A List of the Birds of Nevada

Linsdale, Jean M.

doi:10.2307/1364956

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“…When not nesting, they commonly travel over large landscapes in foraging flocks of up to several hundred individuals (Balda 2002). However, the sizes of nonbreeding flocks in recent anecdotal reports are much smaller than those reported historically (Bailey 1928, Linsdale 1936, as Pinyon Jay populations have been declining for over 40 years (Sauer et al 2014).…”

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Home range- and colony-scale habitat models for Pinyon Jays in piñon-juniper woodlands of New Mexico, USA

Johnson¹,

Neville²,

Smith³

et al. 2016

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ABSTRACT. Despite the Pinyon Jay's (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) importance as a piñon tree seed disperser and its long-term population declines, piñon-juniper habitat use by Pinyon Jays has been little studied. We created home range-and colony-scale habitat suitability models for Pinyon Jays in piñon-juniper woodlands at Kirtland Air Force Base and White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, USA. Home range-scale models included mainly Juniper Woodland and Savanna, Piñon-Juniper, and Piñon Woodland vegetation types. Although home range-scale models at the two study sites contained similar vegetation types, we found differences between colonyscale models in habitat use and within-site diversity. Because of topographic and vegetation differences, colony-scale modeling incorporated fewer vegetation types and topographic classes for the White Sands Missile Range Study site than at Kirtland Air Force Base. Predictive colony-scale models overlapped validation colonies by 75.9% and 100% at the two study sites, indicating good model predictability. The large sizes of Pinyon Jay home ranges make year-round, home range-scale habitat management challenging. Habitat conservation focused at more limited spatial, i.e., colony, and temporal scales, revealed by multiscale modeling, could be more feasible and potentially more effective than management at the larger home range scale.

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Home range- and colony-scale habitat models for Pinyon Jays in piñon-juniper woodlands of New Mexico, USA

Johnson¹,

Neville²,

Smith³

et al. 2016

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“…This was supported by Ned K. Johnson (unpubl. MS) who rated the crow as a common permanent resident of western Nevada and suggested that there was no evidence to support Linsdale's (1936) idea that there may be more crows in Nevada during the winter than any other season.…”

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“…Gabrielson (1949) Several areas within the Great Basin presently support thousands of wintering Common Crows, but reports consist primarily of brief notes scattered through various faunistic studies (Hanna 1904;Linsdale 1936Linsdale , 1951van Rossem 1936;Alcorn 1946;Richards and White 1963).…”

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The Common Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos, in the Great Basin

Richards

1971

The Condor

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“…Following releases at site 1, females may have been searching for appropriate nesting areas, possibly dominated by perennial bunchgrasses. Historically, sharp-tailed grouse were found in ''rye-grass meadows'' in northeastern Nevada (Linsdale 1936). At site 1, the primary vegetation components were mountain big sagebrush and low sagebrush (Artemisia arbuscula) interspersed with crested wheatgrass.…”

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“…Columbian sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus) populations have declined substantially in numbers and distribution (Connelly et al 1998) and occupy approximately 10% of their historical range (Miller and Graul 1980). Columbian sharp-tailed grouse were described as the most abundant game bird in the Intermountain West (Bendire 1892) and abundant in Elko County, Nevada, USA (Linsdale 1951), but were extirpated from Nevada by 1952 (Wick 1955).…”

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Using Sharp-Tailed Grouse Movement Patterns to Guide Release-Site Selection

Coates

Stiver

Delehanty

2006

Wildlife Society Bulletin

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Prairie grouse populations are difficult to reestablish after extirpation. Following translocation, distances individuals move from the release site appear to affect restoration success. Previous authors have suggested assessing lek, nest‐brood, and winter habitat when selecting release sites. We examined movement of 131 (66 M and 65 F) radiomarked Columbian sharp‐tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus) translocated during 1999–2002 as part of management effort to restore populations to historical ranges in northeastern Nevada, USA, an area where sharp‐tailed grouse have not been observed in the wild since the 1950s. We released grouse at 2 sites. We chose the initial site based on its physiographic and vegetation similarities to capture sites in Idaho, USA, particularly shrub‐steppe at lower elevations and mountain shrub at higher elevations, and used it during 1999 and 2000 (34 M, 18 F in 1999; 42 M, 26 F in 2000). Females released at this site moved greater distances than males through time, with no differences between years. We changed the release site based on nest locations of previously translocated females. The second site was 10 km south of site 1 and we used it in 2001 and 2002 (36 M, 22 F in 2001; 14 M, 5 F in 2002). Grouse released at this site moved substantially shorter distances than did the grouse initially released, and movement distances did not differ by gender or year. During 2004 we observed 23 grouse displaying on a lek near site 2 and observed no grouse near site 1. Our results support the hypothesis that nest‐site availability is an important component to release‐site selection insofar as sharp‐tailed grouse in our study moved less when released into habitat that had been selected for nesting by previously released grouse.

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A List of the Birds of Nevada

Cited by 19 publications

References 48 publications

Home range- and colony-scale habitat models for Pinyon Jays in piñon-juniper woodlands of New Mexico, USA

Home range- and colony-scale habitat models for Pinyon Jays in piñon-juniper woodlands of New Mexico, USA

The Common Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos, in the Great Basin

Using Sharp-Tailed Grouse Movement Patterns to Guide Release-Site Selection

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