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Raccoon River Savanna Is So Named Because It Contains Hairstreak Birds Field Checklist for Raccoon River BCA __Ruby-crowned Kinglet __Nelson’s Sparrow __Eastern Meadowlark* * = confirmed or likely area breeder __Chimney Swift* __Fox Sparrow __Western Meadowlark* Iowa Wildlife Action Plan Migratory Species of Greatest __Ruby-throated Hummingbird* __Eastern Bluebird* __Song Sparrow* __Yellow-headed Blackbird* __Veery* __Rusty Blackbird Raccoon River Conservation Need __Swamp Sparrow* __Belted Kingfisher* __Gray-cheeked Thrush Iowa Wildlife Action Plan Nesting Species of Greatest __White-throated Sparrow __Brewer’s Blackbird __Swainson’s Thrush __Harris’s Sparrow __Common Grackle* Conservation Need __Red-headed Woodpecker* __Hermit Thrush __White-crowned Sparrow __Great-tailed Grackle Savanna __Red-bellied Woodpecker* __Wood Thrush* __Dark-eyed Junco __Brown-headed Cowbird* __Greater White-fronted Goose __Virginia Rail __Yellow-bellied Sapsucker __American Robin* __Orchard Oriole* __Snow Goose __Sora __Downy Woodpecker* __Summer Tanager* __Baltimore Oriole* __Ross’s Goose __Common Gallinule __Hairy Woodpecker* __Gray Catbird* __Scarlet Tanager* Bird Conservation Area __Cackling Goose __American Coot* __Northern Flicker* __Northern Mockingbird* __Northern Cardinal* __Purple Finch __Trumpeter Swan* __Pileated Woodpecker* __Brown Thrasher* __Rose-breasted Grosbeak* __House Finch* __Wood Duck* __Sandhill Crane __American Kestrel* __Blue Grosbeak* __Common Redpoll __Gadwall __Merlin __European Starling* __Indigo Bunting* __Pine Siskin __American Wigeon __Black-bellied Plover __Peregrine Falcon __Dickcissel* __American Goldfinch* __Mallard* __American Golden Plover __American Pipit __Blue-winged Teal* __Semipalmated Plover __Olive-sided Flycatcher __Bobolink* __House Sparrow* __Northern Shoveler __Killdeer* __Eastern Wood-Pewee* __Cedar Waxwing* __Red-winged Blackbird* __Northern Pintail __American Avocet __Yellow-bellied Flycatcher __Green-winged Teal* __Spotted Sandpiper* __Acadian Flycatcher* __Lapland Longspur __Canvasback __Solitary Sandpiper __Alder Flycatcher __Snow Bunting __Redhead __Greater Yellowlegs __Willow Flycatcher* __Ring-necked Duck __Willet __Least Flycatcher* __Ovenbird* __Greater Scaup __Lesser Yellowlegs __Eastern Phoebe* __Louisiana Waterthrush* __Lesser Scaup __Upland Sandpiper* __Vermilion Flycatcher __Northern Waterthrush __Bufflehead __Hudsonian Godwit __Great Crested Flycatcher* __Golden-winged Warbler __Hooded Merganser* __Marbled Godwit __Western Kingbird __Blue-winged Warbler __Common Merganser __Semipalmated Sandpiper __Eastern Kingbird* __Black-and-white Warbler __Red-breasted Merganser __Least Sandpiper __Prothonotary Warbler __Ruddy Duck __White-rumped Sandpiper __Loggerhead Shrike* __Tennessee Warbler __Baird’s Sandpiper __Northern Shrike __Orange-crowned Warbler __Northern Bobwhite* __Pectoral Sandpiper __Nashville Warbler —Gray Partridge* __Dunlin __Bell’s Vireo* __Mourning Warbler __Ring-necked Pheasant* __Stilt Sandpiper __Yellow-throated Vireo* __Kentucky Warbler __Wild Turkey* __Short-billed Dowitcher __Blue-headed Vireo __Common Yellowthroat* __Long-billed Dowitcher __Warbling Vireo* __American Redstart* __Pied-billed Grebe* __Wilson’s Snipe __Philadelphia Vireo __Cape May Warbler Ruby-throated Hummingbird __Horned Grebe __American Woodcock* __Red-eyed Vireo* __Cerulean Warbler Jim Durbin __Eared Grebe __Wilson’s Phalarope __Northern Parula* __Blue Jay* __Magnolia Warbler __American Crow* __Bay-breasted Warbler __Double-crested Cormorant __Bonaparte’s Gull Iowa Department of Natural Resources __American White Pelican __Franklin’s Gull __Blackburnian Warbler __Ring-billed Gull __Horned Lark* __Yellow Warbler* __Chestnut-sided Warbler 1436 255th St. __American Bittern __Herring Gull Boone, IA 50036 __Least Bittern __Caspian Tern __Purple Martin* __Blackpoll Warbler __Great Blue Heron* __Black Tern __Tree Swallow* __Palm Warbler Phone: (515) 432-2823 __Great Egret __Forster’s Tern __Northern Rough-winged Swallow* __Yellow-rumped Warbler Fax: (515) 432-2835 __Cattle Egret __Bank Swallow* __Yellow-throated Warbler* __Green Heron* __Rock Pigeon* __Cliff Swallow* __Black-throated Green Warbler __Black-crowned Night-Heron __Eurasian Collared Dove* __Barn Swallow* __Canada Warbler Federal and State law prohibits employment and/or public ac- __Mourning Dove* __Wilson’s Warbler commodation (such as access to services or physical facilities) __Turkey Vulture* __Black-capped Chickadee* __Yellow-breasted Chat discrimination on the basis of age, color, creed, disability (mental __Tufted Titmouse* __Yellow-billed Cuckoo* and/or physical), gender identity, national origin, pregnancy, __Red-breasted Nuthatch* __Spotted Towhee __Osprey __Black-billed Cuckoo* race, religion, sex or sexual orientation. If you believe you have __White-breasted Nuthatch* __Eastern Towhee* __Bald