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

Appendix 2

**Appendix 2a:** Number of nests found, number of nests successful, and number of nests parasitized by Brown-headed Cowbirds in Waterfowl Production areas in 2000.
Species	No. found	No. successful	No. parasitized by cowbirds
Hoykens (small neutral)
Mallard	3	3	0
Blue-winged Teal	2	1	0
Redhead	1	0	0
Marsh Wren	1	1	0
Savannah Sparrow	2	1	0
Song Sparrow	1	?	0
Swamp Sparrow	1	1	0
Bobolink	2	0	0
Red-winged Blackbird	1	1	0
Private (small hostile)
Eastern Kingbird	1	?	0
Sedge Wren	1	1	0
Clay-colored Sparrow	3	3	0
Song Sparrow	1	1	0
Refuge (small neutral)
Mallard	1	0	0
Savannah Sparrow	4	1	0
Clay-colored Sparrow	4	1	0
Western Meadowlark	2	0	1
Dickcissel	1	1	0
Red-winged Blackbird	1	0	0
American Goldfinch	2	?	0
Spring Creek (small neutral)
Blue-winged Teal	2	2	0
Savannah Sparrow	3	2	0
Clay-colored Sparrow	3	0	0
Bobolink	3	1	0
Red-winged Blackbird	2	2	0

**Appendix 2b:** Number of nests found, number of nests successful, and number of nests parasitized by Brown-headed Cowbirds in study plots on properties of The Nature Conservancy in 2000.
Species	No. found	No. successful	No. parasitized by cowbirds
Bluestem LH (large hostile)
Yellow Warbler	1	0	0
Le Conte's Sparrow	1	0	0
Song Sparrow	2	2	0
Clay-colored Sparrow	17	2	1
Bluestem LN (large neutral)
Mallard	2	0	0
Upland Sandpiper	1	?	0
Northern Harrier	1	0	0
Gray Catbird	2	0	0
Yellow Warbler	2	0	0
Le Conte's Sparrow	2	0	0
Savannah Sparrow	10	3	1
Song Sparrow	1	0	1
Clay-colored Sparrow	12	6	0
Bobolink	3	1	0
Pankratz east (large hostile)
Savannah Sparrow	3	2	0
Clay-colored Sparrow	6	6	0
Bobolink	2	0	0
Pankratz north (large neutral)
Upland Sandpiper	1	0	0
Greater Prairie-Chicken	1	0	0
Sedge Wren	1	0	0
Le Conte's Sparrow	1	?	0
Savannah Sparrow	26	13	0
Bobolink	5	0	0
Red-winged Blackbird	1	0	0
Pankratz south (large neutral)
Mallard	2	2	0
Marbled Godwit	1	0	0
Sedge Wren	4	4	0
Le Conte's Sparrow	1	?	0
Savannah Sparrow	28	13	1
Clay-colored Sparrow	1	0	1
Bobolink	3	0	0
Red-winged Blackbird	3	1	1

**Appendix 2c:** Number of nests found, number of nests successful, and number of nests parasitized by Brown-headed Cowbirds in study plots in Scientific and Natural Areas in 2000.
Species	No. found	No. successful	No. parasitized by cowbirds
Bicentennial (large neutral)
Upland Sandpiper	1	1	0
Greater Prairie-Chicken	2	0	0
Eastern Kingbird	1	1	0
Clay-colored Sparrow	16	5	0
Bobolink	3	1	0
American Goldfinch	1	?	0
Foxboro (small neutral)
Savannah Sparrow	25	11	0
Clay-colored Sparrow	6	0	0

**Appendix 2d:** Number of nests found, number of nests successful, and number of nests parasitized by Brown-headed Cowbirds in study plots in Minnesota State Parks in 2000.
Species	No. found	No. successful	No. parasitized by cowbirds
Buffalo (large hostile)
Tree Swallow	1	1	0
Common Yellowthroat	3	0	0
Le Conte's Sparrow	1	0	0
Savannah Sparrow	3	1	0
Song Sparrow	2	1	0
Clay-colored Sparrow	17	3	0
Bobolink	1	1	0
American Goldfinch	2	?	0

