La Jara Reservoir
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Grebe Survey Summary
- Max Adults: 18
- Year: 1998
- Most Recent Adults: 14
- Year: 2011
- Survey Type: Shore
- Most Common Threats Reported: N/A
- Lake name:
- La Jara Reservoir
- Location:
- Colorado
- HydroLAKE ID:
- 112691
- GRanD ID:
- 583
- Latitude:
- 37.245224
- Longitude:
- -106.341351
- Surface area (km2):
- 3.2
- Basin type:
- reservoir
- Dam completion date:
- 1904
- Management agency:
- Colorado Parks and Wildlife
- Lake use:
- recreation irrigation fisheries
- Region associations:
- La Jara Reservoir SWA
- Designations:
- Wildlife Area
- Comments:
- Considered a shallow high elevation reservoir.
Surveys (2)
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.
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Type
shore -
Time period
9 June 2011 -
Source
Report -
Both Western and Clarks?
N
| Count Type | Range | Max | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Adults | 1 to 100 | 14 | 2011 |
| Most Recent Adults | 1 to 100 | 14 | 2011 |
| Max Nests | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Most Recent Nests | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Max Chicks | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Most Recent Chicks | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Comments:
Rawinski is observer. 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 date given here is the only date provided.
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.
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Type
shore -
Time period
23 May 1998, 28 July 1998 -
Source
Occasional Paper -
Both Western and Clarks?
N
| Count Type | Range | Max | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Adults | 1 to 100 | 18 | 1998 |
| Most Recent Adults | 1 to 100 | 18 | 1998 |
| Max Nests | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Most Recent Nests | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Max Chicks | 1 to 100 | 1 | 1998 |
| Most Recent Chicks | 1 to 100 | 1 | 1998 |
Comments:
One of 93 lakes, ponds, and reservoirs surveyed in CO for 3 species of grebes.
Sources of Information
- Messager, M. L., B. Lehner, G. Grill, I. Nedeva, and O. Schmitt. 2016. Estimating the volume and age of water stored in global lakes using a geo-statistical approach. Nature Communications 7:13603. Data is available at www.hydrosheds.org.; Lehner, B., C. Reidy Liermann, C. Revenga, C. Vorosmarty, B. Fekete, P. Crouzet, P. Doll, M. Endejan, K. Frenken, J. Magome, C. Nilsson, J.C. Robertson, R. Rodel, N. Sindorf, and D. Wisser. 2011. Global Reservoir and Dam Database, Version 1 (GRanDv1): Dams, Revision 01. Palisades, New York: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).
- Lehner, B., C. Reidy Liermann, C. Revenga, C. Vorosmarty, B. Fekete, P. Crouzet, P. Doll, M. Endejan, K. Frenken, J. Magome, C. Nilsson, J.C. Robertson, R. Rodel, N. Sindorf, and D. Wisser. 2011. Global Reservoir and Dam Database, Version 1 (GRanDv1): Dams, Revision 01. Palisades, New York: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).
- La Jara Reservoir State Wildlife Area