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: ABNKD06030.015 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name : 



EO rank: B 

 EO rank comments : 



County : 



USGS quadrangle: MC KENZIE BUTTE 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 021N 004E 36 SE4SW4SE4 



Precision: S 



Survey date: 1989-SUM Elevation: 3370 



First observation: 1989 Slope/aspect: R25C01 



Last observation: 1989-06-26 Size (acres) : 



Location: 



SOUTH CAVE HILLS; 10 MI N AND 1 MI W OF BUFFALO 



Element occurrence data: 

 THREE YOUNG IN NEST 



General site description: 



Land owner/manager: 

 SOUTH CAVE HILLS 

 CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST 



Comments : 



NEST 30 FEET HIGH IN PONDEROSA PINE 



Information source: MELIUS, M.M. 1989. FIELD SURVEY TO SOUTH CAVE 



HILLS, JUNE 26-27. 



