2018-08-30_PERMIT FILE - C1982057 ‎(3)‎

• Permit No: C1982057
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 8/30/2018
• Section_Exhibit Name: TAB 11 WILDLIFE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

situated within cavities on sandstone bluffs located primarily to the west of the Seneca Is
II-W permit area (Exhibit 11-3). Only one nest was located within the boundaries of the
Seneca II -W permit area, this an old hawk nest located within an aspen tree in the NWl„SWk
of Section 23, T5N, R88W. Information including nest location, nesting substrate, nest
status, raptor species utilizing each nest, and production is presented on Table 11-10.
As indicated, only nests 5, 9, and 10 were recorded to be active.
Nest surveys conducted during 1979 revealed the location of only eight nests within the
Seneca II -W permit area, nests 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, and 11 as presented on Exhibit 11-3.
Data collected during these searches indicate that, as in 1982, only three nests were
utilized by raptors for nesting purposes (Table 11-10).
Came Birds. Blue grouse (Dendragapus obscurus), mourning dove (Zenaida macroura), and
common snipe (Capella gallinaga) were the only upland game birds observed on the study
area. Observations of blue grouse occurred primarily in mixed brush habitat and in mixed
brush -aspen ecotone areas. Shrubs and forbs are principal food items of this bird species
during
the summer months while
conifer needles and buds are the predominant food items
in the
winter (Rodgers, 1968).
Since conifer habitat is limited to a few small isolated
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stands within the study area, blue grouse populations on the study area are likely to be
lower during the winter months than in the summer months. Blue grouse generally move
to heavily timbered areas at higher elevations in the winter and return to breed, nest,
and raise broods in mountain shrub and aspen habitat in the summer (Rodgers, 1968).
Mourning dove were most commonly observed in the mixed brush and sagebrush communities
while common snipe was only observed near the mouth of Hubberson Culch where forts,
grasses, and sedges provide a small amount of wet meadow habitat.
Sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and sharp -tailed grouse (Pedioecetes phasianellus)
are the only other upland game bird species which could potentially occur on the study
area. CDOW Wildlife Resources Information (Inventory Mapping) designate the entire study
area as an overall distribution area for both of these species but low population numbers
are indicated. Estimates of .88 birds/mit and 3.55 birds/mit, respectively for
scarp -tailed grouse and sage grouse were given. No sharp -tailed grouse dancing grounds or
sage grouse strutting grounds are known to occur on or near the study area. Searches
during May of 1982 did not result in an observation of any sharp -tailed grouse dancing •
ground in the Seneca II -W vicinity.
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