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Section 780.16 (a) Continued. LJ Raptofs. The impact most likely to occur to raptors will be tem- porary destruction of breeding, hunting, and wintering habitat. Secondary impacts will be the noise which may disturb the nesting success of raptors found in the area. Species such as the great-horned owl, which prefer woody and shrub- by habitats for hunting and nesting, will be displaced from the Kerr Mine Area until reclamation is completed. Since the future mining activities of Kerr Coal will be approxi- mately two miles from any of their known nesting areas, cliff and tree nesting species, such as golden eagle, American kestrel and others, are not expected to be adversely affected by the mining activities. i Threatened"and" Endangered"Wildlife"Species. It is not anticipated that any of the threatened or endangered species identified in Section 779.20 will be adversely impacted by the proposed mining activities. Specifically, bald eagles, American peregrine falcons, white pelicans, and greater sandhill cranes should not be adversely affected because all of these species utilize the Kerr Mine Area only on a transitory basis during migration. None of them are known to neat or breed at the Kerr Mine Area or at the Kerr Tipple Area. Likewise, based upon Propst's recent work (1980) on the Johnny darter, it is believed that the proposed mining operations on the Kerr Mine Area or the Kerr Tipple Area will not create any physical or chemical conditions harmful to the Johnny darter. Significantly, the samples upon which Propst's conclusions are based were taken from the Canadian and Illinois Rivers adjacent to the Kerr Mine Area and the Kerr Tipple Area. Agnatie"Biota. Since there are no existing sources of water within the Kerr Mine Area that have flow rates capable of supporting 780-44