Platte River Ecology Study
Appendices
Appendix L. Effects of woody vegetation encroachment on abundance and distribution of various species of birds breeding in the Platte River Valley. Symbols denote increase (+), decrease (-) or no change (o).
Species _______Impact of encroachment on________
Abundance Distribution
Bobwhite + +
Piping Plover - -
Kilideer o o
Upland Sandpiper - o
Spotted Sandpiper - o
Wilson's Phalarope - -
Least Tern - -
Yellow-billed Cuckoo + +
Great Horned Owl + o
Common Flicker + o
Red-bellied Woodpecker + +
Red-headed Woodpecker + o
Hairy Woodpecker + +
Downy Woodpecker + +
Eastern Kingbird + +
Western Kingbird + +
Great Crested Flycatcher + +
Willow Flycatcher + +
Eastern Wood Pewee + +
Western Wood Pewee + +
Blue Jay + +
Black-capped Chicadee + +
House Wren + o
Gray Catbird + +
Brown Thrasher + o
American Robin + o
Starling + +
Bell's Vireo + +
Red-eyed Vireo + +
Warbling Vireo + +
Yellow Warbler + +
Common Yellowthroat + o
Bobolink - -
Eastern Meadowlark - -
Western Meadowlark - o
Orchard Oriole + +
Northern Oriole + +
Cardinal + +
Rose-breasted Grosbeak + +
Black-headed Grosbeak + +
Indigo Bunting + +
American Goldfinch + o
Dickcissel - -
Rufous-sided Towhee + o
Grasshopper Sparrow - o
Field Sparrow + +
Song Sparrow o o
