Lake Andes, Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge

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Grebe Survey Summary

  • Max Adults: 105
  • Year: 2012
  • Most Recent Adults: 10
  • Year: 2019
  • Survey Type: N/A
  • Most Common Threats Reported: N/A
Lake name:
Lake Andes, Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge
Location:
South Dakota
Latitude:
43.1985779
Longitude:
-98.420617
Surface area (km2):
19
Basin type:
non-reservoir
Management agency:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks
Region associations:
Lake Andes NWR; John Eldridge WPA; Hubers WPA; North Unit WPA
Designations:
National Wildlife Refuge; Waterfowl Production Area
Comments:
The lake was created during the last ice age. A specific location for 2019 observation is 38822–38844 288th St; US-SD (43.2131;-98.4147) but Lake Andes observations across different years are compiled together here.

Surveys (1)

Survey Citation:
South Dakota Ornithologists' Union https://research.dsu.edu/sdousbor/default.aspx

  • Time period
    30 July 2012, 28 August 2018
  • Source
    Database
  • Both Western and Clarks?
    N
Count Type Range Max Year
Max Adults 101 to 500 105 2012
Most Recent Adults 1 to 100 40 2018
Max Nests N/A N/A N/A
Most Recent Nests N/A N/A N/A
Max Chicks 1 to 100 34-102 2012
Most Recent Chicks 1 to 100 3 2018

Comments:

Different years have numbers for either adults and/or broods. Range of 1 to 3 chicks per brood is estimated if brood number is reported. Observers were Nancy Drilling and Kelly Preheim.

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