TABLE OF CONTENTS 



ABSTRACT 1 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 3 



INTRODUCTION : 4 



METHODS 5 



RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 6 



Species Occurring on the Sioux District, Custer National Forest 7 



Swainson's Hawk 7 



Ferruginous Hawk 8 



Golden Eagle 10 



Merlin 11 



Prairie Falcon 12 



Species Potentially Present on the Sioux District, Custer National Forest 13 



Northern Goshawk 13 



Peregrine Falcon 14 



MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS 15 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 17 



APPENDIX 1. Cliff sites visited during 1994 raptor surveys , 21 



APPENDIX 2. Locations and summary of breeding evidence by raptors in 1994 24 



APPENDIX 3. Element occurrence records for nesting raptors. Carter County, Montana and 



Harding County, South Dakota 26 



APPENDIX 4. Sightings of other bird species of Special Interest 41 



