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<br />1.',1 Table 2 <br />~- <br />Ci; Raptor Use-Days on Monte Vista and Alamosa National Wildlife Refuges (NWR ) <br />-,-..j y y <br />,;:) Monte Vista NWR Alamosa NWR <br />c.) Species 1979 1980 1979 1980 <br /> Marsh hawk2./ 4,960 4,020 3,442 4,420 <br /> American kestre~/' 1,660 1,660 1,487 1,740 <br /> Swainson's hawkl/ 1,530 1,300 1,510 1,920 <br /> Great horned ow~/ 2,570 3,710 2,872 3,210 <br /> Short-eared ow~/ 2,908 3,480 2,720 2,300 <br /> Redtail hawk 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 eagl~/ 610 930~ 1,062 370 <br /> Prairie falcon 410 460 310 490 <br /> Turkey vulture 30 120 <br /> Peregrine falconi/ 4 <br /> Total 17,905 18,555 15,964 16,634 <br /> Use-days/acre 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.6 <br /> , Use-days/acre average 1.3 , 1.5 <br /> <br />!/ Total acreage 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 10,357 acres. <br />3/ Breeders. <br />!/ Migratory birds of high Federal interest. <br /> <br />5 <br />