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Sedan Bottoms Field Checklist for Sedan Bottoms BCA __Franklin’s Gull __White-eyed Vireo* __Blue-winged Warbler __Le Conte’s Sparrow * = confirmed or likely area breeder __Ring-billed Gull __Bell’s Vireo* __Black-and-white Warbler __Nelson’s Sparrow Iowa Wildlife Action Plan Migratory Species of Greatest __Herring Gull __Yellow-throated Vireo* __Prothonotary Warbler* __Fox Sparrow Sedan Bottoms Conservation Need __Blue-headed Vireo __Tennessee Warbler __Song Sparrow* Iowa Wildlife Action Plan Nesting Species of Greatest __Caspian Tern __Warbling Vireo* __Orange-crowned Warbler __Lincoln’s Sparrow Conservation Need __Black Tern __Philadelphia Vireo __Nashville Warbler __Swamp Sparrow* __Forster’s Tern __Red-eyed Vireo* __Mourning Warbler __White-throated Sparrow Bird Conservation Area __Greater White-fronted Goose __Turkey Vulture* __Kentucky Warbler* __Harris’s Sparrow __Snow Goose __Osprey __Rock Pigeon* __Blue Jay* __Common Yellowthroat* __White-crowned Sparrow __Ross’s Goose __Bald Eagle* __Eurasian Collared Dove* __American Crow* __Hooded Warbler __Dark-eyed Junco __Cackling Goose __Nothern Harrier* __Mourning Dove* __American Redstart* __Canada Goose* __Sharp-shinned Hawk __Yellow-billed Cuckoo* __Horned Lark* __Cape May Warbler __Summer Tanager* __Trumpeter Swan* __Cooper’s Hawk* __Black-billed Cuckoo* __Purple Martin* __Cerulean Warbler* __Scarlet Tanager* __Wood Duck* __Northern Goshawk __Tree Swallow* __Northern Parula* __Northern Cardinal* __Gadwall* __Red-shouldered Hawk* __Barn Owl __Northern Rough-winged Swallow* __Magnolia Warbler __Rose-breasted Grosbeak* __American Wigeon __Broad-winged Hawk __Eastern Screech-Owl* __Bank Swallow* __Blackburnian Warbler __Blue Grosbeak* __Mallard* __Swainson’s Hawk __Great Horned Owl* __Cliff Swallow* __Yellow Warbler* __Indigo Bunting* __Blue-winged Teal* __Red-tailed Hawk* __Barred Owl* __Barn Swallow* __Chestnut-sided Warbler __Dickcissel* __Cinnamon Teal __Rough-legged Hawk __Long-eared Owl __Blackpoll Warbler __Northern Shoveler __Golden Eagle __Short-eared Owl __Black-capped Chickadee* __Palm Warbler __Bobolink* __Northern Pintail __Northern Saw-Whet Owl __Tufted Titmouse* __Yellow-rumped Warbler __Red-winged Blackbird* __Green-winged Teal __Yellow Rail __Red-breasted Nuthatch __Yellow-throated Warbler __Eastern Meadowlark* __Canvasback __King Rail __Common Nighthawk __White-breasted Nuthatch* __Black-throated Green Warbler __Western Meadowlark* __Redhead __Virginia Rail __Chick-will’s Widow __Brown Creeper __Canada Warbler __Yellow-headed Blackbird __Ring-necked Duck* __Sora __Carolina Wren* __Wilson’s Warbler __Rusty Blackbird __Lesser Scaup __American Coot* __Eastern Whip-poor-will* __House Wren* __Yellow-breasted Chat* __Brewer’s Blackbird __Greater Scaup __Sandhill Crane __Chimney Swift* __Winter Wren __Common Grackle* __Bufflehead __Ruby-throated Hummingbird* __Sedge Wren* __Spotted Towhee __Great-tailed Grackle __Common Goldeneye __Black-bellied Plover __Belted Kingfisher* __Marsh Wren __Eastern Towhee* __Brown-headed Cowbird* __Hooded Merganser* __American Golden-Plover __Blue-gray Gnatcatcher* __American Tree Sparrow __Orchard Oriole* __Common Merganser __Semipalmated Plover __Red-headed Woodpecker* __Chipping Sparrow* __Baltimore Oriole* __Ruddy Duck __Killdeer* __Red-bellied Woodpecker* __Golden-crowned Kinglet __Clay Colored Sparrow __Black-necked Stilt __Yellow-bellied Sapsucker __Ruby-crowned Kinglet __Field Sparrow* __Purple Finch __Northern Bobwhite* __American Avocet __Downy Woodpecker* __Vesper Sparrow* __House Finch* __Ring-necked Pheasant* __Spotted Sandpiper* __Hairy Woodpecker* __Eastern Bluebird* __Lark Sparrow* __Pine Siskin __Wild Turkey* __Solitary Sandpiper __Northern Flicker* __Veery __Savannah Sparrow* __American Goldfinch* __Greater Yellowlegs __Pileated Woodpecker* __Gray-cheeked Thrush __Grasshopper Sparrow* __Pied-billed Grebe* __Lesser Yellowlegs __Swainson’s Thrush __Henslow’s Sparrow* __House Sparrow* __Horned Grebe __Upland Sandpiper* __American Kestrel* __Hermit Thrush __Hudsonian Godwit __Merlin __Wood Thrush* Iowa Department of Natural Resources __Double-crested Cormorant __Marbled Godwit __Peregrine Falcon __American Robin* __American White Pelican __Semipalmated Sandpiper __Gray Catbird* __Least Sandpiper __Olive-sided Flycatcher __Northern Mockingbird* 1436 255th St. __American Bittern __White-rumped Sandpiper __Eastern Wood-Pewee* __Brown Thrasher* Boone, IA 50036 __Least Bittern __Baird’s Sandpiper __Yellow-bellied Flycatcher __European Starling* Phone:(515)432-2823 __Great Blue Heron* __Pectoral Sandpiper __Acadian Flycatcher* __American Pipit Fax:(515) 432-2835 __Great Egret __Buff-breasted Sandpiper __Alder Flycatcher __Cedar Waxwing* Federal and State law prohibits employment and/or public __Little Blue Heron __Short-billed