Crane Lake, Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge
- Lake name:
- Crane Lake, Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge
- Location:
- New Mexico
- Latitude:
- 35.536903
- Longitude:
- -105.162253
- Management agency:
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Region associations:
- Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Gallinas River; Vegosa Creek
- Comments:
- Complex of small lakes, coordinates are for Crane Lake though not all the entries compiled for Las Vegas NWR specified Crane Lake. Grebe numbers were so small and the lakes close to each other that Crane Lake was most central for the non-specified entries.
Summary of Surveys (2)
Survey Citation:
Cavitt, J. F., S. L. Jones, N. M. Wilson, J. S Dieni, T. S. Zimmerman, R. H. Doster, and W. H. Howe. 2014. Atlas of breeding colonial waterbirds in the interior western United States. Research Report, U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Denver, Colorado.
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Time period
15 August 1992, 20 September 1994 -
Source
Report -
Both Western and Clarks?
Y and N
| Count Type | Range | Max | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Adults | 1 to 100 | >2 | 1992 |
| Most Recent Adults | 1 to 100 | 2-3 | 1994 |
| Max Nests | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Most Recent Nests | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Max Chicks | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Most Recent Chicks | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Comments:
Rustay (1992), Morrison (1993), and Nistico (1994) were observers. In 1992, Western and Clark's grebes were present with confirmed breeding but no counts. Unidentified adult grebes in 1992 were counted as 2. The November 1994 survey is considered to out of breeding season. These are historical records included in the Atlas.
Survey Citation:
New Mexico Ornithological Society. 2022. NMOS Field Notes Database 1962 - 2009. Natural Heritage New Mexico (database designer/server), Albuquerque, New Mexico. Online: http://nhnm.unm.edu/partners/NMOS. Accessed on September 29, 2022.
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Type
shore -
Time period
6 November 2010, 27 August 2011 -
Source
Database -
Both Western and Clarks?
N
| Count Type | Range | Max | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Adults | 1 to 100 | 1 | 2011 |
| Most Recent Adults | 1 to 100 | 1 | 2011 |
| Max Nests | 1 to 100 | 1 | 2011 |
| Most Recent Nests | 1 to 100 | 1 | 2011 |
| Max Chicks | 1 to 100 | 2 | 2010 |
| Most Recent Chicks | 1 to 100 | 2 | 2010 |
Comments:
From the field notes database of the New Mexico Ornithological Society, only records with evidence of breeding (nests and/or eggs) included here. The 2011 observation is on Crane Lake but the 2010 observation is not specified. Entered both observations in same entry.