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<br />'. <br /> <br />)..,. r0'J:) <br />......... -'..... <br /> <br />, . <br /> <br />during the winter. <br /> <br />The golden eagles nest in rocky outcroppings and hunt <br /> <br />throughout the area concentrating on deer winter range during the winter. <br /> <br />Red-tailed hawks, marsh hawks, and short-eared owls prefer open habitat <br /> <br />such as rangeland and along stream courses. <br /> <br />Cooper's hawks, goshawks, <br /> <br />and sharp- shinned hawks prefer coniferous habitat interspersed with pa 1'ks <br /> <br />and open areas. <br /> <br />Migrants which live in the area during the warmer months are praHle <br /> <br />falcon, osprey, kestral. and turkey vulture. <br /> <br />They arrive from the south <br /> <br />du ring the spring and ea rly summer and leave in the fall. <br /> <br />The prairie <br /> <br />falcons nest along escarpments near timberline and hunt along water cour6es. <br /> <br />They have been observed near Roxy Ann Lake. <br /> <br />Osprey are ra re but ha ve <br /> <br />been observed along Danifino Creek and are known to nest near Big Creek <br /> <br />Lakes. <br /> <br />Known hunting areas exist near Buffalo Ridge east of the Encampment <br /> <br />River. <br /> <br />Winter migrants are the bald eagle and rough-legged hawk. They arrive <br /> <br />from the north in December and leave in April. <br /> <br />During the winter their <br /> <br />hunting range is predominently on rangeland and along water courses at lower <br /> <br />elevations. <br /> <br />Bald eagles are considered rare in the area. <br /> <br />Reptiles and Amphibians <br /> <br />Reptiles and amphibians in the study area include a variety of snakes, <br /> <br />lizards, salamanders, toads and frogs. <br /> <br />No species list has b"en prepared, <br /> <br />although they do exist in the a rea. <br /> <br />-8- <br />