Long-Eared Owls Nesting in Badlands National Park
Paulson DD and Hull Sieg C. 1984. Long-Eared Owls Nesting in Badlands National Park. South Dakota Bird Notes. :72-75
"Long-eared Owls nest at high densities locally over the Great Plains where suitable habitat is limited (Bent 1938), yet according to Whitney et al, (1978), this species is rare to uncommon in South Dakota. Especially west of the Missouri River, few nesting records have been reported. This paper reports the occurence of Long-eared Owls in the Badlands National Park between May 1981 and June 1983. The birds were observed by Paulson and Bob Hodorff, a Forest Service technician, during monthly, 4-day bird censuses. In 1983, 7 nests were found, 5 within an area much smaller than 1 square mile." (from document)
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Paulson, Deborah; Hull Sieg, Carolyn
- Units
- BADL
- Keywords
- Abundance (Biodiversity), Animal Studies, Birds, Distribution (Biodiversity), long-eared owls, Management, Monitoring, Nest Sites, Observations, Plant Studies, Presence (Biodiversity), Range Management, Vascular Plants, Vertebrates, Wildlife Management