Evaluation of the Bird Conservation Area Concept in the Northern Tallgrass Prairie Annual Report: 2000

Appendix 1

**Appendix 1a:** Avian density/100 ha on study plots in Minnesota State Parks in 2000.
Buffalo River State Park west (large hostile)
Clay-colored Sparrow	131.2
Savannah Sparrow	68.7
Sedge Wren	50.0
Common Yellowthroat	43.7
Le Conte's Sparrow	25.0
Song Sparrow	25.0
Tree Swallow	18.7
Bobolink	18.7
American Kestrel	6.2
Northern Harrier	6.2
Western Meadowlark	6.2
Buffalo River State Park east (small hostile)
Tree Swallow	66.7
Clay-colored Sparrow	66.7
American Goldfinch	66.7
Eastern Kingbird	33.3
House Wren	33.3
Yellow Warbler	33.3
Song Sparrow	33.3
Brown-headed Cowbird	33.3

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**Appendix 1b:** Avian density/100 ha on study plots on properties of The Nature Conservancy in 2000.
Blazing Star (large neutral)
Le Conte's Sparrow	118.7
Savannah Sparrow	93.7
Tree Swallow	56.2
Clay-colored Sparrow	37.5
Grasshopper Sparrow	37.5
Bobolink	37.5
Common Yellowthroat	25.0
Marbled Godwit	6.2
Upland Sandpiper	6.2
Northern Harrier	6.2
Short-eared Owl	6.2
Barn Swallow	6.2
Western Meadowlark	6.2
Brown-headed Cowbird	6.2
Red-winged Blackbird	6.2
American Goldfinch	6.2
Bluestem LN (large neutral)
Clay-colored Sparrow	80.0
Savannah Sparrow	53.3
Le Conte's Sparrow	46.7
Bobolink	46.7
Common Yellowthroat	40.0
Grasshopper Sparrow	40.0
Yellow Warbler	26.7
Brown-headed Cowbird	20.0
American Goldfinch	13.3
Eastern Kingbird	6.7
Alder Flycatcher	6.7
Barn Swallow	6.7
Gray Catbird	6.7
Sedge Wren	6.7
Song Sparrow	6.7
Western Meadowlark	6.7
Bluestem LH (large hostile)
Clay-colored Sparrow	59.0
Savannah Sparrow	32.8
Le Conte's Sparrow	19.7
Song Sparrow	13.1
Brown-headed Cowbird	13.1
Northern Harrier	6.6
Gray Catbird	6.6
Common Yellowthroat	6.6
Margherita (large neutral)
Savannah Sparrow	191.7
Le Conte's Sparrow	141.7
Bobolink	50.0
Tree Swallow	25.0
Sedge Wren	25.0
Red-winged Blackbird	25.0
Western Meadowlark	16.7
Mallard	8.3
Marbled Godwit	8.3
Northern Harrier	8.3
Greater Prairie-Chicken	8.3
Grasshopper Sparrow	8.3
Brown-headed Cowbird	8.3
Pankratz LH (large hostile)
Le Conte's Sparrow	113.3
Savannah Sparrow	80.0
Sedge Wren	53.3
Clay-colored Sparrow	46.7
Bobolink	33.3
Common Yellowthroat	13.3
Common Snipe	6.7
Upland Sandpiper	6.7
Eastern Kingbird	6.7
Gray Catbird	6.7
Brown-headed Cowbird	6.7
Pankratz N (large neutral)
Savannah Sparrow	187.5
Le Conte's Sparrow	143.7
Bobolink	68.7
Sedge Wren	50.0
Red-winged Blackbird	12.5
Common Snipe	6.2
Upland Sandpiper	6.2
Short-eared Owl	6.2
Barn Swallow	6.2
Western Meadowlark	6.2
Pankratz S (large neutral)
Savannah Sparrow	168.7
Le Conte's Sparrow	168.7
Sedge Wren	137.5
Bobolink	50.0
Clay-colored Sparrow	25.0
Red-winged Blackbird	25.0
Mallard	6.2
Common Snipe	6.2
Greater Prairie-Chicken	6.2
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow	6.2
Western Meadowlark	6.2
Pembina Trail (large neutral)
Savannah Sparrow	162.5
Le Conte's Sparrow	75.0
Clay-colored Sparrow	43.7
Bobolink	37.5
Greater Prairie-Chicken	31.2
Sedge Wren	18.7
Western Meadowlark	18.7
Brown-headed Cowbird	18.7
Common Yellowthroat	12.5
Brewer's Blackbird	12.5
Killdeer	6.2
Common Snipe	6.2
Eastern Kingbird	6.2
Grasshopper Sparrow	6.2
Red-winged Blackbird	6.2
Rice-Elliott (large neutral)
Savannah Sparrow	181.2
Le Conte's Sparrow	68.7
Red-winged Blackbird	50.0
Bobolink	31.2
Sedge Wren	25.0
Mallard	6.2
Common Snipe	6.2
Greater Prairie-Chicken	6.2
Northern Harrier	6.2
American Kestrel	6.2
Short-eared Owl	6.2
Grasshopper Sparrow	6.2
Western Meadowlark	6.2
Zimmerman (small neutral)
Savannah Sparrow	185.7
Red-winged Blackbird	114.3
Bobolink	100.0
Le Conte's Sparrow	57.1
Clay-colored Sparrow	57.1
Marsh Wren	42.9
Common Grackle	42.9
Eastern Kingbird	28.6
Sora	14.3
Tree Swallow	14.3
Yellow Warbler	14.3
Swamp Sparrow	14.3
Brown-headed Cowbird	14.3

