Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
| Table 5. Densities of Selected Species of Birds (Indicated Pairs per 100 ha) in Conservation Reserve Program Fields, by County and Conservation Practice. | |||||||||||||
| Fallon County | Butte County | Hettinger County | Sheridan County | McPherson County | |||||||||
| CP1 | CP4 | CP1 | CP2 | CP10 | CP1 | CP10 | CP1 | CP2 | CP1 | CP2 | CP4 | CP10 | |
| Bobolink | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 6.7 | 11.7 | 0.9 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 7.6 | 14.3 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 10.0 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| Chestnut-collared Longspur | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 8.0 | 1.9 | 5.2 | 9.6 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 8.8 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 6.8 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | 16.1 | 8.2 | 1.9 | 14.8 | 10.2 | 24.1 | 18.2 | 24.9 | 22.5 | 19.9 | 44.0 | 26.6 | 24.6 |
| Horned Lark | 11.6 | 8.8 | 4.2 | 22.9 | 10.1 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 10.2 | 10.9 | 2.3 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Lark Bunting | 22.6 | 10.5 | 18.8 | 43.2 | 10.0 | 54.5 | 46.9 | 43.5 | 51.1 | 14.2 | 17.1 | 0.0 | 6.5 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 1.0 | 0.5 | 13.3 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 23.6 | 11.7 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 50.3 | 14.2 | 13.3 | 24.6 |
| Savannah Sparrow | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 4.6 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 6.0 |
| Sedge Wren | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Western Meadowlark | 14.3 | 11.5 | 17.5 | 17.0 | 9.8 | 8.2 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 7.9 | 5.1 | 7.9 | 0.0 | 6.0 |
| Table 5 (continued) | |||||||||||
| Kidder County | Eddy County | Day County | Grant County | ||||||||
| CP1 | CP10 | CP1 | CP10 | CP1 | CP4 | CP1 | CP2 | CP3 | CP10 | CP12 | |
| Bobolink | 4.7 | 2.3 | 7.1 | 4.3 | 11.1 | 1.4 | 15.2 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 16.1 | 0.0 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 6.9 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 3.4 | 5.6 | 11.9 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| Chestnut-collared Longspur | 0.5 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | 2.8 | 11.7 | 11.0 | 3.4 | 10.1 | 4.2 | 8.4 | 9.7 | 19.5 | 8.4 | 0.0 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 2.3 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 16.9 | 30.7 | 17.7 | 16.8 | 10.6 | 6.6 | 0.0 |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | 16.1 | 23.9 | 32.3 | 3.4 | 21.5 | 7.0 | 10.4 | 15.4 | 19.5 | 8.4 | 0.0 |
| Horned Lark | 3.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Lark Bunting | 8.9 | 24.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 30.5 | 14.0 | 15.6 | 1.7 | 32.6 | 52.4 | 22.2 | 12.4 | 0.8 | 10.5 | 46.3 |
| Savannah Sparrow | 5.9 | 3.9 | 8.5 | 0.0 | 13.0 | 11.2 | 17.4 | 11.3 | 1.6 | 5.1 | 0.0 |
| Sedge Wren | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7.9 | 5.6 | 19.3 | 10.4 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 0.0 |
| Western Meadowlark | 6.0 | 12.7 | 4.9 | 6.8 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 0.0 |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
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