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Table 2. Sensitive bird species that may be occur in the project area <br />Common Name <br />Scientific Name <br />Status1 <br />Vegetation Community <br />Habitat & Breeding Records <br />Pinon- <br />juniper <br />Sage <br />brush <br />Grassland/ <br />riparian <br />American Bittern <br />Botaurus lentiginosus <br />BCC <br />x <br />Builds nests in reeds or cattails in wetland <br />areas. <br />Listed as possible breeder in Moffat County. <br />Bald Eagle <br />Haliaeetus <br />leucocephalus <br />BCC <br />CSC <br />x <br />x <br />x <br />Nests primarily in large cottonwoods. <br />3 active nests within 1/2 mile of mitigation <br />site. <br />Brewer's Sparrow <br />Spizella breweri <br />BCC <br />x <br />x <br />Breeds primarily in sagebrush shrublands <br />Confirmed breeder in Moffat County. <br />Sandhill Crane <br />Grus canadensis <br />CSC <br />x <br />x <br />Nests in flooded pastures, marshes and wet <br />meadows. <br />Confirmed breeder in the Craig area of <br />Moffat County. <br />Veery <br />Catharus fuscescens <br />BCC <br />x <br />Breeds and nests in moist, dense riparian <br />thickets. <br />Probable breeder in Craig area of Moffat <br />County. <br />Willow Flycatcher <br />Empidonax traillii <br />BCC <br />x <br />Nests in riparian thickets, favors willows near <br />water. <br />Confirmed breeder in Moffat County. <br />Yellow -billed <br />Cuckoo <br />Coccyzus americanus <br />BCC' <br />CSC <br />x <br />Primarily nests in cottonwoods in riparian <br />areas. <br />Not known to breed in Moffat County. <br />'BCC=Federal Bird of Conservation Concern; CSC=CDOW species of concern <br />WestWater Engineering <br />Page 5 of 24 <br />July 2012 <br />