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• Many predators such as coyote, badger, long-tailed weasel, <br />golden eagle, red-tailed hawk, prairie falcon, and prairie <br />rattlesnake utilize sagebrush habitat. <br />Several species of songbirds are considered obligated of (i.e. <br />almost entirely dependent on) sagebrush habitat. Obligated species <br />include sage thrasher and Brewer's sparrow. Vesper sparrow, <br />mourning dove, and western meadowlark are also common in sagebrush <br />habitat. <br />Sage grouse are likely to occur throughout the sagebrush <br />habitat and are almost totally dependent on sagebrush habitat (Braun <br />et. al. 1977). While small openings in the sagebrush may be used <br />• for strutting grounds, nests are constructed on the ground beneath <br />sagebrush and most sage grouse foraging occurs in sagebrush habitat. <br />Historically, the largest sage grouse populations in Houtt County <br />were found in the Twentymile Park area on the upper Sage and Pish <br />Creek drainages (Bogers 1964). <br />Meadow. The meadow vegetation type occurs primarily ae narrow <br />bands along the drainages adjoining sagebrush or cropland. Moat <br />meadows have been heavily grazed by Livestock. Meadow vegetation is <br />composed predominantly of bromegrasaea (Bromus spp.), bluegrasaea <br />(Pon ap.), clover (Trifolium ap.), and sedges (Carer spp.). <br />. Meador habitat is inhabited principally by wildlife species <br />which prefer open grassland, but some species such as mule deer may <br />2.04-84 <br />