**Appendix 2e:** Number of nests found, number of nests successful, and number of nests parasitized by Brown-headed Cowbirds in Wildlife Management Areas in 2000.
Species	No. found	No. successful	No. parasitized by cowbirds
Burnham (large hostile)
Le Conte's Sparrow	2	1	0
Savannah Sparrow	14	2	0
Clay-colored Sparrow	2	0	0
Dugdale (small neutral)
Upland Sandpiper	1	0	0
Savannah Sparrow	3	2	0
Bobolink	2	0	0
Red-winged Blackbird	2	0	0
Brewer's Blackbird	9	2	1
Mentor (small hostile)
Le Conte's Sparrow	1	0	0
Savannah Sparrow	7	3	0
Clay-colored Sparrow	3	2	0
Mentor (small neutral)
Upland Sandpiper	4	1	0
Greater Prairie-Chicken	1	0	0
Sedge Wren	1	0	0
Savannah Sparrow	9	5	0
Clay-colored Sparrow	2	1	0
Bobolink	2		0
Western Meadowlark	1	0	0
Shypoke (small neutral)
Savannah Sparrow	8	5	0
Western Meadowlark	1	1	0
Red-winged Blackbird	1	0	0
Tilden (small hostile)
Grasshopper Sparrow	1	1	0
Savannah Sparrow	3	0	0
Clay-colored Sparrow	3	1	0
Bobolink	1	1	0
Tympanuchus (large neutral)
Greater Prairie-Chicken	1	1	0
Mallard	1	0	0
Northern Harrier	1	0	0
Savannah Sparrow	15	8	1
Clay-colored Sparrow	4	0	0
Bobolink	5	0	0
Ulen (small hostile)
Yellow Warbler	3	2	0
Savannah Sparrow	3	1	0
Song Sparrow	3	3	0
Clay-colored Sparrow	13	4	0
Bobolink	6	1	1

**Appendix 2f:** Number of nests found, number of nests successful, and number of nests parasitized by Brown-headed Cowbirds on study plots in Sheyenne National Grassland in 2000.
Species	No. found	No. successful	No. parasitized by cowbirds
Camp (small hostile)
Morning Dove	1	0	0
Eastern Kingbird	1	0	0
Vesper Sparrow	2	1	0
Field Sparrow	6	4	0
Lark Sparrow	1	?	0
Clay-colored Sparrow	18	5	0
Bobolink	4	0	0
Eagle Point (large hostile)
Blue-winged Teal	1	0	0
Northern Shoveler	1	0	0
Morning Dove	4	0	0
Eastern Kingbird	3	1	0
Common Yellowthroat	1	0	0
Yellow Warbler	1	0	0
Grasshopper Sparrow	5	3	0
Vesper Sparrow	1	0	0
Savannah Sparrow	7	2	0
Clay-colored Sparrow	22	6	5
Bobolink	3	0	0
Western Meadowlark	2	0	0
Red-winged Blackbird	6	3	2
Highway (large neutral)
Blue-winged Teal	5	1	0
Green-winged Teal	1	0	0
Northern Shoveler	1	0	0
Marbled Godwit	1	0	0
Wilson's Phalarope	4	0	0
Morning Dove	1	1	0
Savannah Sparrow	11	4	6
Western Meadowlark	4	1	1
Red-winged Blackbird	3	2	1
Yellow-headed Blackbird	1	0	0
Savannah (large hostile)
Blue-winged Teal	1	1	0
Green-winged Teal	1	1	0
Northern Shoveler	1	0	0
Common Snipe	1	0	0
Morning Dove	2	0	0
Grasshopper Sparrow	1	1	0
Vesper Sparrow	1	0	0
Savannah Sparrow	4	3	0
Clay-colored Sparrow	4	0	0
Bobolink	6	0	0
Western Meadowlark	3	1	0
Red-winged Blackbird	1	1	0
American Goldfinch	1	?	0
North (large neutral)
Mallard	4	2	0
Blue-winged Teal	3	0	0
Savannah Sparrow	2	0	0
Bobolink	9	8	0
Western Meadowlark	2	1	0
Red-winged Blackbird	3	2	0
Plum (large neutral)
Mallard	1	0	0
Upland Sandpiper	1	0	0
Grasshopper Sparrow	2	0	0
Savannah Sparrow	20	7	7
Western Meadowlark	6	0	1
Pileated (small hostile)
Clay-colored Sparrow	16	6	0
Vesper Sparrow	6	4	0
Lark Sparrow	2	1	0
Field Sparrow	10	5	0
Chipping Sparrow	1	1	0
Shrike (small hostile)
Morning Dove	1	0	0
Clay-colored Sparrow	2	1	1