Sweitzer Lake/Danau Sweitzer

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Grebe Survey Summary

  • Max Adults: 50
  • Year: 2003
  • Most Recent Adults: 22
  • Year: 2009
  • Survey Type: Shore
  • Most Common Threats Reported: N/A
Lake name:
Sweitzer Lake/Danau Sweitzer
Location:
Colorado
Latitude:
38.712441
Longitude:
-108.0329493
Surface area (km2):
0.6
Basin type:
reservoir
Dam completion date:
1953 land donated
Management agency:
Colorado Parks and Wildlife

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
    25 June 2009
  • Source
    Report
  • Both Western and Clarks?
    N
Count Type Range Max Year
Max Adults 1 to 100 22 2009
Most Recent Adults 1 to 100 22 2009
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:

Beason 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:
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
    3 June 2002, 11 June 2003
  • Source
    Report
  • Both Western and Clarks?
    N
Count Type Range Max Year
Max Adults 1 to 100 50 2003
Most Recent Adults 1 to 100 50 2003
Max Nests 1 to 100 1 2003
Most Recent Nests 1 to 100 1 2003
Max Chicks N/A N/A N/A
Most Recent Chicks N/A N/A N/A

Comments:

Unknown observers. Historical record included in the Atlas.

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 0 0 1998
Most Recent Adults 0 0 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. No Western nor Clark's grebes found but entered this as zero because this lake was surveyed as part of WCWS.

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