WSP11214

• File Number: 8200.776
• Description: Uncompahgre River General
• State: CO
• Basin: Gunnison
• Water Division: 4
• Date: 1/1/1983
• Author: West Slope Hydro Par
• Title: Before the United States of America Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - Application for License for Major Project - Uncompahgre Valley Hydroelectric Project Number 2
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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ponds and marshes,

or wetland habitat.

Other wildlife in

the area include a diversity of nongame mammals,

reptiles,

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amphibians,

raptors,

and other nongame birds.

The deer

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mouse is the most common nongame mammal in the area. The
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least chipmunk and long-tailed vole are also abundant.

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The northern sagebrush lizard is common in drier parts of

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the study area while the wandering garter snake is found

in

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moist areas.

Leopard frogs and tiger salamanders

are
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rela-

tively common in streams, ponds, and marshy areas.

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The study area is situated within the seasonal ranges of

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ever 1CO nengame bird species, primarily songbirds.

A total

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of 73 species was recorded during breeding bird surveys in

the study area.

Breeding birds include western kingbirds,

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barn swallows,

robins.

yellow warblers,

northern orioles,

brown-beaded cowbirds,

house finches,

and song sparrows.

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Horned larks,

common crows, and dark-eyed juncos typify the

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wintering species. Shorebirds in the area, consisting pri-

marily of killdeer, common snipe, and spotted sandpiper, use

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wetland areas fer nesting or feeding,

but most migrate from

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area in wir.ter months.

Less common are great
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blue

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heron, sora, Virgin~a rail, and western sandpiper.

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