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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 (Stumella 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 (Spermophilus 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 omata), 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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