Six species, the Great Blue Heron, Green Heron, American Coot, American
Avocet, Least Tern and Red-winged Blackbird, furnish 264 records of
breeding. The distribution of clutches (Fig. 1) runs from mid-March to
the last third of July and is bimodal. This is another heterogeneous
assemblage of birds; the Great Blue Heron is responsible for the first
peak, in the first third of April. The other five species, however, show
fair consistency and their peak of egg-laying almost coincides with
peaks for aerial foragers, woodland species, and migrants, considered
elsewhere in this section.
_Grassland Species_
Ten species, Greater Prairie Chicken, Bobwhite, Killdeer, Upland Plover,
Horned Lark, Starling, Eastern Meadowlark, Western Meadowlark, Common
Grackle, and Dickcissel, furnish 404 records of breeding activity. The
distribution of clutches (Fig. 1) runs from the first of March to
mid-September. The peak of egg-laying occurs in the first third of May.
This is coincident with the peak for resident species, perhaps a
reflection of the fact that half the species in the present category are
residents in northeastern Kansas.
_Woodland Species_
In this category are included species characteristic of woodland edge.
Thirty-four species, furnishing 1,882 records of breeding, are here
treated: Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Black-billed Cuckoo, "flicker" (includes
birds thought to be relatively pure red-shafted, pure yellow-shafted, as
well as clear hybrids), Red-bellied Woodpecker, Red-headed Woodpecker,
Hairy Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Blue Jay, Black-billed Magpie,
Common Crow, Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Wren,
Bewick Wren, House Wren, Brown Thrasher, Catbird, Mockingbird, Robin,
Wood Thrush, Eastern Bluebird, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Bell Vireo,
Warbling Vireo, Prothonotary Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Chat, Orchard
Oriole, Baltimore Oriole, Cardinal, Black-headed Grosbeak, Indigo
Bunting, Lark Sparrow, and Field Sparrow. The distribution of clutches
runs from the first third of March to mid-September (Fig. 1). The modal
period for completed clutches is the first third of June. Conspicuous
breeding activity occurs from the first third of May to mid-June. The
distribution of the season in time is almost identical with that for
migrant species, reflecting the large number of migrant species in
woodland habitats in Kansas.
_Aerial Foragers_
Twelve species, Common Nighthawk, Chimney Swift, Eastern Kingbird,
Western Kingbird, Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher,
Eastern Phoebe, Eastern Wood Pewee, Bank Swallow, Rough-winged Swallow,
Barn Swallow, and Purple Martin, furnish 587 records of breeding. The
distribution of clutches (Fig. 1) extends from the last third of March
to the first third of August, and the modal date of clutches is in the
first third of June. Conspicuous breeding activity occurs from the end
of May to the end of June. The peak of nesting essentially coincides
with that characteristic of migrants.
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