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. 009 

 Element occurrence type: 



Survey site name : 



EO rank: 



EO rank comments : 



County : 



USGS quadrangle: MC KENZIE BUTTE 



Township: Range: Section: TRS comments: 

 020N 005E 06 E2SE4NE4SE4 SOS 



Precision: SC 



Survey date: Elevation: 3400 



First observation: 1979 Slope/aspect: R25B00 



Last observation: 1979-07-16 Size (acres) : 



Location : 



10 MI N OF BUFFALO. 



Element occurrence data : 



ONE ADULT AND AT LEAST THREE YOUNG OBSERVED IN TREE NEST BY STEVEN 

 MACKEY, USFS-SIOUX DISTRICT. 



General site description: 



OLD MAGPIE NEST IN PONDEROSA PINE OF SOUTH CAVE HILLS. 



Land owne r /manage r : 

 SOUTH CAVE HILLS 

 CUSTER NATIONAL FOREST 



Comments : 



SEE SOURCE REPORT FOR SPECIFIC LOCATION; AT LEAST 3 SUITABLE NESTS 

 OCCUR CLOSE TOGETHER IN THE DRAW. 



Information source: SHARPS, JON. END. SPEC. COORD. SDGFP. 33 05 W. SOUTH 



ST. RAPID CITY, SD . 394-2391. (MERLIN DATA) . 