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**Appendix 1c:** Avian density/100 ha on study plots in Scientific and Natural Areas in 2000.
Bicentennial (large neutral)
Grasshopper Sparrow	93.7
Clay-colored Sparrow	75.0
Bobolink	37.5
Common Yellowthroat	18.7
Tree Swallow	12.5
Yellow Warbler	12.5
Western Meadowlark	12.5
Marbled Godwit	6.2
Upland Sandpiper	6.2
Eastern Kingbird	6.2
Barn Swallow	6.2
American Robin	6.2
Le Conte's Sparrow	6.2
Brown-headed Cowbird	6.2
Foxboro (small neutral)
Savannah Sparrow	266.7
Le Conte's Sparrow	66.7
Clay-colored Sparrow	33.3
Marbled Godwit	16.7
Common Snipe	16.7
Eastern Kingbird	16.7
Common Yellowthroat	16.7
Red-winged Blackbird	16.7

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**Appendix 1d:** Avian density/100 ha on study plots in Wildlife Management Areas in 2000.
Burnham (large hostile)
Le Conte's Sparrow	125.0
Savannah Sparrow	108.3
Bobolink	25.0
Sedge Wren	16.7
Yellow Warbler	16.7
Eastern Kingbird	8.3
Common Yellowthroat	8.3
Clay-colored Sparrow	8.3
Chicog LH (small hostile)
Clay-colored Sparrow	120.0
Savannah Sparrow	72.0
Bobolink	24.0
Marsh Wren	16.0
Red-winged Blackbird	16.0
Eastern Kingbird	8.0
Sedge Wren	8.0
Common Yellowthroat	8.0
Vesper Sparrow	8.0
Chicog SH (small hostile)
Savannah Sparrow	53.3
Common Snipe	26.7
Common Yellowthroat	26.7
Le Conte's Sparrow	26.7
Clay-colored Sparrow	26.7
American Goldfinch	26.7
Dugdale (small neutral)
Savannah Sparrow	133.3
Bobolink	66.7
Brewer's Blackbird	50.0
Red-winged Blackbird	33.3
Northern Harrier	16.7
Shypoke (small neutral)
Savannah Sparrow	116.7
Sedge Wren	66.7
Le Conte's Sparrow	33.3
Swamp Sparrow	33.3
Northern Flicker	16.7
Common Yellowthroat	16.7
Clay-colored Sparrow	16.7
Western Meadowlark	16.7
Mentor NW (small hostile)
Savannah Sparrow	100.0
Le Conte's Sparrow	100.0
Clay-colored Sparrow	66.7
Red-tailed Hawk	33.3
Mentor SE (small hostile)
Le Conte's Sparrow	137.1
Savannah Sparrow	80.0
Clay-colored Sparrow	45.7
Sedge Wren	34.3
Willow Flycatcher	11.4
Mentor SN (small neutral)
Savannah Sparrow	133.3
Le Conte's Sparrow	122.2
Sedge Wren	55.6
Clay-colored Sparrow	33.3
Bobolink	22.2
Brown-headed Cowbird	22.2
Common Snipe	11.1
Upland Sandpiper	11.1
Western Meadowlark	11.1
Red-winged Blackbird	11.1
Ulen (small hostile)
Le Conte's Sparrow	90.9
Savannah Sparrow	72.7
Clay-colored Sparrow	72.7
Bobolink	72.7
Barn Swallow	18.2
Tree Swallow	18.2
Common Yellowthroat	18.2
Yellow Warbler	18.2
Song Sparrow	18.2
Tilden (small hostile)
Clay-colored Sparrow	72.7
Grasshopper Sparrow	60.6
Savannah Sparrow	60.6
American Goldfinch	24.2
Barn Swallow	12.1
Bobolink	12.1
Western Meadowlark	12.1
Tympanuchus (large neutral)
Savannah Sparrow	175.0
Clay-colored Sparrow	68.7
Bobolink	50.0
Le Conte's Sparrow	43.7
Sedge Wren	18.7
Common Yellowthroat	18.7
Common Snipe	12.5
Western Meadowlark	12.5
Marbled Godwit	6.2
Upland Sandpiper	6.2
Grasshopper Sparrow	6.2

