**KANSAS**

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Fig. 1. Bird monitoring regions in Kansas.

**Bird monitoring region 106: Kansas-Short Grass Prairie**

This region covers the Short Grass Prairie region of Kansas.
Approximately 33 aquatic species occur at least commonly, at some time
of year, in the region (Table 1); 2 designated sites and 2 matrix strata
have been identified (Fig. 2, Table 2).

Table 1. Aquatic species that occur commonly in bird monitoring region
106 (M=migration, B=breeding season, W=winter).

  ------------------ ------------- -------------- ------------- --------------- -------------
  **Species**        **Seasons**   **Species**    **Seasons**   **Species**     **Seasons**

  Pied-billed Grebe  M             Northern       M             Killdeer        MB
                                   Pintail                                      

  Double-crested     M             Green-winged   M             Mountain Plover B
  Cormorant                        Teal                                         

  Great Blue Heron   MB            Redhead        M             American Avocet MB

  Greater            MW            Ring-necked    M             Lesser          M
  White-fronted                    Duck                         Yellowlegs      
  Goose                                                                         

  Snow Goose         MW            Lesser Scaup   M             Willet          M

  Canada Goose       MW            Common         MW            Spotted         MB
                                   Merganser                    Sandpiper       

  Wood Duck          MB            Ruddy Duck     M             Upland          MB
                                                                Sandpiper       

  American Wigeon    M             Northern       MBW           Long-billed     B
                                   Harrier                      Curlew          

  Mallard            MB            American Coot  M             Wilson\'s       M
                                                                Phalarope       

  Blue-winged Teal   MB            Sandhill Crane M             Least Tern      MB

  Northern Shoveler  MB            Snowy Plover   MB            Red-winged      MBW
                                                                Blackbird       
  ------------------ ------------- -------------- ------------- --------------- -------------

*Stratum 1: Designated Sites*

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Fig. 2. Designated sites and matrix strata in bird monitoring region 106

Table 2. Designated sites in bird monitoring region 106.

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  Site   SiteName             Lat.    Long.     Importance   Importance   Comments
  ID                                            to secretive to migrating 
                                                marsh birds  shorebirds   

  1      Cimarron National    37.25   -102.03   Not          Unknown      Potentially
         Grassland                                                        good habitat
                                                                          for Long-billed
                                                                          curlew,
                                                                          Mountain
                                                                          plover, Upland
                                                                          sandpiper

  2      Lake McKinney        37.98   -101.20   Unknown      Low          IBA
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*Stratum 2: Western Kansas Playa Lakes (matrix stratum)*

Stratum 2 includes all areas in BMR 106 that make up the playa lakes
matrix in Western Kansas. All of the focal species in the BMR occur in
the stratum. Type 1 habitat is made up of about 7,500-8,000 playas lakes
encompassing about 65,000-75,000 acres, most of which are around 2-10
acres in size. Type 2 habitat is any other small lakes, ponds, and small
wetland areas, such as those created by creek and river beds, or
artificially created ones, such as sod farms. Survey methods have not
been designed for the stratum but are expected to vary widely among the
survey areas. Type 1 and Type 2 habitat includes state and federal
ownership, but is mostly privately owned so gaining access will require
careful planning.

*Stratum 3: Arkansas and Cimarron Rivers (matrix stratum)*

Stratum 3 is made up of the habitat along the Arkansas and Cimarron
River corridors that are not in designated sites or in other matrix
strata. Some of the focal species in the BMR likely occur in the
stratum. Type 1 or 2 habitat includes riparian wetland habitat along the
Arkansas and Cimarron Rivers when they have water, which is seasonally
and yearly variable. Survey methods have not been designed for the
stratum but are expect to vary widely among the survey areas.

***Sources***: Designated site and matrix strata information provided by
Bill Busby, Kansas Biological Survey, Helen Hands, Kansas Department of
Wildlife and Parks, and Eugene A. Young, Northern Oklahoma College.
Checklists from Oklahoma (BMR 109) were used for the initial bird
checklist (from the USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center,
online at
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/othrdata/chekbird/chekbird.htm), but
were updated based on information provided by local resource managers.

