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Appendix B. Birds of Conservation Concern in the Moodna Creek Watershed The following species were observed during the 2000-05 NYS Breeding Bird Atlas, in Altas blocks that were at least 50% within the watershed boundary. Within this area, the Atlas documented 133 species, both rare and common; this list includes only those that are considered Audubon "Responsibility Species of the Hudson Valley." Sixty percent of species listed were "confirmed" breeders in at least one Atlas block. The list is sorted by general habitat grouping (last column). (Note: Bald eagle and least bittern were not documented in the Atlas area included in this analysis; however, they are species of conservation concern reported in the watershed and are discussed elsewhere in the plan.) Common Name Scientific Name State Listing NYNHP Listing SGCN General Habitat Grouping American Kestrel Falco sparverius Grassland birds Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus x Grassland birds Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna x Grassland birds Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris Special Concern Watch List x Grassland birds Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus Threatened Active Inventory x Grassland birds Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Grassland birds Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Human-modified habitats Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Active Inventory Nests colonially in trees, often by water Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon Nests near open water and streams with banks Osprey Pandion haliaetus Special Concern Watch List x Nests near open water American Black Duck Anas rubripes x Wetland breeding waterfowl Northern Parula Parula americana Watch List Wet woodland or swamp, river margins NYNHP Active Inventory: Includes species currently tracked in NY Natural Heritage Program database; for the most part, these are the most rare or most imperiled species in NY. NYNHP Watch List: Includes species that could become imperiled enough in the future to warrant being actively inventoried, or for which there is insufficient data to determine whether they should be actively inventoried. SGCN are Species of Greatest Conservation Need, as designated in the NYS Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy Plan. Table created by L. Heady, NYS DEC Hudson River Estuary Program and Cornell University.
Appendix C. Reptiles and Amphibians of Conservation Concern in the Moodna Creek Watershed The following species were observed during the 1990-1998 NYS Amphibian and Reptile ("Herp") Atlas Project within the watershed boundary. The Atlas documented 45 amphibian and reptile species in the watershed; only those that are a NYS Species of Greatest Conservation Need were included here. The list is sorted by general habitat grouping (last column). Common Name Scientific Name State Listing NYNHP Listing General Habitat Grouping Bog turtle Clemmys muhlenbergii Endangered Active Inventory Fens/wet meadows Eastern ribbon snake Thamnophis sauritus Ponds/marshes/swamps Northern red salamander Pseudotriton r. ruber Stream salamanders Wood turtle Clemmys insculpta Special Concern Watch List Streams/woodlands/grassland Northern cricket frog Acris c. crepitans Endangered Active Inventory Vegetated ponds Blue-spotted salamander Ambystoma laterale Vernal pool breeder Marbled salamander Ambystoma opacum Special Concern Watch List Vernal pool breeder Jefferson salamander Ambystoma jeffersonianum Vernal pool breeder Spotted turtle Clemmys guttata Special Concern Watch List Vernal pool/wetland/woodland Eastern box turtle Terrapene c. carolina Special Concern Watch List Woodland/grassland Black rat snake Elaphe o. obsoleta Woodland/rocky outcrop/grassland Eastern hognose snake Heterodon platirhinos Special Concern Watch List Woodland/grassland snakes Eastern racer Coluber constrictor Woodland/rocky outcrop/grassland Northern copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen Watch List Woodland/rocky outcrop Smooth greensnake Liochlorophis vernalis Grassland Timber rattlesnake Crotalus horridus Threatened Active Inventory Woodland/rocky outcrop Fowler’s toad Bufo fowleri Woodland/marshes Common five-lined skink Eumeces fasciatus Watch List Woodland/talus slope NYNHP Active Inventory: Includes species currently tracked in NY Natural Heritage Program database; for the most part, these are the most rare or most imperiled species in NY. NYNHP Watch List: Includes species that could become imperiled enough in the future to warrant being actively inventoried, or for which there is insufficient data to determine whether they should be actively inventoried. SGCN are Species of Greatest Conservation Need, as designated in the NYS Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy Plan. Table created by L. Heady, NYS DEC Hudson River Estuary Program and Cornell University.
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