Density and foraging habitat selection of waterbirds breeding in the San Luis Valley of Colorado

We determined density and foraging habitat selection of American avocet (Recurvirostra americana), killdeer (Charadrius vociferus), Wilson's phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor), cinnamon teal (Anas cyanoptera), gadwall (A. strepera), mallard (A. platyrhynchos), redhead (Aythya americana), and white-faced ibis (Plegadis chihi) during prenesting and nesting on a wetland complex in the San Luis Valley, Colorado from 15 April to 4 July 1995 and 1996. Selection patterns differed among species and between the prenesting and nesting periods for cinnamon teal and redheads. Most species preferred seasonally flooded basins with no emergent vegetation and wetlands with short (