Fruitgrowers Reservoir, Harts Basin

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Grebe Survey Summary

  • Max Adults: 139
  • Year: 2009
  • Most Recent Adults: 99
  • Year: 2010
  • Survey Type: Shore; Boat
  • Most Common Threats Reported: Water too low
Lake name:
Fruitgrowers Reservoir, Harts Basin
Location:
Colorado
Latitude:
38.8294748
Longitude:
-107.9453659
Surface area (km2):
1.9
Basin type:
reservoir
Dam completion date:
1986 final dam
Management agency:
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Comments:
Original dam did not last and was rebuilt.

Surveys (3)

Survey Citation:
Cavitt, J. F., S. L. Jones, N. M. Wilson, J. S Dieni, T. S. Zimmerman, R. H. Doster, and W. H. Howe. 2014. Atlas of breeding colonial waterbirds in the interior western United States. Research Report, U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Denver, Colorado.

  • Type
    shore
  • Time period
    11 June 2009, 21 June 2010
  • Source
    Report
  • Both Western and Clarks?
    Y
Count Type Range Max Year
Max Adults 101 to 500 139 2009
Most Recent Adults 1 to 100 99 2010
Max Nests 1 to 100 9 2010
Most Recent Nests 1 to 100 9 2010
Max Chicks N/A N/A N/A
Most Recent Chicks N/A N/A N/A

Comments:

Beason and Garrison are observers. Nests are all Western grebes'. Conducted as part of Western Colonial Waterbird Survey (WCWS), a breeding survey of 18 species from May to July 2009 to 2011, resulting in this Atlas. Survey dates given here are the only dates provided.

Survey Citation:
Cavitt, J. F., S. L. Jones, N. M. Wilson, J. S Dieni, T. S. Zimmerman, R. H. Doster, and W. H. Howe. 2014. Atlas of breeding colonial waterbirds in the interior western United States. Research Report, U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Denver, Colorado.

  • Time period
    23 July 1998, 2006
  • Source
    Report
  • Both Western and Clarks?
    Y
Count Type Range Max Year
Max Adults 101 to 500 125 2005
Most Recent Adults 1 to 100 56 2006
Max Nests 1 to 100 15 2005
Most Recent Nests 1 to 100 15 2005
Max Chicks N/A N/A N/A
Most Recent Chicks N/A N/A N/A

Comments:

Galinate is observer for 2006. Unknown observs for other years. These are historical records from 1998 to 2006 except for 2002 included in the Atlas. Only year is given for 2006, no specific dates. Different grebes counted on different survey dates in same year are treated as seperate and I did not combine them for that year.

Survey Citation:
Giroir, G.P. and T. Leukering. 1999. Breeding distribution and numbers of Eared, Western, and Clark's grebes in Colorado. J. Colorado Field Ornithologists 33:83-90.

  • Type
    shore; boat
  • Time period
    23 May 1998, 28 July 1998
  • Source
    Occasional Paper
  • Both Western and Clarks?
    Y
Count Type Range Max Year
Max Adults 1 to 100 54 1998
Most Recent Adults 1 to 100 54 1998
Max Nests 1 to 100 1 1998
Most Recent Nests 1 to 100 1 1998
Max Chicks N/A N/A N/A
Most Recent Chicks N/A N/A N/A

Comments:

One of 93 lakes, ponds, and reservoirs surveyed in CO for 3 species of grebes.

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