SOUTH DAKOTA NATURAL HERITAGE PROGRAM 

 Element Occurrence Record 



Scientific Name: FALCO COLUMBARIUS 

 Common Name: MERLIN 



Global rank: G4 Forest Service status: 

 State rank: S3B,S3N Federal Status: 



Element occurrence code: ABNKD06030. 008 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name: 



EO rank: 



EO rank comments : 



County: 



USGS quadrangle: MC KENZIE BUTTE 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 021N 004E 36 SW4SW4NW4NW4 



Precision: SC 



Survey date: Elevation: 3400 - 



First observation: 1979 Slope/aspect: R25C01 



Last observation: 1979-07-13 Size (acres) : 



Location: 



10.5 MI N, 1 MI W OF BUFFALO. 



Element occurrence data : 



ADULT AND YOUNG OBSERVED IN TREE NEST BY STEVEN MACICEY, USES -SIOUX 

 DISTRICT. NEST VISITED AGAIN ON 13 JULY 1979 AND AT LEAST 4 FLEDGLINGS 

 WERE SEEN. 



General site description: 



OLD MAGPIE NEST IN PONDEROSA PINE OF SOUTH CAVE HILLS. 



Land owner/manager: 

 SOUTH CAVE HILLS 

 CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST 



Comments : 



SEE SOURCE REPORT FOR SPECIFIC LOCATION. 



Information source: SHARPS, JON. END. SPEC. COORD. SDGFP. 3305 W. SOUTH 



ST. RAPID CITY, SD. 3 94-2391. (MERLIN DATA) . 