Dowitcher __Willow Flycatcher* __Lapland Longspur accommodation (such as access to services or physical facilities) __Cattle Egret __Long-billed Dowitcher __Least Flycatcher __Smith’s Longspur discrimination on the basis of age, color, creed, disability (mental and/ __Green Heron* __Wilson’s Snipe __Eastern Phoebe* or physical), gender identity, national origin, pregnancy, race, religion, __Black-crowned Night-Heron __American Woodcock* __Great Crested Flycatcher* __Ovenbird* sex or sexual orientation. If you believe you have been discriminated __Yellow-crowned Night-Heron __Wilson’s Phalarope __Eastern Kingbird* __Worm-eating Warbler against in any program, activity or facility as described above, or if you desire further information, contact the Iowa Civil Rights Commission at __Red-necked Phalarope __Louisiana Waterthrush* 1-800-457-4416, or write to: Director, Iowa Department of Natural __White-faced Ibis __Loggerhead Shrike* __Northern Waterthrush Resources, Wallace State Office Building, 502 E. 9th, Des Moines, __Bonaparte’s Gull __Northern Shrike __Golden-winged Warbler Iowa 50319-0034. Appanoose County BIRD CONSERVATION AREAS SEDAN BOTTOMS DIVERSITY Alongside the PLANTS myriads of Within the last two decades, alarming declines in a invertebrates, large number of species of North American birds Nestled within the Southern Iowa Drift many reptiles, have led to the emergence of national and amphibians, and Plain, the rolling Diamondback Water Snake international programs dedicated to the mammals make conservation of game and non-game birds. Since hills of the Sedan Photo courtesy of Jeff LeClere Bottoms BCA are Sedan Bottoms www.HerpNet.net 1999, bird conservation organizations and their home. enthusiasts have worked together under an juxtaposed with the Sedan Bottoms Chariton River, Western Ribbon Snake and Prairie Ringneck umbrella called the North American Bird Snake can each be observed hunting small prey Conservation Initiative to “conserve all birds in all setting the stage for a wide range of plant communities. Cattails and in their respective habitats. In addition to the habitats.” As part of this initiative and in an effort ubiquitous Northern Water Snake, the to protect dwindling populations of many Iowa many species of rushes, sedges, and colorful smartweeds characterize the wetlands, while Diamondback Water Snake (a state-threatened Dedicated in 2013, the Sedan Bottoms Bird birds, the Bird Conservation Area (BCA) species recently noted here), might allow for a Conservation Area (BCA) spreads across a large program was established by the Iowa DNR familiar grasses like Big Bluestem, Little Bluestem, Side-oats Grama, and Indiangrass very rare glimpse. And with a bit of luck, a and varied portion of southern Appanoose Wildlife Bureau in 2001. watchful eye could also spot an elusive Badger County. With an array of prairies, savannas, blanket the prairies. Oak-hickory woodlands come alive each spring with profusions of ephemeral prowling low in the meadows or a furtive forests, and floodplains, this 37,070 acre region, The present model BCA encompasses at least wildflowers, and savannas brighten the late- Meadow Jumping Mouse bounding through tall, of which over 20% is permanently protected, 10,000 acres of public and/or private lands with summer landscape with diverse blooms of forbs. dense grasses. offers important habitat to many birds. In fact, of approximately 25 percent of the area established as the 253 bird species key bird habitat. Black-crowned Night-Heron ANIMALS A list of Iowa’s Species of Greatest Conservation documented in this This concept is Photo by Carl Kurtz Sedan Bottoms has an impressive, growing list of Need (SGCN) is found at www.iowadnr.gov by BCA thus far, 73 are backed by research entering “Wildlife Action Plan” in the search. If currently classified as that suggests viable insects. In sunny spots, sought-after butterflies are CORE you encounter any uncommon or rare species in Species of Greatest bird populations attracted to nectar sources of Prairie Blazing Star, Wild Bergamot, and various milkweed species in this BCA, please contact the Wildlife Diversity Conservation Need require conservation Program to report your sightings. (SGCN). The efforts at a summer. Careful inspection of native meadows, savannas, and restored grasslands in the BCA landscape-oriented PARTNERSHIPS support declining prairies could reveal the level. Each BCA A BCA Model: Shaded areas nesters like Northern should also include a depict public habitat protected for bright yellow-orange Byssus Harrier, Henslow’s large “core” area of birds; white is private land. Skipper perching alertly Sparrow, and Bobolink. Lowlands entice protected high-quality habitat. Surrounding this amongst grasses. Around migrant
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