Camas National Wildlife Refuge

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Grebe Survey Summary

  • Max Adults: 10
  • Year: 1993
  • Most Recent Adults: 10
  • Year: 1993
  • Survey Type: Shore
  • Most Common Threats Reported: Lack of fish food; drought/lack of precipitation/water
Lake name:
Camas National Wildlife Refuge
Location:
Idaho
Latitude:
43.947754
Longitude:
-112.267665
Basin type:
non-reservoir
Management agency:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Region associations:
Camas Creek
Designations:
National Wildlife Refuge
Comments:
The coordinates reported in Trost 1985 may be incorrect as that location is far south of Camas NWR and on dry agricultural fields. Coordinates entered here is for the Big Pond at Camas NWR according to the USFWS website and the Friends of Camas NWR map. No other information on location. This refuge is a complex of diverse habitats such as marshes, ponds, and sagebrush. Water delivery system is being structurally improved due to limited water from Camas Creek and groundwater wells. This area connects the Great Basin to the prairies in Canada.

Surveys (3)

Survey Citation:
Trost, C. H. n.d. Status and distribution of colonial nesting waterbirds in Idaho, 1985. 110.

  • Type
    shore
  • Time period
    16 June 1984
  • Source
    Report
  • Both Western and Clarks?
    N
Count Type Range Max Year
Max Adults 1 to 100 9 1984
Most Recent Adults 1 to 100 9 1984
Max Nests 1 to 100 30 1984
Most Recent Nests 1 to 100 30 1984
Max Chicks N/A N/A N/A
Most Recent Chicks N/A N/A N/A

Comments:

Source is J. Richardson.

Survey Citation:
Trost, C. H., A. Gerstell. 1994. Status and distribution of colonial nesting waterbirds in southern Idaho, 1993. 110.

  • Type
    shore
  • Time period
    16 June 1993, 8 July 1993
  • Source
    Report
  • Both Western and Clarks?
    N
Count Type Range Max Year
Max Adults 1 to 100 10 1993
Most Recent Adults 1 to 100 2 1993
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:

Source is G. Deutcher. June 16 survey, comment is that drought killed fish and can't find previously nesting grebes.

Survey Citation:
Peterson, L. A. 1977. Colonial waterbirds in Idaho. Special Report to Idaho Department of Fish and Game. 38 pp.

  • Time period
    N/A
  • Source
    Report
  • Both Western and Clarks?
    N
Count Type Range Max Year
Max Adults 1 to 100 presence ?
Most Recent Adults 1 to 100 presence ?
Max Nests 1 to 100 presence ?
Most Recent Nests 1 to 100 presence ?
Max Chicks N/A N/A N/A
Most Recent Chicks N/A N/A N/A

Comments:

Peterson reports that Larrison et al. states that Western grebes breed here, no years provided.

Sources of Information