**Bird monitoring region 107: Kansas-Central Mixed Grass Prairie**

This region covers the Central Mixed Grass Prairie region of Kansas.
Approximately 72 aquatic species occur at least commonly, at some time
of year, in the region (Table 3); 11 designated sites and 2 matrix
strata have been identified (Fig. 3, Table 4).

Table 3. Aquatic species that occur commonly in bird monitoring region
107 (M=migration, B=breeding season, W=winter).

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  **Species**         **Seasons**   **Species**      **Seasons**   **Species**       **Seasons**

  Western Grebe       B             Green-winged     MW            Greater           M
                                    Teal                           Yellowlegs        

  Eared Grebe         MB            Canvasback       M             Lesser Yellowlegs M

  Pied-billed Grebe   MB            Redhead          MB            Spotted Sandpiper MB

  American White      M             Ring-necked Duck M             Upland Sandpiper  MB
  Pelican                                                                            

  Double-crested      MB            Lesser Scaup     M             Semipalmated      M
  Cormorant                                                        Sandpiper         

  American Bittern    MB            Bufflehead       MW            Least Sandpiper   M

  Great Blue Heron    MB            Common Goldeneye MW            White-rumped      M
                                                                   Sandpiper         

  Great Egret         MB            Common Merganser MW            Baird\'s          M
                                                                   Sandpiper         

  Snowy Egret         MB            Ruddy Duck       MB            Pectoral          M
                                                                   Sandpiper         

  Little Blue Heron   MB            Bald Eagle       MW            Long-billed       M
                                                                   Dowitcher         

  Cattle Egret        MB            Northern Harrier MBW           Common Snipe      M

  Green Heron         MB            Black Rail       MB            Wilson\'s         MB
                                                                   Phalarope         

  Black-crowned       MB            King Rail        MB            Franklin\'s Gull  MB
  Night-Heron                                                                        

  White-faced Ibis    MB            Virginia Rail    MB            Ring-billed Gull  MBW

  Greater             MW            Sora             M(B?)         Herring Gull      MW
  White-fronted Goose                                                                

  Snow Goose          M             Common Moorhen   MB            Common Tern       M

  Canada Goose        MBW           American Coot    MB            Forster\'s Tern   MB

  Wood Duck           MB            Sandhill Crane   M             Least Tern        M

  Gadwall             MB            Black-bellied    M             Black Tern        MB
                                    Plover                                           

  American Wigeon     MW            Snowy Plover     MB            Tree Swallow      M

  Mallard             MBW           Semipalmated     M             Marsh Wren        MB
                                    Plover                                           

  Blue-winged Teal    MB            Killdeer         MB            Swamp Sparrow     M

  Northern Shoveler   MBW           Black-necked     MB            Red-winged        MBW
                                    Stilt                          Blackbird         

  Northern Pintail    MW            American Avocet  MB            Yellow-headed     MB
                                                                   Blackbird         
  ------------------- ------------- ---------------- ------------- ----------------- -------------

*Stratum 1: Designated sites*

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Fig. 3. Designated sites and matrix strata in bird monitoring region 107

Table 4. Designated sites in bird monitoring region 107.

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  Site   SiteName            Lat.    Long.    Importance   Importance   Comments
  ID                                          to secretive to migrating 
                                              marsh birds  shorebirds   

  1      Cheney Reservoir    37.73   -97.80   Unknown      Low           

  2      Cheyenne Bottoms WA 38.28   -98.77   High         High          \~30 species of
                                                                        shorebirds during
                                                                        peak migration

  3      Colwich Sod Farm    37.77   -97.54   Unknown      Medium       American
                                                                        golden-plover,
                                                                        Buff-breasted
                                                                        sandpiper

  4      Goddard Sod Farm    37.66   -97.57   Unknown      Medium       American
                                                                        golden-plover,
                                                                        Buff-breasted
                                                                        sandpiper

