Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge
- Lake name:
- 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:
- See Crane Lake. This refuge supports a 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:
New Mexico Avian Conservation Partners. 2016. New Mexico Bird Conservation Plan Version 2.2. C. Rustay, S. Norris, and M. Darr, compilers. New Mexico Avian Conservation Partners, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
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Time period
N/A -
Source
Species profile -
Both Western and Clarks?
Y
| Count Type | Range | Max | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Adults | 1 to 100 | presence | ? |
| Most Recent Adults | 1 to 100 | presence | ? |
| Max Nests | 1 to 100 | presence | ? |
| Most Recent Nests | 1 to 100 | presence | ? |
| Max Chicks | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Most Recent Chicks | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Comments:
Species profiles in Appendix C states that Western and Clark's breed here as well as other NM lakes in the north. For Clark's, most frequently at this site. No other specifics nor data.
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
15 August 1992, 24 August 1992 -
Source
Database -
Both Western and Clarks?
N
| Count Type | Range | Max | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Adults | 1 to 100 | presence | 1992 |
| Most Recent Adults | 1 to 100 | presence | 1992 |
| Max Nests | 1 to 100 | presence | 1992 |
| Most Recent Nests | 1 to 100 | presence | 1992 |
| Max Chicks | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Most Recent Chicks | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Comments:
From the field notes database of the New Mexico Ornithological Society, only records with evidence of breeding (nests and/or eggs) included here. Possibly 2 adults and/or nests observed but uncertain which or both so entered as present.