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eh <br />ESPEY, HUSTON & ASSOCIATES, INC. <br />r1 <br />LJ <br />2.3 BII2D5 <br />Flushing transecis were used to quantify avian distribution and popu- <br />lation dynamics on the mine plan azea. Opportunistic observations of specific <br />animals in the mine plan azea were also employed. <br />2.3.1 Flushing Transects <br />Six flushing transects, 1 kilometer in length, were placed in four <br />vegetation communities and one ecotonal area. Each transect was walked within a <br />period starting at dawn and ending 3.5 hours after dawn for three consecutive days. <br />2.3.2 Raptor Ground Survey <br />A raptor nest and activity survey in the mine plan azea was conducted on <br />the ground for two days in each sampling period. Active and inactive raptor nests <br />were mazked on maps. Raptor activity patterns were also recorded according to <br />species, their number, behavior and location within. habitat types. Areas of <br />concentrated raptor activity were extensively seazched (e.g., aspen stands and cliff <br />faces). <br />2.4 AMPI~IANS AND REPTILES <br />Amphibians and reptiles were surveyed opportunistically in the ponds, <br />streams and vazious vegetational communities on the mine plan area. <br />2.5 AQUATIC MACROINVERTEBRATES <br />Macroinvertebrate samples were collected from Curtis Creek and FF <br />Creek, during May, July, and September, 1979, and Januazy, 1980. <br />• <br />L-8 <br />