Island Lake, Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge
- Lake name:
- Island Lake, Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge
- Location:
- Nebraska
- Latitude:
- 41.7371889
- Longitude:
- -102.3976107
- Surface area (km2):
- 2.9
- Basin type:
- non-reservoir
- Management agency:
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Region associations:
- Crescent Lake NWR; Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- Comments:
- Crescent Lake NWR is part of the Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge Complex and is comprised of several wetlands such as lakes, marshes, and wet meadows. This area is one of the few remaining prairie landscapes of the U.S. Various lakes at this refuge have their own entries of grebe breeding data for further details. Island Lake is considered a shallow lake.
Summary of Surveys (2)
Survey Citation:
Swenk, M. H. 1933. A brief synopsis of the birds of Nebraska. II. Nebraska Bird Review (October 1933) 1(4). Nebraska Bird Review. 675.
http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nebbirdrev/675 AND Swenk, M. H. 1918. Revisory Notes on the List of the Birds of Nebraska. The Wilson Bulletin , Dec., 1918, Vol. 30, No. 4 (Dec., 1918), pp. 112-117. AND. Mollhoff, W. 2022. Nest Records of Nebraska Birds. Zea Books.
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Time period
1916, 1917 -
Source
Notes -
Both Western and Clarks?
N
| Count Type | Range | Max | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Adults | 1 to 100 | presence | 1916, 1917 |
| Most Recent Adults | 1 to 100 | presence | 1917 |
| Max Nests | 1 to 100 | 5 | 1917 |
| Most Recent Nests | 1 to 100 | 5 | 1917 |
| Max Chicks | 1 to 100 | presence | 1916 |
| Most Recent Chicks | 1 to 100 | presence | 1916 |
Comments:
Not a survey but a historical account and considered the first breeding record of Western grebes in Nebraska (cited in a few sources). This included grebe nest observations, specimen collecting, and egg taking by C.A. Black. Author (Lawrence) acknowledges that this historical record on Island Lake has been missed by other accounts of breeding birds in Nebraska.
Survey Citation:
Ducey, J.E. 2022. Valentine, Nebraska. Archive of the Great American Sandhills. April 14, 2022
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Time period
2022 -
Source
Database -
Both Western and Clarks?
N
| Count Type | Range | Max | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Adults | 1 to 100 | presence | 2022 |
| Most Recent Adults | 1 to 100 | presence | 2022 |
| Max Nests | 1 to 100 | presence? | 2022 |
| Most Recent Nests | 1 to 100 | presence? | 2022 |
| Max Chicks | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Most Recent Chicks | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Comments:
Nebraska Sandhills Lakes with Western Grebe breeding records from database owned by James E. Ducey, forwarded by Ross Silcock. Credit as James E. Ducey, Valentine, Nebraska. Archive of the Great American Sandhills. April 14, 2022 is the publication date. No other details provided. Breeding record does not specify evidence (nests and/or chicks so entered as probable nests) and then Ross Silcock updated the list with years, some from eBird, and states that presence at Sandhills lakes in June to July is probable as breeding. There may have been previous years of observations to comprise Ducey's list but there is no information on that. Crescent Lake NWR are visited multiple times per year.