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~,,,^ Townsend's Big-eared Bat (Plecotus townsendii) Occupies semi-desert shrublands,
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<br />xs: pinyon juniper woodlands, and open montane forests. Associated with caves and
<br />" abandoned mines for day roosts and hibemacula, but will use crevices on cliffs for "
<br />,,, refuge. Relatively sedentary, and do not move long distances from hibemacula to
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<br />Ira emerging well after dazk. Up to 9,500 feet. Variety of scrub and forest habitats.
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<br />Spotted Bat (Euderma maculatum) Likely found from 6,000-8,000 feet in Colorado,
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<br />Rough, and, desert terrain with cliffs for roosting, especially over perennial water
<br />" sources. Forages in other habitats including ponderosa pine, pinyon juniper, desert scrub,
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<br />r-,let open pastures, haySelds, and mazshy areas adjacent to lakes..
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<br />~.;; Columbian sharp-tailed Grouse (Tvmpanachus nhasianellus columbianus) The
<br />~~ Columbian Sharp-tailed grouse inhabits sagebrush steppe, mountain mohogany-oak,
<br /> fescue grasslands, wheat grass-bluegrass, riparian, and mountain shrub communities.
<br />r:r The mountain shrub community is usually compromised of servicebeny, snowberry,
<br /> chokecherry, and Gamble oak. Leks (breeding sites) of this species aze usually on knolls,
<br /> ridgetops, or benches that aze higher than the surrounding topography.
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<br />Olive-sided Flycatcher (t.OntODUS borealis) Olive-sided flycatchers prefer tall conifers
<br /> and mixed woods neaz edges, clearings and wooded streams. They are most often
<br />t•„s observed perching, singing, or catching for insects at or near the tops of tall trees or
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<br />a$ snags. They forage by "hawking" flying insects from snags, tree tops, and on high
<br /> exposed limbs and therefore inhabit stands with a low canopy cover percentage. Burned
<br />'~ ' azeas with residual tall snags are favored. Open mature spruce/fir and Douglas fir,
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<br />~:~ especially with abundant dead trees and bordering meadows, bogs, and other open
<br /> foraging areas. Other coniferous, aspen, and riparian forests used less often. Forages in
<br />F"5 woodlands neaz edges, clearings, bogs, streams, bumed azeas. Uses tall exposed perches
<br /> in tops or high exposed limbs of trees.
<br /> Golden-crowned Kinglet: (Ret'ulus satrapa) The golden-crowned kinglet is fairly non-
<br />e specific in its requirements, needing only dense, shrubby undergowth. It utilizes a wide
<br /> variety of habitats throughout its range, including the undergrowth of deciduous or
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<br />coniferous forests, brushy woodland edges, woodland thickets, burned coniferous and
<br />~~"4i logged/thinned forests, riparian woodlands, willow thickets (especially with adjacent
<br /> coniferous forest), and montane coniferous scrub. Nests are usually on the ground,
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<br />occasionally in a shrub, and are well-concealed by surroundipg tangles of vegetation. It
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<br />~ feeds primarily on insects in summer and on seeds of weeds and some grasses in winter.
<br /> Found below 11,500 feet in elevation. .During breeding season found in dense, mature
<br /> spruce/fir, less often in Douglas fir. Winters in ponderosa pine, Douglas fir, pinyon-
<br />u juniper, riparian forests, scattered conifers.
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