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The Arkansas River corridor is the only area immediately adjacent to the site which provides
<br /> wildlife habitat of high ecological value. This corridor may provide shelter, nesting habitat, and
<br /> acts as a movement corridor for various small mammals, amphibians and reptiles.
<br /> The following list is the common species that may be found within the Study Area:
<br /> Amphibians: bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana), red-spotted toad (Bufo punctatus), tiger salamander
<br /> (Ambystoma tigrinum), Woodhouse's toad(Bufo woodhousii);
<br /> Birds: American kestrel (Falco sparverius), American robin (Turdus migratorius), barn swallow
<br /> (Hirundo rustica), black-billed magpie (Pica pica), black-head grosbeak (Pheucticus
<br /> melanocephalus), blue grosbeak (Guiraca caerulea), blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata), Brewer's
<br /> blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus), brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater), Bullock's oriole
<br /> (Icterus bullockii), Cassin's sparrow (Aimophila cassinii), cliff swallow (Petrochelidon
<br /> pyrrhonota), common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula), common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor),
<br /> common yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas), Eastern kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannu), grasshopper
<br /> sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum), great blue heron (Ardea herodias), great-tailed grackle
<br /> (Quiscalus mexicanu), horned lark (Eremophila alpestris), house wren (Troglodytes aedon),
<br /> killdeer(Charadrius vociferus), lark bunting(Calamospiza melanocorys), lark sparrow(Chondestes
<br /> grammacus), mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), Mississippi kite (Ictinia mississippiensis), mourning
<br /> dove (Zenaida macroura), northern flicker (Colaptes auratus), northern mockingbird (Mimus
<br /> polyglottos), orchard oriole (Icterus spurius), red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus), Say's
<br /> phoebe (Sayornis saya), scaled quail (Callipepla squamata), Swainson's hawk (Buteo swainsoni),
<br /> western kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis), western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta), yellow warbler
<br /> (Dendroica petechia),yellow-headed blackbird(Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus);
<br /> Mammals: American badger (Taxidea taxus), American beaver (Castor canadensis), black-tailed
<br /> jackrabbit (Lepus californicus), black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus), bobcat (Lynx
<br /> rufus), common muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus), coyote (Canis latrans), deer mouse (Peromyscus
<br /> maniculatus), desert cottontail (Sylvilagus audubonii), fox squirrel (Sciurus niger), hispid cotton
<br /> (Sigmodon hispidus), hispid pocket mouse (Chaetodipus hispidus), hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus),
<br /> house mouse (Mus musculus), Mexican woodrat (Neotoma mexicana), mule deer (Odocoileus
<br /> hemionus),northern grasshopper mouse(Onychomys leucogaster),Ord's kangaroo rat(Dipodomys
<br /> ordii), pinyon mouse (Peromyscus truei), plains pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius), pronghorn
<br /> (Antilocapra americana), raccoon (Procyon lotor), red fox (Vulpes vulpes), silky pocket mouse
<br /> (Perognathus flavus), southern plains woodrat (Neotoma micropus), striped skunk (Mephitis
<br /> mephitis), thirteen-lined ground squirrel (Spennophilus tridecemlineatus), Virginia oppossum
<br /> (Didelphis virginiana), western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis), white-footed mouse
<br /> (Peromyscus leucopu), white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), white-throated woodrat
<br /> (Neotoma albigula), yellow-faced pocket gopher (Cratogeomys castanops); reptiles: fence lizard
<br /> (Sceloporus undulatus), gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer), lesser earless lizard (Holbrookia
<br /> maculata), ornate box turtle (Terrapene ornata), plains garter snake (Thamnophis radix), racer
<br /> (Coluber constrictor)and western hognose snake(Heterodon nasicus).
<br /> Due to the current and historic agricultural land use, the Study Area lacks habitat for many of the
<br /> above-mentioned species. However, generalist species such as coyote,red fox, mule deer, Virginia
<br /> opossum and striped skunk may be observed within the Study Area.
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