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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br />An avian nest survey was conducted on January 30, 2018 within the proposed boundaries <br />of the Loveland Ready Mix Concrete Knox Project site in La Porte, Colorado. The nest <br />survey was conducted at the request of Loveland Ready Mix in response to concerns <br />regarding impacts to birds at the project site. Two nests were identified within the <br />proposed project site, both were determined to be magpie nests. Additional <br />investigations outside the proposed project area identified squirrel nests within trees to <br />the west of the project site. No raptor, eagle, or owl nests were identified within the <br />project area or adjacent areas surveyed. All nests within the project site were identified <br />and located on the included aerial. None of the nests were active during our survey. <br />An additional database search of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission <br />web site identified bald eagle nests 1.76 miles east and 4.0 miles northwest of the project <br />site. A golden eagle nest site was identified 2.1 miles northwest of the project site, and <br />osprey nests to the southeast and northwest of the project site, ranging from 1.0 to 4.6 <br />miles from the project site. <br />The paucity of stratified vegetation cover, significant water features, and diversified and <br />plentiful food sources limits the potential value of the project site as significant avian <br />habitat. The limits apply to nesting, foraging and migration. The potential for direct <br />impacts to avian species from the proposed operation was concluded to be minimal based <br />on the lack of preferred habitat for the majority of avian species likely in the area. <br />Loveland Ready Mix Concrete Page 1 <br />2018 Knox Project Avian Nest Survey