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• Other -^--1s which are commonly found in mountain shrub <br />habitat include deer mouse, least chipmunk, Nuttall's cottontail, <br />buahytailed woodrat, long-tailed weasel, and striped skunk. <br />A vide variety of breeding and migratory songbirds also utilize <br />the mountain brush habitat. Typical summer residents include green- <br />tailed towhee, rufous-aided towhee, black-capped chickadee, scrub <br />jay, American robin, and vesper sparrow. <br />Sharp-tailed grouse and mourning doves are two gamebird species <br />that utilize this type of habitat. Sharp-tailed grouse require <br />areas of mined shrubs interspersed with open grassy or cultivated <br />areas. Cultivated crops such as wheat and oats are utilized by <br />• aharptails but are net essential to their diet. Buda of woody <br />shrubs are a major food item with buds of chokecherry and <br />serviceberry collectively amounting to 70 to 80 percent of the total <br />diet (Bogera 1969). Boutt County has the largest sharptail <br />population of any county in Colorado. There are twenty-one known <br />dancing grounds in the county. None of these historic strutting <br />grounds are located within the proposed permit area (Rogers 1969). <br />Aspen. The aspen vegetation type occurs on moderately steep <br />north and northeast-facing elopes within the proposed permit area. <br />Onderstory vegetation is limited to scattered shrub and herbaceous <br />species. This habitat type is the least widespread of those <br />. occurring in the proposed permit area, with only tw or three small <br />stands which were mired with mountain shrub. <br />2.04-86 <br />