192 



Table 102. Continued 



Breeding 

 Species Status* 



101 Black-headed grosbeak b 



102 Lazuli bunting b 



103 Evening grosbeak W 



104 Cassin's finch b 



105 Pine siskin b 



106 American goldfinch b 



107 Red crossbill B 



108 Rufous-sided towhee b 



109 Lark bunting b 



110 Vesper sparrow b 



111 Lark sparrow b 



112 Dark-eyed junco b 



113 Tree sparrow w 



114 Chipping sparrow b 



115 Brewer's sparrow b 



116 Field sparrow b 



117 White-crowned sparrow M 



118 Song sparrow b 



B - confirmed breeding (nest or dependent young observed) 

 b - suspected breeding (present during breeding season) 

 V - Visitor (breeds nearby, but not on study area) 

 t - present, but no evidence of breeding 

 W - Winter resident and migrant only 

 M - Migrant only 



The walking census stops (Figure 91) were only run once each due 

 to bad weather, so the results should only be used for general 

 comnarlsons between habitats. River bottom riparian habitat was 

 by far the most diverse and productive for songbirds (Table 104). 

 The Intermittent creek riparian strip was along Whitten Creek 

 where the deciduous cover was discontinuous and bordered mostly 

 by ponderosa pine-Juniper habitat. It is not surprising that this 

 census strip was similar in diversity and productivity to the 

 ponderosa pine-Juniper census strip (Tables 105 and 106). The 

 Intermittent creek riparian strip in the Kirby area, with thicker, 

 more continuous deciduous cover adjacent to sagebrush flats, was 

 similar to the river bottom riparian in diversity and productivity 

 (Tables 104 and 105), Indicating a wide variation in productivity 

 of Intermittent creeks. The sagebrush census strip had the fewest 

 number of species and numbers of birds (Table 107). These results 

 and other studies in southeastern Montana by Swenson (1978b), Hickey 

 and Mlkol (1979), Martin (1980a), Herbert (1977), Matthews (1981), 



