The effects of management practices on grassland birds—Baird’s Sparrow (Centronyx bairdii)

Keys to Baird’s Sparrow (Centronyx bairdii) management are providing native or tame grasslands with moderately deep litter, controlling excessive grazing, and curtailing shrub encroachment. Baird’s Sparrows have been reported to use habitats with less than or equal to (≤) 101 centimeters (cm) average vegetation height, 3–46 cm visual obstruction reading (VOR), 15–71 percent grass cover, 5–25 percent forb cover, ≤50 percent shrub cover, less than (<) 44 percent bare ground, 10–63 percent litter cover, and ≤21 cm litter depth.