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• percent). Species predominating the fall censuring were the ruby-crowned kinglet (10.3 percent), <br />American robin (15.9 percent), European starling (10.3 percent), yellow-romped warbler (18.6 <br />percent), and red-winged blackbird (9.7 percent). <br />The overall densities and species composition of the farmsteads/orchards and the rangeland <br />habitats are similar. Bark gleaning, foliage gleaning, and sallying species are present in both <br />types. This similarity of the rangeland avifauna to that of the farmsteads and orchards is due to <br />the tree component present in the habitat block where the belt transect was located. This situation <br />was unavoidable while locating a sampling site sufficiently large to gather meaningful data. Bird <br />densities in components of the rangeland with only a shrub overstory would be substantially less. <br />Reptiles and Amphibians. A list of the reptiles and amphibians of actual and/or potential <br />occurrence in the New Horizon 2 study area is presented in Table 2.04.11-9. Onty three species, <br />the woodhouse's toad, smooth green snake, and western terrestrial garter snake were identified <br />from within the study area. The garter snake was by far the most frequently observed species <br />being noted across the study area in all the habitats. The smooth green snake was found on 22 <br />May 1987 at the edge of an irrigated pasture. The woodhouse's toad was occasionally seen in <br />irrigated agricultural areas. The remaining confirmed species (the collared lizard, eastern fence <br />• lizard, sagebrush lizard, tree lizard, plateau whiptail, and gopher snake) were all found outside the <br />study area. They were present in undisturbed rangeland situations containing sagebrush <br />shrubland and pinyon-juniper woodland with scattered rocky outcrops in both Calamity and Tuttle <br />Draws. <br />Fishes. Genera) reconnaissance, and interviews with local residents produced little information <br />regarding fishes or other aquatic vertebrates and invertebrates. A single individual of an <br />unidentified fish species (probably a Cyprinid) was observed in a small lateral irrigation ditch in the <br />study area. In addition, carp (Cyprinus caroio) were observed "mouthing" the water surface on <br />several stock ponds in the area. On one occasion, two young boys were observed fishing for carp <br />at a pond located to the west of the study area. It is possible that some of the ponds may have <br />been stocked with other warm water fishes (Centrarchids and Ictalurids) by the local residents, <br />although this could not be confirmed. It is extremely doubtful that the ponds could sustain <br />• <br />(Revised March 2006) 2.04.1 1-33 <br />