Historical and Recent Records and First Nest Records of Henslow's Sparrow in North Dakota

Authors

Jill A. Shaffer, USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research CenterFollow
Lawrence D. Igl, USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research CenterFollow
Frédérick Vanhove, USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

Date of this Version

3-17-2003

Comments

Published in The Prairie Naturalist 35(2): June 2003. Published by the Great Plains Natural Science Society http://www.fhsu.edu/biology/pn/prairienat.htm

Abstract

The northwestern limit of the Henslow's sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii) breeding distribution occurs in southern Minnesota and central Wisconsin. In North Dakota, observations of Henslow's sparrows are reported infrequently, and there are no published nest records in the state. Herein, we summarize and review previous reports of Henslow's sparrows in North Dakota and document the first two nest records of Henslow's sparrow in the state.