TABLE OF CONTENTS 



LIST OF FIGURES ii 



LIST OF TABLES i i i 



L 1ST OF APPENDICES V 



INTRODUCTION 1 



METHODS 2 



General Ground and Aeri al Surveys 3 



Waterfowl Survey and Census 3 



Monitoring of Raptor Nests and Leks 3 



Roadside Wildl ife Survey 4 



Breeding Bird Census 4 



Small Mammal Trapping 4 



Lagomorph Survey 4 



WEATHER 5 



VEGETATION AND HABITATS 7 



RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 9 



Wildlife Species Parameters 9 



Tabular Summary 9 



Narrative Accounts for Selected Species 9 



Bird Community Parameters 35 



Waterfowl Communities 35 



Breeding Bird Census 44 



Roadside Wildlife Survey 44 



Small Mammal Community Parameters 49 



ERRATUM 51 



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 52 



LITERATURE CITED 53 



APPENDICES .■ 54 



