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

Table 3

Table 3.  Numbers of nests found, by study area, in 1998-2000, ordered by total number.
Species Crookston Glyndon Sheyenne Total  All
1998 1999 2000 1998 1999 2000 1999 2000 1998 1999 2000
Clay-colored Sparrow 20 86 27 71 119 93 56 66 91 261 186 538
Savannah Sparrow 41 150 141 21 25 25 27 44 62 202 210 474
Bobolink 23 27 24 25 20 18 9 22 48 56 64 168
Red-winged Blackbird 6 2 7 6 4 4 28 13 12 34 24 70
Western Meadowlark 1 6 2 3 1 2 25 17 4 32 21 57
Mallard 5 8 3 11 5 6 12 5 16 25 14 55
Le Conte's Sparrow 5 21 5 2 0 4 0 0 7 21 9 37
Brewer's Blackbird 12 8 9 4 3 0 0 0 16 11 9 36
Blue-winged Teal 0 0 0 3 1 4 17 10 3 18 14 35
Song Sparrow 2 2 0 5 8 10 3 0 7 13 10 30
Field Sparrow 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 16 0 13 16 29
Grasshopper Sparrow 0 0 1 3 4 0 8 8 3 12 9 24
Sedge Wren 0 10 6 3 3 1 0 0 3 13 7 23
Upland Sandpiper 0 1 6 7 3 2 3 1 7 7 9 23
Lark Sparrow 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 3 0 16 3 19
Vesper Sparrow 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 10 0 8 10 18
Mourning Dove 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 9 2 6 9 17
Eastern Kingbird 0 0 0 4 5 2 1 4 4 6 6 16
American Goldfinch 0 0 5 0 4 5 0 1 0 4 11 15
Greater Prairie-Chicken 2 1 3 2 2 2 0 0 4 3 5 12
Common Yellowthroat 0 0 0 2 4 3 0 1 2 4 4 10
Yellow Warbler 0 1 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 3 6 9
Common Snipe 2 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 3 5 1 9
Marbled Godwit 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 3 2 6
American Woodcock 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 4 6
Northern Harrier 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 5
Northern Shoveler 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 3 4
Gadwall 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3
Wilson's Phalarope 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 1 3
Gray Catbird 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 3
Swamp Sparrow 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 3
Green-winged Teal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2
American Bittern 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
Redhead 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Tree Swallow 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Brown Thrasher 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Marsh Wren 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Chipping Sparrow 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
Yellow-headed Blackbird 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
Dickcissel 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Total 119 331 241 176 221 195 241 243 295 793 679 1767

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