accomplishments to Checkoff sponsored the Nursing Home Bird experienced birders across Kansas. This atlas you. Feeder Program with tremendous success. Over supplied valuable bird nesting information.