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| Kevin collecting fecal samples at a lek. |
We went out for 8 days (left Thursday and came back Thursday, April 3rd - April 10th)
Collected various types of data at 17 sites in both the Powder River Basin and Bighorn Basin
Went to 13 sites for presence absence surveys of which 9 had birds
collected 252 samples at 12 sites
collected ambient sound at 5 sites
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| Greater Sage-Grouse foot prints |
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| Same foot prints with Kevin's hand for scale. |
And saw lots of wildlife!
Birds:
Greater Sage-Grouse
Mallards
Green-winged Teal (maybe)
Crows
Ravens
Magpie
Rock Wren (Kevin saw this!)
American Kestrel
Bald Eagle
Golden Eagle (several juveniles)
Red-Tailed Hawk
Northern Harrier
Prairie Falcon
Western Meadowlark
Horned Lark
Killdeer
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| Western Meadowlark (I'm working on my camera skills..) |
Mammals:
Pronghorn
Mule Deer
Coyotes (only heard)
Cottontail Rabbits
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| Action shot of pronghorn running next to our vehicle |
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