San Luis Lake

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Grebe Survey Summary

  • Max Adults: 20
  • Year: 2011
  • Most Recent Adults: 20
  • Year: 2011
  • Survey Type: Shore
  • Most Common Threats Reported: N/A
Lake name:
San Luis Lake
Location:
Colorado
Latitude:
37.6752168
Longitude:
-105.7244310
Surface area (km2):
13.4
Basin type:
non-reservoir
Motor restrictions:
entire
Motor restrictions notes:
no motor boats, only hand launched
Management agency:
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Region associations:
San Luis Lakes State Park; San Luis Lakes SWA
Designations:
Wildlife Area
Comments:
Part of San Luis Lake State Park became San Luis Lakes SWA in 2017.

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.

  • Type
    shore
  • Time period
    23 May 2011, 7 June 2011
  • Source
    Report
  • Both Western and Clarks?
    Y
Count Type Range Max Year
Max Adults 1 to 100 20 2011
Most Recent Adults 1 to 100 20 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. The Clark's grebe on 23 May 2011 is non-breeding. Different grebes on different days so the proportion is probably not applicable. 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.

  • Type
    shore
  • 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 15 1998
Most Recent Adults 1 to 100 15 1998
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:

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

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