Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Breeding Range.(Fig. 38). Uncommon in the Turtle Mountains and in the badlands and ravines (including Killdeer Mountains) along the Little Missouri River; rare in the wooded valleys along the Red River and its tributaries, along the James River and Mouse River, and along the stretch of the Missouri River that extends downstream from Garrison Dam to a point about 10 miles below Bismarck.
Breeding Habitat. Brushy woodlands and wood margins that occur on the floodplains of major streams and in upland draws or on slopes of hills and escarpments.
Nesting. A nest with three small young, located on August 7, 1918 near Oakdale in Dunn County, was situated about 7 feet above the ground in a small bur oak (Gabrielson and Jewett 1924). On the J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge in McHenry County a nest was found on June 9, 1936 (C. J. Henry). Excited breeding pairs, obviously defending their nesting territories, were closely observed on June 20, 1962 in the ponderosa pine forest of Slope County (near the Burning Coal Vein) and on June 19, 1964 within a stand of Rocky Mountain cedar in the south unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Billings County (RES).
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| Figure 38. Breeding Range of Sharp-shinned Hawk. |
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