Lake David, Ruby Ranch

Lake name:
Lake David, Ruby Ranch
Location:
New Mexico
Latitude:
35.7661859
Longitude:
-105.1313626
Basin type:
non-reservoir
Management agency:
Private (Kirkpatrick family)
Region associations:
Lake Isabel
Comments:
Privately owned by the Kirkpatrick family. Adjacent to Lake Isabel.

Summary of Surveys (1)

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.

  • Type
    shore
  • Time period
    August 2009, 20 May 2010
  • Source
    Report
  • Both Western and Clarks?
    N
Count Type Range Max Year
Max Adults 1 to 100 44 2009
Most Recent Adults 1 to 100 40 2010
Max Nests 1 to 100 22 2009
Most Recent Nests 1 to 100 22 2009
Max Chicks N/A N/A N/A
Most Recent Chicks N/A N/A N/A

Comments:

West was observer. Nests X 2 was the estimate # of breeding adults in 2009. The 40 Clark's grebes counted in 2010 were non-breeding. Conducted as part of Western Colonial Waterbird Survey (WCWS), a breeding survey of 18 species from May to July 2009 to 2011, resulting in this Atlas. Survey date given here is the only date provided.

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