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Date Location Time Notes 2003-11-03 Pecan-Hackberry Floodplain Forest, McPherson Ave Maple- Basswood Forest 10 W. H. Busby, S. Roth & C. Davis: check flying squirrel boxes TABLE 3.3. Element occurrence records for state-rare animals on FLMR. For definitions of state-ranks see NatureServe website (http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/ranking.htm). Latitude-longitude data are provided for an observation centroid (see maps for each species for more complete distribution information). Format is degrees, minutes, seconds (DDMMSS). Common Name Scientific Name Element Occurrence Code State Rank Latitude & Longitude southern flying Glaucomys volans AMAFB09010.017 S3 392150 N squirrel 945601 W eastern chipmunk Tamias striatus AMAFB02230.002 S2 392059 N 945615 W great egret Ardea alba ABNGA04040.008 S2B, 392243 N S3N 945313 W Cooper’s hawk Accipiter cooperi ABNKC12040.026 S3B, SZN 392308 N 945334 W broad-winged Buteo platypterus ABNKC19050.004 S1B, 392150 N hawk SZN 945601 W red-shouldered Buteo lineatus ABNKC19030.019 S2S3 392308 N hawk 945334 W ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus ABPBX10010.005 S1B 392117 N 945617 W cerulean warbler Dendroica cerulea ABPBX03240.002 S1B 392217 N 945334 W yellow-throated Dendroica dominica ABPBX03130.004 S1B 392254 N warbler 945302 W Species Accounts–Federal-listed Species American burying beetle: Nicrophorus americanus Olivier Notes on Status Widespread, low-density population; confirmed in 2003 Widespread in wooded areas; multiple sites in 2003 2–10 nesting pairs in great blue heron colony in 1995–‘96 not observed in 2002–‘03 One breeding pair in 1994; present in 2003; species no longer tracked Probable nester; breeding not confirmed; observed in 2003 Probable nester; breeding not confirmed; observed in 2003 1–2 breeding pair in 1995–‘96; not observed in 2003 1–4 breeding pairs; observed in 2003 Estimate 30+ breeding pairs; observed in 2003 Past Records. The American burying beetle historically occurred throughout much of the eastern U.S. including the Kansas counties of Doniphan, Douglas, Pottawatomie, and Shawnee (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1991). Currently, it is known from six states: on Block Island off the coast of Rhode Island, southern South Dakota, central Nebraska, eastern Oklahoma, western Arkansas (Ratcliffe 1996), and southeastern Kansas (Guarisco 1997, Miller and McDonald 1997). In the past several years, this species has been found at eight sites in Wilson, Elk, Montgomery, and Chautauqua counties in the Chautauqua Hills physiographic province in southeast Kansas (Guarisco 1998, 1999). No American burying beetles were found on FLMR by Freeman et al. (1997). NATURAL AREAS INVENTORY OF FT. LEAVENWORTH II 50
TABLE 3.4. Carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) collected on FLMR 3–6 September 2003. See text for descriptions of locations. Species Location No. Collected 3 rd –4 th –5 th –6 th Sum Total Nicrophorus marginatus 2 0–0–1–0 1 3 0–0–0–2 2 3 Nicrophorus orbicollis 1 1–1–0–0 2 2 4–6–5–1 16 3 1–0–0–0 1 4 0–6–4–3 13 32 Nicrophorus tomentosus 1 0–2–0–1 3 2 0–36–12–14 62 3 0–0–0–1 1 4 0–5–1–6 12 78 Necrophila americana 2 0–0–0–1 1 4 0–1–0–0 1 2 TABLE 3.5. Carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) collected at FLMR on 9–12 September 2003. See text for description of locations. Species Location No. Collected 9th–10 th –11 th –12 th Sum Total Nicrophorus marginatus 6 0–0–1–0 1 7 0–0–0–2 2 3 Nicrophorus orbicollis 5 0–0–4–3 7 6 1–2–2–4 9 7 0–1–0–0 1 8 1–0–0–1 2 19 Nicrophorus tomentosus 5 0–0–20–24 44 6 0–21–20–9 50 7 0–23–21–0 44 8 1–6–1–0 8 146 Necrophila americana 5 0–1–0–0 1 6 0–0–1–0 1 7 0–1–0–0 1 3 Available Habitat and Surveys. Surveys for carrion beetles were conducted 2–6 and 8–12 September 2003. Following a technique modified from Kozol (1990), a series of pitfall traps baited with carrion were placed at eight sites (Figure 3.2). Traps were checked each morning for adult beetles. A total of 311 specimens representing four species of carrion beetles was collected (Table 3.4, Table 3.5), but no American burying beetles were found. Potential for Occurrence on FLMR. The recent decline and apparent extirpation of the American burying beetle over most of its former range may be due to multiple ecological factors and life NATURAL AREAS INVENTORY OF FT. LEAVENWORTH II 51
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While FLMR supports a diverse flora
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Sorghum halepense, previously repor
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Brumwell, M. J. 1951. An ecological
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APPENDIX A. Directions to vegetatio
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References Information on exotic an
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