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I Vertebrate Animals of Lake Meredith National Recreation Area and Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument Potter, Moore, and Hutchinson Counties, Texas VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF LAKE MEREDITH NATIONAL RECREATION AREA AND ALIBATES FLINT QUARRIES NATIONAL MONUMENT POTTER, MOORE, AND HUTCHINSON COUNTIES, TEXAS RESULTS OF A 2001-2003 ZOOLOGICAL INVENTORY AND RELATED RESEARCH AND REVIEWS FINAL REPORT 10 JUNE, 2004 (REVISED DECEMBER 12, 2004) REPORT PREPARED BY MICHAEL PATRIKEEV TEXAS CONSERVATION DATA CENTER THE NATURE CONSERVANCY FOR THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE i TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................................1 STUDY OBJECTIVES ....................................................................................................................................................1 DOCUMENTATION STANDARDS..................................................................................................................................1 VOUCHER STANDARDS ..............................................................................................................................................1 STUDY AREA..............................................................................................................................................................3 METHODS...................................................................................................................................................................4 FISH SURVEYS............................................................................................................................................................4 AMPHIBIANS, REPTILES, AND MAMMALS...................................................................................................................4 AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES ONLY .............................................................................................................................5 MAMMALS ONLY .......................................................................................................................................................6 BIRDS.........................................................................................................................................................................8 SAMPLING EFFORT AND ACCESS................................................................................................................................8 PERMITS.....................................................................................................................................................................9 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION..................................................................................................................................9 GENERAL ...................................................................................................................................................................9 FISHES (17 SPECIES)...................................................................................................................................................9 AMPHIBIANS (9 SPECIES)..........................................................................................................................................12 REPTILES (27 SPECIES) .............................................................................................................................................15 BREEDING BIRDS (72 SPECIES).................................................................................................................................22 WINTERING GRASSLAND BIRDS...............................................................................................................................33 MAMMALS (32 SPECIES)...........................................................................................................................................33 SPECIES POTENTIALLY OCCURRING ON THE PARKS..............................................................................40 FISHES......................................................................................................................................................................40 AMPHIBIANS ............................................................................................................................................................40 REPTILES..................................................................................................................................................................41 BREEDING BIRDS .....................................................................................................................................................42 MAMMALS ...............................................................................................................................................................44 CONCLUSIONS........................................................................................................................................................45 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY ..............................................................................................45 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ......................................................................................................................................46 REFERENCES ..........................................................................................................................................................47 APPENDIX 1. UTM coordinates and elevation of fish sample sites..........................................................................49 APPENDIX 2. Descriptions of fish sample sites........................................................................................................50 APPENDIX 3. UTM Coordinates and elevation of coverboard survey sites .............................................................52 APPENDIX 4. Coverboard surveys (2002-2003 overall results) ...............................................................................54 APPENDIX 5. Coverboard check forms ....................................................................................................................57 APPENDIX 6. Results of small mammal trapping in northern section of LAMR, October 22-24, 2002 ..................71 APPENDIX 7. Description and location of small mammal stations (SMS) and small mammal traps (SMT) ...........74 APPENDIX 8: Gopher surveys at LAMR..................................................................................................................75 ii APPENDIX 9. Results of 2002-2003 remote camera surveys....................................................................................76 APPENDIX 10. Results of spotlight surveys (2002)..................................................................................................76 APPENDIX 11. Breeding bird surveys: variable circular plots (May-July, 2002).....................................................77 APPENDIX 12. Winter Grassland Bird Surveys: physical/vegetation description for 3-ha plots..............................79 APPENDIX 13. Coordinates and elevation of 3-ha plot corners for winter grassland bird surveys...........................80 APPENDIX 14. Winter grassland bird transect descriptions......................................................................................83 APPENDIX 15. UTM coordinates and elevation of winter grassland transect points................................................84 APPENDIX 16. List of vertebrates recorded in Lake Meredith National Recreation Area, Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument, and adjacent areas (Texas Panhandle) in 2001-2003.................................................................85 APPENDIX 17. Results of fish surveys at LAMR in 2003 ........................................................................................90 APPENDIX 18. Results of 3 hectare winter grassland bird plot surveys (December, 2001 to January, 2002). .........92 APPENDIX 19. Results of winter grassland bird transects (February, 2002) ............................................................93 APPENDIX 20. Small mammal trapping forms.........................................................................................................94 APPENDIX 21. List of vertebrates collected in Lake Meredith National Recreation Area and Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument in 2002-2003..............................................................................................................105 APPENDIX 22. Changes in ichthyofauna of the Canadian River from mid-1950s to early 2000s..........................106 APPENDIX 23. Coordinates of camera points.........................................................................................................108 APPENDIX 24. Coordinates of amphibian auditory survey points.............................................................108 APPENDIX 25. Coordinates of variable circular plots (VCP) center points (breeding bird surveys) ......109 APPENDIX 26. Photographic voucher collection……………………………………………..………110 iii Vertebrate Animals of Lake Meredith National Recreation Area and Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument Potter, Moore, and Hutchinson Counties, Texas I N T R O D U C T I O N This project was undertaken by the Texas Conservation Data Center (TxCDC), as a part of a larger project with the National Park Service (NPS) and the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) to perform inventories of vascular plants and vertebrate animals. The project’s basis was the “Study Plan
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