Yellowstone Wildlife: Ecology and Natural History of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Index

American bluebirds, 14, 20, 61, 65 American robins, 14, 20, 61, 65 American three-toed woodpeckers, 59, 61, 65 American wigeons, 21, 85 badgers, 20 bald eagles, 20–21, 78, 96–97, 99–101, 108 bark beetles. See mountain pine bark beetles Barrow’s goldeneyes, 21, 85, 90, 92, 116 bears, 109. See also black bears; grizzly bears beavers, 6, 14, 39, 76, 78–79, 83–85, 93, 105, 116–17, 133–35, 143 beetles, 64–65, 92. See also mountain pine bark beetles; wood-boring beetles bighorn sheep, 3, 12, 13, 125, 128, 130 bison, 11, 20, 37–39, 47, 59, 64–65, 67, 70, 136–37, 139 black-backed woodpeckers, 59, 61, 65 black bears, 38, 59 black-billed magpies, 46–47, 64, 109 blackbirds. See Brewer’s blackbirds; red-winged blackbirds; yellow-headed blackbirds black-headed grosbeaks, 14 black rosy-finches, 13, 128 bluebirds. See mountain bluebirds boring beetles. See wood-boring beetles Brewer’s blackbirds, 89 Brewer’s sparrows, 20 buffleheads, 85, 90 calliope hummingbirds, 14, 119–20 Canada geese, 21, 82 Cassin’s finches, 61 chickadees, 13–14, 65 chipmunks, 54, 133. See also least chipmunks chipping sparrows, 14, 61, 65 Clark’s nutcrackers, 13–14, 61, 64–65 cliff swallows, 85 common mergansers, 21, 97 common yellowthroats, 20, 78, 85 Cooper’s hawks, 57 coots, 85, 89–90, 92–93 cougars, 38 coyotes, 20–21, 27, 30–31, 34–35, 38–39, 44, 46–47, 64, 74–76, 82–83, 88, 108–9, 112, 136, 142 cranes. See sandhill cranes dark-eyed juncos, 13–14, 61, 65 deer, 14, 39, 64, 139. See also mule deer dippers, 123–24 Index ducks. See American wigeons; mallards; ring-necked ducks; ruddy ducks, teal dusky grouse, 14 eagles, 39. See also bald eagles; golden eagles elk, 6, 11, 13–14, 20–21, 27, 38–39, 44, 46–47, 59, 64, 104–5, 108– 9, 112, 136–37, 139, 142–43 falcons. See prairie falcons finches. See Cassin’s finches; black rosy-finches flickers. See northern flickers flycatchers. See willow flycatchers flying squirrels, 133 fox sparrows, 20 geese. See Canada geese golden-crowned kinglets, 13, 65 golden eagles, 51, 54 goldeneyes. See Barrow’s goldeneyes golden-mantled ground squirrels, 51 gophers. See pocket gophers goshawks. See northern goshawks grasshoppers, 57, 82, 133 gray jays, 14, 64–65, 67 great blue herons, 97, 100–102, 108, 135 great gray owls, 54, 56, 116 grebes. See pied-billed grebes green-winged teal, 21, 78, 112 grizzly bears, 14, 38, 46–47, 59, 117 grosbeaks. See black-headed grosbeaks; pine grosbeaks ground squirrels. See goldenmantled ground squirrels; Uinta ground squirrels grouse. See dusky grouse; ruffed grouse; sage-grouse hairy woodpeckers, 59, 61, 65 hares. See snowshoe hares hawks. See Cooper’s hawks; northern goshawks; red-tailed hawks; Swainson’s hawks hermit thrushes, 13 herons. See great blue herons horned owls, 56 house wrens, 14, 61 hummingbirds. See calliope hummingbirds jackrabbits. See white-tailed jackrabbits jays. See gray jays juncos, 113, 119. See also dark-eyed juncos kinglets. See golden-crowned kinglets; ruby-crowned kinglets least chipmunks, 51 Lewis’s woodpeckers, 56–57 Lincoln’s sparrows, 14, 20 lynxes, 14 MacGillivray’s warblers, 14, 20 magpies, 39, 64, 93, 108–9. See also black-billed magpies mallards, 21, 78, 85, 90, 116 marmots, 13, 51, 54, 125, 133 martens, 113. See also pine martens meadow voles, 20, 27 mergansers. See common mergansers mice, 31, 44, 74, 142. See also western jumping mice minks, 20, 112, 135 moose, 14, 39, 59, 64–65, 74–76, 78, 104–5, 108, 117, 119, 139, 143 mountain bluebirds, 14, 61, 65 mountain lions, 2, 21, 26, 109, 136 mountain pine bark beetles, 13–14 mule deer, 13, 38, 59, 105, 139 northern flickers, 14, 59, 61, 65 northern goshawks, 56–57, 113, 115 northern pintails, 21 nutcrackers. See Clark’s nutcrackers nuthatches. See red-breasted nuthatches ospreys, 96–97, 100–102, 135, 143 otters, 97, 135 owls. See great gray owls; horned owls pied-billed grebes, 89 pikas, 13, 125 pine grosbeaks, 65 pine martens, 14, 115–17, 119, 132–33, 135 pine siskins, 14, 65 pintails, 85. See also northern pintails pocket gophers, 31, 54 prairie falcons, 113–14 pronghorns, 11, 20, 31, 34–54, 38–39, 47, 109 rabbits, 125. See also white-tailed jackrabbits ravens, 6, 21, 39, 44, 46–47, 50–51, 64, 76, 79, 88–89, 93, 101, 105, 108–9, 113, 142 red-breasted nuthatches, 65 red-naped sapsuckers, 14...