273 



The walking census strips (Figure 119) were only run once each 

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

 general comparisons between habitats. River bottom rloarlan 

 was the most diverse and productive for songbirds (Table 156). 

 Nearly twice as many birds were observed In this strip than on 

 Che ponderosa olne-Junlper strip (Table 157). The census 

 strip In grassland ran through sagebrush, xerlc grassland, and 

 some scattered .juniper. It supported more species than the 

 grassland strips on the Blrney and Klrby areas (Table 158). 



Table 156, 



Species 



Total numbers, numbers of singing males, and percent 

 comoosltlon of songbirds observed on the riparian 

 census strip on the Tongue River Dam area. 



Singing Ka'les - 'Jot al Birds 

 No Observed ^Composition No.Observed /^Composition 



Yellow warbler 15 



House wren 9 



Lazuli bunting 5 



American robin 2 



American goldfinch 1 



Common flicker 



Common grackle 



Western wood pewee 4 



Western kingbird 2 



Chipping sDarrow 1 



Red crossbill 



Eastern kingbird 



Brewer's blackbird 



Least flycatcher 2 



Mourning dove 



Starling 



Black-billed cuckoo 2 



Warbling vlreo 2 



Red-winged blackbird 2 



Northern oriole 2 

 Yellow-headed blackbird 



Black-headed grosbeak 1 



Common yellowthroat 1 



Yellow-breasted chat 1 



Western meadowlark 1 



Screech owl 



Brown-headed cowblrd 



28 



17 



9 



2 

 

 

 8 

 4 

 2 

 

 

 

 H 

 

 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 

 



22 

 15 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



18 

 13 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



27 species 



53 



119 



