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2019 Biological Resources Inventory Report <br /> Table 5: <br /> USFWS IPaC-Identified Migratory Birds Likely to Occur in the Project area <br /> Common Name Scientific Name Season <br /> American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Breeding <br /> Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Year-round <br /> Black Rosy-finch Leucosticte atrata Year-round <br /> Brewers Sparrow Spizella breweri Breeding <br /> Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia Breeding <br /> Dickcissel Spiza Americana Breeding <br /> Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis Year-round <br /> Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Year-round <br /> Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys Breeding <br /> Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis Breeding <br /> Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus Breeding <br /> Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus Breeding <br /> Mountain Plover Charaddus montanus Breeding <br /> Peregrine Falcon Falco peregdnus Breeding <br /> Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus Year-round <br /> Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus Breeding <br /> Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus Migrating <br /> Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus Breeding <br /> Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Wintering <br /> Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni Breeding <br /> Virginia's Warbler Vermivora virginiae Breeding <br /> Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis Breeding <br /> Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thryroides Breeding <br /> Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillh Breeding <br /> 2.2.1.6 Land Cover <br /> The land cover for the Project area was determined through a desktop analysis of the National Land <br /> Cover Database (Fry et al 2011). The Project area lies within cover classes identified by the NLCD as <br /> cultivated cropland, hay/pasture, herbaceous, grasslands, woody and herbaceous wetlands, and <br /> developed and barren (Figure 2). <br /> 2.2.2 Field Survey Results <br /> The field survey was completed on July 6 and 7, 2017. The following sections describe the results of this <br /> survey effort. <br /> 2.2.2.1 General Wildlife Resources <br /> Biologists documented four of the nine general wildlife species identified as having potential to occur by <br /> CPW(Table 2) in the Project area including four black-tailed prairie dogs, one Great Blue Heron, five <br /> White Pelicans, and three wild turkeys. In addition, an eastern cottontail rabbit(Sylvilagus floridanus)was <br /> observed. Other avian species observed perched or flying in the Project area included Mallard (Anas <br /> 14 Tucson South Sand and Gravel Mine—Brighton, Colorado <br />