SILVER BUFFALOBERRY-RED OSIER DOGWOOD COULEE-- Location: Montana; McCone County; 

 overlaps boundary of Sec. 3 and 10, T20N, R45E; 47° 31' N, 105° 58' W; AMS, 

 Glendive (NL 13-2), Continuity: Established 1977; 2 consecutive years. 

 Size: 25 ha = 61.8 acres (square, paced). Description of Plot: See AB 

 32:108 (1978). Coverage: May 21, 25, 28, 29; June 16, 17, 18, 20; July 19; 

 9 trips, 0450-2100. Total man-hours: 21.3. Census: Yellow Warbler, 6 

 (24, 10); Western Meadowlark, 6 (24, 10); Rufous-sided Towhee, 6 (24, 10); 

 Brown Thrasher, 5.5 (22, 9); Lark Sparrow, 4.5 (18, 7); Mourning Dove, 4 

 (16, 6); Eastern Kingbird, 3.5 (14, 6); Rock Wren, 2.5 (10, 4); Brown-headed 

 Cowbird, 2; Horned Lark, 1; Loggerhead Shrike, 1; Marsh Hawk, +; Ring-necked 

 Pheasant, +; Say's Phoebe, +; Brewer's Blackbird, +. Total: 15 species, 42 

 territorial males or females (168/km^, 68/100 acres). Visitors: Mallard, 

 unidentified falcon. Sharp-tailed Grouse, Great Horned Owl, Common Nighthawk, 

 Least Flycatcher, Black-billed Magpie, Mountain Bluebird, Black-headed Grosbeak, 

 Chipping Sparrow. Remarks: Two nests were located on the plot: Mourning Dove 

 (1 egg), and Eastern Kingbird (3 eggs). Other vertebrates observed on the plot 

 during census runs: Prairie Rattlesnake, Least Chipmunk ( Eutamias minimus ) , 

 White-tailed Jackrabbit, Desert Cottontail ( Sylvilagus auduboni ). Porcupine 

 (Erethizon dorsatum) , Mule Deer. 



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