Birds in Petrified Nat. Forest NP, AZ

Status of Breeding and Wintering Birds
in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
Alison Banks, Charles van Riper III, Steven S. Rosenstock(1)
     10 November 2002
     USGS Southwest Biological Science Center
     Colorado Plateau Field Station
     PO Box 5614
     Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011

1 Arizona Game and Fish Dept., 2221 W. Greenway Rd., Phoenix, AZ 85023

^{Appendix VIII.
Additional shrub and canopy measurements for the riparian woodland along the
Puerco River transect, June 1999.}

^Pt	^Shrubs						^Trees
	^{% shrub cover}		^{# stems}		^{dominant species}	^{avg ht (m)}		^{canopy cover %}	^{dominant speciesa}	^{avg canopyht (m) b}
	native	tamarisk	native	tamarisk
1	71	29	112	> 250	unavail.	1.1		27	tamarisk	5 (8.5)
2	39	61	120	> 450	tamarisk	2.2		0	tamarisk	4.5
3	27	73	> 342	> 800	tamarisk	1.8		31	cottonwood	10
4	58	42	> 589	> 328	willow	1.7		0	n/a	unavail.
5	96	4	94	0	rabbitbrush	1.1		26	cottonwood	17.5
6	84	16	357	35	willow	1.1		3	cottonwood ^c	8
7	54	46	664	> 277	willow	1.6		6	tamarisk	(8)
8	74	26	> 606	244	willow	2.9		4	cottonwood	4
9	79	21	> 863	> 338	willow	1.8		5	willow / tamarisk ^d	unavail.
10	41	59	> 279	> 275	willow/ tamarisk	1.3		23	cottonwood / willow ^e	10

a. Tree species dominance was from densiometer readings of canopy cover and was 100% unless noted.

b. Average height of nearby cottonwoods is given in parentheses.

c. Cottonwood 88%; willow 12%.

d. Willow 68%; tamarisk 32%.e. Cottonwood 56%; willow 64%.

Appendix IX. Reference list of unpublished documents relating to birds in Petrified Forest National Park. Documents are listed here from most recent to most historic, and locations of the documents are described if known. All except items 1, 2, and 10 were catalogued in the National Park bibliographic database. All reference materials are located in the Petrified Forest Resource Management office (2000), except for item 4.

1.Status and Survey of Breeding and Wintering Birds at Petrified Forest National Park: 1998 Annual Report. March 1999. Charles van Riper III, Alison Banks, and Jan Hart, Colorado Plateau Field Station, USGS-BRD, Flagstaff, AZ. 32 pages. Summarizes avian surveys from throughout the park, breeding season 1998 and winter 1998-1999. PEFO Natural Resource Office.

2.Final-project report on the status of birds along the Puerco River riparian area within the boundaries of PEFO and birds sighted throughout the park. November 1998. Randy K. Bangert. 8 pages. Bird observations from breeding season 1998, with particular attention to potential effects of the controlled burn at Puerco River. PEFO Natural Resource Office.

3.Natural History Field Observation cards. 1995. This folder contains wildlife observation cards for Petrified Forest National Park. Species include: golden eagle, mule deer, pronghorn antelope, red tail hawk, and gopher snake. File folder, PEFO Natural Resource Office, File Cabinet 1.1. NRBIB: PEFO-0197.

4.Petrified Forest National Park Christmas Bird Count Report. 1995. 11 pages. This report details the results of the 1995 Christmas Bird Count in the park. Four habitat types were listed; 42 different species counted (405 birds). Maps and tables. Photocopy, PEFO Natural Resource Office. NRBIB: PEFO-0159.

5.Arizona breeding bird atlas observation cards. 1994. Mark Flippo. A number of observation cards for birds sighted in Petrified Forest National Park. Includes print-out of bird species observed and related correspondance. Photocopy in File Folder, PEFO Natural Resource Office. NRBIB: PEFO-0153.

6.Monthly Wildlife Observations. November 1991. This folder contains wildlife observation information for Petrified Forest National Park. Species include: coyote, porcupine, turkey vulture, and bull snake. File Folder, PEFO Natural Resource Office, File Cabinet 1.2. NRBIB: PEFO-0198.

7.Petrified Forest Natural and Cultural Resources Management Plan and Program, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. January 1986. This resource management plan covers the following areas; vegetation, fire, soils, animals, hydrology, air quality, environmental impacts, and cultural resources. CPRS-940. NRBIB: PEFO-0099.