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**Appendix 1e:** Avian density/100 ha on study plots in Waterfowl Production Areas in 2000.
Eide (small neutral)
Mallard	100.0
Bobolink	100.0
Common Yellowthroat	50.0
Savannah Sparrow	50.0
Clay-colored Sparrow	50.0
Red-winged Blackbird	50.0
Flickertail (large hostile)
Clay-colored Sparrow	108.3
Le Conte's Sparrow	33.3
Common Yellowthroat	25.0
Savannah Sparrow	16.7
Song Sparrow	16.7
Bobolink	16.7
Barn Swallow	8.3
Eastern Kingbird	8.3
House Wren	8.3
Yellow Warbler	8.3
Hoykens (small neutral)
Savannah Sparrow	121.7
Clay-colored Sparrow	121.7
Red-winged Blackbird	121.7
Bobolink	69.6
Common Yellowthroat	52.2
Song Sparrow	34.8
Wood Duck	17.4
Killdeer	17.4
Common Snipe	17.4
Tree Swallow	17.4
Marsh Wren	17.4
Yellow Warbler	17.4
Le Conte's Sparrow	17.4
Swamp Sparrow	17.4
Brown-headed Cowbird	17.4
Fuglie (large hostile)
Bobolink	68.7
Bank Swallow	31.2
Sedge Wren	18.7
Savannah Sparrow	18.7
Eastern Kingbird	6.2
Clay-colored Sparrow	6.2
Private (small hostile)
Clay-colored Sparrow	88.9
Le Conte's Sparrow	66.7
Savannah Sparrow	66.7
Sedge Wren	44.4
Bobolink	44.4
Eastern Kingbird	22.2
Common Yellowthroat	22.2
American Goldfinch	22.2
Sagebraaten (small neutral)
Red-winged Blackbird	133.3
Bobolink	100.0
Common Yellowthroat	33.3
Marsh Wren	33.3
Song Sparrow	33.3
Swamp Sparrow	33.3
American Goldfinch	33.3
Spring Creek (small neutral)
Savannah Sparrow	94.1
Bobolink	58.8
Red-winged Blackbird	58.8
Clay-colored Sparrow	47.0
Common Yellowthroat	23.5
Sedge Wren	23.5
Le Conte's Sparrow	23.5
Barn Swallow	11.8
Marsh Wren	11.8
Western Meadowlark	11.8

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**Appendix 1f:** Avian density/100 ha on study plots in State Game Refuges in 2000.
Refuge (small neutral)
Savannah Sparrow	95.2
Grasshopper Sparrow	66.7
Clay-colored Sparrow	47.6
Le Conte's Sparrow	19.0
Mallard	9.5
Northern Harrier	9.5
Short-eared Owl	9.5
Sedge Wren	9.5
Song Sparrow	9.5
Bobolink	9.5
Western Meadowlark	9.5
Red-winged Blackbird	9.5
Brown-headed Cowbird	9.5
American Goldfinch	9.5

