United States Department of Agriculture BIRD STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION Forest ON THE Service CEDAR RIVER and GRAND RIVER Dakot a NATIONAL GRASSLANDS: Prairie Grasslands 2011 By Dan Svingen, David Griffiths, and Carolyn Griffiths 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................... 15 THE CHECKLIST AREA ........................................................................................................................ 15 VISITING THE CHECKLIST AREA ......................................................................................................... 17 WHERE TO BIRD ............................................................................................................................... 21 Humphrey Draw Wildlife Area ................................................................................................................ 21 Pasture 7 and Lemmon Lake GPA ........................................................................................................... 23 Pasture 8 ................................................................................................................................................. 24 Pasture 9 ................................................................................................................................................. 26 Shadehill Reservoir ................................................................................................................................. 27 Vobejda Lake Game Production Area ..................................................................................................... 29 BIRD-RELATED RESEARCH ................................................................................................................. 30 Baird’s Sparrow and Sprague’s Pipit Ecology .......................................................................................... 30 Birding ..................................................................................................................................................... 30 Breeding Bird Surveys ............................................................................................................................. 30 Burrowing Owl Monitoring ..................................................................................................................... 31 Christmas Bird Counts ............................................................................................................................. 32 Ferruginous Hawk Movements ............................................................................................................... 32 Grassland Bird Ecology ............................................................................................................................ 33 Grassland Bird Surveys ............................................................................................................................ 33 Nesting Raptors ....................................................................................................................................... 35 Sharp-tailed Grouse ................................................................................................................................ 35 Waterfowl Use of Stock Ponds................................................................................................................ 36 HOW TO USE THIS BOOK .................................................................................................................. 37 Abbreviations .......................................................................................................................................... 37 Abundance and Status ............................................................................................................................ 37 Habitats ................................................................................................................................................... 38 CROPLAND .............................................................................................................................................. 38 HAYFIELDS AND IDLE LANDS ................................................................................................................... 38 MIXED-GRASS PRAIRIE ............................................................................................................................ 38 WETLANDS .............................................................................................................................................. 39 2 Back to Top WOODLAND ............................................................................................................................................ 40 Locations ................................................................................................................................................. 40 Nesting Information ................................................................................................................................ 44 Nomenclature, Capitalization, Plurals, Etc. ............................................................................................. 44 Seasons ................................................................................................................................................... 45 Species Treated ....................................................................................................................................... 45 CORRECTIONS AND UPDATES ........................................................................................................... 46 SUMMARY CHECKLIST ...................................................................................................................... 47 ANNOTATED CHECKLIST ................................................................................................................... 55 NOTE: Put mouse on bird you wish to link to and CTRL+Click to go there. GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE ........................................................................................................ 55 SNOW GOOSE ......................................................................................................................................... 55 ROSS’S GOOSE ......................................................................................................................................... 55 CACKLING GOOSE .................................................................................................................................... 55 CANADA GOOSE ...................................................................................................................................... 55 TRUMPETER SWAN ................................................................................................................................. 56 TUNDRA SWAN ....................................................................................................................................... 56 WOOD DUCK ........................................................................................................................................... 56 GADWALL ................................................................................................................................................ 57 AMERICAN WIGEON ............................................................................................................................... 57 MALLARD ................................................................................................................................................ 57 BLUE-WINGED TEAL ................................................................................................................................ 57 CINNAMON TEAL .................................................................................................................................... 58 NORTHERN SHOVELER ............................................................................................................................ 58 NORTHERN PINTAIL ................................................................................................................................ 58 GREEN-WINGED TEAL ............................................................................................................................. 58 CANVASBACK .......................................................................................................................................... 59 REDHEAD ................................................................................................................................................. 59 RING-NECKED DUCK ................................................................................................................................ 59 GREATER SCAUP ...................................................................................................................................... 59 LESSER SCAUP ......................................................................................................................................... 60 3 Back to Top WHITE-WINGED SCOTER ......................................................................................................................... 60 LONG-TAILED DUCK ................................................................................................................................ 60 BUFFLEHEAD ..........................................................................................................................................