8.Bird list: Petrified Forest National Park. 4 September 1984. George E. Johnson. A checklist of bird species in Petrified Forest National Park. Photocopy, PEFO Natural Resource Office, File Cabinet 1.3. NRBIB: PEFO-0200.

9. Bird Checklist: Petrified Forest National Park. 1983. Common name checklist of the birds of Petrified Forest National Park. Brochure. CPRS-3. NRBIB: PEFO-0001.

10. Report of the most common birds observed in the park. 1979. Caroline A. Wakeman. 9 pages. A report meant to interest the reader in bird behavior and describe places within the park where particular species may be observed.

11. A checklist of birds of Petrified Forest National Park. Petrified Forest National Park. 1963. 9 pages. A checklist containing one hundred and eighty species, based on personal observations in the field by National Park Service staff; in conformity with the "A.O.U. Checklist of North American Birds". PEFO Library, Vertical File. PEFO Archives, Box 1, Folder 2. NRBIB: PEFO-0002.

12. A checklist of birds of Petrified Forest National Monument, Arizona. 1959. S. N. Stephenson. 6 page. PEFO Archives, Folder 2, Box 1. NRBIB: PEFO-0124.

13. The Wildlife of Petrified Forest National Park. no publication date. The animal lists are a representation of the fauna of Petrified Forest National Park. Hypotheticals, accidentals, and subspecies have been eliminated. Species have been included if they are in the park collection, or if there is at least one reliable observation in agreement with published range and habitat data. CPRS-5. NRBIB: PEFO-0104.

Appendix X. Museums queried for avian specimens collected in Petrified Forest. “No search” indicates that the managers of the collection could not search their collection for specimens from PEFO within the two month period; these collections may or may not contain PEFO specimens.

Museum name	reply	PEFO records
Alberta Provincial Museum	yes	none
American Museum of Natural History	no
Angelo State Natural History Collection	yes	none
Bishop Museum	yes	none
California Academy of Sciences	yes	no search
California State University Long Beach	no
Carnegie Museum of Natural History	yes	no search
Charles R. Connor Zoological Museum (Washington State University)	returned
Claremont College	no
Clemson University	yes	none
Cleveland Museum of Natural History	no
Denver Museum of Natural History	yes	none
Donald R. Dickey Collection of Birds and Mammals (UCLA)	yes	none
Field Museum of Natural History	yes	none
Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology	yes	none
Illinois State Museum	no
Laboratory for Environmental Biology (Univ. Of Texas, El Paso)	yes	none
Los Angeles County Natural History Museum	yes	none
Louisana State Museum of Natural Science	no
Mississippi State University	yes	none
Museum of Northern Arizona	yes	none
Museum of Southwestern Biology (University of New Mexico)	yes	6 records
Museum of Systematics and Ecology (University of California)	yes	none
Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center	no
New York State Museum	yes	none
Northern Arizona University	yes	none
Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum (University of Montana)	yes	none
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History	no
San Bernardino County Museum	yes	no search
San Diego Natural History Museum	yes	none
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History	yes	no search
Texas A&M University	yes	no search
UC Berkeley Museum of Vertebrate Zoology	yes	none
University of Arizona's Bird Collection	yes	no search
University of Massachusetts Museum of Zoology	yes	no search
University of Michigan Museum of Zoology	yes	none
University of Washington Burke Museum	yes	none
University of Wisconsin Zoological Museum	no
Wayne State University	yes	none
Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology	yes	none

Appendix XI. Avian specimens collected in Petrified Forest National Park. Species are grouped by family, according to 7^th edition Check-list of North American Birds (AOU, 1998). Age and sex determinations are marked with (?) if unsure. Immature indicates young (usually first-year) bird according to plumage or non-ossified skull, but does not indicate breeding within the park. Collection dates are given if known; otherwise, the date is footnoted and the catalogue or receipt date is reported instead.

Common name	Latin name	#	Age / Sex	Date
Green-winged Teal	Anas crecca	1	Unknown	January 1960^b
Ring-necked Duck	Aythya collaris	1	Unknown	13 December 1961
Cooper's Hawk	Accipiter cooperii	1	Immature	October 1986
		1	Female	16 December 1945^a
Red-tailed Hawk	Buteo jamaicensis	1	Unknown	January 1960^b
		2	Male	12 & 15 January 1944
Ferruginous Hawk	Buteo regalis	1	Unknown	January 1960^b
Prairie Falcon	Falco mexicanus	1	Adult Male	April 1958^a
American Kestrel	Falco sparverius	2	Adult Female	29 March 1960^a 24 January 1964^b
		1	Adult Male	January 1960^a
Killdeer	Charadrius vociferus	1	Adult Female

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