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**Appendix 1g:** Avian density/100 ha on study plots in Sheyenne National Grassland in 2000.
Camp (small hostile)
Grasshopper Sparrow	124.1
Clay-colored Sparrow	96.6
Bobolink	55.2
Eastern Kingbird	27.6
Common Yellowthroat	27.6
Field Sparrow	27.6
Vesper Sparrow	13.8
Western Meadowlark	13.8
Pileated (small hostile)
Clay-colored Sparrow	142.8
Grasshopper Sparrow	71.4
Vesper Sparrow	57.1
American Crow	28.6
American Goldfinch	28.6
Eastern Kingbird	14.3
Field Sparrow	14.3
Western Meadowlark	14.3
Surprise (small hostile)
Bobolink	133.3
Highway (large neutral)
Savannah Sparrow	150.0
Grasshopper Sparrow	62.5
Le Conte's Sparrow	37.5
Western Meadowlark	31.2
Brown-headed Cowbird	31.2
Yellow-headed Blackbird	25.0
Blue-winged Teal	18.7
Marbled Godwit	12.5
Eastern Kingbird	12.5
Bobolink	12.5
Red-winged Blackbird	12.5
Wilson's Phalarope	6.2
Killdeer	6.2
Common Snipe	6.2
Morning Dove	6.2
Marsh Wren	6.2
North (large neutral)
Bobolink	118.7
Grasshopper Sparrow	87.5
Savannah Sparrow	81.2
Western Meadowlark	43.7
Barn Swallow	37.5
Red-winged Blackbird	31.2
Le Conte's Sparrow	18.7
Mallard	6.2
Marbled Godwit	6.2
Upland Sandpiper	6.2
Plum (large neutral)
Savannah Sparrow	137.5
Grasshopper Sparrow	131.2
Western Meadowlark	31.2
Le Conte's Sparrow	25.0
Brown-headed Cowbird	18.7
Marbled Godwit	6.2
Barn Swallow	6.2
Eastern Kingbird	6.2
Bobolink	6.2
Southeast (large neutral)
Red-winged Blackbird	100.0
Savannah Sparrow	81.2
Le Conte's Sparrow	62.5
Bobolink	56.2
Clay-colored Sparrow	43.7
Wilson's Phalarope	31.2
Western Meadowlark	31.2
Sedge Wren	25.0
Barn Swallow	12.5
Common Yellowthroat	12.5
Northern Shoveler	6.2
Greater Prairie-Chicken	6.2
Common Grackle	6.2
Shrike (small hostile)
Clay-colored Sparrow	109.1
Barn Swallow	72.7
Eastern Kingbird	36.4
Warbling Vireo	36.4
Western Meadowlark	36.4
Brown-headed Cowbird	36.4
American Goldfinch	36.4
Eagle (large hostile)
Savannah Sparrow	100.0
Clay-colored Sparrow	85.7
Red-winged Blackbird	78.6
Bobolink	71.4
Grasshopper Sparrow	64.3
Le Conte's Sparrow	35.7
Common Grackle	35.7
Western Meadowlark	35.7
Brown-headed Cowbird	35.7
Common Yellowthroat	21.4
American Goldfinch	21.4
Common Snipe	14.3
Eastern Kingbird	14.3
Mallard	7.1
Northern Shoveler	7.1
Killdeer	7.1
Barn Swallow	7.1
Gray Catbird	7.1
Warbling Vireo	7.1
Yellow Warbler	7.1
Northern Oriole	7.1
Song Sparrow	7.1
Vesper Sparrow	7.1
Hammock (large hostile)
Bobolink	68.9
Grasshopper Sparrow	55.2
Savannah Sparrow	27.6
Red-winged Blackbird	27.6
Tree Swallow	20.7
Upland Sandpiper	13.8
Common Snipe	13.8
Sedge Wren	13.8
Le Conte's Sparrow	13.8
Western Meadowlark	13.8
Greater Prairie-Chicken	6.9
Eastern Kingbird	6.9
Clay-colored Sparrow	6.9
Brown-headed Cowbird	6.9
Savannah (large hostile)
Bobolink	106.2
Red-winged Blackbird	62.5
Savannah Sparrow	56.2
Grasshopper Sparrow	56.2
Brown-headed Cowbird	31.2
Blue-winged Teal	25.0
Wilson's Phalarope	18.7
Western Meadowlark	18.7
Green-winged Teal	12.5
Le Conte's Sparrow	12.5
Mallard	6.2
Northern Pintail	6.2
Killdeer	6.2
Barn Swallow	6.2
Clay-colored Sparrow	6.2
Common Grackle	6.2

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