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
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Time period
30 July 2012, 28 August 2018 -
Source
Database -
Both Western and Clarks?
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| 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.