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` i ~ <br />page-5 <br />BIRDS <br />Several birds including four raptors, mallards, 's <br />n„~a~r, r„rtA_,, ;,^._~t,res, olive-sided fl~~catchers, <br />ruby-crowned kinglets, cliff swallows, and lesser olg__ dfinches <br />were observed fly nifly g over one or more of the habitat types or <br />were observed at distances too great to calculate densities <br />(Table 2) and were not included in the density estimates for any <br />of the types. More birds species were observed in aspen and <br />aspen-edge habitats than on reclaimed sites but a large percent <br />of the density consisted of two or three bird species. In 1985 <br />the diversity profile indicated that the only difference in bird <br />diversity occurred among reclaimed and reclaimed-edge, with <br />reclaimed-edge having the greatest diversity. Zn 1986, bird <br />diversity was highest among aspen, interior aspen, and mountain <br />shrub habitats and was greater than reclaimed sites. Birds with <br />correlation coefficients (r >0.50) with habitat variables are <br />shown in table 8. <br />Cavity Nesters - Timter drillers: <br />1985 <br />Birds of this guild were present onl <br />and were more numerous on the aspen ha~~b' <br />reclaimed mine sites. ellow- a i~sa <br />numerous (P=0.01) on bot all spen sitZ~t'ti, sites <br />but densities of hairy (P=0.14) and downs __ ,a~cnough <br />not observed on the reclaimed habitats) were not different among <br />habitats. <br />1986 <br />There was not a difference in guild density among the four <br />habitat types (P=0.08), and only downy woodpeckers were more <br />numerous in aspen (P=0.01) than on other habitat types. <br />Yellow-bellied sapsuckers (P=0.29) and hairy woodpeckers (P=0.57) <br />were observed only on the aspen habitats- <br />Cavity Nesters - Aerial Feeders: <br />1985 <br />Birds of this guild include the western flycatchers which <br />hawks flying insects, and tree swallows which feed in <br />flight. Individually, these birds were not different <br />among habitat types because of variation among the aspen <br />and aspen-edge sites, but combined they were more numer- <br />ous in aspen and aspen edge (P=0..002) than on the reclaimed <br />sites. Few of these birds were counted on reclaimed-edge sites <br />and were absent from reclaimed sites. <br />1986 <br />Western flycatchers, tree swallows (P=0.10), or total birds <br />in the guild (P=0.13) was different among habitats. Tree <br />