We evaluated the influence of local and landscape attributes on the occurrence and density of seven passerine species in grasslands ( n = 380) throughout eastern South Dakota ( U.S.A.). Landscape composition and land cover were quantified at three spatial scales: 400‐, 800‐, and 1600‐m radii from the transect center. Separate habitat models were generated for mixed‐grass and tallgrass prairie regions to depict the way birds re...