Long-billed Curlew
Numenius americanus
Synopsis:
Nests in irrigated fields amid rangelands, and along portions of
the upper Columbia and Snake Rivers. Nests very
locally in the Klamath Basin.
Habitat Associations:
strongest
Low-Dwarf Sagebrush (154752 acres)
strong
Sagebrush Steppe (2627895 acres)
Salt Desert Scrub Shrubland (486663 acres)
Bitterbrush-Big Sagebrush Shrubland (133184 acres)
Grassland & Fir-Ponderosa Interspersed (115018 acres)
Northeast Modified Grassland (709941 acres)
Seasonally Wet Playa (121574 acres)
Edges of Cropland/Pasture/Orchard (2472472 acres)
some
Big Sagebrush Shrubland (7022524 acres)
Edges of Freshwater Marsh (19121 acres)
lesser
Northeast Canyon Grass & Shrubland (57523 acres)
Relative Detectability:
Somewhat difficult to spot and to confirm nesting.
Challenge:
Improve knowledge of current extent of breeding in Wheeler,
Wasco, and Sherman Counties.