Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Breeding Range. (Fig. 127). Abundant in the Turtle Mountains, in the Pembina Hills (within Cavalier, Pembina, and Walsh Counties), and in the wooded deltaic sand area of western Pembina County; fairly common in wooded valleys along the Sheyenne River (extending upstream to central Eddy County), along other tributaries of the Red River (including Goose, Forest, Park, Tongue, and Pembina rivers), in the vicinity of wooded hills and wood-bordered lakes of the Devils Lake-Stump Lake area (within Ramsey, Benson, Nelson, Eddy, and Griggs Counties), in wooded valleys along the Mouse and Des Lacs rivers (within McHenry, Ward, and Renville Counties), along the Missouri River below Garrison Dam (extending downstream to a point about 6 miles below Bismarck), in the vicinity of the Killdeer Mountains (including nearby wooded buttes and portions of the Little Missouri River valley in Dunn and McKenzie Counties), and in wooded valleys along the White Earth River and Little Knife River (within Mountrail County); rare or uncommon and local elsewhere--recorded during recent years in the vicinity of Beaver Lake in Logan County, in wooded ravines of the Prairie Coteau in Sargent County, along the James River (about 4 miles downstream from Jamestown), at Pleasant Lake in Benson County, along Antler Creek in Bottineau County, in wooded ravines of the Missouri Coteau in Burke County, and along the Missouri River in McKenzie County.
During 1967-1969, 14 active nests were found in the Turtle Mountains by Calvin Cink.
Breeding Habitat. Breeding pairs are largely restricted to moist (mesophytic) deciduous forests that occur in sheltered ravines or to lowland deciduous forests occurring in swamps or on poorly drained river floodplains. A few pairs also were found breeding in some of the more mature tree-claims of eastern North Dakota. Ordinarily, a shrub understory is an important habitat component for this species.
Nesting. Probable breeding season: Late May to late July. Extreme egg dates (4 nests): June 6 [1873] in Pembina County (Coues 1874) to June 15 [1895) in Rolette County (Bishop egg collection catalog, Peabody Museum).
Four nests were situated as follows: one on the ground in open woods, and one in a cavity on top of small stump (Bishop egg collection catalog, Peabody Museum); one, 2 1/2 feet above ground on top of stump (E. T. Judd); and one on a small heap of decayed leaves supported by lower branches of a bush (Coues 1874).
Indicated clutch size (4 nests): 4 to 5 eggs; mean, 4.2 eggs.
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| Figure 127. Breeding Range of Veery. |
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