  5      Isabel Wetlands     37.47   -98.55   Unknown      Not          Potentially good
                                                                        habitat for rails,
                                                                        bitterns

  6      Jamestown Wildlife  39.65   -97.90   Medium       Medium        
         Area                                                           

  7      Kirwin NWR          39.67   -99.19   Low          Medium       

  8      Lake Coldwater      37.24   -99.35   Medium       Unknown      Black rail

  9      McPherson Valley    38.40   -97.75   Low          Medium       
         Wetlands                                                       

  10     Quivira NWR         38.08   -98.57   High         High         Black rail; \~35
                                                                        species of
                                                                        shorebirds during
                                                                        peak migration

  11     Slate Creek         37.43   -97.67   Medium       Medium        
         Wetlands                                                       
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*Stratum 2: Central Kansas Playa Lakes (matrix stratum)*

Stratum 2 includes all areas in BMR 106 that make up the playa lakes
matrix in Central Kansas. All of the focal species in the BMR occur in
the stratum. Type 1 habitat is made up of About 2,000 playa lakes
encompassing about 20,000 acres playa lakes, most of which are around
2-10 acres in size. Type 2 habitat is any other small lakes, ponds, and
small wetland areas, such as those created by creek and river beds, or
artificially created ones, such as sod farms. Survey methods have not
been designed for the stratum but are expected to vary widely among the
survey areas. Type 1 and Type 2 habitat includes state and federal
ownership, but is mostly privately owned so gaining access will require
careful planning.

*Stratum 3: Kansas River (matrix stratum)*

Stratum 3 is made up of the habitat along the Kansas River corridors
that is not in designated sites or in other matrix strata. A few of the
focal species in the BMR likely occur in the stratum. Type 1 habitat
includes important nesting habitat along the Kansas River for Piping
plover, and may provide habitat for other focal species. Survey methods
have not been designed for the stratum but are expect to vary widely
among the survey areas.

***Sources***: Designated site and matrix strata information provided by
Bill Busby, Kansas Biological Survey, Helen Hands, Kansas Department of
Wildlife and Parks, and Eugene A. Young, Northern Oklahoma College. The
initial species list was based on 3 checklists from the region (from the
USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, online at
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/othrdata/chekbird/chekbird.htm), and
was updated based on information provided by local resource managers.

**Bird monitoring region 108: Kansas-Eastern Tall Grass Prairie**

This region covers the Eastern Tall Grass Prairie region of Kansas.
Approximately 50 aquatic species occur at least commonly, at some time
of year, in the region (Table 5); 9 designated sites and 3 matrix strata
have been identified (Fig. 4, Table 6).

Table 5. Aquatic species that occur commonly in bird monitoring region
108 (M=migration, B=breeding season, W=winter).

  ----------------- ------------- ---------------- ------------- ------------------- -------------
  **Species**       **Seasons**   **Species**      **Seasons**   **Species**         **Seasons**

  Pied-billed Grebe M             American Wigeon  M             Killdeer            MB

  Clark\'s Grebe    M             Northern Pintail M             Lesser Yellowlegs   M

  American White    M             Northern         M             Semipalmated        M
  Pelican                         Shoveler                       Sandpiper           

  Double-crested    M             Blue-winged Teal M             Least Sandpiper     M
  Cormorant                                                                          

  Green Heron       MB            Redhead          M             Baird\'s Sandpiper  M

  Little Blue Heron M             Ring-necked Duck M             Upland Sandpiper    MB

  Great Blue Heron  MB            Lesser Scaup     M             Long-billed         M
                                                                 Dowitcher           

  Greater           M             Common Merganser MW            Wilson\'s Phalarope M
  White-fronted                                                                      
  Goose                                                                              

  Snow Goose        M             Ruddy Duck       M             Franklin\'s Gull    M

  Canada Goose      M             Northern Harrier MW            Ring-billed Gull    MW

  Wood Duck         MB            Bald Eagle       W             Thayer\'s Gull      M

  Mallard           MW            Virginia Rail    M             Black Tern          M

  Gadwall           M             Sora             M             Tree Swallow        M

  Green-winged Teal M             American Coot    M             Red-winged          MBW
                                                                 Blackbird           
  ----------------- ------------- ---------------- ------------- ------------------- -------------

*Stratum 1: Designated sites*

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Fig. 4. Designated sites and matrix strata in bird monitoring region 108

Table 6. Designated sites in bird monitoring region 108.

