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Table 1. IPaC Analysis for Granby RV Resort Project Area-Occurrence Probability of Breeding Avian TES and Birds of Conservation Concern <br /> Federal State Project Area Nesting Critical Habitat <br /> Taxa Group Common Name Species Status Priority'* Seasonal Habitat Occurrence Likelihood Assessment Notes <br /> Birds <br /> Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus BCC Open country with well- Unlikely N/A Breeding records do not exist for this species <br /> spaced shrubs or low within this area of Grand County. This species is <br /> trees. Often found not likely to breed within the Project Area. <br /> along roadsides with <br /> fence lines or utility <br /> poles <br /> Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus BCC SC Shortgrass and mixed- Unlikely N/A No breeding records exist for Grand County and <br /> grass prairies limited preffered breeding habitat is present <br /> within the Project Area. <br /> Olive-sided Contopus cooped BCC Montane and Unlikely N/A Breeding records exist for Grand County and <br /> Flycatcher coniferous forests, edge habitat near ponds is present for this <br /> forest edges near species within the Project Area. Nesting may be <br /> meadows and ponds possible for this species within suitable trees <br /> along the margins of Project Area (nests are <br /> open-cup structures placed within suitable trees <br /> at various heights above ground). <br /> Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus BCC Breeding occurs in Unlikely N/A Breeding habitat for this species is not present <br /> open landscapes with within the Project Area. <br /> Cliffs <br /> Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus BCC Pinyon-juniper Unlikely N/A Pinyon-juniper habitat is not present within the <br /> cyanocephalus woodland, sagebrush Project Area and breeding records do not exist <br /> for this species in Grand County. <br /> Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus BCC Nest in bluffs and cliffs Unlikely N/A Breeding habitat for this species is not present <br /> within the Project Area. <br /> Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus BCC Breeds exclusively in Unlikely N/A Breeding habitat for this species is not present <br /> shrub-steppe habitats within the Project Area. <br /> dominated by <br /> sagebrush species <br /> Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni BCC Nests in scattered Possible N/A Breeding habitat for this species is present within <br /> stands of trees near the Project Area and breeding records exist for <br /> grassland, prairie, and this species in Grand County; inactive nests at <br /> agricultural areas. periphery of Project Area that become active <br /> with nesting Swainson's Hawks likely would have <br /> avoidance buffer that intersects the Project Area. <br /> Veery Catharus fuscescens BCC Breeding occurs in Unlikely N/A Some riparian breeding habitat could potentially <br /> dense deciduous be utilized by this species, however no breeding <br /> woodlands, often near records within Grand County <br /> rivers and streams <br /> Virginia's Warbler Vermivora virginiae BCC Canyons, brushy Unlikely N/A Breeding habitat for this species is not present <br /> slopes, and pinyon- within the Project Area and no breeding records <br /> juniper chaparral exist for this species in Grand County <br /> communities <br /> Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis BCC Breed on freshwater Unlikely N/A Breeding habitat for this species is not present <br /> lakes and ponds with within the Project Area. <br /> extensive open water <br /> bordered by emergent <br /> vegetation <br /> Williamson's Sphyrapicus thyroideus BCC Forested areas Unlikely N/A Breeding habitat for this species is not present <br /> Sapsucker within the Project Area. <br /> 7 <br />