Avian List  •  Mammals List  •  Reptiles and Amphibians List

Padlock Ranch is located in the ecotone between the Big Horn Mountains and the mixed prairies of eastern Montana and Wyoming.  This location provides a mixture of habitat types supporting a great diversity of plant and animal species.  


Portions of the ranch support forest resources, primarily Ponderosa Pine Woodlands.  The forest resources are managed to produce stand densities that would be similar to what existed prior to settlement.  This type of management creates open parkland that is resistant to fire and pests, frees soil moisture, and promotes grass and for production, which reduces erosion.


 

 

Wildlife management, beyond good grazing management, requires protection of riparian areas and other critical or special habitats.  Protection of riparian areas produces sound stream banks, produces overhanging vegetation and protects water quality.

At the Padlock, our goal is to meet or better best management practices in the management of our natural resources.

 

Avian List 8/21/00

YELLOW WARBLER

ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK

COMMON YELLOWTHROAT

GOLDEN EAGLE

YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER

BALD EAGLE

AMERICAN REDSTART

MARSH HAWK

HOUSE SPARROW

PRAIRIE FALCON

WESTERN MEADOWLARK

AMERICAN KESTRAL

YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD

GREAT HORNED OWL

RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD

BURROWING OWL

COMMON GRACKLE

SHORT EARED OWL

BROW-HEADED COWBIRD

SHARP-TAILED GROUSE

NORTHERN ORIOLE

SAGE GROUSE

WESTERN TANAGER

RING-NECKED PHEASANT

LAZULI BUNTING

GRAY PARTRIDGE

GREY-CROWNED ROSY FINCH

TURKEY

AMERICAN GOLDFINCH

MOURNING DOVE

WHITE PELICAN

COMMON NIGHTHAWK

PIED-BILLED GREBE

BELTED KINGFISHER

DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT

COMMON FLICKER

GREAT BLUE HERON

HAIRY WOODPECKER

CANADA GOOSE

DOWNY WOODPECKER

MALLARD

EASTERN KINGBIRD

GADWALL

WESTERN KINGBIRD

GREEN-WINGED TEAL

WESTERN WOOD PEWEE

BLUE-WINGED TEAL

HORNED LARK

CINNAMON TEAL

TREE SWALLOW

AMERICAN WIDGEON

BARN SWALLOW

CANVASBACK

CLIFF SWALLOW

RED-HEADED DUCK

BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE

COMMON GOLDENEYE

COMMON CROW

COMMON MERGANSER

RAVEN

LESSER SCAUP

PINON JAY

KILLDEER

BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE

LESSER YELLOWLEGS

HOUSE WREN

COMMON SNIPE

AMERICAN ROBIN

COOT

MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD

TURKEY VULTURE

BOHEMIAN WAXWING

GOSHAWK

CEDAR WAXWING

SHARP-SHINNED HAWK

STARLING

COOPER'S HAWK

LARK BUNTING

RED-TAILED HAWK

DARK-EYED JUNCO

FERRUGINOUS HAWK

WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW

SWAINSON'S HAWK
 

Mammals List  8/21/00

ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK

YELLOW-BELLIED MARMONT

MULE DEER

COTTONTAIL RABBIT

WHITE-TAILED DEER

WHITE-TAILED JACKRABBIT

PRONGHORN ANTELOPE

BLACK -TAILED PRAIRIE DOG

BLACK BEAR

DEER MOUSE

COYOTE

VOLE (SP)

RED FOX

HOUSE MOUSE

BADGER

THIRTEEN-LINED GROUND SQUIRREL

STRIPED SKUNK

LEAST'S CHIPMUNK

PORCUPINE

SHORT-TAILED WEASEL

MINK

LONG-TAILED WEASEL

MUSKRAT

RICHARDSON'S GROUND SQUIRREL

BEAVER

RACOON
BOBCAT

Reptiles and Amphibians List 8/21/00

WESTERN CHORUS FROG

BULL SNAKE

LEOPARD FROG

PALE MILK SNAKE

SNAPPING TURTLE

 RED-SIDED GARTER SNAKE

PAINTED TURTLE

PLAINS GARTER SNAKE

LIZARD

PRAIRIE RATTLESNAKE