Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Table 4: Nesting species on conventional, minimum-tillage, and organic fields in fallow, sunflower, and wheat in North Dakota, 1991-93.
| Species | No. of nests | % |
| Mallard | 2 | 1 |
| Northern pintail | 14 | 4 |
| Blue-winged teal | 2 | 1 |
| Sharp-tailed grouse | 3 | 1 |
| Killdeer | 44 | 12 |
| Willet | 5 | 1 |
| Upland Sandpiper | 10 | 3 |
| Marbled godwit | 2 | 1 |
| Wilson's phalarope | 1 | <1 |
| Mourning dove | 10 | 3 |
| Horned lark | 110 | 29 |
| Vesper sparrow | 93 | 25 |
| Lark bunting | 25 | 7 |
| Savannah sparrow | 4 | 1 |
| Grasshopper sparrow | 20 | 5 |
| Chestnut-collared longspur | 2 | 1 |
| Red-winged blackbird | 20 | 5 |
| Western meadowlark | 5 | 1 |
| Brewer's blackbird | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | 374 | 102 |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/birduse/table4.htm
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