Eagle* been discriminated against in any program, activity or facility as __Nothern Harrier* __Barn Owl* __Brown Creeper __American Tree Sparrow __Chipping Sparrow* described above, or if you desire further information, contact the __Sharp-shinned Hawk __Eastern Screech-Owl* Iowa Civil Rights Commission at 1-800-457-4416, or write to: __Cooper’s Hawk* __Great Horned Owl* __Carolina Wren* __Clay Colored Sparrow* __House Wren* __Field Sparrow* Director, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Wallace State __Northern Goshawk __Snowy Owl Office Building, 502 E. 9th, Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0034. __Red-shouldered Hawk* __Barred Owl* __Winter Wren __Vesper Sparrow* Photo by Doug Harr __Broad-winged Hawk* __Long-eared Owl __Sedge Wren* __Lark Sparrow* __Swainson’s Hawk __Short-eared Owl __Marsh Wren* __Savannah Sparrow* __Blue-gray Gnatcatcher* __Grasshopper Sparrow* Produced by Erica Eaves, AmeriCorps, Bruce Ehresman, and __Red-tailed Hawk* __Northern Saw-Whet Owl Shane Patterson, AmeriCorps, 2012 Carroll and Guthrie __Rough-legged Hawk __Common Nighthawk* __Henslow’s Sparrow Updated by Julia Dale, AmeriCorps, 2014 __Eastern Whip-poor-will* __Golden-crowned Kinglet __Le Conte’s Sparrow Counties the emergence of national and international programs RACCOON RIVER DIVERSITY butterfly, an Iowa Species of dedicated to the conservation of game and non-game Edwards’ Greatest Conservation Need, Raccoon River Savanna is so named because it contains Hairstreak birds. Since 1999, bird conservation organizations and valuable savanna habitat. This unique landscape is throughout the open oak enthusiasts have worked together under an umbrella characterized by sprawling oaks interspersed with healthy savannas. The Gorgone called the North American Bird Conservation Initiative grasslands and gives modern visitors an idea of what Checkerspot butterfly flutters to “conserve all birds in all much of Iowa looked like before European settlement. among the asters and habitats.” As part of this Several species of plants and sunflowers in mesic prairies, initiative and in an effort to animals rely on savanna, and as does the Plains Clubtail Raccoon River protect dwindling populations many are rarely found outside of dragonfly. The Northern Prairie Skink finds cover in this of many Iowa birds, the Bird this type of habitat. region’s rocky kames. Wet savanna provides habitat for Conservation Area (BCA) Cope’s Gray Tree Frog and Northern Leopard Frog. PLANTS Northern Mockingbird program was established by Keep an eye on the ground for a scurrying Meadow Vole, Doug Harr the Iowa DNR Wildlife Because the Raccoon River and listen for the chatter of both Fox and Gray Squirrels Bureau in 2001. The present Savanna boasts a mixture of throughout the wooded portions of this BCA. The Raccoon River Savanna model BCA encompasses at least 10,000 acres of public grasslands, woodlands, and Northern Prairie Skink Bird Conservation Area and/or private lands with approximately 25 percent of savanna, a variety of species can Photo by Jeff LeClere www.HerpNet.net (BCA), dedicated in 2006, the area established as key bird habitat. This concept is be found on even a short Prairie Blazing Star Bruce Ehresman was the tenth to be created backed by research that suggests viable bird populations excursion. One may encounter in the state of Iowa. require conservation Indian Grass, Prairie Blazing Star, Totaling 54,361 acres, this efforts at a landscape- Purple Prairie Clover, or Butterfly Milkweed in the large land tract encompasses oriented level. Each BCA prairies. Species such as Little Bluestem, Pennsylvania three core areas in which also includes a large Sedge, Side-oats CORE conservation measures can “core” area of protected Grama, Virginia be targeted: Whiterock Northern Bobwhite high-quality habitat. Wild Rye, and ©2008 Jenni Dyar Conservancy, Springbrook Surrounding this core are Bur Oak typify PARTNERSHIPS State Park, and Elk Grove Wildlife Area. This the first private lands, plus the savanna Partners in creating the Raccoon River Savanna BCA Iowa BCA to focus on savanna, often likened to a additional public tracts, A BCA Model: Shaded areas habitat. Oak and include Whiterock Conservancy, the Iowa Natural transition zone between all managed to provide depict public habitat protected for hickory species Heritage Foundation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Grasshopper Sparrow good bird habitat. dominate the prairie and forest that is Butterfly Milkweed Jim Durbin the Natural Resource Conservation Service, Saving Our crucial for many of Iowa’s Bruce Ehresman woodlands, and IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS Avian Resources, the Iowa Department of Natural birds. As many as one-third Solomon’s Seal, The Important Bird Areas (IBA) Program is a global Resources, Iowa Audubon,
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