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<br />Raptor Use-Days on Monte Vi sta and A 1 amosa ria ti ona 1 Wi] d1 i fe Refuges (NWR).
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<br /> Monte Vista NWR 1I Alamosa NWR y
<br />Species 1979 1980 1979 1980
<br />Marsh hawk1j 4,960 4,020 3,442 4,420
<br />American kestre13/ 1,660 1,660 1,487 1,740
<br />Swainson's hawk1! 1,530 1,300 1,510 1,920
<br />Great horned ow13! 2,570 3,710 2,872 3,210
<br />Short-eared ow137 2,908 3,480 2,720 2,300
<br />Red ta i1 ha wk 400 350 658 360
<br />Roughlegged hawk 1,872 1,810 1,400 1,300
<br />Golden eagle 815 705 383 520
<br />Long-eared owl 140 190
<br />Bald eag1e4/ 610 930 1,062 370
<br />Prairie falcon 410 460 310 490
<br />Turkey vulture 30 120
<br />Peregrine falcon4/ 4
<br />Total 17,905 18,555 15,964 16,634
<br />Use-days acre 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.8
<br />Use-days/acre average 1.4 1. 75
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<br />1I Total acr~age for Monte Vista NWR not including areas of crops, roads, and
<br />buildings is 12,876 acres. .
<br />~ Total acreage for Alamosa NWR not including areas of crops, roads, buildings
<br />and Hansen Bluff is 9,018 acres. '
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<br />11 Migratory birds of high Federal interest.
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