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  Site   SiteName                Lat.    Long.    Importance   Importance   Comments
  ID                                              to secretive to migrating 
                                                  marsh birds  shorebirds   

  1      Clinton Lake Wildlife   38.94   -95.36   Low          Medium        
         Area                                                               

  2      Elk City Lake /         37.28   -95.79   Unknown      Low          Potentially
         Reservoir                                                          good habitat
                                                                            for rails,
                                                                            bitterns

  3      Flint Hills NWR / John  38.29   -95.91   Medium       Medium        
         Redmond Reservoir                                                  

  4      Fort Riley              39.17   -96.89   Low          Low           

  5      Haskell-Baker Wetlands  38.94   -95.23   Medium       Low           

  6      Konza Prairie           39.09   -96.56   Low          Medium       Upland
                                                                            sandpiper

  7      Marais des Cygnes NWR & 38.25   -94.72   Medium       Medium        
         WA                                                                 

  8      Milford Lake /          39.08   -96.90   Unknown      Medium       Potentially
         Reservoir                                                          good habitat
                                                                            for rails,
                                                                            bitterns 

  9      Perry Lake / Reservoir  39.32   -95.45   Unknown      Medium        Potentially
                                                                            good habitat
                                                                            for rails,
                                                                            bitterns
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*Stratum 2: Flint Hills Region (matrix stratum)*

Stratum 2 includes all areas in the Flint Hills uplands that are not in
designated sites or other matrix strata. Some of the focal species in
the BMR occur in the stratum. Type 1 habitat includes lake and
river-associated wetland habitat found in the grasslands of the Flint
Hills, which run in a north-south band approximately 50 miles wide. The
Flint Hills region might be very important to migrating American
golden-plovers and Buff-breasted sandpipers after much of it is burned
in the spring. Type 2 habitat is any other small lakes, ponds, and
wetlands. They begin near the Nebraska border in Marshall County and go
through Chautauqua and Cowley Counties, where they merge with the Osage
Hills of Oklahoma. The amount of water available for aquatic birds is
difficult to gauge and most likely differs from year to year. Survey
methods have not been designed for the stratum but are expect to vary
widely among the survey areas. Ownership and access issues are unknown.

*Stratum 3: Kansas River (matrix stratum)*

Stratum 3 is made up of the habitat along the Kansas River corridors
that is not in designated sites or in other matrix strata. A few of the
focal species in the BMR likely occur in the stratum. Type 1 habitat
includes important nesting habitat along the Kansas River for Least tern
and Piping plover along various stretches of the river. Specific nesting
locations for Least tern have been noted along the Kansas River east of
Manhattan, Kansas, and at the Jeffrey Energy Center. Survey methods have
not been designed for the stratum but are expect to vary widely among
the survey areas.

*Stratum 4: Eastern Kansas (matrix stratum)*

Stratum 4 includes all areas in BMR 108 that are not in designated sites
or other matrix strata. All of the focal species in the BMR occur in the
stratum. Type 1 habitat includes the major lakes, city reservoirs,
creek/river corridors, and the wetland habitat along their borders. Type
2 habitat is any other small lakes, ponds, and wetlands. Survey methods
have not been designed for the stratum but are expect to vary widely
among the survey areas. Type 1 and Type 2 habitat includes state and
federal ownership, but is mostly privately owned so gaining access will
require careful planning.

***Sources***: Designated site and matrix strata information provided by
Bill Busby, Kansas Biological Survey, Helen Hands, Kansas Department of
Wildlife and Parks, and Eugene A. Young, Northern Oklahoma College. The
species list was based on 1 checklist from the region (from the USGS
Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, online at
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/othrdata/chekbird/chekbird.htm), and
was updated based on information provided by local resource managers.