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Breeding Bird Inventory of Spirit Mound Historic Prairie
An Area Being Restored to Tallgrass Prairie  Back to Spirit Mound

Jay D. Carlisle, Heather S. Hoff, and Paula M. Mabee
Department of Biology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD

The following table is from research data as it was printed in the
South Dakota Bird Notes June 2004.

Breeding birds of Spirit Mound listed by habitat associations,
qualitative abundance categories, and breeding status. See table key
Species Habitat Abundance Breeding

Great Blue Heron

Stream

U

R

Wood Duck

Stream

U

R

Mallard

Stream

U

R

Blue-winged Teal

Stream

U

R

Red-tailed Hawk

All/Woodlot/Edge

U

R

American Kestrel

All/Woodlot/Edge

U

C

Ring-necked Pheasant

All

C

S

Gray Partridge

All

U

C

Sora

Stream

R

M

Killdeer

Cultivated/Edge

U

S

Upland Sandpiper

Cultivated

C

C

Semipalmated Sandpiper

--

R

M

Solitary Sandpiper

Stream

R

M

Mourning Dove

All/Woodlot/Mound

C

S

Rock Dove

Edge

U

R

Red-headed Woodpecker

Woodlot

U

S

Northern Flicker

Mature GL/Woodlot

U

S

Eastern Kingbird

All/Woodlot

U

C

Western Kingbird

--

R

R

Eastern Phoebe

Stream/Bridge

R

S

Loggerhead Shrike

Edge

R

R

Horned Lark

Cultivated

U

S

Tree Swallow

--

U

M

Bank Swallow

--

U

M

Cliff Swallow

--

U

M

Barn Swallow

All

C

C

Sedge Wren

Mature GL/Wet Meadows

R

S

Brown Thrasher

Woodlot

U

S

American Robin

All/Woodlot

U

C

Blue Jay

Woodlot

U

R

American Crow

--

U

R

European Starling

Mature GL/Woodlot

U

S

Common Yellowthroat

Stream/Wet Meadows/Mound

U

Ch

Chipping Sparrow

Woodlot

U

R

Clay-colored Sparrow

Woodlot

U

M

Field Sparrow

Edge

R

S

Vesper Sparrow

Cultivated

R

S

Lark Sparrow

Cultivated/Edge

R

S

Lark Bunting

Cultivated

R

S

Savannah Sparrow

All

C

M

Grasshopper Sparrow

All

A

C

Song Sparrow

Stream/Wet Meadows

U

C

Blue Grosbeak

Mound/Stream

U

S

Dickcissel

All

A

C

Bobolink

Wet Meadows

C

C

Red-winged Blackbird

All

A

C

Western Meadowlark

All

C

C

Common Grackle

Woodlot

C

C

Brown-headed Cowbird

All

C

C

Baltimore Oriole

Woodlot

U

C

Orchard Oriole

Woodlot

U

C

American Goldfinch

All

U

S
Table Key

Habitat
GL – Grassland
All – all grassland habitats
Cultivated – areas where agricultural cultivation has taken place, generally much less developed grassy cover in spring
Mature GL – previously cultivated but mature grassy cover in spring, mostly in southwest corner of property
Edge – includes roadside habitats as well as nearby agricultural fields and farmsteads
Wet Meadows – moister grasslands in low areas along Spirit Mound Creek not previously cultivated
Stream – Spirit Mound Creek
Woodlot – small woodlot in southeastern corner of property
Mound – prairie remnant with patchy shrubby areas
Abundance
A – Abundant
C – Common
U –Uncommon
R – Rare
Breeding Status
C – Confirmed breeding
S – Breeding suspected based on behavior, but not confirmed
R – Birds breed in region but not confirmed or suspected at Spirit Mound
M – Migrant only
   
   

Information approved for use on this website by Dr. Paula M. Mabee.

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