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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br /> An avian nest survey was conducted on April 5, 2019 within the proposed boundaries of <br /> 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 and south of the project site. No raptor, eagle, or owl nests were identified <br /> within the project area or adjacent areas surveyed. All nests within the project site were <br /> identified and located on the included aerial. None of the nests were active during our <br /> 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 lack 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 /> 2019 Knox Project Avian Nest Survey <br />