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Master Bird Checklist for the Mountain West Ecoregion: National Parks, Monuments and Recreation Areas - Softcover
Synopsis
Master Bird Checklist for the Mountain West Ecoregion: National Parks, Monuments and Recreation Areas.
The Mountain West Ecoregion includes western Colorado, Wyoming and Montana; Utah, Idaho and Nevada; eastern Oregon and Washington; north-central New Mexico; and the Black Hills of South Dakota.
This booklet puts a wealth of information at your fingertips:
· 441 species listed for 28 national parks, monuments and recreation areas..
· species coded for seasonal status and abundance at each location
· list indicates which species are reliably found in the Mountain West area
Use this booklet to:
· check off and keep track of bird sightings
· locate areas where you can find species
· discover extended ranges for species (ranges that are not found in field guides)
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From the Inside Flap
STEP-BY-STEP EXAMPLE Suppose you want to know if the Eared Grebe occurs at Canyonlands National Park: 1. Look on the first page of the tables (Table 1) and locate the family/group labeled Grebes, on the left side of the page. Families/groups are in bold underlined type. 2. Under the Grebes heading, locate Eared Grebe in the list. Since the bird’s name is in bold lowercase type, that means it is reliably found in the Mountain West Ecoregion (MWE) and many other U.S. ecoregions. 3. Next, locate Canyonlands National Park (CANY) in the row of vertical columns on the left side of the facing pages. (National Monuments and Recreation Areas are on the right side of the facing pages.) Then follow the CANY column down until it intersects with the horizontal row for Eared Grebe. In this cell, note the code RM indicating that the Eared Grebe is a rare migrant (in spring and/or fall) at Canyonlands National Park. 4. The species listed is repeated on the right side of facing pages and the species are represented with a four letter code. For example, EAGR = Eared Grebe (EA = Eared and GR = Grebe.) These codes along with the gray shading of the vertical columns are intended to help you keep your place as you scan the columns and rows.
Master Bird Checklist for the Mountain West Ecoregion:
National Parks, Monuments and Recreation Areas Review the information below to help you interpret the data in the booklet tables. Abundance Codes on Bird Lists ALL CAPS: indicates confirmed records. lower case: indicates hypothetical records. C: common; reliable in the proper habitat, either in small or large numbers. U: uncommon; present but not reliably found, even in proper habitat. May be reliably found in the area at times, but not consistently. R: rare; few records spread over one to many years. UNKNOWN: species lacking an abundance code (i.e., MS) are labeled "unknown" due to a lack of specific data for that area. However, the location does fall within the normal and expected range for the species as indicated in Lives of North American Birds (Kaufman 1996.) Therefore, the species abundance for that area should be considered as uncommon or common, but most likely not rare. Seasonal Status on Bird Lists When specific data on seasonal status was not available, status was interpreted from the species distribution maps in Lives of North American Birds (Kaufman 1996.) Y: can be found year round. S: can be found in the summer (June-Aug.) M: can be found in the spring (March-May) and/or fall (Sept.-Nov.) migrations W: can be found in the winter (Dec.-Feb.) Position of the letter M relative to the S and W can indicate specific information regarding the spring and fall migration seasonal status. For example: CMS,RW: common in spring and/or fall migration and summer, rare in winter. CMS,UM: common in spring migration and summer, uncommon in fall migration (typically indicates that birds that summer in the area are also uncommon in the fall migration because they more or less leave the area by September 1.) CSM,UM: common in summer and fall migration, uncommon in spring migration (typically indicates that birds that summer in the area are uncommon in spring because they more or less do not arrive to the area until after May 1.) CWM,UM,RS: common in winter and spring migration, uncommon in fall migration, rare in summer. Species Lists Type styles of the bird names on the bird lists indicate how widespread or rare a species is throughout the six ecoregions of the continental U.S: · BOLD CAPS: can be reliably found in the MWE and possibly one other U.S. ecoregion; therefore considered to be unique/specialty birds of the MWE. · Bold: can be reliably found in the MWE and many other U.S. ecoregions. · Plain Text: rare or unusual, not reliably found in the MWE. May be reliably found in the MWE, but in very limited areas or time periods. The bird checklists generally include areas surrounding the parks, monuments and recreation areas.
About the Author
Joseph A. LaFleur has a B.S. in Wildlife Biology and an M.S. in Technical Communication from Colorado State University. LaFleur is the owner of Better Birdwatching CD-ROMs, publisher of the multimedia CD-ROM software Better Birdwatching in the Mountain West and Better Birdwatching in Colorado.
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- PublisherBetter Birdwatching CD-ROMs
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 096673534X
- ISBN 13 9780966735345
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages42
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